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First Periodical Examination

In Mathematics 10

NAME:_______________________________________ _ _DATE:____________________
GRADE/SECTION:_____________________________ __SCORE:___________________
TEACHER:_MR. NOEL C. DE LUNA________________

TEST I. IDENTIFICATION
A. Direction: Identify the following given statement. Write your answer on the space provided
before a number. (2pts. each)
. 1. The difference between any two consecutive terms is a constant. \
. 2. Constant is called the common difference and the said sequence is called .
. 3. A function whose domain is the finite set {1, 2, 3... n} or the infinite set {1, 2, 3...}.  
. 4. Are the set of numbers containing whole numbers and their opposites?
. 5. Located at the left side of the number line and have a negative sign (-).
. 6.it is the expression of the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence. 
. 7. the sum of the first term of an arithmetic sequence.
. 8. is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement.
. 9. is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label.
. 10. If n is the value of number of terms and a n is the number of terms to find . what is the
symbol of common difference?

TEST II. ARITHMETIC OR NOT ?

Directions: Determine whether the following is an ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE or NOT.
1) 45, 40, 35, 30…
2) 3/4, 1, 5/4, 3/2,7/4,… .
3) 1.1, 2.3, 3.5, 4, 7… .
4) -15, -7, 1, 9, 17, … .
5. 1/3,2/3,4/3,8/3,… .
6) 1, 2, 3,4,5,6,… .
7) 2,-4,6,-8,10,-12,... .
8) -10,-5,0,5,10,… .
9) 2, 5, 8, 11, … .
10) -6, -10, -14, -18 .

TEST III. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the blank provided.
. 1. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 3, 13/4, 7/2, 15/4,… 
a. 1/4 c. 5/2
b. 3/4 d. 4
. 2. What is the sum of all the odd integers between 8 and 26? 
a. 153 c. 151
b. 149 d. 148
. 3. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, find the second arithmetic mean.
a. 46 c. 32
b. 18 d. 25

. 4. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 4, 1, -2 ,5, . . . is -29? 

a. 11th term c. 10th term
 b. 9th term d. 12th term
. 5. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 while the 18th term is 87. Find the common difference of
the sequence. 
a. 7 c. 6
b. 3 d. 5
. 6. Which of the following is the sum of all the multiples of 3 from 15 to 48? 
a. 396 c. 360
b. 378 d. 315
. 7. What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, . .?  
a. 3n + 4 c. n + 2
b. 4n + 3 d. 2n + 5
. 8. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 3 while the 7th term is -27. Find the common difference of
the sequence. 
a.-7 c. -5
b.-6 d. -3
. 9. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 21 while the 6th term is 96. Find the common difference of
the sequence.
a. 15 c.13
b.12 d. 14
. 10. The science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement.  
a. sequence c. algebra
b. mathematics d. arithmetic sequence
. 11. Given the sequence: -1, -1, -2, -3, -5 ... what will be the 10th term?  
a. -25 c. 23
b. -55 d. 4
. 12. Given the sequence: 5, 5, 10, 15, 25, ... what will be the 6th term?  
a. 14 c. 20
b. 32 d. 40
. 13. The first four Fibonacci numbers are 0, 1, 1 and 2, what is the twelfth number?  
a. 45 c. 89
b. 56 d. 90
. 14. If the first three Fibonacci numbers are given as x(1) = 1, x(2) = 1 and x(3) = 2, then what is the least
value of n for which x(n) > 500? 
a. n = 13 c. n = 16
b. n = 15 d. n = 14

. 15. is a set of numbers that starts which a zero or one, followed by a(1) and proceeds based on the rule
that the following number is the sum of the preceding two numbers. 
a. Fibonacci Sequence c. Arithmetic Sequence
b. Geometric Sequence d. Harmonic Sequence

TEST IV: FINDINGS!

A. Directions: Find the missing terms in each arithmetic sequence.
1. 3, 12, 21, ______, _______, _______ 
2. 8, 3, -2, _______, _______ 
3. 5, 12, ________, 26, ________, __________ 
4. 2, ________, 20, 29, ________ 
5. ________, 4, 10, 16, _______ 
6. 17, 14, _________, ________, 5 
7. 4, _________, __________, 19, 24,... 
8. _________, _________, _________, 8, 12, 16 
9. -1, ________, __________, __________, 31, 39 
10. 13, _________, _________, __________, -11, -17 
B. Directions: Find the first 5 terms of the sequence given the nth term.
 1. Find the first 5 (five) terms of the sequence given the nth term.
a. First term:
b. Second term:
c. Third term:
d. Fourth term:
e. Fifth term:
2. Find the first 5 (five) terms of the sequence given the nth term.
a. First term:
b. Second term:
c. Third term:
d. Fourth term:
e. Fifth term:
3. Write the next 5 (five) terms of the following Fibonacci-like sequence
a. First term:
b. Second term:
c. Third term:
d. Fourth term:
e. Fifth term:

C. Find the sum of the following geometric sequence. Show your solutions. (5pts. each)
1. a 1=10 ,r =2 , n=8

2. 1, 2.4, 8, 16, 32, 64

3. a 1=5 ,r =3 , n=10

GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS!

"Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around
you is numbers." –Shakuntala Devi

Prepared by: Mr. Noel C. De Luna