PARAÑAQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL- MAIN

FIRST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN MATH X

Name: __________________________________________________ Score: ________________

Grade and Section: _______________ Date: _________________

I. Multiple Choice:
Read carefully and analyze each question. Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Given the sequence 2 , 8 , 14 , 20 , 26 , … What is the common difference ?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
2. What is the 11 term of the sequence a n=n ( n−6 ) ?
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a) 55 b) 65 c) 75 d) 85
3. Write the first four terms of the sequence whose general term is a n=2 n+1.
a.) 2,4,6,8 b.) 1,2,3,4 c.) -3,-1,1,3 d.) 3,5,7, 9
4. What are the next three terms of a sequence 1,5,11,19,… ?
a.) 29,31,45 b.) 29,41,55 c.) 28,38,49 d.) 28,48,59
5. Find the 8th term of the sequence whose nth term is defined by a n=n2−6 .
a.) 70 b.) 58 c.) -70 d.) -58
6. What is the first term in the arithmetic sequence __ , 9 , __ , 33 , 45 ?
a.) -3 b.) -1 c.) 3 d.) 6
7. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
a.) 2,4,8,16,… b.) 3,17,39,69,… c.) 3,-6,12,-24,… d.) -10,-8,-6,-4,...
1 1 3
8. What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 3, 3 , 3 , 3 ,… ?
4 2 4
1 1 1 1
a.) b.) c.) d.)
2 3 4 8
9. Find the next three terms in the arithmetic sequence -14, -11, -8, -5,…
a.) 3,6,9 b.) -1,2,5 c.) -2,1,4 d.) 2,5,8
10. What is missing in the arithmetic sequence x+2, x, x – 2, ______?
a.) x-4 b.) x+4 c.) 2x d.) 2x-1
11. What is the 7 term of the arithmetic sequence 23,27,31,35,… ?
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a.) 43 b.) 47 c.) 49 d.) 51

12. Which of the following is a sequence of numbers in which each term is obtained
by adding a constant number? a.) Fibonacci Sequence c.) Arithmetic Sequence
b.) Geometric Sequence d.) Arithmetic Series
13. What is the general term for the sequence 9,12,15,18,… ?
a.) a n=3 n+6 b.) a n=3 n−6 c.) a n=−3 n−6 d.) a n=−3 n+6
14. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 while the 18 term is 87. Find the
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common difference of the sequence. a.) 5 b.) 7 c.) 10 d.) 15

15. Which of the following is the 10 term of the arithmetic sequence 20,15,10,5,0,… ?
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a.) -20 b.) -15 c.) -10 d.) -25

16. Find the number of terms of the finite arithmetic sequence -4,-1,2,5,…62 .
a.) 11 b.) 19 c.) 23 d.) 27
17.Find the first term of an arithmetic sequence whose 16 term is 110 and the
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common difference is 7. a.) 4 b.) 6 c.) 5 d.) -3

18. What is the sum of the first 6 terms of this arithmetic series −5−2+ 1+ 4+ … ?
a.) -11 b.) 15 c.) -17 d.) 20
19. What is the sum of all odd integers between 2 and 14?
a.) 48 b.) 45 c.) 35 d.) 28
20. Which of the following is an arithmetic series? a.) 1+3+9+ 27+¿…
b.) 4 +1−2−5−… c.) 32−16+ 8−4+ … d.) 8+ 4+2+1+ …
21. Which of the following is the sum of all the multiples of 3 from 15 to 35 ?
a.) 100 b.) 143 c.) 168 d.) 189
22. What type of series is −4−1+ 2+5+ … ?
a.) infinite geometric sequence c.) finite arithmetic series
b.) infinite arithmetic series d.) finite geometric series
23. What is a rule for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence with a 14 = 9 and common
difference, d = 2? a.) a n=2 n−19 b.) a n=2 n+7 c.) a n=2 n−9 d.) a n=2 n+17
24. In the arithmetic sequence, 8, 5, 2, -1, …which term is - 25?
a.) 12th term b. 11th term c. 14th term d. 13th term
25. Find the arithmetic mean between 13 and 67.
a. 27 b. 30 c. 37 d. 40
26. Insert two arithmetic means between -2 and 13.
a.) -3 and -8 b.) -5 and -10 c.) 3 and 8 d.) 5 and 10
27. Find the difference of the arithmetic sequence in number 26.
a.) -3 b.) -2 c.) 5 d.) 4
28. What is the first term of the arithmetic sequence 7,14,21,28,… ?
a.) 28 b.) 21 c.) 14 d.) 7
29. Which of the following is the last term of a sequence: -2, -16, -20,…, -52
a.) -52 b.) -20 c.) -16 d.) -2
30. Find the arithmetic mean between -1 and 9.
a.) 5 b.) 4 c.) -5 d.) -4
II. Matching Type:
Match column A with column B. Write the correct answer on the space provided.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
__________1. Arithmetic mean of the sequence 4,1,-2,-5,-8 a. 320
__________2. Arithmetic mean between 8 and – 10 b. -4
__________3. The sum of the arithmetic sequence with c. -2
a 1=−4 , a n=20 , n= 40 d. 155
__________4. The number of terms of an arithmetic series whose e. 240
first term is 4, last term is 212 and sum of the terms is 5,724. f. 53
__________5. The sum of the first 15 terms of 2+4+6+8+… g. – 1
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__________6. The 20 term of the arithmetic sequence 3,11,19,27,… h. a n=3 n+1
__________7. The common difference of a sequence -16,-12,-8,-4,… i. 4x
__________8. Arithmetic mean of a sequence 2x-3 ,2x, 2x+3,… j. a n=10 n−47
__________9. The general term of an arithmetic sequence -37,-27,-17,-7,… k. 2x
__________10.The nth term of the sequence whose d=3 and a 1=4 .

III. Modified TRUE or FALSE:

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if not, change the underlined word/s to make it
correct.
__________1. The sequence of odd numbers starting at 1 is an arithmetic sequence.
__________2. A sequence which descends in constant steps is arithmetic series.
__________3. The powers of 2 starting at 2 is not an arithmetic sequence.
__________4. A sequence is a succession of numbers which are related according to some law
and arranged in a definite order.
__________5. The general term of an arithmetic sequence is a n=a 1+ ( n−1 ) d .
__________6. The multiples of any number is an arithmetic sequence.
__________7. Arithmetic series are the terms between two given terms of an arithmetic
sequence.
__________8. Arithmetic series is the indicated difference of the terms of an arithmetic
sequence.
__________9. {4, 2,0, -2, -4, -6} is a finite sequence.
__________10. A sequence is an ordered list of numbers formed according to some pattern.