Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III – CENTRAL LUZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF NUEVA ECIJA
MARIKIT INTEGRATED SCHOOL
BRGY. MARIKIT, PANTABANGAN, NUEVA ECIJA

THIRD QUARTER
QUARTERLY EXAM IN GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS

Name: ____________________________________ Score: _______/50_

Grade & Section: ____________________ Date: _________________

General Directions:
1. Read the instructions carefully.
2. Use black or blue pen only.
3. Observe intellectual honesty.
4. The use of calculator is allowed.

I. ALTERNATE RESPONSE (Rx1). Write “T” if the statement is TRUE, otherwise write “F.”
Write your answer on the space provided before the number.

______1. P(6 , 2), when evaluated is equal to 12.

______2. In combination, the position doesn’t matter.
______3. The word “LEADER” can be arranged in 720 ways.
______4. There is no need of repetition of objects in permutation.
______5. We us combination in choosing 3 cleaners from 40 students.
______6. If a die is rolled and a coin is tossed, they can land in 6 ways.
______7. There are 5, 040 ways on arranging 7 different colored mugs in a row.
______8. A combination is an arrangement or sequence of objects from a single set.
______9. We use permutation in finding the number of possible codes in a padlock.
______10. A student can answer a Matching Type Test that is composed of 5 items with 5 choices in 25
ways.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE (Rx1). Write the letter of your answer using UPPERCASE letter on the
space provided before each number.

______1. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible
by 5 and none of the digits is repeated?
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25
______2. How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the word,
'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not allowed?
A. 210 B. 400 C. 5, 040 D. 3, 628, 800

______3. In a Job opening, 25 girls and 75 boys applied. The interviewer can select either a girl
or a boy for the job. In how many ways the interviewer can make this selection?
❑
A. 100 C1 B. ¿ C. ¿ D. ¿ ¿

______4. Which of the following does NOT illustrate permutation?

A. listing all the codes of a locked smartphone
B. finding the possible number of arrangements of books in a shelf
C. finding the number of meal combinations with two kinds of drink and 3 types of main course
D. identifying the possible words (with or without meaning) that can be formed from the letters G, O,
and D without repetition

______5. Mariz, Joshua, and Ben will arrange themselves in a row for picture taking. How many different

arrangements in a row will be formed by them?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

______6. What is the other term for “permutation”?

A. arrangement/order B. choices C. combination D. groupings

_______7. Find the number of ways that a singer chooses 3 songs to perform out of 7 songs she has.

A. 21 B. 35 C. 210 D. 5, 040

_______. 8 Which one is the solution of finding the number of ways watching to 5 different TV shows

from a selection of 15 shows?

15! 15 ! 15 ! 15 !
A. B. C. D.
5! (15 !)(5 !) ( 15−5 ) ! ( 15−5 ) !(5 !)

_______9. Which is NOT true about combination?

a. The order is not needed. b. The position is significant.

c. The elements can be repeated. d. The items can be selected in any order.

_______10. How many ways to choose two colors from orange, yellow, blue and green.?

A. 2 B. 6 C. 8 D. 12

III. CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE (Rx10): Solve the following problems by showing complete list of
possible cases and writing it on the space provided below.
 1. Using the letters of the word, BEST, list down all possible four-letter arrangements/permutations
with or without meaning that can be formed without the letters being repeated.
How many ways can we arrange the word “BEST”? Answer:

WAYS ON HOW TO ARRANGE

2. Hon. Rodrigo R. Duterte, Sec. Leonor M. Briones, Sec. Francisco Duque, Sec. Benjamin Diokno and
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque attended Strategical Planning Summit. Since shake hand was
prohibited, each official bumped his elbow with everyone only once.
How many elbow bumps have been made? Answer:

WAYS ON HOW TO ARRANGE

IV. FILL ME IN (Rx1). Fill the table with the characteristics of permutation and combination.
PERMUTATION COMBINATION
1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

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ANSWER KEY

I. ALTERNATE RESPONSE
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T
6. F
7. T
8. F
9. T
10. F

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. C
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. B

III. CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE

1.
How many ways can we arrange the word “BEST”? Answer: 24

WAYS ON HOW TO ARRANGE

BEST BETS BSET BSTE BTES BTSE
EBST EBTS ESBT ESTB ETBS ETSB
STBE STEB SBET SBTE STBE STEB
TBES TBSE TEBS TESB TSBE TSEB

2.
How many elbow bumps have been made? Answer:

WAYS ON HOW TO ARRANGE

Duterte – Briones Briones – Duque
Duterte – Duque Briones – Diokno
Duterte – Diokno Briones – Roque
Duterte – Roque Duque – Diokno
Diokno – Roque Duque – Roque