Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
Division of Siargao
SOCORRO NATIONAL HIGH SHOOL

First Quarter Diagnostic Test

MATHEMATICS G10

Name: _______________________________________ Score: ________

I. Direction: Read each questions carefully and encircle the letter of your correct
answer.

1. What is the next shape? 6. The first term of an arithmetic

, , , sequence is 8 and the last term is
100. What is the second term?
, ,
A. 31
____. B. 40
C. 53
A. D. 54
7. The arithmetic mean between two terms
B.
in an arithmetic sequence is 39. If one of
C. these terms is 32, find the other term.
D. A. 38
𝑛−4 B. 46
2. Given the general term 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛 ,
find𝑎2 . C. 69
E. D. 71
A. – 4 8. It is the indicated sum of the terms of an
B. – 1 arithmetic sequence.
C. 1 A. Arithmetic series
D. 4 B. Arithmetic Means
3. Which of the following illustrates an
C. Geometric Sequence
arithmetic sequence?
A. 3, 6, 12, 24, … D. Geometric Series
B. 2, 4, 6, 8, … 9. What do you call a sequence of numbers
C. 1, 1, 2, 3,5, … in which each term is obtained from the
1 1 1 1
D. 2 , 4, 6, 8 , … previous by multiplying the same value
called the common ratio(r)?
6 A. Arithmetic Means
4. Given an arithmetic sequence 1, ,
4
10 B. Arithmetic series
2, , 3, … find the common
4 C. Geometric Sequence
difference. D. Geometric Series
1
A. 4 10. Which of the following sequences
1
B. illustrate a geometric sequence?
2
C.
3 A. 5, 10, 15, 20,…
4
3 B. 10, 7, 4, 1,…
D. 2 C. 8, 5, 8, 5, …
D. 1, 2, 4, 8, . .
5. What is the first term of the
arithmetic sequence __,-6, -9, -10, - 11. Jose got 6 rabbits to raise on his farm.
13? From the following month forward, the
A. -3 rabbit population doubled every month.
B. -2
C. 2 Let g(n), be the number of rabbits in
D. 3 Jose’s farm in the nth month since he
got the rabbits.
 19. Find the sum of the geometric sequence
What kind of sequence is it?
A. Arithmetic where the first term is 3, the last term is
B. Fibonacci 46 875, and the common ratio is 5.
C. Geometric A. 58 593
D. Harmonic B. 59 594
12. A writer wrote 920 words on the first C. 58 595
day, 810 on the second day and 700 D. 58 596
words on the third day. If the pattern 20. Which of the following defines a
continues, how many words did the Fibonacci sequence?
writer write on the fifth day? A. It is a sequence such that the
A. 480 reciprocals of the terms form an
B. 500 arithmetic sequence.
C. 1180 B. It is a sequence where every term
D. 2430 after the first is obtained by adding a
13. Which of the following is a finite constant called the common
geometric sequence? difference.
A. 2, 6, 18, 54, … C. It is a sequence where its first two
B. 24, 12, 6, 3, … terms is either both 1, or 0 and 1;
11 1 1 and each term, thereafter, is
C. 3,3, 6, 12, …
obtained by adding the two
11 1 1
D. 2,4, 8, …,. 512 preceding terms.
14. What is the geometric mean between 2 D. It is a sequence where each term
and 18? after the first is obtained by
A. 6 multiplying the preceding term by a
B. 10 nonzero constant called the common
C. 20 ratio.
D. 36 21. Which of the following describes the nth
15. Find the 6th term in the geometric term of the harmonic sequence
1 1 1 1
sequence 3,12,48,...
4
, 8 , 12 , 16, …?
A. 36 1
A. 𝑛+1
B. 576
1
C. 1728 B. 𝑛2 +1
D. 3072 C. 4𝑛
1

16. Find the eighth term of the geometric 1

sequence where the third term is 27 D.4𝑛− 2
and the common ratio is 3.
A. 2 187
22. Twelve days before Valentine’s Day,
B. 6 561
Carl decided to give Nicole flowers
C. 19 683 according to the Fibonacci sequence.
C. 59 049 On the first day, he sent one red rose,
on the second day, two red roses, and
17. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the so on. How many roses did Nicole
geometric series if a1=1 and r=2. receive during the tenth day?
A. 15 A. 10
B. 55
B. 16
C. 89
C. 255 D. 144
D. 256 23. There are 20 rows of seats in a concert
18. Calculate the sum of the terms of the hall with 20 seats in the first row, 21
following geometric sequences. seats in the second row, 22 seats in the
1 1 1 1 third row, and so on.
1, , , , ,…
2 4 8 16 In total, how many seats are there in
the concert hall?
1 A. 83
A. 32
1
B. 166
B. 2
C. 375
C. 1 D. 590
D. 2
 B. Andy did not use a zero
24. A scientist observes that the population place holder for the x3 term.
of a certain colony of ants triples after C. Andy added instead of
every week. If 75 ants were present
subtracting the rows.
initially, approximately how many
weeks would it take for the population D. Andy should have used – 2
of the ants to become 6075? as his division since the
A. 3 divisor is
B. 4 x – 2.
C. 6 29. If the remainder after dividing
D. 8 polynomial (5𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 𝑘) by (x+ 1)
Please refer to the illustration below on long is 4, which of the following must be
division to answer item 25-26. the value of k?
A. 10
Divide (25x2 – 50x + 25) by (5x-5) B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
5x – 5 30. Find the remainder when x2 + 6x –
5x – 5 25x – 50x + 25
2 17 is divided by x – 1.
A. – 17
25x2 – 25x 2nd line B. – 10
- 25x + 25 C. 6
- 25x + 25 D. 23
0 31. If f(3) = 0, which of the following
statements about f(x) is true?
25. What is the remainder? A. x + 3 is a factor of f(x)
A. – 5 B. – 3 is a root of f(x) = 0
B. 0 C. 0 is the least value of f(x)
C. 5 D. 3 is a zero of f(x)
D. 25
26. Which is the divisor? 32. What value of k will make x + 2 a
A.0 factor of x4 – 2x3 + (4k + 1)x2 + 8x +
B. 5x – 5 12?
C.5x + 5 A. – 2
D. 25x2 – 50x + 25 B. 0
C. 1
D. 3
27. A student is trying to use synthetic 33. If x – c is a factor of p(x),
division to solve then p(c) = _____.
(3x3 – 4x2 – x + 1) ÷ (x + 1). A. - 1
What value should go in the box B. 0
next? C. 1
D. 2
-1 3 -4 -1 1 34. Find g(2) if g(x) = 2x3 – 5x2 + 6x – 11
7 -6 A. – 24
3 B. – 11
A. – 1 C. – 3
B. – 3 D. 4
C. 1 35. What must be a value of t that will
D. 3 make t + 2 a factor of 3x3 + 5x2 + tx –
10?
28. Andy divided x4 + 3x2 – 4x – 2
A. – 7
by x – 2 using synthetic division. Her B. 5
work is shown below. Identify her C. 6
mistake. D. 7
36. Given the polynomial equation
2 1 3 -4 -2 (x + 1)2 (x – 5) = 0. What is the
2 10 12 degree of the given equation?
1 5 6 10 A. 0
B. 1
10
X3 + 5x2 + 6x + C. 2
𝑥−2
D. 3
A. Andy wrote the remainder 37. Find the zeros of f(x) = (x + 2)6(x +
incorrectly. 3)4 and state the multiplicity.
 A. – 2, multiplicity 6; 4, multiplicity –
3 D. All negative integers
B. – 2, multiplicity 6; - 3, multiplicity
4 roots are – 2, - 1, and 1.
C. 6, multiplicity – 2; - 3, multiplicity
4 B. x3 + 2x2 – x - 2
D. 6, multiplicity – 2; 4, multiplicity –
3 D. x3 + 2x2 + x + 2
38. Suppose that when a polynomial
p(x) is divided by x – 5, the quotient
is 3x4 – 5x2 + 2x – 5 with the
remainder of 4. We may conclude
that…
A. x – 4 is a factor of p, and 4 is a
zero of p.
B. x + 5 is not a factor of p, and – 5
is not a zero of p.
C. x – 5 is a factor of p, and 5 is a
zero of p.
D. x – 5 is not a factor of p, and 5 is
not a zero of p.
39. Find the zeros of y = x(x – 5)(x – 2)
A. 2, 5
B. 0, - 5, - 2
C. 5, 2, - 5
D. 0, 5, 2
40. A polynomial has degree 5. Which of
the following is NOT a possible
combination for its roots?
A. 5 real roots
B. 3 real roots and 2 complex roots
C. 1 real root and 4 complex roots
D. 2 real roots and 3 complex roots
41. One root of the equation
x3 - 9x2 + 31x - 39 = 0 is x = 3.
What are the other two roots?
A. x = 2 ; x = 4
B. x = 3± 2i
C. x = - 3± 2i
D. x = 3i ± 2i
42. The graph of the function
f(x) = (x - 1)(x + 3)3(x - 5)2:
A. touches the x-axis at (-3, 0), and
cuts the x-axis at (1, 0) and (5, 0)
B. cuts the x-axis at (-3, 0), and
touches the x-axis at (1, 0) and
(5, 0)
C. cuts the x-axis at (-3, 0), and (1,
0) and touches the x-axis at (5,
0)
D. cuts the x-axis at (1, 0), and
touches the x-axis at (-3, 0) and
(5, 0)
43. m is an integer. What value of m will
a – b be as a factor of am – bm?
A. All odd integers
B. All even integer
C. All positive integers
44. Find a polynomial equation whose
A. x3 – 2x2 + x + 2
C. x3 – 2x2 – x + 2
II. Direction: Read the problems below and
answer the questions that follow.
A. Starting May 1, a new store will begi
n
giving away 500 posters as a promot
ion.Each day, 4 posters will be given
away.
If the store is open 7 days a week,
1. How many posters will the store
have left when it opens for busin
ess on May 14?
2. Draw a table representing the
days of promotion and posters
remaining.
B. John has pur ch ased 20
st
book s. T he 1 book cost 1 00,
t he 2 n d is 200, t he 3 r d is 400,
and t he 4 t h is 800 , a nd so on.
1. How m uch di d Jo hn pay f or
t he 20 book s?
C. Pipes are stacked in a pile. The
bottom row has 11 pipes. If there are
6 rows of pipes in the pile,
D. how many pipes are stacked in the
pile?
a. Draw the figure and create a
formula that will interpret the
data.
E. A farmer kept track of his cows and
chickens by counting both the legs
and
the heads. If he counted 78 legs and
35
heads, how many chickens did he
own?
F. A tree is supported by a wire
anchored in
the ground 9 feet from its base. The
wire is 1 foot longer than the height
that it reaches on the tree. Find the
length of the wire. Draw the figure.
God bless…
ANSWER KEY

1. D
2. B 31. D
3. B 32. A
4. B 33. B
5. A 34. C
6. D 35. A
7. B 36. D
8. A 37. B
9. C 38. D
10. D 39. D
11. C 40. D
12. A 41. B
13. D 42. C
14. A 43. A
15. D 44. B
16. B
17. C
18. D II.
19. A A. 1. 448
20. C DAYS OF 1 2 3 4
21. C PROMOTION
22. C POSTERS 500 496 492 488
23. D REMAINING
24. B
25. B
26. B B. 52428800
27. B C. 51
28. B D. Chickens- 31
29. C E. 41ft.
30. B