CHAPTER TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10 FIRST GRADING SY 2019 – 2020 SCORE:

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DIRECTIONS: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. WRITE IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, IF

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1. Which of the following is NOT an example of an Arithmetic Sequence?

A. 2, 5, 8,... B. 4, 9, 14,... C. 5, 10, 20,... D. 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, ...

2. What is the common difference of the Arithmetic Sequence 2x + 1, 3x +2, 4x +3, …?

A. x B. x  1 C. 2 x  1 D. 2x  2
3. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 6, 4, 2, 0, . . .
A. ½ B. 1 C. 2 D. -2
4. What is the 10th term of the arithmetic sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, . . .?
A. 27 B. 29 C. 28 D. 31
5. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 4, 1, -2, -5, . . . is – 29?
A. 9th term B. 10th term C. 11th term D. 12th term
6. The fourth term of an arithmetic sequence is 9 and the 15th term is 31. What is the common difference?
A. 2 B. 3 C. – 2 D. -3
7. What is the first term of the arithmetic sequence in #6?
A. 7 B. 5 C. 3 D. 2
8. What is nth term of the arithmetic sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, . . .?
A. an = 3n + 4 B. an = 4n + 3 C. an = n + 2 D. an = 2n + 5
1 1 1 1
9. What is the next term in the harmonic sequence , , , ,. . .?
11 15 19 23
1 1
A. 27 B. 25 C. 25 D. 27

10. Find the next term in the geometric sequence 4, -12, 36, ...
A. – 42 B. – 54 C. – 72 D. – 108
11. What is the 10th term of the geometric sequence –1, 2, - 4, 8, -16, ...?
A. 512 B. -512 C. 1024 D. -1024
12. What is the next term of the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, . . . ?
A. 13 B. 16 C. 19 D. 20
13. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, what is the second arithmetic mean?
A. 18 B. 25 C. 32 D. 46
14. If three geometric means are inserted between 1 and 256, what is the third geometric mean?
A. 64 B. 32 C. 16 D. 4
15. What must be the value of k so that 5k – 3, k + 2 and 3k – 11 will form an arithmetic sequence?
A. 3 B. -3 C. 2 D. -2
16. Find the 8th term of a geometric sequence whose 3rd term is 27 and the common ratio is 3.
A. 2187 B. 6561 C. 19683 D. 59049
17. The 6th term of the sequence whose general term is an = 3n - 7
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
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18. For the sequence an = 2n – 1, find the sum of the first 5 terms.
A. 23 B. 24 C. 25 D. 26
19. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 5 and whose last term is 40.
A. 225 B. 200 C. 450 D. 400
20. Find the sum of integers between 1 and 100.
A. 5050 B. 4949 C.2550 D. 2500
21. Mr. Lee gave his daughter Php 200 on her tenth birthday, and intends to increase this by Php 250 each year.
How much will his daughter receive on her 18th birthday?

22. A display of boxes has 21 boxes in the bottom row, 19 boxes in the row above, 17 boxes in the next row
and so on. How many boxes are there if the top row contains 1 box?
A. 110 boxes B. 121 boxes C. 130 boxes D. 141 boxes
23. A stack of firewood has 28 pieces on the bottom row, 24 on the top row, then 20 and so on. If there are
108 pieces of wood, how many rows are there?
A. 9 rows B. 8 rows C. 7 rows D. 6 rows
24. A salesboy in a grocery store stacks a number of boxes of cereal so that there are 30 boxes in the first row,
27 boxes in the second row, 24 boxes in the third row and so on. How many boxes of cereal does he have if
there are 3 boxes in the top row?
A. 150 boxes B. 160 boxes C. 165 boxes D. 170 boxes
25. A theater has 25 seats in the first row and 35 rows in all. Each successive row contains 3 additional seats.
How many seats are in this theater?
A. 124 seats B. 127 seats C. 133 seats d. 136 seats

26. Which of the following is NEITHER an example of an arithmetic sequence NOR a geometric sequence?
1 1 1
A. 2, 3, 4, 5,… B. 8, 4, 2, 1,…. C. 8, -4, 2, -1,… D. 1, 2 , 3 , 4,…
27. The sequence 3, 6, 12, 24 falls under which of the following categories?
A. Arithmetic Sequence C. Harmonic Sequence
B. Geometric Sequence D. Fibonacci Sequence
28. The following are examples of infinite geometric sequence EXCEPT:
1 1
A. …4, 12, 36 B. -3, 6, -12, … C. 18,3, 2, …, D. …1, 3, 6, 12, …
72
29. Which of the following best describe the given 27, 9, 3 1, … ?
A. Finite geometric sequence with a common ratio of 3.
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B. Finite geometric sequence with a common ratio of 3.

C. Infinite geometric sequence with a common ratio of 3.

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D. Infinite geometric sequence with a common ratio of 3.

30. Given -3, 12, -48, 192,…, what is the rule for finding the nth term?
A. 𝑎𝑛 = −3(4)𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = −3(−4)𝑛−1 C. 𝑎𝑛 = 3(−4)𝑛−1 D. 𝑎𝑛 = 3(4)𝑛−1
31. What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence 8, -4, 2, -1 . . . ?
A. -2 B. 2 C. - ½ D. ½
32. Find the positive geometric mean between 4 and 100.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40
33. What is the sum of the multiples of 3 from 15 to 48?
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34. Find the sum of the first 5 terms of the sequence 3, 6, 12, . . .
A. 93 B. 94 C. 95 D. 96
35. Find k so that the numbers 2k + 1, 3k + 4 and 7k + 6 form a geometric sequence.
A. 2; -1 B. -2; 1 C. 2; 1 D. -2; 120
36. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of 3/2, 3/2, 3/2, . . .
A. 30 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25
37. Find the number of terms of a geometric sequence if a1 = 5, r = 6 and an = 180.
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 4
38. What is the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric sequence 4, 8, 16, . . .?
A. 2048 B. 3820 C. 4092 D. 4224
39. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3, . . .must be taken so that the sum is 66?
A. 13 B. 12 C. 11 D. 10
40. Find the sum of the infinite geometric sequence 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, . . .
A. 2/3 B. 2 C. 3 D. 1/3
41. What is the common ratio of the infinite geometric sequence in #33?
A. 2 B. -2 C. ½ D. - ½
42. What is the next term in the harmonic sequence 1/13, 1/10, 1/7, 1/4, . . . ?
A. 1 B. 1/3 C. -3 D. -1
43. What is the sum of the first 10 terms of geometric series -3/2 + (-3/2) + (-3/2), … ?
A. -3/2 B. -15 C. 0 D. 15
1 1 1 1
44. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series + + + +…
3 6 12 24
2 3
A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. It does not exists
1 1 1 1
45. What is the sum to infinity of + + 4 + 2 + ... ?
16 8
1 1
A. 1 B. 8 C. 16 D. It does not exist
46. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15 m. On each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the height from which it last
fell. Find the distance travelled by the ball before it comes to rest.
A.75 m. B. 96 m. C. 100 m. D. 85 m.
47. Rey bought a car for Php. 600,000.00 The yearly depreciation of his car is 10% of its value at the start of the
year. What is the value after 4 years?
A. Php. 437,400 B. Php. 438,000 C. Php. 393,660 D. Php. 378,000
48. A culture of a bacteria doubles every 2 hours. If there are 500 bacteria at the beginning, how many bacteria
will there be after 24 hours?
A. 1 024 000 B. 2 048 000 C. 8 388 000 D. 4 194 000
49. A rocket rises 30 feet after 1 second, 85 feet after 2 seconds, and 140 feet after 3 seconds. If it continues to
rise at this rate, how many feet will it rise after 16 seconds?
A. 780 ft B. 830 ft C. 855 ft D. 910 ft
50. In Ernesto Rondon High School suspension of classes is announced through text brigade. One stormy day,
the principal announce the suspension of classes to two teachers, each of whom sends this message to other
two teachers, and so on. Suppose that text messages were sent in five rounds counting the principal’s text
message as the first, how many text messages were sent in all?