San Isidro National High School

City of Tagbilaran

Diagnostic Test in MATHEMATICS 10

Name: ______________________________ Yr. & Section ____________________Date:_____________

Score:_____________

Choose the best answer.

1. It is a sequence where every term after the first is obtained by adding a constant.
a. arithmetic b. Fibonacci c. geometric d. harmonic
2. What is the sum of all the odd integers between 8 and 26?
a. 153 b. 151 c. 149 d. 148
3. In the geometric sequence, it is determined by dividing any term in the sequence by the term that precedes it.
a. ratio b. terms c. coefficient d. difference
2 2
4. What is the 6th term of the geometric sequence , , 2 ,10 , . .. ?
25 5
a. 25 b. 250 c. 1250 d. 2500
5. It is a sequence where its first two terms are either both 1, or 0 and 1; and each term, thereafter, is obtained by adding the two
preceding terms.
a. arithmetic b. Fibonacci c. geometric d. harmonic
6. It is a sequence such that the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic sequence.
a. arithmetic b. Fibonacci c. geometric d. harmonic
7. The following are examples of polynomials EXCEPT
a. x 3− y 3 b. x 2−4 x+5 c. 5 x 3+ 2 x 2−x +3 d. 4 x−3+ 8 x−2−x+ 1
8. Which polynomial gives a quotient of ( 3 x 2+ 2 x +4 ) and a remainder of 19 when divided by (2x – 3)?
a. 6 x 3−5 x 2+ 2 x b. 6 x 3−5 x 2+ 4 x +7 c. 6 x 3−5 x 2+ 2 x +7 d. 6 x 3+ 5 x 2 +2 x+7
9. The remainder after dividing (−10 x 3 +5 x 2 + K ) by (x + 1) is 4. Which of the following is the value of K?
a. – 19 b. – 11 c. 9 d. 19
10. If the binomial is not a factor of a polynomial, what is the result using the factor theorem?
a. 0 b. fraction c. any real number d. positive numbers
2
11. How many terms are there in the polynomial 4 x +2 x−5 ?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
12. Find k so that (x – 2) is a factor of x 3+ kx−4.
a. – 3 b. – 2 c. – 1 d. 0
13. It is a polynomial function whose degree is 1.
a. zero function b. linear function c. quartic function d. quantic function
14. What will help you determine the number of zeroes in the polynomial function?
a. degree b. no. of terms c. leading coefficient d. numerical coefficient
15. How many turning points are there if it is a quadratic function?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
16. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial function f(x) = 2x + x3 + 4.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
17. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial function f(x) = 2x + x 3 + 4.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
3 5
18. What are the end behaviors of the graph of f(x) = -2x + x + 3x – 4?
a. rises to the left and falls to the right c. rises to both directions
b. falls to the left and rises to the right d. falls to both directions
19. These are circles with congruent radii.
a. exact circles b. common circles c. congruent circles d. dissimilar circles
20. This is an equation that can be used to find the distance between any pair on the coordinate plane.
a. coordinate proof b. distance formula c. midpoint formula d. vertical distance
21. Which of the following is a formula for finding the distance between two pints on the coordinate plane?
a. d = |x2 + x1| b. d = |y2-y1| c. d= x 2 + y 2
√ d. d= ( x 2−x 1)2 +( y 2− y 1)2
√
22. The distance between points M(x,5) and C(5,-1) is 10 units. What is the x coordinate of M if it lies in the second quadrant?
a. -7 b. -3 c. -1 d. 13
23. What is the distance between points D(-10,2) and E(6,10).
a. 16 b. 20 c. 10 √ 2 d. 8 √ 5
24. Point Q is the midpoint of ST. Which of the following is true?
a. ST = QS + QT b. ST = QS – QT c. ST = 2|QS – QT| d. ST = 2|QS + QT|

25. What do you call the different arrangements of the objects of a group?
a. differentiation b. selection c. permutation d. combination
26. It is the selection of objects from a set.
a. combination b. distinction c. permutation d. differentiation
27. The following illustrates combination except ___________.
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
28. A soloist is auditioning for a musical play. If she is required to sing any three of the 7 prepared songs, in how many ways
can she make her choice?
a. 40 b. 35 c. 30 d. 25
29. A box contains 8 red balls, 5 green balls, and 7 yellow balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be chosen if there should be 1
ball of each color?
a. 120 b. 280 c. 5 040 d. 40 320
30. 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
31. A bowl contains 15 chips numbered 1 to 15. If a chip is drawn randomly from the bowl, what is the probability that is 8 or
12?
a. 12/25 b. 8/15 c. 2/15 d. 1/15
32. What is the probability of drawing fuchsia cubes from a bowl containing 1 fuchsia cubes and 5 beige cube?
a. 1/2 b. 1/4 c. 1/6 d. 1/8
33. Randy has 45 red chips, 12 blue chips, and 24 white chips. What is the probability that Randy randomly selects a red chip or
white chip?
a. 23/27 b. 12/45 c. 24/81 d. 45/81
34. A rental agency has 12 white cars, 8 gray cars, 6 red cars, and 3 green cars for rent. Mr. Escobar rents a car, returns it
because the radio is broken, and gets another car. What is the probability that Mr. Escobar is given a green car and then a
gray car?
a. 21/841 b. 22/841 c. 23/841 d. 24/841
35. A basket contains 6 apples, 5 bananas, 4 oranges, and 5 guavas. Dominic randomly chooses one piece of fruit, eats it, and
chooses another piece of fruit. What is the probability that he chose a banana and then an apple?
a. 3/38 b. 11/20 c. 5/6 d. 11/38
36. A family has two children. What is the probability that the younger child is a girl, given that at least one of the children is a
girl?
a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. ¼
37. The lower quartile is equal to ___________________.
a. 50th quartile b. 25th quartile c. 2nd decile d. 3rd quartile
38. The median score is also the _________________.
a. 75th percentile b. 5th decile c. 3rd decile d. 1st quartile
39. What is the difference between Q 3∧Q1 ?
a. quartile range b. median c. range d. interquartile range
40. It is the method that use statistics for engineering and sciences that define a different method of finding quartile values.
a. Mendenhall and Sincich b. interpolation c. quantile d. interquartile
41. This is one of the class values that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal
proportion.
a. percentile b. decile c. quartile d. quantile
42. The kth _________ is a value such that at least k-tenths of the observations are less than or equal to this value and at least k-
tenths of the observations are greater than or equal to this value.
a. percentile b. decile c. quartile d. quantile
43. The kth _________ is a value such that at least k-fourths of the observations are less than or equal to this value and at least
k-fourths of the observations are greater than or equal to this value
a. percentile b. decile c. quartile d. quantile

Match column A to column B. (Description of the term)

44. collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing, and A. Ratio
interpreting data
45. totality of observations B. Interval
46. observable characteristics C. Statistics
47. no meaningful zero D. Statistical Data
48. quantitative data E. Population
F. Sample
G. Variable