FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

MATHEMATICS GRADE 10
Name: __________________________________ Score: _________________

____1. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 324, -108, 36?
a. 4 b. -4 c. -12 D. 12
6 10
____2. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 1, , 2, , 3,
4 4
a. 4 b. -4 c. -12 D. 12
____3. Which set of numbers is an example of a harmonic sequence?
6 13 9 5 1 1 1 1
a. 2 , 1 ,1 ,1 c. , , ,
11 15 19 23 3 9 27 81
1 2 2 2
b. ,1, 2,4 d. 1, , ,
2 3 5 7
____4. What is the sum of all the even integers between 9 and 27?
a. 144 b. 162 c. 170 D. 180
____5. If three arithmetic means are inserted between -15 and 9, find the first of these arithmetic means.
a. 3 b. -3 c. -6 D. -9
15
____6. If three geometric means are inserted between 120 and , find the third of these geometric means.
2
a. 60 b. 30 c. 15 D. 1
1 1 1
____7. What is the next term of the harmonic sequence , , ?
6 2 2
1 1 1 1
a. b. c. D.
3 4 5 6
____8. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 5, 9, 13, 17, is 401?
a. 99th term b. 100th term c. 111th term D. 112th term
2 2
____9. What is the 7th term of the geometric sequence 10, 2, , , ?
5 25
2 2 2 2
a. b. c. D.
125 625 3125 15625

____10.The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 28 while the 12 th term is 105. What is the common difference of the
sequence?
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 D. 3
____11.What is the next term in the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89?
a. 123 b. 124 c. 134 D. 144
1
____12.Find the sum of the first six terms of the geometric sequence with first term 40 and common ratio .
2
315 315 315 d. 315
a. b. c.
4 2 8
____13.What is the tenth term of a geometric sequence with 32 as the fourth term and 2 as the common ratio?
a. 2048 b. 2058 c. 1024 d. 1034
____14.What is the sum of all the multiples of 4 between 15 and 49?
a. 224 b. 240 c. 288 d. 340
n21
th
____15.What is the 10 term of the sequence whose nth term is an = ?
n2+ 1
19 80 99 100
a. b. c. d.
21 82 101 102
____16.Find the sum to infinity of 1, 0.2, 0.04, 0.008,
a. 0.2 b. 1.666 c. 1.25 d. 1.5
1 1 1 1
____17.Which is the nth term of the harmonic sequence , , , ,?
4 8 12 16
1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
2 n+2 4n 2n 4 n2
____18.Find p so that p + 7, 3p + (, p + 3, form an arithmetic sequence.
a. -2 b. 2 c. -3 d. 3
____19.What is k so that k-3, k + 2, k + 3 form a geometric sequence?
1 1 13 13
a. b. c. d.
5 5 4 4
____20.A culture of bacteria doubles every 2 hours. If there are 500 bacteria at the beginning, how many bacteria will
there be after 24 hours?
a. 1024000 b. 2048000 c. 8388000 d. 4194000
____21.A rocket rises 30 feet after one second, 85 feet after 2 seconds, and 140 feet after 3 seconds. If it continues to
rise at this rate, how many feet will it rise after 16 seconds?
a. 780 ft b. 830 ft c. 855 ft d. 910 ft
____22.Ramilo is the track and field representative of the Maginoo High School for the Palarong Pambansa. He begins
training by running 5 miles during the first week, 6.5 miles during the second week, and 8 miles on the third week.
Assume this pattern continues, how far will he run on the tenth week?
a. 18.5 miles b. 20 miles c. 21.5 miles d. 23 miles

____23.A mine worker discovers an ore sample containing 500 mg of radioactive material. It was discovered that the
radioactive material has a half-life of 1 day. About how much of the radioactive material will be present after 7 days?
a. 3.9 mg b. 7.8 mg c. 15.6 mg d. 31.2 mg
____24.A snail is crawling straight up a wall. The first hour it climbs 16 inches, the second hour it climbs 12 inches, and
each succeeding hour, it climbs only three-fourths the distance it climbed the previous hour. How far does the snail
climb during the seventh hour?
256 256 729 14197
a. b. c. d.
729 1419 256 256
____25.Aling Purings 24-hour convenient store opened eight months ago. The first month she made a profit of
Php3,000.00. Each month thereafter, her profit average 20% greater than that of the previous month. How much
profit did Aling Puring earn during her 8 th month of business?
a. Php 10749.5424 b. Php 10739.5424 c. Php 10729.5424 d. Php 10719.542
PART II
____1. Which of the following is a polynomial?
i. x -3+ 2x-2 + 5x + 2 ii. 5x3 + 3x2 + x + 2 iii. 5 x 2 + 3 x
a. i only b. ii only c. i and ii d. i and iii
____2. The following are examples of polynomials, EXCEPT
a. y2-4y + 5 b. 5x-3+9x-2+12x+8 c. 3r4-5r3+2r-1 d. a3-b3
____3. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial, 5x9 + 4x8 + 4x5 + x3 + x?
a. 3 b. 5 c. 9 d. 9
____4. What is the quotient when (x2 14x + 49) is divided by (x 7)?
a. X + 7 b. X 49 c. X-7 d. X+4
For items 30 to 33, use the illustration on long division that follows:
Divide (25x2 50x + 25) by (5x 5)

5x - 5
x +25
2
5X - 5 25 x 50
5
25 x 25 x
-25x + 25
-25x + 25
0

____5. What is the remainder?

a. 0 b. 5 c. -5 d. 25
____6. Which is the divisor?
a. 5x + 5 b. 5x 5 c. 25x2 50x + 25 d. 0
____7. Which is the quotient?
a. 5x + 5 b. 5x 5 c. 25x2 50x + 25 d. 0
____8. What is the process used to obtain the 2 nd line?
a. Multiplying (5x) by (5x-5) c. Adding (5x) by (5x-5)
b. Dividing (5x) by (5x-5) d. Subtracting (5x) by (5x-5)
____9. Which expression gives the remainder when P(x) = 4x 2 + 2x 5 is divided by (x-2)?
a. P(-5) b. P(-2) c. P(2)
d. P ( 54 )
____10.What is the remainder when (x+8x2+7x3++x9) is divided by (x-1)?
a. 45 b. 90 c. 180 d. 360
159
____11.What is the remainder when 10x 5 is divided by (x-1)?
a. 10 b. 5 c. -5 d. -10
____12.If the remainder after dividing polynomial (5x 3 -3x2 +k) by (x+1) is 4, which of the following must be the value of
k?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13
____13.Which of the following polynomials is exactly divisible by (2x-1)?
a. 2x2 5x + 2 c. 4x2 - 16
b. 2x2 + 9x + 1 d. All of the above
____14.Which polynomial is equal to 25y2 x2?
a. (5y + x) (5y + x) c. (5y x) (5y x)
b. (5y + x) (5y x) d. (5y + x) (-5y-x)
2
____15.Which polynomial when divided by (a -2) equals (a a 3) with a remainder of -3?
a. a3 + 3a2 a + 3 c. a3 3a2 + a + 3
3 2
b. a a a + 3 d. a3 3a2 a + 3
e.
____16.The quotient when (2x4 + 4x3 5x2 + 2x 3) is divided by (2x2 + 1) is
a. x2 + 2x - 3 c. x2 2x 3
2
b. x -2x + 3 d. x2 + 2x + 3
____17.What is the value of k such that (x + 2) is a factor of (3x + kx2 + 5x + 2)?
3

a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11
3
____18.What is the value of k so that (x -3) will be a factor of (x + kx + 3)?
a. -10 b. -12 c. -14 d. -16
3
____19.Factor 8x 729 completely.
a. (2x-9)(4x2 -18x +81) c. (2x + 9) (4x2 + 18x + 81)
2
b. (2x+9)(4x -18x +81) d. (2x-9)(4x2 +18x +81)
____20.What is factored form of P(x) = x4 + x3+x2 + x?
a. (x)(x + 1) (x2 + 1) c. (x)(x-1) (x2 + 1)
b. (x)(1) (x2 + 1) d. (x)(-1) (x2 + 1)
4 3
____21.Below is the solution when P(x)= x 3x 45x 25 is divided by (x-5).
5 1 -3 0 -45 -25
5 10 50 25
1 2 10 5 0
Express the third row as a polynomial in x.
a. x3 + 2x2 +10x +5 c. x3 2x2 + 10x 5
b. x3 2x2 10x 5 d. x3 2x2 10x + 5
4 5 3
____22.If (7x 5x 7x +2x3) is divided by (x+3) using synthetic division, the numbers in the first row would be
a. -5 7 -7 0 2 -3 c. 1 -5 -7 0 2 -3
b. -7 1 -5 0 2 -3 d. -3 1 -7 0 2 -5
____23.Given P(x) = 3x3 + 2x2 x. What is the value of P(2)?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 50
____24.Genber divided (7x3 10x + 11x2 -5) by (x + 3) and obtained -317 as remainder. Here is his solution.
3 7 -10 11 -5
-21 93 -312
7 -31 104 -317
What is his error?
i. He did not change the sign of the divisor.
ii. He did not arrange the terms of the polynomial in decreasing powers of x.
iii. The sum in the third row is incorrect.
iv. The numerical coefficients in the first row were not properly written.
a. i only b. ii only c. ii and iv only d. i and iii only
____25.Gabriel will evaluate an 8th degree polynomial in x at x=10 using synthetic division. How many coefficients of x
will be written in the first row of the synthetic division procedure?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11
____26.Which of the following is NOT a root of x(x + 3) (x+3)(x-1)(2x+1)=0?
1. 0 2. -3 3. -1 1
4.
2
a. i only b. ii only c. i and ii only d. iii and iv only
____27.Which of the following cubic polynomial equations has roots -2, 2, and 4?
a. X3 + 4x2 4x + 16 = 0 c. 10x3 x2 x + 16 = 0
3 2
b. X 4x x + 16 = 0 d. X3 4x2 4x + 16 = 0
4 3 2
____28.How many positive real roots does x x 11x + 9x + 18 = 0 have?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
____29.One of the roots of the polynomial equation 2x 3 + 9x2 33x + 14 = 0 is 2. Find the other roots.
 1 1 1 1
a. and 7 b. and 7 c. and -7 d. and -7
2 2 2 2
____30.If P(-2) = 0, which of the following statements is true about P(x)?
a. X + 2 is a factor of P(x) c. P(x)=0, has two negative roots
b. 2 is a root of P(x) = 0 d. P(0)= 2

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT MATRIX

Levels of
What will I assess? How will I assess? How will I score?
Assessment
The learner demonstrates understanding of key Paper and Pencil
concepts of sequences. Test
Part I
Determine the next term of the given arithmetic, Items 1, 2, 7, 9, 11 1 point for every
Knowledge
geometric, harmonic, or Fibonacci sequence and 15 correct response
15%
Demonstrates understanding ok key concepts of Part II 1 point for every
polynomial and polynomial equations Items 1, 2, 3, 6, and correct response
7, 22,27
Process/Skills Find the common difference or ratio, nth term, and Items 3,4,5,6,8,10, 1 point for every
25% sum of an arithmetic sequence or a geometric 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, correct response
sequence and 19

Cite examples of harmonic sequences

Performs division of polynomials using long division Part II

and synthetic division Items 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 1 point for every
13, 14, 16, 19, 20, correct response
23, 26, and 29
Understanding Find the finite sum or the sum to infinity of a Items 18, 20, 21, 1 point for every
30% geometric sequence 22, 23, 24 and 25 correct response

Solve for arithmetic and geometric means

Find the nth term of arithmetic sequence

Find the common ratio and term of the given

geometric sequence

Solve real-life problems involving sequences

Proves the remainder theorem and the factor Part II 1 point for every
theorem Items 10, 12, 15, correct response
17, 18, 21, 24, 25,
Factors polynomials 28, and 30

Proves the Rational Root Theorem

Solve polynomial equations

Solves problems involving polynomials and

polynomial equations
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RHODA MAY B. ANDALLO BRENDA L. BOSE

Teacher I Principal I