GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS

EASY

1. How should the polynomial function 𝑓(𝑥) = −2𝑥 − 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 5 + 4 be written in standard form?

2. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 2, 5, 8, … is equal to 227?

5𝑥 9
3. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are as follows: 𝑥, 4 , 2. What is the common
difference?
A
4. 𝐵𝐴 is tangent to circle O at A. If BA = 8 and OA = 6, find OB.
O

5. What is the center of the circle defined by the equation B

(𝑥 + 1)2 + (𝑦 − 3)3 = 4?

AVERAGE

1. If one root of 𝑥 3 − 𝑘𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 6 = 0 is 2, then what is the sum of the other two roots?
2. Shea wants to make a bracelet for her friend composed of beads. If she has blue, yellow, red,
orange and green beads, in how many ways can the beads be arranged in the bracelet?
3. What is the area of the triangle with sides 9, 10, 11?
4. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are as follows: 𝑥, 𝑥 2 + 4, 16𝑥. What is the 2nd term?
5. How many consecutive odd integers of an arithmetic sequence, starting from 9, must be added in
order to obtain a sum of 15, 860?
1 1 1 1 1 1
6. Solve: 2 − 3 + 4 − 9 + 8 − 27 +…
7. Two numbers 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 are chosen randomly without replacements from the set of integers
S= {1, 2, 3, …, 15, 16}. What is the probability that the numbers (𝑥, 𝑦, 5) form the sides of a right
triangle?
8. What is the remainder when −6𝑥147 − 4 is divided by (𝑥 + 1)?
1 1
9. The 4th and 7th term of geometric sequence are 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 64 respectively. Find the 9th term.
3
10. A ball is dropped from a height of 5 meters. It falls and bounces by 5 of its previous height. On
1
which bounce will it first not rise to more than 2 meter?
11. A rectangle with a length of (𝑥 + 5) cm has an area of 4𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 3 − 85𝑥 2 + 163𝑥 − 60. What a
polynomial that represents its width.
12. On January 1, Mr. Sanchez was granted a loan amounting to ₱63,000. Under the loan agreement,
he will pay ₱7000 of the principal and 5% interest of the unpaid balance at the end of each year.
How many years will it take Mr. Sanchez to pay the loan?
13. The sum of the six terms of a geometric sequence is −63. If the first term is 3, what is the common
ratio?
14. What is a third degree polynomial equation with real coefficients and which has 3 and
3 – 2𝑖 among its roots?
15. The endpoints of the longer base of the isosceles trapezoid are (0, 0) and (8, 0). If (3, -4) is a third
vertex, what are the coordinates of the fourth vertex?
DIFFICULT

1. In the figure, B and D are centers of two circles. If ABCD is a square and the area of the shaded
region is 36𝜋𝑐𝑚2 , what is the length of DE?

2.
Based on the figure on the left, what is the value of
A + B + C?

3. Mae, Ann, and Lyn have their birthday today. The sum of their ages is 30 and the product of their
ages is 270 more than the product of their ages on their birthday last year. What is the sum of
squares of their ages?
1
4. In the figure on the right, the circles are arranged in such a way that 6 of the
circumference of one circle is inside another circle. If all the circles are of
radius 1, what is the total area of the shaded region?

5. On the dartboard on the right, the probability of hitting a certain region is

2
proportional to corresponding area. The outer circle has a radius of 4 and the 1
1 2
inner circle has a radius of 2. The two diameters divide each circle into 4 equal
2 2
parts. If two darts hit the board, what is the probability that the score is an 1 2
even number?
1
1 1 𝑥2+ 2
𝑥
6. If 𝑥 − 𝑥 = 𝑦 + 𝑦 = 2, then what is the value of 1 ?
𝑦2+ 2
𝑦
7. In a certain city, all telephone numbers are composed of 7 digits and always start with either 9 or
8. If a telephone has its 2 and 5 buttons defective, how many phone numbers can it dial?
8. The first term of a geometric sequence is 2000 and the second term is 1000. Starting from the first
term, how many consecutive terms in this sequence must be taken in order to obtain a sum equal
to 3875?
5𝑥 9
9. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are as follows: 𝑥, 4 , 2. What is the common
difference?
10. What are the other zeroes of 𝑔(𝑥) = 3𝑥 4 − 16𝑥 3 + 14𝑥 2 + 24𝑥 − 9 if 3 is a zero of multiplicity 2?
GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS

EASY
1. 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 5 − 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 + 4
2. 76th term
3
3. 4

4. 10
5. (−1, 3)

AVERAGE
1. -1
2. 12
3. 30√2 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
4. 4 1/4
5. 122
6. ½
1
7. 60
8. 2
1
9. 256
10. 5th bounce
11. 4𝑥 3 − 24𝑥 2 + 35𝑥 − 12
12. 9 years
13. -2
14. 𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 2 + 31𝑥 − 39 = 0
15. (5, -4)

DIFFICULT
1. (12√2 − 12)𝑐𝑚

2. 24

3. 302
4
4. 𝜋 − 2√3
3
65
5.
128

6. 3

7. 524, 288

8. 5
3
9.
4
1
10. , −1
3