Camiguin National High School

Catarman, Camiguin
First Quarter Examination
S.Y. 2016-2017
Mathematics 10
Name:____________________________Section:_________________________ Score:___________
Direction: Choose the letter that best answers the questions.
_______1. What is the next term of the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 ?
A. 34
B.
36
C. 38

D.

39

_______2. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 1 , -7, -15, -23,
A.
8
B.
7
C. -8
D.
_______3.Which set of numbers is an example of harmonic sequence?
A.

1
2

1
81

,-

1
2 ,

1
2

,D. 2,

1
2

B.

2
3

2
5 ,

1
2

, -1, 2,-4

C. 3

-7

1
9 ,

1
27

2
7

_______4.What is the sum of all odd integers between 8 and 26?

A. 153
B. 151
C. 149

D. 148

_______5.If four arithmetic means are inserted between 15 and 45, find the second of these
arithmetic means.
A. 21
B. 27
C. 33
D. 39
_______6. If two geometric means are inserted between 6 and 750, find the first
geometric means.
A. 6
B. 30
C. 150
D. 750

1
10

_______7. What is the next term of the harmonic sequence

A.

1
25

B. 26

C.

1
1
14 , 18 ,

1
22 ,?

1
28

_______8. In the arithmetic sequence 8, 14, 20,26, 32, which term is 122?
A. 15th
B. 18th
C. 20th

D.

1
30

D.

1
30

D. 21st

_______9.What is the 8th term of geometric sequence 24, 12, 6, 3, ?

A.

1
8

B. 16

C.

of these

3
16

_______10.If the common difference of an arithmetic sequence is 4 and a 6=15, find the first term
of the sequence.
A. -9

B. -5

C.

11
5

D. 35

_______11.What is the next term of the Fibonacci sequence 89, 144, 233, 377,?
A. 330
D. 577
C. 610
D. 680
_______12. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the arithmetic sequence if the first term is 21 and
the 20th term is 154.
A. 1 235
B. 3 265
C. 6 225
D. 9 625
_______13.Find the sum of the first 12 terms of the geometric sequence 3, -9, 27, -81, 243.
A. -398 580
B. -308, 580
C.
308 580
D. 398, 580
_______14. Which of the following is the sum of all of multiples of 3 from 15 to 48?
A. 315
B. 360
C. 378
D. 396

1
_______15.Find the 7th term of the sequence whose nth term is given by a n= (n+1)(n+3) .
B.

1
30

B.

1
30

C. 28

D. 30

_______16. Find the sum to infinity of 1, 0.2 , 0.04 , 0.008,

A.
1.666
B. 1.5
C. 1.25

D. 0.2

_______17. Which is the nth term of the harmonic sequence of the harmonic sequence 4

1
1
,
14
12 ,
A.

1
16 ,?

1
2 n+2

B. 4 n

C. . 2 n

D. 4 n2

_______18.Find k if the sequence k+7, 3k+9, k+3 is an arithmetic sequence.

A. -2
B. 2
C. -3
D. 3
_______19. What is k if the sequence 2k+1, 3k+4, and 7k+6 form a geometric sequence?
A. 2; -1
B. -2; 1
C. 2; 1
D. -2; -1

_______20. Find the sum to infinity 1 + 2

1
4

+ 8 +

B.

A.

C. 1

D. 2

_______21. How many terms of the arithmetic sequence -3, 2, 7, ... must be added together for
the sum of the series
to be 116?
A. 3
B. 8
C. 13
D. 18
_______22. You complain that the hot tub in your hotel suite is not hot enough. The hotel manager
tells you that they
will increase the temperature by 10% each hour. If the current temperature of the hot tub
is 75 , what will be
the temperature of the hot tub after 3 hours, to the nearest tenth of a degree?
A. 109.8

B. 99.8

C. 76.3

D. 54.7

_______23. Suppose you drop a coin off the edge of a cliff. The distance the coin will fall is 6 feet
the first second,
48 feet the next second, 80 feet the third second, and so on in an arithmetic sequence.
What is the total
distance the object will fall in 6 seconds

A. 176 feet

C. 576 feet

B. 336 feet

D. 726 feet

_______24.A car that cost Php 1 000 000 depreciates 18% in value per year. Find its value after 8
years.
A. Php 826, 671.10

B. Php 653, 455.53 C. Php 400,893.23 D. Php 204, 414.09

_______25. The sum of the interior angle of a triangle is 180 , of a quadrilateral is 360 , and
of a pentagon is 540 .
Assuming this pattern continues, find the sum of the interior angles of a dodecagon (12
sides).
A. 2 160

B. 1 800

C. 1 620

D. 1 160

The essence of Mathematics is not to make simple things complicated but to make complicated
things simple.
~ S. Gudder ~

Prepared by:

LUTCHIE R. ENGANA
WYZTY DELLE O. SABUD
G10 Mathematics Teachers

Camiguin National High School

Catarman, Camiguin
First Quarter Examination
S.Y. 2016-2017
Mathematics 10
Name:____________________________Section:____________________(STE Program) Score:___________
Direction: Choose the letter that best answers the questions. Show your solutions on a separate
sheet of paper.
_______1. What is the next term of the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 ?
A. 34
B.
36
C. 38

D.

_______2. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 1 , -7, -15, -23,
A.
8
B.
7
C. -8
D.
_______3.Which set of numbers is an example of harmonic sequence?
A.

1
2

1
81

,-

1
2 ,

1
2

,D. 2,

1
2

B.

2
3

2
5 ,

1
2

, -1, 2,-4

C. 3

1
9 ,

39
-7

1
27

2
7

_______4.What is the sum of all odd integers between 8 and 26?

A. 153
B. 151
C. 149

D. 148

_______5.If four arithmetic means are inserted between 15 and 45, find the second of these
arithmetic means.
A. 21
B. 27
C. 33
D. 39

_______6. If two geometric means are inserted between 6 and 750, find the first
geometric means.
A. 6
B. 30
C. 150
D. 750

of these

_______7. If the common difference of an arithmetic sequence is 4 and a 6=15, find the first term
of the sequence.
A. -9

B. -5

C.

11
5

D. 35

_______8.In the arithmetic sequence 8, 14, 20,26, 32, which term is 122?
A. 15th
B. 18th
C. 20th
_______9.What is the 8th term of geometric sequence

1
A.
8

D. 21st

24, 12, 6, 3, ?

1
B. 16

C.

3
16

D.

1
30

_______10.If the common difference of an arithmetic sequence is 4 and a 6=15, find the first term
of the sequence.
C. -9

B. -5

C.

11
5

D. 35

_______11.Find k if the sequence k+7, 3k+9, k+3 is an arithmetic sequence.

B. -2
B. 2
C. -3
D. 3
_______12. What is k if the sequence 2k+1, 3k+4, and 7k+6 form a geometric sequence?
B. 2; -1
B. -2; 1
C. 2; 1
D. -2; -1

_______13. Find the sum to infinity of 1 + 2

1
4

B.

A.

+ 8 +
C. 1

D. 2

_______14. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the arithmetic sequence if the first term is 21
and the 20th term is 154.
A. 1 235
B. 3 265
C. 6 225
D. 9 625
_______15. Find the sum of the first 12 terms of the geometric sequence 3, -9, 27, -81, 243.
B. -398 580
B. -308, 580
C.
308 580
D. 398, 580

_______16. Which of the following is a polynomial?

i.
ii.
iii.
A. i only

4x3+9x-5x2+7
2x-5+x-2+x-3+2x+5

1
x +3 x +6

B. ii only

C. i and ii

D. i and iii

_______17.What is the quotient when (2x4+4x3-5x2+2x-3) is divide by (2x2+1) ?

A. x2+2x-3
B. x2-2x+3
C. x2-2x-3
D. x2+2x+3
_______18.If the remainder after dividing polynomial (5x 3-3x2+k) by (x+1) is 4, which of the
following must be the
value of k.
A.10

B. 11

C. 12

D. 13

_______19.What is the remainder when 10x159 -5 is divided by (x-1)?

A. 10

B. 5

C. -5

D. -10

_______20.What is the value of k such that (x+2) is a factor of 3x3+kx2+5x+2?

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D.11
_______21.Gabriel will evaluate an 8th degree polynomial in x at x=10 using synthetic division.
How many coefficients
of x will be written in the first row of the synthetic division procedure?
B. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D.11
_______22. Genber divided (7x3-10x +11x2-5) by (x+3) and obtained -317 as remainder. Here is
his solution.
-3

7
7

-10

-21

93

-31

104

11

-5

-312
-317

What is his error? ________________________

i.

He did not change the sign of the divisor.

ii.

He did not arrange the terms of the polynomials in decreasing powers of x.

iii.

The sum in the third row is incorrect.

iv.

The numerical coefficients in the first row were not properly written.

A. i only

B. ii only

C. ii and iv only

D. i and iii only

_______23. . You complain that the hot tub in your hotel suite is not hot enough. The hotel
manager tells you that they
will increase the temperature by 10% each hour. If the current temperature of the hot tub
is 75 , what will be
the temperature of the hot tub after 3 hours, to the nearest tenth of a degree?
B. 109.8

B. 99.8

C. 76.3

D. 54.7

_______24.A car that cost Php 1 000 000 depreciates 18% in value per year. Find its value after 8
years.
B. Php 826, 671.10

B. Php 653, 455.53 C. Php 400,893.23 D. Php 204, 414.09

_______25. The sum of the interior angle of a triangle is 180 , of a quadrilateral is 360 , and
of a pentagon is 540 .
Assuming this pattern continues, find the sum of the interior angles of a dodecagon (12
sides).
B. 2 160

B. 1 800

C. 1 620

D. 1 160

The essence of Mathematics is not to make simple things complicated but to make complicated
things simple.
~ S. Gudder ~
Prepared by:
LUTCHIE R. ENGANA
G10 Mathematics Teacher