Easy:

1. A sequence where each succeeding term is obtained by adding a fixed

number is called a/an __________________.

answer: arithmetic sequence

2. Find the zeros of P(x) = (x – 3)(x + 2)(x – 1)(x + 1)

answer: 3, -2, 1, -1

3. How many zeros x4 – 2x2 + 1 have?

answer: 4

4. In an arithmetic sequence, the term(s) between any two terms is (are) called
______________ between two terms.
answer: arithmetic means

5. What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence 81, 243, 729, . . . ?
answer: 3

Average:
1. Find three terms of the sequence tn = 2 + 3n
a. 6, 8, 10 c. 5, 7, 9
b. 8, 12, 16 d. 5, 8, 11

answer: d

2. Give the first four terms of the arithmetic sequence for which the first term is
9 and the common difference is 7?
a. 9, 12, 16, 21 c. 9, 12, 15 , 18
b. 9, 16, 23, 30 d. 9, 13, 17, 21

answer: b

3. Insert two arithmetic means between 5 and 20.

answer: 10 and 15

4. Find the 5th term of the harmonic sequence

_1_ , _1_ , _1_ , …
2 4 6

answer: 1/10

5. Find the sum of the first five positive even numbers.

answer: 30
Difficult:

1. Point Q is the midpoint of line ST. Which of the following is true about ST?
a. ST = QS + QT c. ST = 2 IQS - QTI
b. ST = QS – QT d. ST = 2 IQS + QTI
answer: A

2. The distance between points M(x,5) and C(5, -1) is 10 units. What is the x-
coordinate of M if it lies in the second quadrant?
answer: -3

3. What is the distance between points D(-10, 2) and E (6,10)

answer: 8√𝟓

4. The endpoints of a segment are (-5,2) and (9,12) respectively. What are the
coordinates of its midpoint?
answer: (2,7)

5. What is the center of the circle x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y – 36 = 0?

answer: (2,-3)

Clincher:

1. In how many ways can you arrange 5 Mathematics books, 4 Science books and
3 English books on a shelf such that the books of the same subject are kept
together?
answer: 103,680 ways

2. How many ways can 6 students be seated in a row of 6 seats if 2 of the students
insist on sitting beside each other?
answer: 240 ways

3. If there are 12 teams in a basketball tournament and each team must play every
other team in the eliminations, how many elimination games will there be?
answer: 66 elimination games