Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF AURORA
CALABUANAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
School id: 300678

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

Name: _________________________________________ Date: _________________________

Year/Section: _________________________________________________________________________

GENERAL DIRECTION: Read the following questions comprehensively. Write the letter of the correct answer
on a given answer sheet.
1. Determine what comes next in the given patterns. A, C, E, G, I, ___
A. J B. K C. B D. L
2. 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, ___
A.190 B. 120 C. 192 D. 182
3. 41, 39, 37, 35, 33, ___
A.31 B. 32 C. 33 D. 34
4. What number replaces the circle in this sequence? 4, 6, 10, 16, 26, 42, 68,
A. 102 B. 126 C. 94 D. 110
5. What is the next term in the arithmetic sequence 7, 11, 15, 19, ____?
A. 20 B. 21 C. 22 D. 23
6. What is the 8th term of the arithmetic sequence 10, 3, -4, - 11, _____?
A. -37 B. -38 C. -39 D. -40
7. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 and the common difference is 11. Find the 10 th term of the
sequence.
A. 101 B. 103 C. 105 D. 107
8. What is the arithmetic mean between 10 and 30?
A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30
9. What is the next term in the arithmetic sequence 7, 15, 23, 31, ____?
A. 35 B. 32 C. 39 D. 41
10. Which of the following is an example of an arithmetic sequence?
A. ½, ¼, 1/6, 1/8,… B. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11,…
C. 2, 6, 18, 54,… D. 64, 32, 16, 8,…
11. Find the first five terms of the sequence an = 3n - 11
A. 8, 11, 14, 17,20 B. -8, -5, -2, 1, 4
C. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 D. 11, 22, 33, 44, 55
12. The term between 5 and 15 is _______.
A. 10 B. 11 C. 13 D. 9
13. What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence -32, -21, -10, 1, 12,?
A. 11 B. -11 C. 12 D. -12
14. Which of the following sequences where every term after the first is obtained by adding a constant
called the common difference?
A. Arithmetic C. Geometric
B. Fibonacci D. Harmonic
15. Find the ratio of this sequence 3, -9, 27,- 81,…
A. -1 C. -3
B. B. -2 D. -6
16. What is the symbol for the common ratio of geometric sequence?
a. a1 C. r
 b. an D. Sn
17. Which of the following sequences where every term after the first is obtained by adding a constant
called the common difference?
a. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic
18. Find the missing term 2,5,8,_,_,_
A. 10, 12, 14 B. 10, 13, 15 C. 11, 13, 16 D. 11, 14, 17
19. Which of the following terms determines by dividing any term that precedes it?
a. Common term C. common difference
b. B. Common ratio D. common sequence
20. Find the ratio of this sequence 3, 9, 27, 81,…
a. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 6
21. What is the geometric mean of 2 and 8?
a. 8 C. 3
b. 5 D. 4
22. What is the geometric mean of 2, 3, 5, 3, 10 and 8?
a. 2.39 C. 4.39
b. 3.39 D. 5.39
23. What is the 9th term of the geometric sequence 2, 8, 32, 128, … ?
a. 65,536 C. 32,768
b. 131,072 D. 524,288
24. Which of the following two positive numbers has a geometric mean of 10 ?
A.  4 and  25 B. 4 and 25 C. 9 and 11 D. 9 and 11
25. What is the common ratio of a geometric sequence whose first and fifth terms are 9 and 144
respectively.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
26. It is a number between any two given terms of a geometric sequence.
a. common difference C. geometric mean
b. geometric extremes D. common ratio
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27. Identify the 7 term of the sequence: 4, 20, 100, ...
A. 65,200 B. 315,200 C. 62,500 D. 312,500
28. Calculate the geometric mean between 2 and 18.
A. B. 6 C. -6 D. ±6
29. What is the sum of all odd integers between 8 and 26?
A. 153 C. 149
B. 151 D. 148
30. What is the sum of all the even integers between 9 and 27?
A. 144 C. 170
B. 162 D. 180
31. What is the sum of the first ten consecutive even integers?
A. 90 C. 110
B. 100 D. 120
32. A culture of 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 C. 8 388 000
B. 2 048 000 D. 4 194 000
33. What is the next term in the arithmetic sequence 3, 11, 19, 27, ____?
A. 33 B. 35 C. 37 D. 39
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34. What is the 10 term of the arithmetic sequence 10, 3, -4, - 11, _____?
A. -52 B. -53 C. -54 D. -55
35. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 and the common difference is 11.
Find the 15th term of the sequence.
 A. 156 B. 157 C. 158 D. 159
36. What is the sum of the arithmetic sequence 9, 15, 21, 27, 33, 39?
A. 144 B. 148 C.150 D. 152
37. If (8x3 − 4x5 − 2 x + 7x4 + 3 ) is divided by (x-3) using synthetic division, The numbers in the first row
would be.
A. 8 -4 -2 7 0 3 C. 4 7 0 8 -2 3
B. -4 7 8 0 -2 3 D. 8 -4 -2 0 7 3

For item 38-41, use the illustration on long division that follows:

38. What is the remainder?

A. -21 C. x4 − 3x3 − 2x2 − x − 3
B. x3- x2 - 4x – 9 D. x − 2
39. What is the divisor?
a. x − 2 C. x3- x2 - 4x - 9
b. x4 − 3x3 − 2x2 − x − 3 D. -21
40. What is the quotient?
a. x3- x2 - 4x - 9 C. -21
4 3 2
b. x − 3x − 2x − x − 3 D. x-2
41. What is the process to obtain the 2nd line?
a. Subtracting x3 from (x − 2) C. Dividing x3 by (x − 2)
b. B. Multiplying x3 by (x − 2) D. Adding x3 by (x − 2)
42. What is the quotient when you divide (6x2 –x -12) by (2x -3)
a. x + 4 b. x – 4 c. 3x + 4 d. 3x - 4
4 2
43. What is the remainder when 𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 𝑥 − 2 is divided by x + 1?
A. -6 B. -5 C. -4 D. -3
44. In the given polynomial 2𝑥4 − 16𝑥3 + 8𝑥2 + 4𝑥 − 12 = 0, identify the constant term?
A. 21 B. 12 C. -12 D. -16
45. What do we call a polynomial with two terms?
a. monomial B. binomial C. trinomial D. expression
46. Trinomial has how many terms?
a. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
47. What is the common factor of a polynomial 18x4 + 30x3 + 42x2?
a. 6x B. 6x4 C. 6x3 D. 6x2
48. What is the common factor of a polynomial 5x + 10x3 + 15x2?
4

A. 5x B. 5x2 C. 5x3 D. 5x4

49. What is the remainder when 2x4 + 6x2 -6 is divided by 2x + 4?

A. -62
B. -50
C. 50
D. 62
50. What is the quotient when 2x4 + 6x2 -6 is divided by 2x + 4?
A. x3 – 2x2 + 7x - 14
B. 2x3 – 4x2 + 14x - 14
C. 2x4 + 6x2 -6
D. 2x + 4

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