FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

SY 2018-2019

Direction: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and shade it on
the answer sheet provided.

1. What is the next number in the sequence 8, 1,−6,−13, … ?

A. −19 B. −20 C. 20 D.
−21
2. Find the 23rd term of the sequence 4, 9, 14, 19, …
A. 114 B. 109 C. 104 D. 99
th
3. Find the 8 term of the geometric sequence 24, 12, 6, 3, …
1 3 3
A. B. C.
3 4 8
3
D.
16
4. Find the common ratio of the geometric sequence whose a1=−2 and a8 =4374.
A. -2 B. 2 C. -3 D. 3
5. Give the first and last terms of the arithmetic sequence with arithmetic means of 26, 20, 14.
A. 30 and 12 B. 32 and 8 C. 27 and 7 D. 30 and 10
6. What is the nth term of the sequence 3, 5, 7, 9, …?
A. an =2 n+ 1 B. an =3 n+1 C. an =3n D.
an =1−2 n
7. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
A. 1, 4, 9, 16, … B. 3, 6, 12, 24 C. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, …
1 1 1 1
D. 1, , , , ,.
2 3 4 5
8. What are the first three terms of the geometric sequence whose nth term is given by
−5 ¿ n−1
?
a n=3 ¿
A. 3, -15, 75 B. -3, 15, -75 C. 3, 5, 7 D. 15, 45, 135
For nos. 9 to 12. Match Column I with Column U
I U
9. It is a sequence where its first two terms are either A. Arithmetic Sequence
both 1, or 0 and 1; and each term, thereafter, is obtained
by adding the two preceding terms. B. Fibonacci Sequence
10. A sequence where each term after the first is obtained by
multiplying the preceding term by the same constant is ____. C. Geometric
Sequence
11. It is a sequence where each term after the first is obtained
by adding the same constant D. Harmonic Sequence
12. A sequence such that the reciprocals of the terms form
an arithmetic sequence
13. What is the first term of a geometric sequence whose fourth term is −40 and a common
ratio of −2 ?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 8
14. If 5 arithmetic means are to be inserted between −15∧9 , what is the 4th mean?
A. 1 B. -1 C. 5 D. -5
15. Insert 2 geometric means between 6 and 750.
 A. 30 and 75 B. 45 and 75 C. 30 and 150 D. 50
and 100
16. What is the 7th number in 1, 4, 9,16, … ?
A. 25 B. 36 C. 49 D. 64
17. Which of the following is used in finding the nth term of an arithmetic sequence?
n
A. an =a1 r n−1 B. an =a1 + ( n−1 ) d C. S n= (a 1+ an) D.
2
a1 (1−r n )
S n=
1−r
18. In the arithmetic sequence 8, 14,20, 26,32, … , which term is 122?
A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th
D. 20th
19. Find the sum of the first 100 positive odd integers.
A. 2250 B. 2500 C. 2550
D. 2750
20. What are the next 3 terms of the Fibonacci sequence 2,3, 5, 8, … ?
A. 13, 21, 34 B. 9, 17, 26 C. 11, 14, 17 D. 13, 16, 19
21. Find the value of x if the arithmetic mean of 3∧3 x +5 is8 .
8 5
A. B. C. 3 D. 8
3 3
22. The sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence is defined by:
n
A. an =a1 r n−1 B. an =a1 + ( n−1 ) d C. S n= (a 1+ an) D.
2
a1 (1−r n )
S n=
1−r
23. What are the first five terms of the sequence an =n−3 ?
A. −2,−1, 0,1, 2 B. −1,−2,−3,−4,−5 C. −3,−1,1, 3, 5
D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
24. How many terms are there in an arithmetic sequence whose first term is −5, common
difference is 4 and last term is 67?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 18 D. 19
25. Find the seating capacity of a movie house with 40 rows of seats if there are 25 seats in the
first row, 28 seats on the second, 31 in the third row, and so on.
A. 3430 B. 3340 C. 3000
D. 2340
26. What is the common difference of the sequence −1,−4,−7,−10, … ?
A. 3 B. -3 C. 2 D. -2
27. ___________ is used to find the nth term of a geometric sequence.
n
A. an =a1 r n−1 B. an =a1 + ( n−1 ) C. S n= (a 1+ an) D.
2
a1 (1−r n )
S n=
1−r
28. What is the 33rd term of the 27, 25, 23, 21, …?
A. 0 B. -5 C. -17 D. -37
th th
29. Find the 18 term of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 11 and 7 term is 59.
A. 145 B. 147 C. 155 D. 157
30. Which of the following is a Fibonacci sequence?
1 1 1 1
A. 2,3, 5, 8,13 B. , , ,1, C. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 D. 27,
8 5 2 4
25, 23, 21
31. The following are geometric, EXCEPT:
1 1 1 1 1
A. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 B. 2, -4, 8, -16, 32 C. , , , ,
2 4 8 16 32
1 1 1 1
D. , , ,1,
8 5 2 4
32. The 1st term of an arithmetic sequence is −1 and the 15th term is 27. Find the common
difference.
A. 2 B. -2 C. 3 D. -3
33. To find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence, use the formula ____________.
n
A. an =a1 r n−1 B. an =a1 + ( n−1 ) C. S n= (a 1+ an) D.
2
n
a (1−r )
S n= 1
1−r
34. What is the first term of an arithmetic sequence whose 9 th and 10th are 51 and 55
respectively?
A. 18 B. 19 C. 20 D. 21
35. Insert 3 arithmetic means between 18 and 34.
A. 20, 22, 24 B. 24, 28, 32 C. 21, 24, 27 D. 22, 26, 30
36. What is the common ratio of the sequence 3, -9, 27, -81, …?
1
A. 3 B. -3 C. D.
3
−1
3
1 1 1 1
37. What is the 10th term of the harmonic sequence , , ,−1,− ?
8 5 2 4
−1 −1 −1
A. B. C.
16 19 22
−1
D.
25
38. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of geometric sequence 3, -9, 27, -81, …
A. -4920 B. 9840 C. 19680 D. 6561
39. How many terms are there in the geometric sequence 15, 30, …, 15630?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12
40. Find x such that the sequence 5, 10, x+2 is geometric.
A. 13 B. 15 C. 18 D. 20
1 1 1 1
41. Find the sum of the geometric sequence 1, , , , , …
2 4 8 16
A. 0 B. 1 C. 1.5 D. 2
42. Michael saved P50.00 in January. Suppose he saved twice the amount he saved the
previous month. How much would he save at the end of the year?
A. P204, 750 B. P6, 000 C. P12,000 D. P5, 000
43. What are the first and last terms of the geometric sequence whose geometric means are
40, 20, 10?
A. 60 and 5 B. 80 and 5 C. 80 and 0 D. 60 and -20
44. Find the value of a7 in an arithmetic sequence where a3 =−4 and a8 =11 .
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
45. Any number in the sequence is called ______.
A. Common ratio B. Common difference C. means D. term
3
46. Find a6 in a geometric sequence where a3 =24 and a10= .
16
A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 7
47. If 3 geometric means are to be inserted between 2 and -32, what is the 2 nd mean?
A. 4 B. 8 C. -8 D. 16
48. The number being added to every term of an arithmetic sequence to obtain the next term is
called _
A. Arithmetic Series B. Geometric SeriesC. common difference D. common ratio
1 1 1 1
49. , , ,−1,− is a/an _______.
8 5 2 4
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic
50. What is the common difference of the sequence −50,−43,−36,−29,−22 ?
A. 7 B. -7 C. 17 D. -17
“Life’s a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a
difference.”

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

SY 2018-2019

KEY TO CORRECTION

1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. D
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. D
19. C
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. A
24. D
25. B
26. A
27. A
28. D
29. B
30. A
31. D
32. A
33. D
34. B
35. D
36. B
37. B
38. A
39. C
40. C
41. D
42. A
43. B
44. D
45. D
46. B
47. B
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49. D
50. A

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

SY 2018-2019

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS

Item Number
Competencies No. of Easy Average Difficult
Items
14 7,9,10,11,12, 8,16
Describe and generated patterns 17,22,27,31,
33,45,48
Find the next few terms of a 4 1,20 2,23
sequence
Find the general or nth term of a 1 6
sequence
Determine the nth term of a given 10 3,13,28,29, 18,24,39,4
arithmetic and geometric sequence 34,46 4
Determine the sum of the first n 2 19 38
terms of geometric and arithmetic
sequence
Find the arithmetic and geometric 7 5,14,15,35,4 21,43
means between two terms of 7
arithmetic and geometric sequence
Determine the sum of the first n 1 41
terms of an infinite geometric
sequence
Illustrate other types of sequence 3 30,49 37
like harmonic and Fibonacci
sequence
Solve problems involving arithmetic 2 25,42
and geometric sequence
Find the common difference and 6 26,36,50 4, 32,40
common ratio
TOTAL 50 19 19 12

Prepared by:

MARIVIC C. MONTANA
Grade 10 Math Teacher

Noted:

EDWINDA P. TALAVERA, Ph.D.

Principal IV