Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Davao del Norte
NEW CORELLA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
2nd PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN PRECALCULUS
1st SEMESTER S.Y. 2019 -2020

Name: ___________________________________ Section: ______________________

Teacher: _________________________________ Score: _______________________

Direction: Analyze and solve each item carefully. Encircle the letter that corresponds to your answer. Good luck!

1. What is the nth element of the sequence 1,3,5,7.....?

a. N b. 2n-1 c. 2n+1 d. 2n
2. What are the first three terms of a sequence when nth term is defined by n 2 - 2n?
a. -1,0,3 b. 1,0,2 c. -1,0,-3 d. 1, 0, -2
3. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
a. 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, . b. 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 .. c. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 .. d. 1, 2, 4, 8,
16 ...
4. The number of terms in the arithmetic progression 2, 5, 8,….., 59 is what?
a. 20 b. 19 c. 12 d. 25
5. Which of the following is not an arithmetic sequence?
a. 11, 2, -8, -19, … b. 4, 7, 10, 13, … c. 57, 51, 45, 39, … d. -3, -5, -7, -9,
…
6. What is the common difference of the arithmetic progression whose general term is A n = 2n +
1?
a. -1 b. -2 c. 2 d. 1
7. What is the common difference if the 11th and 13th terms of an arithmetic progression are 35
and 41 respectively?
a. 6 b. 3 c. 3 d. 32
8. How many terms are there between 10 and 250 which are multiple of 4?
a. 51 b. 61 c. 71 d. 81
9. What is the 20th term of the progression 1, 4, 7,10...?
a. 58 b. 52 c. 50 d. 56
10. What would be the first negative term for an A. P. 121, 117, 113…..?
a. -31 b. -30 c. -33 d. -3
11. The last term of the series 5, 7, 9,.. to 21 terms is what?
a. 44 b. 43 c. 42 d. 45
12. What is the number of terms between 74 and 25556 divisible by 5?
a. 5090 b. 5080 c. 5095 d. 5085
13. What is the fifth term of the geometric sequence 5, 15, 45, ...?
a. 3645 b. 1215 c. 1875 d. 405
14. Which sequence below is a geometric sequence?
a. -2, -5, -8, -11, ... b. 18, -36, 72, -144, ... c. 2, 4, 16, 256, ... d. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ...
15. What is the arithmetic mean between 33 and 77?
a. 50 b. 45 c. 55 d. None of these
16. What are the three terms between 10 and 26?
a. 12, 17, 22 b. 14, 18, 22 c. 13, 16, 19 d. 15, 18, 21
17. What are the two arithmetic means between -8 and 7?
a. -3 and 2 b. -5 and 0 c. -2 and 4 d. -4 and 1
18. What are the two arithmetic means between -8 and 7?
a. -3 and 2 b. -5 and 0 c. -2 and 4 d. -4 and 1
19. What is the sum of first 20 odd natural numbers?
a. 400 b. 285 c. 421 d. 281
20. How many terms are there if the sum of the arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11,………. is 210?
a. 12 b. 22 c. 15 d. 10
21. What is the sum of first 10 multiples of 7?
a. 385 b. 406 c. 315 d. 371
22. For an arithmetic progression 9, 17, 25….the number terms in order to give a sum of 636 is
what?
a. 12 b. 11 c. 10 d. 13
23. What is the sum of the series 9, 5, 1,.... to 100 th terms?
a. -18900 b. -18999 c. -18900 d. -19900
24. What is the coefficient of x6 in (1-3x)8?
a. 20412 b. 10512 c. 23110 d. 23127
25. What is the 7th term of (2+x)10?
a. 3360x6 b. 3000x6 c. 4500x7 d. 4550x7

II. Solve the following and show solution (3 points)

1. Find the sum of the terms divisible by 4 between 35 and 260

2. Find the sum of the odd terms between 15 and 105

3. Find the 9th term of the binomial expansion (2x+y) 10

4. Solve for the 5th term of the binomial expansion (4-2x) 12

5. Solve the binomial expansion of (3x+4) 6

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