1.

Which numerical pattern follows the rule, “Subtract 2, then multiply by 3”,
when starting with 5.
A. 5, 3, 9, 7, 21 C. 5, 9, 21, 57, 165
B. 5, 15, 13, 39, 37 D. 5, 2, 6, 3, 6
2. In the arithmetic sequence 4, 13, 22 ,…, what is its common difference?
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9

3. What is the sum of the first 12 terms of the arithmetic sequence 4, 9, 14, 19, 24,…?
A. 373 B. 378 C. 383 D. 388

4. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, what is the second
arithmetic mean?
a. 18 b. 32 c. 16 d. 25

5. Which of the following situation DOES NOT illustrates geometric sequence?

A. amount on your savings account
B. size of a population in exponential growth
C. intensity of earthquake
D. waiting time for jeepney

6. Determine what kind of sequence it is by using the situation: “You were inspired by
the “IPON CHALLENGE” for 10 weeks. On the first week, you have saved ₽15.00, ₽
30.00 on the next week, and ₽ 45.00 on the third week.”
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Harmonic D. Geometric

7. What is the 220th term of the geometric sequence 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, …?

A. 800 B. 880 C. 840 D. -880

8. You have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. How
many ancestors do you have in nine generations?
A. 512 B. 1022 C. -1022 D. 5022

9. Twelve days before Valentine’s Day, You decided to give your mother flowers
according to the Fibonacci sequence. On the first day, you sent one red rose, on the
second day, two red roses, and so on. How many roses did Nicole receive during the
tent day?
A. 10 B. 55 C. 89 D. 144

10. If (7x4-5x5-7x3+2x-3) is divided by (x+3) using synthetic division, the numbers in

the first row would be
A. -5 7 -7 0 2 -3 C. 1 7 -7 0 2 -3

B. -7 -7 -5 0 2 -3 D. -3 7 -7 0 2 -5

11. What is the quotient when ( x 2−8 x +16 ) is divided by ( x−4 ) ?

A. x +4 B. x−8 C. x−4 D. x−7

12. You will evaluate an 8th degree polynomial in x at x = 10 using the Remainder
Theorem and synthetic division. 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

13. What is the factored form of P(x) = x4 + x3 + x2 + x?

A. (x)(x+1)(x2+1) B. (x)(1)(x2+1) C. (x)(x-1)(x2+1) D. (x)(-1)(x2+1)

14. How many possible real roots does x 4 −x3 −11 x 2 +9 x+18=0 have?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

15. Which of the following is a polynomial function?

I. P(x) = 4x3 +9x – 5x2 +7

II. P(x) = 2x5 +x2 +x3 +2x +5
1
III. P(x) =
x 2+3 x+ 6

a. I only b. II only c. I and II d. I and III

16. Which of the following could be the graph of the polynomial function y = x 3- 4x2 +
3x – 12?
a. b. c.
d.

17. Which polynomial function in factored form represents the given graph?
b. y = ( x+2 )( x+1 )( x-1 )
c. y = (x+1)( x-1 )( x-2 )
d. y = x ( x+2 )( x+1 )( x-1 )
e. y = x ( x+1 )( x-1 )( x-2 )
18. Refer to the figure at the right, which angle is inscribed? O S
A. ∠RQV
B. ∠OQS
R
C. ∠QVT
D. ∠QST T
Q

19. In ʘU at the right, what is m∠PRE if m∠PUE = 56o?

A. 28⁰ E P
B. 34⁰
C. 56⁰
D. 112⁰
U

20. Which of the following is an external secant segment a circle M?

T C
a. CO b. TI c. NO d. NI

E
I O
N

21. An arc of a circle measures 300. If the radius of the circle is 5 cm, what is the
length of the arc?
A. 2. 62 cm b. 2. 3 cm c. 1.86 cm
d. 1.5 cm

22. You designed a pendant. It is a regular hexagon set in a circle. Suppose the
opposite vertices are connected by line segments and meet at the center of the circle.
What is the measure of each angle formed at the center?
A. 4 5° b. 60° c. 90°
d. 120°

23. Which of the following equation describes a circle on the coordinate plane with the
center at (2,-3) and a radius of 5 units?
a. (x-2)2 +(y+3)2 =252 c.(x-3)2 +(y+2)2 =252
2 2 2
b. (x+2) +(y-3) =5 d.(x-2) +(y+3)2 =52
2
24. A radius of a circle has endpoints (-4,3) and (1, -2). What is the equation that
defines the circle if its center is at the second quadrant?
a. (x-1)2 + (y+2)2 = 50 c. (x+4)2 + (y-3)2 = 50
b. (x+1)2 + (y-2)2 = 50 d. (x-4)2 + (y+3)2 = 50

25. The coordinates of the vertices of a rectangle are W(-2,6), I(10,6), N(10,-3), and D(-
2,-3). What is the length of a diagonal of the rectangle?
a. 7.5 b. 9 c. 12 d. 15

26. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation?

a. matching shirts and pants
b. forming different triangles out of 5 points on a plane, no three of which are
collinear.
c. assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
d. forming a committee from the members of a club

27. In how many ways can 8 people be seated around a circular table if two of them
insist beside each other?
a. 360 b. 720 c. 1440 d.
5040

28. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word PASS.
a. 4 b. 12 c. 36 d. 144

29. In which of the following images are combinations shown?

A. C.

B. D.

30.

31. A certain restaurant allows you to assemble your own vegetable salad. If there are
8 kinds of vegetables available, how many variations of the salad can you make
containing at least 5 vegetables?
a. 56 b. 84 c. 93 d. 96
32. Which of the following illustrate union of two events?
A. B. C. D.

33. Which of the following rule illustrates probability of union of two events?
A. P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) C. P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A and B)
B. P(A U B) = P(A) ● P(B) D. P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A or B)

34. A box contains 3 red balls, 5 yellow balls and 2 blue balls. If a ball is picked
random from the box, what is the probability that a ball picked is a yellow ball?
5 1 3 1
A. B. C. D.
10 2 10 5

35. A bowl contains 15 chips numbered 1 to 15. If a chip is drawn randomly from the
bowl, what is the probability that is 7?
2 1 7
A. B. C. D. 1
15 15 15

36. Out of 6000 households surveyed, 2908 had a dog, 907 had a cat, and 1263 had
both a dog and a cat. What is the probability that a randomly selected
household has a dog or a cat?
319 461 421
A. B. C. D.
750 3000 2000
763
1200

37. A box of chocolates contains 10 milk chocolates, 8 dark chocolates, and 6 white
chocolates. If you randomly choose chocolate, eats it and then chooses another
chocolate. What is the probability that you chose a milk chocolate, then, a white
chocolate?
5 20 5 16
A. B. C. D.
46 92 48 24

38. Which of the following is also the median score?

A.6th decile B. 2ND quartile c. 5th decile d. 60th percentile

39. In measures of position, which is equivalent to 50th percentile?

A. 5th decile B. 2nd quartile C. mean score D. all of the above

40. The scores of 9 students in Algebra quizzes are: 4, 5,4, 7, 6, 7, 8, 9, 8. What is the middle
quartile?
a. 9 b. 8 c. 7 d. 6
41. The owner of OG café recorded the number of customers who came into café shop each
hour in a day. The results were 15, 16, 11, 10, 13, 18, 20, 12, 13, 14 and 13. What is 2nd decile?
a. 11.0 b. 11.4 c. 12.0 d. 12.4
For items 42 - 43, refer to table below.
The table shows scores of Grade 10 – SPA in Mathematics’ quarterly exam.
Score Frequency Cumulative Frequency
40-45 6 18
35-39 5 12
30-34 3 7
25-29 4 4

42. What is the lower boundary in solving for the 60th percentile?
a. 34 b. 34.5 c. 39 d. 39.5

43. What cumulative frequency should be used in solving for the 35th percentile?
a. 4 b. 7 c. 12 d. 18

44. The lower quartile of the ages of persons who are allowed to go outside of their homes
during MGCQ in certain barangay is 18 years old. Which of the following statements is
true?

A. Most of them are 18 years old.

B. 25 % of people who are allowed to go outside of their homes are 18
years old.
C. There are no age-based restrictions.
D. 75% of people who allowed to go outside of their homes are 18 years
old and above
45. For the given data set, 102 is in what percentile?

98, 99, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 104, 105, 105, 107, 110, 112, 112
A. 1st B. 43rd C. 50th D. 57th