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Division Numeracy Pretest TPNo.___

Grade 10
Directions: Read and analyze each problem carefully. Blacken the circle corresponding to the best
answeron your answer sheet.
1. What is the sum of all the odd integers between 8 and 26?
A. 146 B. 149 C. 151 D. 153
2. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 4,- 12, 36 ?
A. -108 B. -72 C.- 54 D. -42
3. If three aritmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, what is the second arithmetic mean ?
A. 18 B. 25 C. 32 D. 46
4. Your classmate’s uncle bought a car for P800,000. The yearly depreciation of his car is at 10% of
its value at the start of the year. What is its value after 4 years?
A. P583,200 B. P524,880 C. P528, 880 D. P768,000
5. Twelve days before your teacher’s birthday, your class decided to give flowers to your teacher
according to Fibonnaci sequence. On the first day you and your classmates sent one rose, on the
second day , two red roses and so on. How many roses did your teacher receive on the 11th day?
A. 10 B. 55 C. 89 D. 144
6. Suspension of classes is announced in your school through text brigade. One stormy day, the
municipal DRRM ¯announces the suspension of classes to two school heads, each of whom send
this message to two other school heads and so on. Supposed that the text messages were send in
five rounds, counting the DRRM’s text message as the first, how many text messages were sent in
all?
A. 64 B. 63 C. 32 D. 31
7. The following are examples of polynomials EXCEPT
A. n² - 4n +5 B. 2x¯² + 3x¯¹ + 54 C.2r³ - 6r – 2 D. 2m³ + 3m² -2m + 2
8. The total costs of (3a – 2b) units of graphic calculators that your Mathematics teachers have
solicited is (6a² + 5ab – 6b²) pesos. What expression represents the cost of one graphic
calculator?
A. 2a – 3b pesos B. 3a +2b pesos C. 2a + 3b pesos D. 2ab – 3 pesos
9. If you travel by a car that covers ( 15x² +7x – 2) km in ( 3x +2 ) hours, what is the average speed
in km/hr?
A. 5x +1 km/hr B. 5x -1 km/hr C. 5 + x km/hr D. 3x – 1km/hr
10. You earn ( 12y² + y -35 ) pesos for working (3y – 5) hours after your class. How much did you
earn per hour?
A. 4y + 7 pesos B. 4y – 7 pesos C. 4x – 7 pesos D. 4x +7 pesos
11. Suppose the area of a rectangular park in your town is ( 6x² -7x - 20) square units. If its width is
(2x – 5) units. What expression represents the length?
A. 3x + 4 B. 3x – 4 C. 4x + 3 D. 4x + 3
12. If a fence will surround the rectangular garden in No. 11, what is the length of the fence?
A. 10 x – 2 units B. 5x – 1 units C. 10x + 2 units D. 5x + 1 units.
13.Which of the following is NOT a polynomial function?
2
2
A. f(x) = 𝜋 B. f(x)= − 𝑥 3 + 2 C. f(x) = - x +√5𝑥 3 D. f( x) = 𝑥 5 + 3𝑥 3
3
14.What should a be if 𝑓(𝑏) = 𝑏 𝑎 defines a polynomial function?
A.any number B. any integer C. any number except 0 D. a non-negative integer

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15.What is the leading coefficiient of the polynomial function f(n) = 2n + n³ +5 ?

A. 1 B 2. C. 3 D. 5
16. A car manufacturer determines that its profit , P, in thousands of pesos can be modeled by the
function P(x) = 0.00125𝑥 4 + 𝑥 − 3. Where x represents the number of cars sold. What is
the profit when x = 400?
A. P32,000 B. P 320, 000 C. P32,000,397 D.P 32,000 400
17. How should the polynomial function f(x) = 3x + 2x³ + 𝑥 4 + 5 be written in standard form?
A. f(x) = 2x³ + 3x + 𝑥 4 + 5 B. f(x) = 5 + 𝑥 4 + 3x + 2x³
4
C. f(x) = 3x + 2x³ + 𝑥 + 5 D. f(x) = 𝑥 4 + 2x³ + 3x

18. Below is the graph of f(x) = x³ + 2x² - 4x -8. Find all zeros of the function:

A. -2 and 2 B. 0 and -2 C. -2 and 0 D. 0 and 2

19. The graph of f(x) = x³ + 2x² - 4x -8 shows that each zero is a/an __________?
A. y-intercept B. x – intercept C. origin D. y axix
𝐴
20. Your teacher explained that the length of an arc can be determined by using the proportion =
360
𝑙
, where A is the degree measure of the arc, r is the radius of the circle and 𝑙 is the arc length.
2𝜋𝑟
Then your classmate was called to write the solution to this problem: If an arc of a circle measures
45° with diameter
of 12 cm, what is the length of the arc?
He wrote first the given: A = 45 , r = 12 cm. Is he correct?
A. Yes, because theses are stated in the problem .
B. Yes, because he reads the problem.
C. No, because the radius is 6cm only.
D. Yes, both given can help answer the problem
21. Coming up with the corrected given in No. 20, what is the length of the arc?
A. 4.71 cm B. 9.42 cm C. 47.1 cm D. 94.2 cm
22. You group assigment was to design a pendant in your TLE class, out of recycled material. It is a
regular hexagon set in a circle. You connected the opposite vertices by line segment passing through
the center of the circle. Angles are formed in the center of the circle. What is the measure of each
angle formed at the center of the circle.?
A. 30° B. 45° C. 60° D. 90°

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For No. 23 – 26 The monthly income of the Family X is P36,000.00. The expenses are in the table
and circle graph below
Savings
Food P9000 Food
Education P12000
Other Expenses
Utilities P5000
Other expenses P5500
Savings P4500 Utilities Education

Education
Get the percentage of each item by dividing the allotted budget by the monthly income ,and multiply
it by 360 .Then, what is the measure of the central angle corresponding to each item?
23. Food
A.120 B. 90 C. 55 D. 50
24. Education
A.120 B. 90 C. 55 D. 50
25. Utilities
A.120 B. 90 C. 55 D. 50
26. Other expenses
A.120 B. 90 C. 55 D. 50
Fro No. 27- 30
Study the figure below :

A B

C
G
F D

27.Which of the lines is tangent to circle G as shown on the figure:

A . AC B. CE C. EB D. AF
28. Which is the chord?
A. AC B. CE C. EB D. AF
29.Which is the diameter?
A. AF B. BF C. BG D. FG
30. Which line is secant to circle G ?
A. AC B. CE C. EB D. AF

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For 31 – 32
A circular children’s park in your town has different pathways from the main road, The distance
from the mainroad to Gate 1 is 65 m and the length of the pathway from Gate 1 to the exit is 30 m. .
How far from the main road is Gate 2?
Gate 2

Gate 1
Main Road EXIT

Gate 3

31. The figure shows a tangent segment and secant segment are drawn to a circle from an exterior
point. To find the distance between the main road and Gate 2, which condition will help you find the
right solution?
If a tangent segment and a secant segment are drawn to circle from an exterior point,
then______.
A. the square of the length of the tangent segment is equal to the product of the lengths of the
secant segment and its external secant segment.
B. the square of the length of the tangent segment is equal to the sum of the lengths of the
secant segment and its external secant segment
C. the square of the length of the tangent segment is equal to the difference of the lengths of the
secant segment and external secant segment
D. the square of the length of the tangent segment is equal to the quotient of the lengths of the
secant segment and its external secant segment.

32. Based form the resulting condition, how far is Gate 2 from the Main Road?
A. 35 m B. 61.84 m C. 78.58m D. 95m

33. Your teacher gave your group a map drawn on a coordinate plane. The map has the coordinates
of two existing towers. The coordinates of the first existing tower are ( -5, -3) and the second eisting
tower are (9, 15). A new tower will be put up midway between the two existing towers. What are the
coordinates of the point where the new tower will be placed?
A. (14, 16) B. (7, 8) C. (4, 10) D. (2,5)
34. A cellular phone networks use towers to transmit calls to a circular area. If, on a grid of Quezon
Province, the coordinates that corresponds to the location of the towers and the radius each cover are
as follows: Tower X is at ( -5, -4) and covers 9 km radius ; Tower Y is at (4, 7)and covers 4 km radius
; and Tower Z is at ( 11, -4).
Which equation represent the transmission boundaries of Tower X?
A. (x + 5)² + ( y +4)² = 81 C. ( x – 5)² + (y – 4)² = 81
B. ( x – 5)² + (y – 4)² = 18 D. ( x + 5)² + (y + 4)² = 18

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35. Your group in a class is composed of 8 students. In how many ways can you be seated
around a circular table, if two of you insist on sitting beside each other?
A. 360 B. 720 C. 1440 D. 5040
36. During the election of student council in your school there are 5 posible choices for the president,
a vice -president, a secretary and a tre aasurer. They are qualified for these positions. In how many
ways can the four officers be elected?
A. 120 B. 144 C. 520 D. 720
37. There are 12 elected members for the board of directors in your student organization. In how
many ways can a president , a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer be selected from the
board?
A. 11, 880 B. 15,120 C. 20, 120 D. 30. 240
38. Four males and three females from your class arranged themselves in a row for picture taking. In
how many ways they can can arranged themselves if the males and females must stand in alternate
positions?
A. 30 B. 144 C. 720 D. 5040

39.Which of the following expressions represents the number of distinguishable permutations of the
word CONCLUSION ?
11! 11! 11!
A. 11! B. C. D.
8! 2!2!2! 2!2!2!2!

40.After pandemic, the love for planting still continues. Your teacher has potted plants in your
classrom.In how many different ways the 7 pottedcan be arranged in a row?
A. 5040 B. 2520 C.720 D. 210

41. In a meeting of student council, each officer shook hands with everybody else. If a total of 378
handshakes were made, how many officers were there?
A. 23 B. 25 C. 28 D. 30

42. Your friend likes to wear colored caps during sunny days .He has 10 caps in all. Three of these
are bue, four are in different shades of brown, and the rest are of mixed and different colors. What is
the probability that he will wear a blue or brown cap?
7 4 3 4 3 7 7 4
A. + B. +. C. +. D. -
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

43.In your lesson about probability you toss a coins eight times and observe whether the toss yields
a head (H) or a tail (T). Which of the following sequences of outcomes yields a head (H) on your next
toss?
(l) T T T T T T T T
(ll) H H T H T T H H
A. I B.II C. Neither I nor II D. Either I or II

44. 1. Which of the following is true about quartile?

i. It divides the distribution into four equal parts. iii. Q2 is equal to the median.
ii. It has 3 scored points. Iv. Q3 is 25% of the distribution.
A. i only B. i, ii and iii C. i and iii D. none of the above.

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45. When a distribution is divided into hunded equal parts , each score point that describes the
distribution is
A. Decile B. Median C. Percentile D. Quartile

46. In your school with two sections . 100 students were surveyed if they had mobile phone. The
results of the survey are shown below:
With Mobile Without Mobile Total
Phone Phone
Section A 36 16 52
Section B 45 3 48
Total 81 19 100

What is the probability that a randomly selected student has a mobile phone given that the student
attend Section B?
52 50 45 48
A. 100
B. 100 C. 48 D. 52

47. You know that deciles divide the distribution into 10 equal parts having nine score points. Given
this set of scores: 12, 11, 14, 9, 7, 12, 18, 8, 10, what should you do to find the value of the third
decile?
A. Count the third score, so, D3 = 14

B. 1. Arrange the data in ascending order.

2. Look for the third score, so, D3 = 9.

C. 1. Arrange the data in ascending order.

2. Look for the median or D5.
3. Then, look for the middle score between D5 and the least score.
4. So, D3 = 9

D. 1. Arrange the data in ascending order.

2. Look for the median or D5.
3. Then, look for the middle score between D5 and the least score.
4. So, D3 = 8.5

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For 48- 50 The table below shows the results of a 30-Item Test of Selected Grade 10 students in
Fourth Quarter Mathematics Summative Test 1
Class Interval f Lower Boundary (LB) <CF

28-30 4 27.5 70

25-27 3 24.5 66

22-24 8 21.5 63

19-21 10 18.5 55

16-18 7 15.5 45

13-15 12 12.5 38

10-12 11 9.5 26

7-9 8 6.5 15

4-6 5 3.5 7

1-3 2 0.5 2

∑ 𝑓 = 70

48. Which of the following is considered as the Q3 class?

3(70) 1(30)
A. falls on 16-18 class interval C. falls on 13-15 class interval
4 4
3(70) 2(4)
B. falls on 16-18 class interval D. falls on 13-15 class interval
10 70
49.Deciles divides the scores into 10 equal parts. Which of the following statements best describes the
results?
A. 60% of the students below the 6th deciles
B. 40% of the students below or equal to 17.21
C. 60% of the students got a score of less than or equal to 17.21
D. 40% of the students got a score above or equal to 17.21
50. Percentiles divide the scores into 100 equal parts. Which of the following best describe how the 40 th
percentile is located?
A. P40 = 10.86 and 40% of the students got a score of less than or equal to 10.86
B. P40 = 10.83 and 60% of the students got a score equal to 10.83
C. P40 = 10.86 40% of the students got a score of less than 10.86
D. P40 = 10.83 and 60% of the students got a score above to 10.83

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