Department of Education

Region III
DIVISION OF PA M PA N G A
City of San Fernando

THIRD PERIODIC TEST IN MATHEMATICS GRADE 10

DIRECTION: ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET, WRITE THE LETTER OF CORRECT ANSWER.

1. An ordered arrangement of all parts of the set of the objects is called ...
A. Combination
B. Combinatorics
C. Permutation
D. Probability
2. Five friends, Dads, Anne, Paz, Jun and Irene took a jeepney ride in going home from Division
Office. There are exactly five seats in the vehicle. In how many ways can they seat themselves?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 60
D. 120
3. Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, how many 4 digit odd and even numbers will be formed?
A. 120
B. 72
C. 48
D. 5
4. How many five-digit numbers can be formed from the numbers 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 if
repetition of digits is allowed?
A. 45360
B. 16807
C. 2520
D. 39
5. Teachers of San Isidro High School are required to undergo medical check up at the Barangay
Health Center once a year. Find the number of ways in which a teacher may be classified if the
categories include (1) blood type
(AB, A, B, O), (2) sex (male or female), (3) blood pressure (high, normal, low).
A. 24
B. 12
C. 9
D. 6
6. If there are seven doors providing access to a building, in how many ways can a person enter
the building by one door and leave by a different door?
A. 13
B. 14
C. 42
D. 49
7. If P(8, r) = 6720, what is r?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
8. In how many ways may the letters of the word ASSESSMENTS be arranged?
A. 39 916 800
B. 166 320
C. 6930
D. 1
9. Six books in Mathematics, two in Physics and four in English are to be arranged on a shelf
that has space just enough for these twelve books. Assuming that the books in the same subjects
are identical, how many ways can they be arranged?
A. 1320
B. 13860
C. 665 280
D. 479 001 600
10. What is P(12, 3)?
A. 36
B. 220
C. 1320
D. 79 833 600
11. Suppose we want to find the number of possible arrangements for five people sitting around a
circular table. If the initial seat is artificially fixed and the arrangement is clockwise, how many
possible ways?
A. 24
B. 120
C. 144
D. 3125
12. If P(n, 6) = 60 480, then n =
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
13. A telephone company plans to change the telephone numbers into an eight-digit number such
that no digit is to be used more than once in any telephone number. How many telephone
numbers can be made out of the digits
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, , 6, 7, 8 and 9?
A. 40 320
B. 181 400
C. 1 632 960
D. 3 628 800
14. In a raffle draw, Alvin won a five trip to any thereof these cities: Baguio, Cebu, Olongapo,
Bacolod and Zamboanga. How many choices has he?
A. 25
B. 15
C. 10
D. 8
15. Six couples want to have their pictures taken. In how many ways can they arrange
themselves in a row if couples must stay together?
A. 12
B. 360
C. 720
D. 1440
16. A basketball conference consists of eight teams. If each team plays every other team, how
many conference games are played?
A. 28
B. 56
C. 112
D. 40 320
17. If C(n, 5) = 792, what is n?
A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
18. From six History books and eight Economics books, in how many ways can a person select
two History books and three Economics books and arrange them on a shelf?
 A. 19
B. 56
C. 840
D. 100 800
19. How many committees of five can be formed from eight Juniors and four Seniors if each
committee is to be consist of three Juniors and two seniors?
A. 120
B. 336
C. 720
D. 40 320
20. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutations?
A. Choosing 6 questions to answer out of 10 questions in a test
B. Opening a combination lock
C. Selecting 5 people from a student affair committee
D. Listing the elements of subsets of a given set
21. There are 7 men and 5 women in the group of 12 people. How many committees of 5 can you
form in each group must contain exactly 2 women?
A. 120
B. 350
C. 5040
D. 604 800
22. Which of the following situations or activities involve Combinations?
A. Assigning seats to guest at dinner
B. Entering the PIN at your ATM Card
C. Forming triangles from 7 distinct points in which no 3 points are collinear
D. Winning in a contest
23. On a certain examination the students must answer 8 out of the 12 questions, including
exactly 5 of the first 6. In how many ways may he write the examinations?
A. 120
B. 495
C. 792
D. 924
24. If C(14, r) = 3003, what is r?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
25. If there are ten points on a plane, no three of which are collinear, how many lines can be
determined by these points?
A. 45
B. 120
C. 165
D. 252
26. What is C(11, 6)?
A. 462
B. 720
C. 55 440
D. 332 640
27. In a class of 15 boys and 10 girls, in how many ways may a committee made up of 3 boys
and 2 girls be selected?
A. 45
B. 455
C. 3003
D. 20 475
28. A student has ten posters to pin up on the walls of her room, but there is space for only seven.
In how many ways can she choose the posters to be pinned up?
A. 120
 B. 5040
C. 604 800
D. 3 628 800
29. How many 2-digit odd numbers can be formed from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 if repetition
is not allowed?
A. 9
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
30. In how many ways can four boys and four girls be seated in a row containing eight seats if a
person may sit in any seat?
A. 24
B. 1680
C. 11 880
D. 40 320
31. If three coins are tossed at the same time, what is the probability of all three heads?
A. 1/8
B. 1/3
C. 3/8
D. 1
32. A die is rolled once. Find the probability of obtaining a 7?
A. 0/6
B. 1/6
C. 6/6
D. 7/6
33. Three bad eggs are put into a carton with nine good eggs. If two eggs are selected at random,
find the probability both eggs are good.
A. 1/22
B. 6/11
C. 9/22
D. 15/22
34. A basket contains 20 oranges, 30 apples and 50 guavas. What is the probability that the fruit
drawn is an apple?
A. 1/5
B. 3/10
C.
D. 7/10
35. A president, a vice president, and a secretary are to be selected from a class of twenty
students. What is the probability that Irish, a member of the class, will be elected president?
A. 1/39
B. 1/20
C. 1/19
D. 3/20
For numbers 36 to 38, use the figure below. The Division of Pampanga has 52 athletes, many of
whom play multiple sports. The most commonly sports they play are athletics, basketball, and
volleyball. Use the Venn diagram below to determine the probability of selecting a student who:
Athletics Basketball

4
20 0 20

6 2
0

8 Volleyball
36. How many students participate in volleyball?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 19
D. 20
37. What is the probability that the student participates in basketball or volleyball?
A. 9/52
B. 8/13
C. 37/52
D. 19/26
38. What is the probability that the student participates only in athletics and volleyball?
A. 6
B. 9
C. 11
D. 13
39. Ann likes to wear colored shirts. She has 12 shirts in the closet. Four of these are pink, three
are in different shades of yellow, and the rest are of different colors. What is the probability that
she will wear a pink or a yellow shirt?
A. 1/3
B. 5/12
C. 7/12
D.
40. A motorcycle license plate has 3 letters and 4 numbers. What is the probability that a
motorcycle has a license plate contains a triple letter and an odd number?
A. 1/1352
B. 1/676
C. 1/130
D. 1/26
41. Using the digits 1, 2 and 3, how many numbers can be formed if repetition is not allowed?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 15
D. 24
42. There are five red balls and four blue balls in a bag. A ball is drawn from the bag. What is the
probability of drawing 2 red balls and 2 blue balls in succession without replacement?
A. 5/63
B. 2/5
C.
D. 4/9
43. Raf has 5 black pens, 4 blue pens and 3 red pens in his bag. Raf randomly picks two pens out
of his bag. What is the probability that Raf chose two black pens, if he replaced the first pen back
in his pocket before choosing a second pen?
A. 9/144
B. 16/144
C. 25/144
D. 60/144
44. A basket contains 8 apples, 6 bananas, 4 guavas and 4 oranges. What is the probability of
randomly choosing an apple replacing it, and then randomly choosing a banana?
A. 22/768
B. 48/1331
C. 3/22
D. 14/22
45. A toy box contains 10 toys, 6 stuffed animals and 4 board games. Mina randomly chooses 3
toys for the child she is babysitting to play with. What is the probability that she choose 3 stuffed
animals as the first three choices?
A. 1/57
B. 27/100
 C. 3/20
D. 3/10
46. The probability that a basketball team will win the game is 0.75, what is the probability that it
will lose?
A. 0.25
B. 0.5
C. 6.75
D. 1

For numbers 47 to 48:. Consider the table below showing A as the group of under 40 years old
who purchase 2 different brands of pants.

Age group Brand x Brand y TOTAL

47. What is the probability that a person chosen at random purchase Brand y?
A. 22%
B. 23%
C. 15%
D. 78%
48. What is the probability of a person chosen at random purchase Brand y and he/she is 40 year
and older?
A. 0.2143
B. 0.2333
C. 0.7661
D. 0.7857
49. At a volleyball game, 70% of the fans cheered for team x. In the same crowd, 30% of the fans
were waving banners and cheering for team x? What is the probability that a fan waved a banner
given that the fan cheered for team x?
A. 3/10
B. 3/7
C. 7/10
D. 1
50. A family has two children. What is the probability that the younger child is a girl, given that
at least one of the children is a girl?
A.
B. 2/3
C.
D. 1