Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CAVITE PROVINCE

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on your answer
sheets.

1. EJ Obiena, a Filipino pole vaulter, had a left knee injury and needs to undergo surgery. His trainer
gradually returned his training routine as shown on the table below:

Week number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Minutes 12 18 24 30 36 42
Which of the following formula should be used in solving for the nth term of the given
sequence?
A. an = a1 − (d + 1)n C. an = a1 + (n + 1)d
B. an = a1 − (d − 1)n D. an = a1 + (n – 1)d

2. According to tradingeconomics.com, the average minimum wage in the Philippines jumped from
₱537 per day in the year 2021 to ₱570 per day in 2022. Which of the following equations are you
going to use to solve for the geometric mean of 537 and 570?
A. Mean = 537 + 570 C. Mean = √537 𝑥 570
537+ 570 537 𝑥 570
B. Mean = 2 D. Mean = √
2

3. To improve your overall health, you decided to look for different exercises. One of the exercises
that caught your attention is walking. You started a walking program in which you walked 15
minutes the first day, 20 minutes the next day, 25 minutes the third day, 30 minutes the fourth day,
and so on, each day extending your walking time by 5 minutes. How can you best describe the
pattern?
I. Has an interval of 5
II. Multiple of 5
III. No pattern
IV. Increasing
A. I , II and III
B. III only
C. I, II and IV
D. I and III

𝑥3 + 64 by x-4. Your activity partner showed you how he arranged the coefficient as seen below:
4. You and your partner were tasked by your Math teacher to use synthetic division to divide

-4 1 0 64

Which of the following revisions are you going to suggest to your activity partner?
I. Change the sign of -4 to positive
II. Change the sign of 64 to negative
III. Add another 0 between 1 and 0
IV. Remove 0 between 1 and 64
A. I and III
B. I and IV C. II and III
D. II and IV
5. A rectangular plant box is to be created for pechay seedlings. The advised volume for the plant
box is x3 + 4x2 + x – 6. What is the dimension of the rectangular plant box?
A. (x + 1)(x – 2)(x – 3) C. (x – 1)(x + 2)(x + 3)
B. (x + 1)(x + 2)(x – 3) D. (x – 1)(x – 2)(x + 3)

6. Jacobinas are Filipino biscuits that originated from Mendez, Cavite. They are light, crisp and
distinctively cubical in shape. A baker decided to innovate this biscuit to resemble a rectangular prism
shape. The baker chose to increase its length by 3 cm and decrease its width by 1 cm forming a new
volume of 16.87 cubic cm. Which of the following equations will be used to find the measure of the
sides of the new Jacobina innovated by the baker?
A. (x + 3)(x – 1) = 16.87 C. (x)(x + 3)(x – 1) = 16.87
B. (x – 3)(x + 1) = 16.87 D. (x)(x – 3)(x + 1) = 16.8

7. You are asked by your teacher to improve your observation and critical thinking skills while watching the
clock ticking. If the clock strikes once at 1:00 pm,twice at 2:00 pm and so on, what kind of sequence is
involved and how many times will it strike on 12 midnight?
A. Arithmetic and Finite Sequence, 78
B. Arithmetic and Finite Sequence, 12
C. Geometric and Finite Sequence, 78
D. Geometric and Infinite, 256
8. The game of chess was invented for a Persian king by one of his servant, Al-Khowarizhmi. Being so
pleased, he asked the servant of what he wanted as a reward. Al-Khowarizhmi asked to be paid in terms of
grain of wheat in a 64 square chessboard in this manner: 1 grain of wheat in the 1st square, 2 grains in the
2nd, 4 grains in the 3rd, and so on, with the amount doubling each square until the 64th square. The King was
surprised for the little thing the servant had asked and granted the servant's request. What do you need to
find out to know many grains of wheat will the servant be paid? How many grains of wheat will the
servant be paid on the 10th square?
A. Geometric Sequence and its nth term, 512 grains of wheat
B. 5000
C. Geometric Sequence and its nth term, 1023 grains of wheat
D. Geometric Sequence
9. You are assigned to count the number of seats of a conference hall where one of your school event will
take place. The conference hall has 20 rows of seats. The first row contains 20 seats, the second row
contains 22 seats, the third row contains 24 seats, and so on. How can you count the seats easily? How
many seats are there in the 6th row and the total number of seats all together given that the 6th row is the last
row?
A. By using the formula of arithmetic sequence; 28 and 150
B. By guessing; 200 and 1000
C. By using the formula of geometric sequence; 28 and 150
D. By using the formula of arithmetic sequence; 30 and 150
10. You wanted to buy your dream motorcycle by the end of the year. Your friend advised you to buy it years
later since the motorcycle depreciates in value at the rate of 5% every year. If a motorcycle costs
P 65,000.00 now, what is its value on the 3rd year?
A. P61, 750
B. P58,662.5
C. P55,729.38
D. P1,000,000
GENERATES PATTERNS (0123)
31. Alex is organizing a collection of books on a shelf. He decides to arrange them in a specific pattern to make the
shelf look more visually appealing. The pattern he chooses is as follows: The first row has 2 books, the second
row has 4 books, the third row has 6 books, the fourth row has 8 books. If Alex needs to prepare 50 rows in this
pattern, how many books will he need in total?
A. 1 B. 20 C. 100 D. 2550
(0231)
32. Jamie is designing a garden where each successive row of plants has an increasing number of plants to create
a symmetrical pattern. The garden starts with 1 plant in the first row, 3 plants in the second row, 5 plants in the
third row, and so on. If Jamie wants to design the garden with 10 rows, how many plants will be needed in total?
A. 0 B. 19 C. 100 D. 9

ILLUSTRATES AN ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE (3012)

33. Imagine a theatre where the seating arrangement in the front section follows a specific pattern. In the first
row, there are 10 seats. Each subsequent row has 3 more seats than the row in front of it. If the theatre has 15
rows, how many seats will there be in the last row?
A. 52 B. 5000 C. 15 D. 465
(2301)
34. You start saving money for a vacation. You save ₱500 in the first month, and each subsequent month you save
₱100 more than the previous month. If continue this savings plan for 12 months, how much will you save in the
12th month?
A. ₱1600 B. ₱12600 C. ₱500,000 D. ₱500

DETERMINE ARITHMETIC MEANS AND NTH TERM (0132)

35. You invest in a series of savings bonds that follow an arithmetic sequence. The first bond costs ₱2,000, and
each subsequent bond costs ₱300 more than the previous one. You want to buy a total of 5 bonds. Determine the
cost of the arithmetic means between the first and fifth bonds.
A. ₱1, ₱2, ₱3 B. ₱2,300, ₱2,400, ₱2,500 C. ₱2,300, ₱2,600, ₱2,900 D. ₱2,300, ₱2,600, ₱2,800
(1023)
36. Your company awards a yearly bonus that starts at ₱5,000 and increases by ₱1,200 each year. Your co-
worker asks you if you can determine the bonus amount for the second, third, fourth years. What are the amounts
of your bonuses that you care to share with your co-worker?

A. ₱6,200, ₱7200, ₱8,200 B. ₱2, ₱4, ₱6 C. ₱6,200, ₱7,300, ₱8,600 D. ₱6,200, ₱7400, ₱8,600

ILLUSTRATES A GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE (2310)

37. A new medication is administered with an initial dose of 10 mg, and each subsequent dose is increased by a
factor of 1.2. The growth factor is 1.2, meaning each dose increases by 20% compared to the previous dose. This
indicates that the medication's dosage escalates exponentially, leading to increasingly higher amounts over time.
What will be the dosage for the 8th administration?
A. 2.558 mg B. 25.58 mg C. 10mg D. 10,000 mg
(1320)
38. A sports team’s training session starts with 5 drills. Each month, the number of drills is doubled. How many
drills will they have after 5 months?
A. 16 B. 80 C. 155 D. 0

DIFFENTIATES ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRIC (1230)

39. Two students, Maria and Juan, are tracking their weekly study hours. Maria's study hours follow an arithmetic
sequence, while Juan's study hours follow a geometric sequence. Maria starts with 3 hours of study in the first
week and increases her study time by 2 hours each subsequent week. Juan starts with 3 hours of study in the first
week, but each week, his study hours double from the previous week. Compare the total study hours of Maria and
Juan after 5 weeks. Which student has accumulated more study hours, and by how much?
A. Maria's total study hours is 30 hours while Juan's total study hours is 93 hours. Juan has accumulated more
study hours than Maria by 63 hours.
B. Maria's total study hours is 35 hours while Juan's total study hours is 93 hours. Juan has accumulated more
study hours than Maria by 53 hours.
C. Maria's total study hours is 35 hours while Juan's total study hours is 93 hours. Juan has accumulated more
study hours than Maria by 58 hours.
D. Maria and Juan are good friends.

Determines geometric means and nth term of a geometric sequence.

(2310)
40. A biology teacher is studying the growth of bacteria in a petri dish. The number of bacteria doubles every
2 hours. At the beginning of the observation, there were 1,000 bacteria. The teacher wants to estimate the
 number of bacteria after 6 hours. Determine the 3 geometric means between the number of bacteria after 2
hours and the number of bacteria after 10 hours.
A. 4000, 8000, 16000, 32000
B. 4000, 8000, 16000
C. 4000, 5000,6000
D. 10,20,30
(1230)
41. A classroom project on recycling is gaining popularity. Initially, 2 students are involved. Each week, the
number of students participating triples. How many students will participate between the 2nd and 6th week?
A. 6, 54, 486 B. 18, 54, 486 C. 18, 54, 162 D. 10, 000, 20,000, 30, 000

SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING SEQUENCES (1230)

42. A high school is running a fundraising campaign called “A HOOK FOR A BOOK” for a new library. The
campaign kicks off with an initial donation of ₱1,000. Each week, the total donations are increased by a
certain amount. In the first week, the school raises ₱1,000. Each subsequent week, the amount of money raised
increases by ₱200 more than the previous week. What type of sequence is being described? What amount of
money will they raise on the 7th week? How much will be the total?
A. GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE, ₱ 2200, ₱11000
B. ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE, ₱ 2200, ₱11000
C. ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE, ₱ 2200, ₱11200
D. LONG DIVISION, 2,3
(1230)
43. The school’s social media committee has been actively working on increasing the school's online presence.
They start with an initial number of 1,000 followers on their official Facebook account. They have
implemented a series of marketing strategies and promotions that lead to the number of followers doubling
every 3 months. What type of sequence is being described? What will be the number of their followers in 6
months? in a year?
A. AROTHMETIC SEQUENCE, 4000, 15000
B. GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE, 4000, 15000
C. GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE, 4000, 16000
D. SYNTHETIC DIVISION, 1,2

PERFORMS DIVISION OF POLYNOMIALS USING LONG AND SYNTHETIC DIVISION(3210)

44. A school is organizing a contest and has received a total of 4x3−6x2+2x-5prize vouchers. They plan to
distribute these vouchers evenly among several students, with each student receiving 2x-1 vouchers. The contest
organizers want to determine how many vouchers each student will receive and if there are any vouchers left
over. How many vouchers does each student gets and the number of vouchers that might be left over?
A. Each student will receive 2x2−2x−5 vouchers and there will be −5 vouchers left over indicating that if you
cannot distribute evenly, you may need to adjust the number of vouchers or students.
B. Each student will receive 2x2−x−5 vouchers and there will be −5 vouchers left over.
C. A. Each student will receive 2x2−2x−5 vouchers and there will be −5 vouchers left over.
D. There will be no voucher.

PROVES THE REMAINDER AND FACTOR THEOREM (3120)

45. A baker is testing different recipes for a batch of cookies. She has a polynomial function f(x)=2x 3−5x2+3x−7
that represents the sweetness level of the cookies when x represents the amount of a special ingredient in grams.
The baker wants to check how the sweetness level changes when 3 grams of this ingredient are used. Prove that
the remainder when f(x) is divided by x−3 is equal to the sweetness level when 3 grams are used.
A. The Remainder when dividing f(x) by x−3 is 2. Thus, when 3 grams of the ingredient are used, the sweetness
level is 2.
B. The Remainder when dividing f(x) by x−3 is 1.
C. The Remainder when dividing f(x) by x−3 is 2. Thus, when 3 grams of the ingredient are used, the sweetness
level is 3.
D. The cookies are too sweet.
(2103)
46. A factory uses a polynomial P(x)=3x3+2x2−12x−8 to model production efficiency based on the number of
shifts, x. The factory management is considering whether x-2 is a factor of this polynomial because they want to
know if subtracting 2 extra shifts results in zero change in production efficiency. Prove that x-2 is a factor of the
polynomial P(x) using the Factor Theorem.
A. Since P(-2) = 0, x-2 is a factor of the polynomial P(x)=3x3+2x2−12x−8.
B. Since P(-2) = 0, x-2 is a not factor of the polynomial P(x)=3x3+2x2−12x−8.
C. Factory workers are overworked.
D. Since P(2) = 0, x-2 is a factor of the polynomial P(x)=3x3+2x2−12x−8.
FACTORS POLYNOMIALS
(2013)
47. A company produces widgets and their production rate P(x)over a certain period is modeled by the
polynomial P(x)=x3−6x2+11x−6 where x represents the number of hours worked. The factory management
wants to determine if the production rate can be factored to simplify analysis. Factor the polynomial
P(x)=x3−6x2+11x−6 to help the factory understand the production rate better.
A. P(x)=(x+1)(x−2)(x−3)
B. P(x)=0
C. P(x)=(x+1)(x+2)(x−3)
D. P(x)=(x−1)(x−2)(x−3)
(1320)
48. A landscape designer is planning to create a rectangular garden. The area of the garden can be modeled by
the polynomial A(x)=x2−7x+12, where xxx is the length of one side of the garden. The designer wants to factor
this polynomial to determine the dimensions of the garden. Factor the polynomial A(x)=x 2−7x+12 to find the
dimensions of the garden.
A. The factored form (x+1)(x+3) represents a seating arrangement where one dimension has 2 more seats than
the other dimension. Thus, the seating arrangement can be represented as 1 units by 3 units.
B. The factored form (x+2)(x+3) represents a seating arrangement where one dimension has 2 more seats than
the other dimension. Thus, the seating arrangement can be represented as 2 units by 3 units.
C. The factored form (x-2)(x+3) represents a seating arrangement where one dimension has 2 more seats than
the other dimension. Thus, the seating arrangement can be represented as 2 units by 3 units.
D. The garden is rectangle.

ILLUSTRATES POLYNOMIAL EQUATION (3210)

49. A retailing company models the price P(x) of a product as a polynomial function, where x represents the
number of items in a bulk purchase. The polynomial P(x)=3x2−4x+1 represents the total cost in pesos. The
company wants to know the cost when 3 items are purchased. How can you solve the cost of the items?
A. First, substitute x=3 into the Pricing Polynomial then calculate each term and you will get the total cost
amounting to 16 pesos.
B. First, substitute x=3 into the Pricing Polynomial then calculate each term and you will get the total cost
amounting to 12 pesos.
C. First, calculate each term then substitute x=3 into the Pricing Polynomial then and you will get the total cost
amounting to 16 pesos.
D. Request for a lower price.
(0312)
50. A school is organizing a fundraiser and models the total amount of money raised M(x) as a polynomial
M(x)=2x2+5x−3, where x represents the number of items sold. The school wants to know the total money raised
if they sell 100 items. Explain how you will get the total money raised.
A. There is no fund raising event.
B. Substitute x=100 into M(x) then calculate each term. The total money raised from selling 100 items is 20 497
pesos.
C. Substitute x=-100 into M(x) then calculate each term. The total money raised from selling 100 items is 20
497 pesos.
D. Calculate each term then substitute x= 100 into M(x). The total money raised from selling 100 items is 20
497 pesos.