SUMMATIVE TEST

Mathematics 10

SCORE
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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Find out how much you already know about the topic on Sequence. Encircle the
letter of the correct answer. Take note of the items that you were not able to answer correctly and find
time to discuss with the teacher or classmates who have answered correctly after the test.
Always make use of the formula in getting the correct answer.

1. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 4, -12, 36?

a. -42 b. -54 c. -106 d. -108
2. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 3, 13/4, 7/2, 15/4,.......
a. 1/4 b. 3/4 c. 5/2 d. 4
3. Which set is an example of a harmonic sequence?
a. 1/2, -1/2, 1/2, -1/2 c. 1/3, 1/9, 1/27, 1/81
b. 1/2, -1, 2, -4 d. 2, 2/3, 2/5, 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 three geometric means were inserted between 1 and 256, find the third geometric mean.
a. 64 b. 32 c. 16 d. 4
6. If three arithmetic means were inserted between 11 and 39, find the second arithmetic mean.
a. 18 b. 25 c. 32 d. 46
7. What is the next term in the harmonic sequence 1/11, 1/15, 1/19, 1/23,.....
a. 27 b. 25 c. 1/25 d. 1/27
8. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 4, 1, -2, -5 ,........ is -29?
a. 9th term b. 10th term c. 11th term d. 12th term
9. What is the 6th term of the geometric sequence 2/25, 2/5, 2, 10, ........?
a. 25 b. 250 c. 1250 d. 2500
10. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 while the 18th term is 87. Find the common
difference of the sequence.
a. 7 b.6 c. 5 d. 3
11. What is the next term in the Fibonacci Sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,.......?
a. 13 b. 16 c. 19. d. 20
12. Find the sum of geometric sequence where the first term is 3 and the last term is 46, 875, and
the common ratio is 5.
a. 11718 b. 11781 c. 11187 d. 11817
13. Find the 8th term of a geometric sequence where the third term is 27 and the commn ratio
is 3.
a. 2187 b. 6561 c. 19683 d. 59049
14. Which of the following is the sum of all the multiples of 3 from 15 to 48?
a. 315 b. 363 c. 378 d. 396
15. What is the 7th term of the sequence whose nth term is an = n2 - 1 / n2 + 1
a. 24/25 b. 23/25 c. 48/50 d. 49/50
16. What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17,.....?
a. 3n+ 4 b. 4n + 3 c. n + 2 d. 2n + 5
17. What is the nth term of the harmonic sequence 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8,.....?
a. 1 / n + 1 b. 1 / n2 + 1 c. 1 / 2n d. 1 / 4n - 2
18.Find p so that the numbers 7p + 2, 5p + 12, 2p - 1,.... form and arithmetic sequence.
a. -8 b. -5 c. -13 d. -23
19. Find the sum of the first 7 terms of the geometric sequence 4, 12, 36,......
a. 4327 b. 3427 c. 4237 d. 4372
20. 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, -1
21. Adrian bought a car for Php 600,000. The yearly depreciation of his car is 10% of its value at
the start of the year. What is its value after 4 years?
a. Php 437, 400 b. Php 438, 000 c. Php 393,660 d. Php 378,000
22. During a free-fall, Theodore jumps 16 feet, 48 feet and 80 feet on the first, second and third
fall respectively. If he continues to jump at this rate, how many feet will he have jumped after the
tenth fall?
a. 304 b. 336 c. 314928 d. 944784
23. Twelve days before Valentines Day, JV decided to give Nicole flowers according to Fibonacci
Sequence. On the first day, he sent one red rose, on the second day two red roses and so on.
How many roses did Nicole receive during the tenth day?
a. 10 b. 55 c. 89 d. 144
24. In MSU-CETD, suspension of classes is announced through text brigade. One stormy day, the
principal announces the suspension of classes to two teachers, each of whom sends this
message to two other teachers, and so on. Suppose that text message were sent in five rounds,
counting the principals text message as first, how many text messages were sent in all?
a. 31 b. 32 c. 61 d. 63
25. Suppose it continues up to 23 rounds, how many text message were sent in all?
a. 4194340 b. 4149304 c. 4193440 d. 4194304

II. SOLVING. Solve the following problems NEATLY AND COMPLETELY.Show your solutions legibly.
Dirty works will not be checked. Enclose your final answer with the box.

1. Find the sum of the integers from 1 to 255.

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2. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the arithmetic sequence -16, -20, -24,.....

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3. The sum of the first 10 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 530. What is the first term if the
last term is 80? What is the common difference?

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4. The numbers 28, x + 2, 112 form a geometric sequence. What is the value of x?

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5. Find the specified term of each geometric sequence. Show your solutions.

a. 5th term a1 = 12 r= 0.1 Final Answer

b. 7th term a1 = -8 r = 1/2 Final Answer

c. 10th term a1 = 4 r=2 Final Answer

6. Find the sum of the geometric series 8, -4, 2,-.....-1/16

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7. Given the arithmetic sequence 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2,....., find the 15th term of the corresponding
harmonic sequence.

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8. Given the Fibonacci Sequence 13, 21, 34, find the next 3 terms and previous 2 terms.

Next three terms:

Previous Two terms:

9. Find k so that the terms k - 3, k + 1 and 4k - 2 form a geometric sequence.

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10. If 2 and 3 were two geometric means between m and n, find the value of m and n.

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11. Find the sum of the first 25 terms of -7, 7, -7, 7,..... Final Answer

12. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of -3/4, 3/4, -3/4,... Final Answer

13. Find the sum of the first 19 terms of -5/4,-5/4, -5/4,.... Final Answer

14. Find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence when the 1st term is 4, the last term is 324
and the common ratio is 3.
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15. Insert a geometric sequence between k and 1/k.

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*Constant Practice Makes Perfect*