Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
ARACELI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

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Mathematics 10
(Illustrating Arithmetic Sequence)

General Directions: Analyze and solve each problem carefully. Select the best answer from the given choices.

____1. What is the sequence in which the term after the first is formed by adding a common number to the
preceding term?
A. Geometric Sequence C. Fibonacci Sequence
B. Arithmetic Sequence D. Harmonic Sequence

____2. Which of the following is the common difference in the sequence 3, -1, -5, -9?
A. 3 C. 4
B. -3 D. -4

____3. Which of the following is an Arithmetic Sequence?

A. 8,7,6,5, … C. 2, -4, 8, -16, 32, …
B. 100, 200, 400, 800, … D. 4, -4, 4, -4,…

____4. Which of the following is the missing term in the arithmetic sequence 8, 3, __, -7, -12, . . ?
A. 5 C. -3
B. -2 D. 4

____5. What are the next 3 terms in the arithmetic sequence -4, -1, 2, ___, ___, ___?
A. 5, 7, 9 C. 4, 7, 10
B. 4, 6, 8 D. 5, 8, 11

____6. Which of the following is NOT an arithmetic sequence?

A. 3, 6, 18, 54, … C. 7x, 10x, 13x, …
B. 3.2, 8.3, 13.3, … D. 5, 10, 15, 20, …

____7. Which of the following is the 3rd positive term of the sequence -12, -7, -2, …?
A. 2 C. 13
B. 8 D. 3

____8. Find the first three terms of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 1 and whose common difference
is 10.
A. 1, 11, 21 C. 1, -10, -20
B. 1, 10, 20 D. 1, -11, -21

____9. What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 8𝑥 − 2, 5𝑥, 2𝑥 + 2, …?

A. 3x + 2 C. 2x – 2
B. -8x – 2 D. -3x + 2

____10. Which of the following is the value of x, to make 4x+1, 5x, 7x+1, … an arithmetic sequence?
A. -2 C. 2
B. -1 D. 3
____11. Which of the following is NOT true about the arithmetic sequence 3/4, -1/4, -5/4, -9/4, …?
3
A. a 1= C. The common difference is -5
4
−1
B. a 2= D. The common difference is −1
4

____12. If the first term of an arithmetic sequence is 4, and its 5th term is 16, what is the common difference?
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3 D. 5

____13. Lucy is fond of mountain biking. If on the first day of her biking, she biked 10km. Then on the second
and third day, she biked 17km and 24km, respectively, and so on. Which of the following is the distance she
biked on the 8th day if the pattern of the distance she biked continues?
A. 50km C. 58km
B. 52km D. 59km

____14. Nonoy earned P10,000.00 on the first month of his job. Thereafter, his salary increased by P100 per
month. His expenses on the first month were P6,000.00 in total and gradually increased by P50 pesos each
succeeding month due to increased electricity usage. If this pattern continues for one year, how much will he
save?
A. P50,000.00 C. P51,100.00
B. P51,000.00 D. P51,300.0

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