School Year 2018-2019

FOURTH PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10

DIRECTION: Choose the letter that you think best answers the question.

1. What do you call the different arrangements of the objects of a group?

A. Selection B. Differentiation C. Permutation D. Combination

2. Which situation illustrates permutation?

A. forming a committee of councilors
B. selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 questions in a test
C. choosing 2 literature books to buy from a variety of choices
D. assigning rooms to conference participants

3. It is the selection of objects from a set.

A. combination B. Differentiation C. permutation D. distinction

4. Which of the following situations illustrates combination?

A. arranging books in a shelf
B. drawing names from a box containing 200 names
C. forming different numbers from 5 given digits
D. forming plate numbers of vehicles

5. Which of the following situations does NOT illustrate combination?

A. selecting fruits to make a salad
B. assigning telephone numbers to homes
C. choosing household chores to do after classes
D. selecting posters to hang in the walls of your room

6. Which of the following expressions represents the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters
of the word CONCLUSIONS?

7. A certain restaurant allows you to assemble your own vegetable salad. If there are 8 kinds of
vegetables available, how many variations of the salad can you make containing at least 5 vegetables?
A. 56 B. 84 C. 93 D. 96

8. Calculate P(12, 4).

A. 40 320 B. 11 880 C. 990 D. 495

9. How many different 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 if repetition of digits is
not allowed?
A. 840 B. 720 C. 360 D. 120

10. Miss Cruz plotted some points on the board, no three of which are collinear. When she asked her
student to draw all the possible lines through the points, he came up with 45 lines. How many points were
on the board?
A. 10 B. 9 C. 8 D. 7

11. If P(9, r) = 504, what is r?

A. 7 B. 6 C. 5 D. 3

12. If P(n, 4) = 17 160, then n = ____ .

A. 9 B. 11 C. 13 D. 14

13. If x = P(7, 4), y = P(8, 4), and z = P(9, 3), arrange x, y, and z from smallest to greatest.
A. x, y, z B. z, x, y C. y, x, z D. x, z, y
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14. Calculate
3!2!
A. 420 B. 840 C. 1680 D. 2520

15. Which of the following can be a value of r in C(15, r) = 1365?

A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3

16. If C(n, 5) = 252, then n = _____.

A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

17. Calculate: C(20, 5)

A. 6840 B. 15 504 C. 116 280 D. 1 860 480

18. Let a = C(7, 4), b = C(7, 5), c = C(7, 6) and d = C(7, 7). If there are 7 points on the plane, no three
of which are collinear, what represents the total number of polygons that can be formed with at least 5
sides?
A. a + b B. c + d C. a + b + c D. b + c + d

19. Find C(18, 4).

A. 2400 B. 3060 C. 4896 D. 73 440

20. Evaluate: C(25, 4) + C(30, 3) + C(35, 2)

A. 17 900 B. 17 305 C. 16 710 D. 4655

21. In how many different ways can 7 potted plants be arranged in a row?
A. 5040 B. 2520 C. 720 D. 210

22. In how many different ways can 10 different-colored horses be positioned in a carousel?
A. 504 B. 4032 C. 362 880 D. 3 628 800

23. In how many possible ways can Juan answer a 10-item matching type quiz if there are also 10 choices
and he answers by mere guessing?
A. 3 628 800 B. 40 320 C. 720 D. 10

24. Khristelle was able to calculate the total number of 3-digit numbers that can be formed from a given
set of non zero digits, without repetition. If there were 60 numbers in all, how many digits were actually
given?
A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5

25. How many different rays can be formed from 8 distinct points on a plane, no three of which lie on the
same line?
A. 56 B. 28 C. 26 D. 4

26. If a committee of 8 members is to be formed from 8 sophomores and 5 freshmen such that there must
be 5 sophomores in the committee, which of the following is/are true?
I. The 8 committee members can be selected in 1 287 ways.
II. The 5 sophomores can be selected in 56 ways.
III. The 3 freshmen can be selected in 10 ways

A. I only B. I and II C. II and III D. I, II, and III

27. In a gathering, each of the guests shook hands with everybody else. If a total of 378 handshakes were
made, how many guests were there?
A. 30 B. 28 C. 25 D. 23

28. If 4 marbles are picked randomly from a jar containing 8 red marbles and 7 blue marbles, in how
many possible ways can at least 2 of the marbles picked are red?
A. 1638 B. 1568 C. 1176 D. 1050

29. The median score is also the ________

A. 75th percentile B. 5th decile C. 3rd decile D. 1st quartile

30. Rochelle got a score of 55, which is equivalent to a 70th percentile rank in a mathematics test. Which
of the following is NOT true?
A. She scored above 70% of her classmates.
B. Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above.
C. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test.
 D. Her score is below the 5th decile.

31. The lower quartile is equal to

A. 50th percentile B. 25th percentile C. 2nd decile D. 3rd quartile

32. In the set of scores 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19, the median score is _______.
A. 17 B. 15 C. 16 D. 13

33. In a 70-item test, Melody got a score of 50 which is the third quartile. This means that
A. She got the highest score.
B. Her score is higher than 25 of his classmates.
C. She surpassed 75% of his classmates.
D. Seventy-five percent of the class did not pass the test.

34. Angie ranks 10th in a class of 40. Her percentile rank is ______.
A. 75 B. 90 C. 10 D. 25

35. The 1st quartile of the ages of 250 fourth year students is 16 years. Which of the following statements is
true?
A. Most of the students are below 16 years old.
B. Seventy-five percent of the students are 16 years old and above.
C. Twenty-five percent of the students are 16 years old.
D. One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years.

36. Mel’s score in a 75-item test was the median score. What is his percentile rank?
A. 35th B. 50th C. 25th D. 75th

37. When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score point that describes the
distribution is called a ___________.
A. percentile B. decile C. quartile D. median

38. In a 100-item test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. What does it imply?
A. The students should answer at least 75 items correctly to pass the test.
B. The students should answer at least 50 items correctly to pass the test.
C. The students should answer at most 75 items correctly to pass the test.
D. The students should answer at most 50 items correctly to pass the test.

For items 39 to 41, consider the score distribution of 15 students given below:
83 72 87 79 82 77 80 73 86 81 79 82 79 74 74
39. The median score is _______________.
A. 80 B. 82 C. 73 D. 79

40. The lower quartile is ________________.

A. 74 B. 72 C. 86 D. 79 1

41. The value of the 2nd deciles is ____.

A. 74 B. 85 C. 72 D. 83

42. The median in the score distribution for items 39-41 can also be interpreted as _______.
A. seven students scored above 79.
B. seven students scored below 79.
C. seven students scored below and seven students scored above 79.
D. fourteen students scored below 79.

43. In a group of 55 examinees taking the 50-item test, Rachel obtained a score of 38 and 38 scores were
above her. This implies that her score is ______________.
A. the 38th percentile B. at the upper quartile C. the 55th percentile D. below the 4th decile

For items 44 to 47, please refer to the Table A below.

Table A
44. In solving for the 60th percentile, the lower boundary to use is ___.
A. 34 B. 34. C. 395 D. 39.5

45. What cumulative frequency should be used in solving for the 35th percentile?
A. 4 B. 7 C. 12 D. 18

46. The 45th percentile is ____________.

A. 33.4 B. 32.7 C. 30.8 D. 35.6

47. The 50th percentile is _____.

A. 36.0 B. 37.0 C. 36.5 D. 37.5

48. The 50th percentile is equivalent to _______.

A. 5th decile B. 2nd quartile C. mean score D. all of the above

49. It is the difference between the upper quartile and the lower quartile of the given observations.
A. Median B. Decile C. Percentile D. Interquartile Range

50. These are the values that divide the set of observations into ten (10) equal parts.
A. Quartiles B. Deciles C. Percentiles D. Quantiles
 APLAYA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
FOURTH PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10
NO. ITEM PLACEMENT
NO.
OF EASY AVE DIFFICULT
LESSON COMPETENCIES OF PERCENTAGE ITEM NUMBER
DAY
ITEMS K C A A E
S
Define
PERMUTATIONS permutation
AND
COMBINATIONS and 3 2 4% 1 and 3 1, 3
combination
of n objects
Illustrate
permutation
and 2, 4-5 2, 4 5
5 3 6%
combination
of n objects
Solve
7, 9-
problems 24% 23-
5 12 6-13, 21-24 8 6, 21 12,
involving 24
22
permutation

Solve
17,
problems 18,
11 22% 14-20, 25-28 14 15-16 19,
involving 5 25-28
20
combination

Define the
MEASURES OF different
POSITION
measures of 29, 31, 37, 37,49- 29,
5 5 10%
position and 49-50 50 31
its connection
to the median
Calculate the
measures of
position of 5 4 8% 32, 39-41 32, 39 41 40
ungrouped
data
Calculate the
measures of 44-
position for 7 5 10% 44-48 45, 46-47
grouped data 48
Interpret
measures of 33,
position 35,
30, 33-36, 38, 30,
5 8 16% 36,
42-43 34
38,
42-43

TOTAL 40 50 100% 50 11 13 20 4 2
Days Items

Prepared by:

MARIVIC C. MONTANA
Teacher I