Department of Education

Region V
Division of Camarines Sur
LIDONG HIGH SCHOOL
S/Y 2015-2016

1st QUARTER EXAMINATION in MATH 10

Name:_________________________________________ Grade & Section:_______________

Choose the letter of the BEST answer.

1. What is the next? _____?

a. b. c. d.

2. What is the next number in the sequence 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, ___?

a. 24 b. 20 c. 17 d. 28

3. What is the 10th number in the sequence 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, ….?

a. 19 b. 11 c. 15 d. 13

4. What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, . . .

a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d.1

5. Which of the following is an example of arithmetic sequence?

1 1 1 1
a. 3,7,11,15,19, … b. 4, 16, 64, 256, … c. , , , , … d. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, …
2 3 4 5

for 6 to 8, refer to the given situation.

Insert 4 arithmetic means between 5 and 25.

5, a2, a3 , a4, 25

6. What is the common difference?

a. 4 b. 5 c. 10 d. 15

7. What is the first term?

a. 5 b.15 c. 4 d. 10

8. Which of the following is the third term (a3) in the sequence?

a. 10 b. 13 c. 5 d. 20

9. What is the 6th term of the sequence represented by an = 3n + 2?

a. 10 b. 20 c. 18 d. 5

10. What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, . . .?
a. 3n +4 b. 4n +3 c. n +2 d. 2n +5

11. What is the missing term in the sequence 5, 12, ___, 26?
a. 9 b. 19 c. 29 d. 29

12. What is the sum of the terms of finite sequence 1, 4, 7, 10?

a. 22 b. 32 c. 42 d. 12

n
13. sn= [2 a1 + ( n−1 d ) ], what is n?
2
a. first term b. common difference c. number of terms d. last terms

14. Which of the following is an example of geometric sequence?

1 1 1 1
a. a. 3,7,11,15,19, … b. 4, 16, 64, 256, … c. , , , , … d. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, …
2 3 4 5

15. What is the common ratio of the sequence 5, 20, 80, 320, …?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 3 d.2

16. Which of the following is true about arithmetic sequence and geometric sequence?
a. arithmetic and geometric sequence have common difference.
b. arithmetic and geometric sequence have common ratio.
c. arithmetic sequence has common difference while geometric sequence have common ratio.
d. arithmetic and geometric sequence has no first terms.

17. Which of the following are geometric means between 2 and 54?
a. 6 and 18 b. 3 and 15 c. 4 and 16 d. 5 and 20

18. What is the common ratio in the sequence 4, 12, 36, 108, 324, . . .?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

for 19 to 21, refer to the sequence in the box. 2, 8, 32, 128, 512, …
19. What is the common ratio?
a. 4 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

20. What is the next term after 512?

a. 2048 b. 4028 c. 2084 d. 4082

21. What do you call 8, 32 and 128 in the sequence?

a. arithmetic means b. geometric means c. common difference d. common ratio

22. What is the sum of the first 5 terms in the geometric sequence 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, . . .?
a. 39 b. 309 c. 93 d. 903

23. What is the sum of the first 8 terms of the sequence 5 + 5 + 5+ 5 + ….?
a. 4 b. 40 c. 400 d. 4,000

24. Which of the following is an example of a Harmonic Sequence?

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
a. , , , , … b. . , , , , … c. , , , , … d. , , , ,…
3 9 10 28 2 8 11 18 5 6 10 13 3 8 13 18

1 1 1 1
25. What is the next term in the sequence . , , , ,…
4 11 18 25
1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
39 30 32 36

26. Which of the following is an example of a Fibonacci sequence?

1 1 1 1
a. , , , , … b. 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, . . c. 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, . . . d. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, …
3 8 13 18

27. What is the next term in the sequence 5, 1, 6, 7, 13, 20, …?

a. 33 b. 33 c. 43 d.53

28. Find the 5th term of a geometric sequence where the first term is 4 and the common ratio is 3?
a. 324 b. 423 c. 342 d. 243
29. The sum of infinity of a geometric sequence is twice the first term. What is the common ratio?
1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
3 4 2 5

for 30 to 32 refer to the long division of polynomials showed below.

2x – 5____
x + 5 ∕ 2x2+ 5x -2
+2x2 + 10x
- 5x – 23
-5x – 25
2

30. What is the divisor?

a. x +5 b. 2x – 5 c. 2 d. 2x2+ 5x -2

31. What is the remainder?

a.2 x -5 b. 2x2+ 5x -2 c. x +5 d. 2

32. What is the dividend?

a.2 b. x + 5 c. 2x2+ 5x -2 d. 2x -5

for 33 to 35, refer to the synthetic division of polynomials showed below.

-2│ 3 4 0 8
-6 4 -8
3 -2 4 0

33. From the synthetic division what is the remainder?

a. -2 b. 3 c. 0 d. 4

34. What is the quotient?

a. 3x2 + 2x +4 b. -3x2 – 2x +4 c. 3x2 – 2x -4 d. 3x2 – 2x +4

35. What is the divisor?

a. x +2 b. x – 2 c. x +1 d. x – 1

36. It is a theorem stating that P(x) is divided by (x – r), the remainder is a constant and is equal to P(r).
a. Remainder Theorem b. Factor Theorem c. Fundamental Theorem of Algebra d. None of these

37. What is the remainder when 5x2 – 2x + 1 by x +2.

a. 20 b. 22 c. 25 d. 0

38. Which of the following is the divisor when 3x 3 – 8x2 + 3x + 2 is divided by -4 using synthetic division?
a. x +4 b. x – 4 c. 4x + 1 4x -1

39. The polynomial P(x) has x –r as a factor if and only if P(r) = 0, this theorem is known as?
a. Theorem of Algebra b. Remainder theorem c. Factor theorem d. None of these

for 40 to 41, refer to the box at the right P(1) = 3(1)3 – 8(1)2 +3(1) +2
=3–8+3+2
P(1) =0

40. What is the binomial that seems to be a factor to the polynomial?

a. x + 1 b. x -1 c. 2x+1 d. 2x -1

41. What does the P(1) = 0 mean?

a.(x -1) is a factor of polynomial 3x3 – 8x2 +3x +2 c.( x -1) is not a factor of polynomial 3x 3 – 8x2 +3x +2
b. (x -1) is a remainder of polynomial 3x3 – 8x2 +3x +2 d. (x -1) is a dividend of polynomial 3x 3 – 8x2 +3x +2
42. Which of the following are factors of x 3 – 9x2?
a. -x2 and (x – 9) b. -x2 and (x + 9) c. x2 and (x + 9) d. x2 and (x – 9)

43. Which polynomial has (x -2) and (x -4) as factors?

a. x2 -6x +8 b. x2 +6x +8 c. x2 -6x -8 d. -x2 -6x +8

44, What property is applied in the following equations? (x +3) (x -4) = 0: (x + 3) = 0; (x -4) =0?
a. addition property b. distributive property c. Zero product property d. None of these

45. What is the degree of the polynomial equation (x + 1) 2 (x -5) =0?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 0

46. What is the real root of polynomial equation x – 8 =0?

a. -8 b. +8 c. +1 d. -1

47. What are the roots of the polynomial equation x 3 + 6x2 + 11x – 6 = 0?
a. 1, 2, 3 b. 2, 3, 6 c. 1, 2, 6 d, 1, 6 only

48. What is the constant in the equation x 3 + 6x2 + 11x – 6 = 0?

a. +6 b. -6 c. +11 d. 1

x
49. What are the dimensions of the cube?

1 in.

a. x (x) (x +1) b. x2 (x) (x +1) c. (x) (x+2) d. (x +1) (x+1)

50. if the volume of the cube is 150, how would you represent its volume with its given dimensions?
a. x3 + x2 -150 =0 b. x3 + x2 = -150 c. -x3 + x2 -150 =0 d. x3 + x2 +150 =0