CORRO-OY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SUMMATIVE TEST #1
QUARTER 1
MATHEMATICS 10
Name: _________________________________________ Year & Section: _________________
I. Read each item carefully. Choose the correct letter of your answer and write it on the space provided for.
_____1. What type of sequence is illustrated when the terms have a common difference?
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic
_____2. What is the 9 term of the arithmetic sequence whose general term is given by an=3x-37?
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A. -10 B. -9 C. 9 D. 10
_____3. What are the arithmetic means in the sequence 7, __, __, 34?
A. 15 and 25 B. 15 and 26 C. 16 and 25 D. 16 and 26
_____4. Which of the following is a formula for arithmetic series?
1 n 1 1
A) Sn = (a 1+a n) B) Sn = (a +a ) C) Sn = (a 1+ d) D) Sn = (a 1+da n)
2 2 1 n 2 2
_____5. Which basic operation is needed in identifying the common ratio of the given geometric sequence?
A. addition B. division C. multiplication D. subtraction
_____6. To properly identify whether the sequence is arithmetic or geometric, which of the following will you consider?
A. Find the explicit formula C. Solve for the common difference
B. Solve for the common ratio D. Both B and C
_____7. Which of the following numbers is the 10 term of the sequence with its nth term or general term as a n= 2n+3?
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A. 21 B. 22 C. 23 D. 24
_____8. If three arithmetic means are inserted between -14 and -2, what are the terms?
A. -12, -10, -8 B. -11,-8, -5 C. -10, -7, -4 D. -10, -6, -2
_____9. Which of the following statements is true to all geometric sequences?
A. If the common ratio is negative, then the sequence is increasing.
B. If the common ratio is negative, then all the terms of the sequence is also negative.
C. If the common ratio is less than one, then the sequence is decreasing.
D. If the common ratio is less than one, then the sequence is increasing.
_____10. Which of the following statements will let you obtain the common difference of an arithmetic sequence?
A. Divide the first term by the second term of the sequence.
B. Subtract the first term from the second term of the sequence.
C. Subtract the second term from the first term of the sequence.
D. Divide the second term by the first term of the sequence.
_____11. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 5, 9, 13, 17, … is 409?
A) 99tℎ term B) 100tℎ term C) 111tℎ term D) 102nd term
_____12. Find the ntℎ term of the arithmetic sequence given the following conditions:
a 1 = 5 d= 5 n=25
tℎ tℎ
A) 25 term =115 B) 25 term=125 C) 25tℎ term=120 D) 25tℎ term=130
_____13. What is the arithmetic mean between 15 and 40?
A) 28.5 B) 29 C) 26 D) 27.5
_____14. Given a 1= 10 and r = -4, what are the first four terms of the geometric sequence?
A. 10, -40, 160, -640 B. 10, -10, 10, -10 C. 10, -40, 80, -320 D. 4, -12, 36, -108
_____15. What value of m will make the sequence -4, m, -36, . . . geometric?
A. -21 B. -12 C. 12 D. Both B and C

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n −1
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_____16. What are the first four terms of the geometric sequence given the rule: a n = -20 ?
10
1 1
A. -20, -2, − , − C. 5, 20, 80, 320
5 50
1 1
B. 20, 2, , D. 4, 9, 14, 19
5 50
_____17. Find the sum of the first 12 terms of the arithmetic sequence 4, 11, 18, …
A) 610 B) 530 C) 510 D) 410
1 1 2
_____18. What is the explicit rule for the geometric sequence: , , , . . . ?
2 3 9
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n− 1 n− 1 n− 1 n− 1
1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
A. a n =− − B. a n = C. a n = D. a n =− −
2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
_____19. What is the pattern in getting the next term of the sequence 4, -8, 16, -32, …?
A. multiply by 2 B. add 4 C. multiply by -2 D. add -4
_____20. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 9 and the last term is 53. What is the sum of its first 12 terms?
A. 124 B. 372 C. 378 D. 744

FIRST QUARTER
PERFORMANCE TASK # 1
MATHEMATICS 10

Name: _______________________________ Section: ______________ Score: ______

Answer the following:

1. 15, 18, _____, _____, _____, 33

2. -8, _____, _____, -14

3. 4, _____, _____, 16

4. 10, _____, 22, 28, _____

5. 14, _____, 34

B. For items 6 – 7, solve for the sum of the indicated terms of the arithmetic sequence.

__________6. 5, 7,9,11, …, S20

__________7. 21, 15, 9, 3, …, S8

C. For items 8 – 10, solve the following systematically.

-32, _____, _____, _____, 16

9. Insert 5 arithmetic means between 45 and -21.

45, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, -21

10. Solve for the sum of the first 8 terms of the arithmetic sequence -2, 2, 6, …

Answer: ______________________