REVIEWER FOR FIRST QUARTERLY TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10

DIRECTIONS: Read and understand the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
1. What is the next figure in the sequence?
A. C.

B. D.

2. What is the 10th term of the pattern o, t, t, f, f, … ?

A. s B. e C. n D. t
3. What is the next number in the set 16, 25, 36, 49 ?
A. 54 B. 64 C. 81 D. 100
4. What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 6, 8, 10, 12?
A. 2 B. -2 C. 6 D. -6
5. What is a sequence where every term after the first is obtained by adding the common difference?
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic
6. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
A. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 B. -7, -14, -28, -56, -102 C. 20, 40, 80, 160, 320 D. 3, 6, 12, 24, 48
7. What are the next three terms in the arithmetic sequence -6, -9, -12?
A. -15, -18, -21 B. -36, -72, -144 C. 14, 19, 24 D. -14, -19, -24
8. What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 𝟕, 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟗, …?
A. 𝟐𝒏 + 𝟓 B. 𝟑𝒏 + 𝟒 C. 𝟒𝒏 + 𝟑 D. 𝟓𝒏 + 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
9. In the arithmetic sequence 𝟏, , 𝟎, − , what is the common difference?
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
A. 𝟐 B. 𝟏 C. D. -
𝟐 𝟐
10. What is the 29th term of the arithmetic sequence −𝟒, 𝟒, 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎, … ?
A. 𝟐𝟎𝟒 B. 𝟐𝟏𝟐 C. 𝟐𝟐𝟎 D. 𝟐𝟐𝟖
11. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 24, 20, 16, 12 is −𝟖?
A. 8th B. 9th C. 10th D. 11th
12. What is the common difference of the arithmetic sequence whose first and sixth terms are 23 and 48 respectively?
A. 𝟑 B. 𝟒 C. 𝟓 D. 𝟔
13. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 𝟑𝟐 and 𝟓𝟐, what is the third arithmetic mean?
A. 𝟑𝟕 B. 𝟒𝟕 C. 𝟑𝟗 D. 𝟒𝟗
14. What is a fixed non-zero number multiplied to the previous term to get the next term in a geometric sequence?
A. arithmetic means B. common difference C. common ratio D. geometric means
𝟑 𝟑
15. In the sequence , − , 𝟑, − 𝟏𝟐, …, what is the common ratio?
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
𝟏 𝟏
A. −𝟒 B. 𝟒 C. D.
𝟐 𝟒
𝟏
16. Which sequence has a common ratio of ?
𝟑
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
A. − , ,− , B. , , , C. 𝟑, 𝟏, , , D. , , ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟗 𝟐𝟕 𝟑 𝟔 𝟗 𝟏𝟐
17. Which set of numbers is an example of a geometric sequence?
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
A. , , , B. −𝟏 𝟐 , −𝟏, 𝟎, 𝟐 C. 𝟏, 𝟑 , 𝟓 , 𝟕 D. , , ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟔 𝟗 𝟏𝟐

18. Which sequence does not belong to the group?

A. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 B. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, C. 5, -5, 5, -5, 5 D. 5, 25, 125, 625, 3125
19. What are the next four terms of a geometric sequence if the first two terms are 3 and 6?
A. 9, 12, 15, 18 B. 3, 6, 3, 6 C. 12, 24, 48, 96 D. 12, 6, 3, 1
20. Which is not true about the geometric sequence -7,7,-7,7,-7,7, -7?
A. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒊𝒔 − 𝟕 C. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 − 𝟕
B. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒔 − 𝟕 D. 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝟕 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔
21. What is the 6th term of the geometric sequence −𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟒, − 𝟒𝟖, 𝟗𝟔, …?
A. -96 B. -192 C. 384 D. -384
22. What is the 10th term of the sequence 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, …?
A. 1 B. -1 C. 10 D. -10
23. What are the terms between two nonconsecutive terms of a geometric sequence?
A. arithmetic means B. common difference C. common ratio D. geometric means
24. What is a possible geometric mean between 𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟐𝟓 ?
A. 𝟓 B. 𝟐𝟓 C. 𝟓𝟎 D. 𝟕𝟓
25. What is the common ratio of a geometric sequence if the first and fourth terms are 14 and -896, respectively?
A. 2 B. -2 C. 4 D. -4
 26. What is the sum of the first 100 terms of the sequence 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, …?
A. 0 B. 1 C. -1 D. 26
27. Mr. Lalaguna received a chain message which states “You will get GOOD LUCK if you pass this message to 2 persons!”.
To try his luck, he forwarded it to two of his friends, each of whom forwarded this message to two other friends,
and so on. Suppose that chain messages were sent in five rounds, counting Mr. Lalaguna’s message as the first, how
many chain messages were sent in all?
A. 𝟔𝟏 B. 𝟔𝟐 C. 𝟔𝟑 D. 𝟔𝟒
Use the problem below to answer items 28-31
Two months before a badminton tournament, Jan Dave decided to dedicate some time of his Saturdays to
practice. On the first Saturday, he spent one hour, on the second day, 1 hour and 10 minutes, and so on. How much
time in total did he spend practicing for the tournament?
28. What kind of sequence is involved in the problem?
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic
29. What is the formula to be used to solve the problem?
𝐧 𝒂𝟏 (𝟏−𝒓𝒏 )
A. 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + (𝐧 − 𝟏)𝐝 B. 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏−𝟏 C. 𝑺𝒏 = (𝟐𝒂𝟏 + (𝐧 − 𝟏)𝐝) D. 𝑺𝒏 =
𝟐 𝟏−𝒓

30. How much time did he spend reviewing during the last Saturday?
A. 1 hour B. 1 hr. and 10 mins. C. 2 hrs. and 10 mins D. 3 hrs. and 10 mins.
31. What is the answer to the problem?
A. 𝟏𝟐 𝒉𝒓𝒔. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒔 B. 𝟏𝟐 𝒉𝒓𝒔. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟒𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒔 C. 𝟏𝟒 𝒉𝒓𝒔. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟏𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒔 D. 𝟐𝟗 𝒉𝒓𝒔. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟏𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒔
32. In the expression (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗) ÷ (𝒙 − 𝟑) which is the divisor?
A. 𝒙 − 𝟑 B. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗 C. 𝟑 D. 𝟗
33. What is the quotient when 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗 is divided by 𝒙 − 𝟑?
A. 𝒙 − 𝟑 B. 𝒙 − 𝟗 C. 𝒙 + 𝟑 D. 𝒙 + 𝟗
34. What is the remainder when (𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒙 ) is divided (𝒙 − 𝟏)?
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟕𝟓

A. −𝟏 B. 𝟏 C. −𝟓 D. 𝟓
35. What is the remainder of the following synthetic division?
−4 2 11 0 −49
−8 −12 48
2 3 −12 −1
A. −𝟓 B. −𝟏 C. 𝟑 D. 𝟗𝟗

36. Which of the following shows that the divisor is a factor of the dividend?
A. 3 1 −5 8 −3 B. 2 1 7 2 −40
3 −6 6 2 18 40
1 −2 2 3 1 9 20 0

C. −2 1 6 2 44 D. −5 4 21 6 10
−2 −8 12 −20 −5 −5
1 4 −6 56 4 1 1 5

37. If 𝑷(−𝟓) = 𝟎, which of the following statements is true about 𝑷(𝒙)?

A. 𝑷(𝟎) = −𝟓. B. 𝟓 is a root of 𝑷(𝒙).
C. 𝑷(𝒙) = 𝟎 has two negative roots. D. 𝒙 + 𝟓 is a factor of 𝑷(𝒙).
38. Harry will divide a polynomial P(x) with the degree of 9 by a divisor in the form x - c. How many coefficients of x
will be written in the first row of the synthetic division procedure?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11
39. If the remainder of the polynomial 𝒙𝟑 + 𝒌𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖𝟐 when divided by 𝒙 − 𝟑 is 𝟏, what is the value of 𝒌?
A. 𝟕 B. −𝟕 C. 𝟏𝟏 D. −𝟏𝟏
40. What is the leading term of the polynomial 𝟕𝒙𝟏𝟎 + 𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒙𝟏𝟔 ?
A. 𝟕𝒙𝟏𝟎 B. 𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟐 C. 𝟑𝒙 D. − 𝟒𝒙𝟏𝟔
41. What is Greatest Common Monomial Factor of the terms in the polynomial 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟑 + 𝟔𝒙𝟒 + 𝟑𝒙𝟐 ?
A. 𝟑 B. 𝒙 C. 𝟑𝒙 D. 𝟑𝒙𝟐
42. Which of the following is the factored form of (𝒙𝟑 + 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟐𝟒) ?
A. (𝒙 + 𝟒)(𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝒙 + 𝟐) B. (𝒙 − 𝟒)(𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝒙 + 𝟐) C. (𝒙 − 𝟒)(𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝒙 − 𝟐) D. (𝒙 + 𝟒)(𝒙 + 𝟑)(𝒙 − 𝟐)
43. Which form of polynomial is the product of a sum and difference of two terms?
A. Binomial B. Difference of Two Squares
C. Difference of Two Cubes D. Perfect Square Trinomial
 44. Which of the following polynomial expressions is equal to 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟗?
A. (𝒙 + 𝟑)(𝒙 − 𝟑) B. (𝒙 + 𝟗)(𝒙 − 𝟗) C. (𝒙 + 𝟑)𝟐 D. (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐
45. Which polynomial will make the statement correct? 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟖 = (_________)(𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒)
A. 𝒙 + 𝟐 B. 𝒙 − 𝟐 C. 𝒙 + 𝟒 D. 𝒙 − 𝟒

46. The width of a rectangular box is 𝟒 inches more than its length. Its height is 𝟓 inches less than thrice the length. Which
of the following polynomials represent the volume of the box?
A. 𝒍(𝒍 − 𝟒)(𝟑𝒍 + 𝟓) B. 𝒍(𝒍 + 𝟒)(𝟑𝒍 − 𝟓) C. 𝒍(𝒍 + 𝟒)(𝟑𝒍 + 𝟓) D. 𝒍(𝒍 − 𝟒)(𝟑𝒍 − 𝟓)

47. What is the degree of the polynomial equation 𝟏𝟕𝒙𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟏𝟔 − 𝒙𝟒 + 𝒙 − 𝟖 = 𝟎?
A. 𝟏𝟕 B. 10 C. 𝟏𝟔 D. 𝟖
48. Which of the following examples is NOT a polynomial equation?
A. 𝒂𝒙𝟑 − 𝒃𝒙𝟑 = 𝟎 B. 𝟓𝒓𝟒 − 𝟓𝒓𝟑 + 𝟕𝒓 = 𝟎 C. 𝟑𝒙−𝟑 + 𝒙−𝟐 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 D. 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
49. A group of volunteers has (𝒙𝟑 + 𝟖) members. They divided their group members equally into (𝒙 + 𝟐) to help in
different evacuation centers. How many volunteers are there in each center?
A. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 B. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 C. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 D. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒
50. A rectangular park has an area of (𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎) square meters. What are its dimensions?
𝟐

A. (𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎) meters and (𝒙 − 𝟐) meters C. (𝒙 − 𝟓) meters and (𝒙 − 𝟒) meters

B. (𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎) meters and (𝒙 + 𝟐) meters D. (𝒙 + 𝟓) meters and (𝒙 + 𝟒) meters

ANSWER KEY:
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. C
11. B 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. A 16. C 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. C
31. B 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. B 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. D
41. D 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. B 46. B 47. C 48. C 49. D 50. A