GEN. T.

DE LEON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS 10
Name: _____________________________________ Section: ______________ Score: ___________
Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the number. If the answer is not in the choices,
write the correct answer.
______1. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 128, -64, 32, …? A. -16 B. 16 C. -8 D. 8
3 5 1 1 1 2
______2. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 1, 2 , 2, 2 , … A. 3 B. 4 C. 2 D. 3
1 1 1 1 1 1
______3. What is the nest term of the harmonic sequence − 4 , −1, 2 , … A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 2
______4. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 4, 11, 18, 25, … is 221? A. 30 B. 31 C. 32 D. 33
______5. Find x so that 𝑥 + 3, 2𝑥 − 4, 5𝑥 + 7, … form an arithmetic sequence. A. −9 B. 4 C. 3 D. −6
______6. Elijah is a marathoner of Gen. T. de Leon National High for the District Meet. He begins training by running 2km
during the first week, 3.5km during the second week, and 5km on the third week. Assume this pattern continues,
how far will he run on the 8th week?
A. 11km B. 11.5km C. 12km D. 12.5km
______7. Which of the following is not a polynomial?
A. 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 1 B. 3𝑏 4 − 𝑏 3 + 2𝑏 2 − 5 C. 𝑚−3 − 2𝑚−2 + 5 D. −2𝑦 4 − 3𝑦 3 + 𝑦 − 6
______8. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial 3𝑥 − 4𝑥 6 + 2𝑥 4 − 7𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 − 1?
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A. 8 B. 7 C. 3 D. -1
______9. What is the quotient when (𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 21) is divided by (𝑥 + 3)
A. 𝑥 + 7 B. 𝑥 − 7 C. 𝑥 + 18 D. 𝑥 − 18
______10. What is the remainder when (𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 + 5) is divided by (𝑥 − 1)?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
______11. If the remainder after dividing polynomial (𝑦 3 + 2𝑦 2 − 5𝑦 + 𝑘) by (𝑦 + 1) is 5, which of the following must be
the value of k?
A. -1 B. 1 C. -2 D. 2
______12. If 𝑃(3) = 0, which of the following statements is true about 𝑃(𝑥)?
A. 𝑃(0) = 3 B. 3 is a root of 𝑃(𝑥) = 0 C. 𝑥 − 3 is a factor of 𝑃(𝑥) D. 𝑃(𝑥) = 0 has two negative roots.
______13. Below is the solution when (𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 6) is divided by (𝑥 + 2)
-2 1 3 5 6
-2 -2 -6
1 1 3 0
Express the third row as a polynomial in x.
A. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 3 B. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 3 C. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 3 D. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 3
𝑛
______14. Which of the following could be the value of n in the equation 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 if f is a polynomial function?
A. ½ B. -5 C. √4 D. √5
______15. Which of the following is not a polynomial function?
2
2
A. 𝑓(𝑥) = 5 B. 𝑓(𝑥) = 4 𝑥 2 − 3 C. 𝑓(𝑥) = −4 + 𝑥 𝑛 √3 D. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 5
______16. From a group of 6 men and 5 women, how many 5 person basketball teams can be formed?
A. 30 B. 120 C. 462 D. 55440
______17. What term refers to the selection of objects from a set when order is not important?
A. combination B. distinction C. differentiation D. permutation
______18. What is the multiplication rule when two events A and B are any events?
A. P(A 𝑎𝑛𝑑 B)= P(A) C. P(A 𝑎𝑛𝑑 B)= P(A│B) ● P(B)
B. P(A 𝑎𝑛𝑑 B)= P(A) ● P(B) D. P(A 𝑎𝑛𝑑 B)= P(A) + P(B) + P(A ∩ B)
______19. A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that the sum of the number of dots shown is 9 or 11?
1 1 2 1
A. B. C. D.
9 18 9 6
______20. In how many different ways can 4 cars be parked if there are 6 available parking spaces?
A. 15 B. 360 C. 1296 D. 4096
______21. Find the probability of not getting a number divisible by 3 in a toss of a die.
1 2 1
A. 3 B. 3 C. 2 D. 0
______22. How many triangles can you draw using 10 non-collinear points on a plane?
A. 2 B. 30 C. 60 D. 120
______23. How many 3 digit even number can be formed from set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} without repetition?
A. 10 B. 24 C. 50 D. 60
______24. If a card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards of 4 suits, what is a probability that it will be jack, a queen or a king?
1 3 2 4
A. 13 B. 13 C. 13 D. 13
______25. In how many ways can an organization with 15 members choose a president, secretary and a treasurer if no member
can hold more than one position? A. 15 B. 210 C. 455 D. 2730
______26. In how many ways can 7 persons be seated in a round table with 7 chairs?
A. 180 B. 360 C. 720 D. 5040
______27. Which of the following refers to the number of favorable outcomes divided by the number of possible outcomes?
A. Chance B. Combination C. Permutation D. Probability
______28. Suppose a box contains 3 white balls and 2 black balls. Let A be the event in which the first ball is drawn and B the
second event in which the second ball is drawn where the balls are not replaced after being drawn. What is
1 2 1 13
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)? A. B. C. D.
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______29. A bag contains 3 white balls and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without replacement, which of
the following is/are true?
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I. The probability that both balls are black is 14.
II. Two balls can be drawn in 112 ways.
III. The number of ways that the two balls drawn are of different colors is 30.
A. I B. II C. III D. IV
______30. An association has 15 officials. How many 4 member committees can be formed from these officials?
A. 1365 B. 1138 C. 1966 D. 1638
______31. How many distinguishable permutations are possible with all the letters of the word “CHEESE”?
A. 20 B. 30 C. 60 D. 120
______32. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated in an automobile having places for 2 in front seat and 3 in the back seat
if only 3 can drive? A. 30 B. 36 C. 60 D. 72
______33. Let U = {1,2,3,4,… 20} and A = { multiples of 4} and B = {divisible by 5}. What is (A U B)?
A. {4,5,8,10,12,15,16,20} B. {4,5,8,10,14,15,16,20} C. {4,5,10,12,16,20} D. {20}
______34. What is the probability that on a single roll of the die, the number is either even or a 3?
1 1 1 2
A. 2 B. 6 C. 12 D. 3
______35. Which of the following is the correct formula for the number of ways of selecting m objects from n without regard
to order?
𝑛! 𝑛! 𝑚! 𝑚!
A. 𝐶(𝑚, 𝑛) = 𝑚!(𝑚−𝑛)! B. 𝐶(𝑛, 𝑚) = 𝑛!(𝑛−𝑚)! C. 𝐶(𝑚, 𝑛) = 𝑛!(𝑛−𝑚)! D. 𝐶(𝑛, 𝑚) = 𝑚!(𝑚−𝑛)!
______36. What is the probability of selecting an ace or a spade from a deck of 52 cards?
1 1 17 4
A. 13 B. 4 C. 52 D. . 13
______37. In how many ways can four boys and four girls be seated alternately in a row of eight chairs?
A. 576 B. 1152 C. 1728 D. 228
______38. A fair die is tossed twice. Find the probability of getting 4,5 or 6 on the first toss and 1,2,3 or 4 on the second toss.
1 1 1 1
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
______39. Which of the following shows the solution of determining the number of a 2-digit number that can be formed from
5! 5!
the digits 1,4, 5,7, 8 and 9. A. 5 x 5 B. 5 x 4 C. D.
3! 5!3!
1 1 1
______40. What is the probability of getting at least two tails if two coins are tossed once? A. B. C. D. 1
4 3 2
1 1 1 1
______41. A family has three children, what is the probability that one of them is a boy? A. B. C. D.
2 3 4 5
______42. A cabinet contains 5 pairs of red socks, 2 pairs of black socks, 4 pairs of white socks and 3 pairs of stripe socks.
Enzo randomly pull out pair of socks and pull out another pair. What is the probability that he pull out a pair of red
5 9 10 121
socks and then a pair of white socks? A. B. C. D.
49 182 91 182
______43. A fair coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of getting at least three heads on consecutive tosses?
1 1 5 15
A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 32
______44. Which of the following implies 2-digit numbers that can be formed using digits 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9?
6! 6! 6!
A. 3!2! B. 3! C. 2! D. 63
______45. If one card is drawn from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a Jack or a black card?
1 1 7 15
A. 13 B. 2 C. 13 D. 32
______46. You roll a fair six-sided die. What is the probability that a die shows an even number or a number greater than
2 1 1
three? A. B. C. D. 1
3 2 3
______47. A bag contains 3 red marbles and 4 blue marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random without replacement. If the
first marble drawn is red, what is the probability the second marble is blue?
1 1 12 2
A. B. C. D.
2 3 49 7
______48. A bag of 10 marbles contains 3 red marbles and 7 blue marbles. If two marbles are selected at random, what is the
14 1 3 1
probability that none is blue? A. B. C. D.
15 15 2 2
______49. A mother has two children. The older one is a daughter. What is the probability that the other child is a girl?
1 1 1 2
A. B. C. D.
2 3 4 3
______50. In rolling a black die and a red die together, what is the probability of getting either a sum of 5 or a sum of 9 in the
1 2 5 8
outcome? A. 2 B. 3 C. 36 D. 36
______51. Which of the following situations illustrates combination?
I. Selecting participants for a contest from a group.
II. Forming different numbers using five given digits without repetition.
III. Making different kinds of shirts a manufacturer will produce.
IV. The batting order for seven players on a 12 person team.
A. I B. II C. I and III D. III

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due. Cast all your
anxiety on him because he cares for you”
1 Peter 5:6-7
GOD BLESS!!!

Mr. Arnel Loveras Flaviano