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Math 10 Pre-Test Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____1. Which of the following set of numbers is an example of a sequence?

A. { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } C. { 1, 4, 9, 16, 27 }
B. { 2, 4, 8, 16, 31 } D. { 1, 1, 2, 4, 6 }
____2. Using the pattern 3, 1, -1, -3…, what are the next three terms of the sequence?

A. -5, -7, -9 B. -5, -9, 7 C. -1, 1, 3 D. -3, -1, 1

____3. What are the next two numbers that will complete the terms of the sequence?
16, 21, 26, 31, __, __ ?
A. 36, 41 B. 41, 46 C. 42, 45 D. 40, 4
____4. What is a sequence?
A. procedure for getting the next figure
B. set of numbers or algebraic expressions
C. set of numbers or objects that has no pattern
D. list of ordered numbers that follows a specific pattern

____5. What is the common difference of the arithmetic sequence below?

-4, -2, 0, 2, 4…

A. -4 B. -2 C. 2 D. 4
____6. It is sequence in which each term after the first can be obtained by multiplying the preceding
term by a fixed constant called the common ratio denoted by r.
A. Arithmetic Sequence C. Geometric Sequence
B. Both arithmetic sequence and geometric sequence D. None of them

____7. Find the common ratio of the geometric sequence: 2, 4, 8, 16…

A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16
____8. A constant added to each term of an arithmetic sequence to obtain the next term of the sequence.
A. term B. common ratio C. sequence D. common difference

____9. Which of the following sequence illustrate finite geometric sequence?

A. 3, 6, 12, 24,... C.15, 30, ..., 15 360
B. 1, 6, 36, 216, ... D. ..., 8, 40, 200

____10. Which of the following illustrate infinite geometric sequence?

A. 12, 72, 432 C. -3, -15, -75, -37
B. 4, 16, 36, 64,... D. -4, -12, -36, -108,...

____11. Determine the coefficient of x in the polynomial 5x2 + 2x + 7.

A. 5 B. 2 C. 7 D. x

____12. Determine the constant term in the polynomial –2 + 8x.

A. -2 B. 2 C. 8 D. 8x
____13. Choose the correct value of (x + y)(x – y) when x = 5 and y = 2.
A. 21 B. 10 C. 49 D. 14

3 4
____14. What is the product of ( )( )
12 6
12 1 7 1
A. B. C. D.
72 6 18 12
_____15. Evaluate (–8)3.

A. 512 B. -512 C. 24 D. -24

_____16. Evaluate (-5)2.

A. 10 B. -10 C. 25 D. -25

_____17. Evaluate 21 + 23.

A. 2 B. 9 C. 7 D. 4

_____18.Evaluate √ 16

A. 16 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8

_____19.Evaluate
√16
√4
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8

____20. How many percent corresponds to Q3 if you will interpret it?

A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 90%
____21. Which of the following is the same as the median of the data?
A. Q1 B. Q2 C. Q3 D. Q4
____22. What measure of position divides the distribution into 10 equal parts?
A. quartiles B. percentiles C. deciles D. range
____23.How many percent corresponds to D6 if you will interpret it?
A. 6% B. 30% C. 60% D. 90%
____24. These are score-points that divide a distribution into 100 equal parts.

A. Quartiles B. Deciles C. Percentiles. D. None of the Above

____25. The median of a sample will always equal to the ___________.

A. Mode B. Mean C. 50th Percentile D. All of the Above

____26. The 75th percentile is referred to as the _______.

A. first quartile C. third quartile

B. second quartile D. fourth quartile

____27. It divides the data into 4 equal parts.

A. Deciles B. Quartiles C. Percentiles D. 4th Deciles

____28. It divides the data into 100 equal parts.

A. Deciles B. Quartiles C. Percentiles D. 100th Deciles

____ 29. The median score is also the __________.

A. 75th percentile B. 5th decile C. 3rd decile D. first quartile

____30. The following equations below are true about Quartiles, Percentiles, and deciles except one.
A. First Quartile Q1 > P25 B. First Decile D 1=P10
C. Second Quartile Q 2=P50 D. Second Decile D 2=P20