Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII – Eastern Visayas
Schools Division of Calbayog City
Tinambacan I District
RAFAEL LENTEJAS MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF FISHERIES
E. Lentejas St., Tinambacan, Calbayog CIty

TEST QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

S.Y. 2022 – 2023

Directions: Read and analyze each item and choose your answer from the choices provided. Write the letter
that corresponds to your answer in the answer sheet. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING on the test
questionnaire.

1. What comes next in the pattern 1, 2, A, 3, 4, E, 5, 6, I, 7, 8, O, 9, 10, ___?

a. B b. U c. D d. C
2. Find the missing letter to complete the pattern Z, Y, A, B, X, W, C, D, ___, U, E, F?
a. T b. G c. V d. W
3. _____ refers to the sum of a finite sequence.
a. finite sequence b. infinite sequence c. finite series d. infinite series
4. What is the next term in the sequence 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, ___?
a. 8 b. 8.5 c. 9 d. 9.5
5. What is the common ratio of the sequence {2, 8, 16, 32, 64…}
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
6. What is the next three terms of the sequence 12, 7, 2, -3, ___, ___, ___?
a. -8, -13, -18 b. 8, 13, 8 c. 17, 22, 27 d. -17, -22, -27
7. It is defined as the arrangement of numbers in a particular order.
a. series b. terms c. sequence d. elements
8. What is the common difference of the sequence: 5, 3, 1, -1, -3, …}
a. -2 b. -1 c. 1 d. 2
9. What are the first four terms of the sequence: An =3 n – 1?
a. 2, 6, 8, 10 b. 2, 7, 12, 17 c. 2, 5, 8, 11 d. 2, 3, 4, 5
10. Fill in the next two blanks of the sequence: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, ___, ___?
a. 1/2, 1/3 b. 1/5, 1/6 c. 1/6, 1/7 d. 1/8, 1/9
11. It is a constant r that is multiplied to a term to get the next term.
a. common difference c. common factor
b. common ratio d. none of the above
12. The first term in an arithmetic sequence is 6 and the third term is 12. What is the second term?
a. 9 b. 8 c. 6 d. 5
13. th
What is the 30 term in the sequence: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, …,___?
a. 55 b. 57 c. 59 d. 61
14. Which of the following illustrates a geometric sequence?
a. {1, 2, 3, 4, …} b. {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, …} c. {100, 50, 25, 12.5, …} d. none of the above
15. A sequence whose consecutive terms have a common difference.
a. arithmetic Sequence c. Harmonic Sequence
b. Geometric Sequence d. Fibonacci Sequence
16. What is the sum of 1 + 2 +3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + … + 100?
a. 5005 b. 5500 c. 5050 d. 5000
17. Is the sequence 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, … an arithmetic sequence?
a. Yes, because it has a common difference of 4 c. Yes, because it has a common ratio of 4
b. No, because it has no common difference d. No, because it has no common ratio
18. How many terms are there in the sequence {0, 6, 12, 18, 24}?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
19. The sequence {0, 6, 12, 18, 24} is an example of ____ sequence.
a. arithmetic Sequence c. Harmonic Sequence
b. Geometric Sequence d. Fibonacci Sequence
20. Find the first eight terms of a sequence whose first term is 3 and the common difference (d) is -2?
a. 32 b. -32 c. 48 d. -48
21. This refers to the elements of a sequence.
a. terms b. numbers c. elements d. none of the above
22. A stack of soap boxes has 12 in the bottom row, 11 in the second row, 10 in the third row, and so on. How
many boxes are in the stack?
a. 78 b. 86 c. 132 d. 144
23. It is a sequence that doesn’t have a last term.
a. finite sequence b. infinite sequence c. finite series d. infinite series
24. What is the next term in this sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ___?
a. 20 b. 21 c. 22 d. 23
25. Find the geometric mean between 16 and 26.
a. 5 b. -5 c. -21 d. 21
26. What are the three geometric means (in proper order) of a sequence where a1 = 2 and a5 = 30?
a. 8, 15, 22 b. 22, 15, 8 c. 23, 16, 9 d. 9, 16, 23
27. What is the second term of the sequence defined by the rule 3n – 7.
a. -1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2
28. ____ refers to the constant d that is added to a term to get the next term.
a. common difference c. common factor
b. common ratio d. none of the above
29. What is the next term of the geometric sequence 4, -12, 36
a. 2 b. -2 c. 3 d. -3
30. Which of the following sequences does not illustrate finite geometric sequence?
a. 3, 12, 48, ..., 3 072 b. 3, -1, 1/3, -1/9, … c. a1 = -4, r = -2, an = 32 d. none of the above
31. Insert three geometric means between 18 and 30.
a. 20, 23, 28 b. 21, 24, 27 c. 15, 24, 33 d. none of the above
32. In the geometric sequence 3, -3, 3, -3, …, what is the common ratio?
a. 1 b. 0 c. -1 d. -2
33. It is the sum of a sequence.
a. series b. terms c. sequence d. elements
−1
34. Find the 9th term of the arithmetic sequence with a 1=10 and d = .
2
a. 3 b. 7 c. 6 d. 4
35. Your science teacher is conducting an experiment on a particular bacteria. If there are 12 bacteria in the
culture at the end of one day, and that number triples every day, find the total number of bacteria in the
culture at the end of the fifth day?
a. 972 b. 789 c. 279 d. 729
36. Find a 1 if a 8=54 and a 9=60.
a. 15 b. 20 c. 12 d. 15
37. Which of the following represents a finite arithmetic series.
a. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) + … c. a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + ….+ arn-1+ …
b. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) d. a + ar + ar2 + ar3
38. Which of the following represents an infinite arithmetic series.
a. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) + … c. a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + ….+ arn-1+ …
b. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) d. a + ar + ar2 + ar3
39. Which of the following represents a finite geometric series.
a. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) + … c. a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + ….+ arn-1+ …
b. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) d. a + ar + ar2 + ar3
40. Which of the following represents an infinite geometric series.
a. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) + … c. a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + ….+ arn-1+ …
b. a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + (a+3d) d. a + ar + ar2 + ar3