Department of Education

Region VIII
Division of Southern Leyte
District of Silago
HINGATUNGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
303461

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10

SY 2022-2023

Directions: Choose the letter which corresponds to your answer from the given choices.
Then write the letter of your choice on your answer sheet.

1. What do you call a sequence in which every term starting from the second term
is obtained by multiplying the preceding term by the same nonzero real number?
A. Arithmetic sequence C. Harmonic sequence
B. Geometric sequence D. Fibonacci sequence
2. If the exterior angles of a quadrilateral form a geometric sequence with a common
ratio 3/2, find the smallest exterior angle. (Give your correct answer to
2 decimal places.)
A. 44.31˚ B. 66.46˚ C. 149.54˚ D. 224.31˚

3. What is the sum of all the odd integers between 8 and 26?
A. 153 B. 151 C. 149 D. 148

4. Which of the following is a quadratic equation whose roots are –2 and –4?
A. x 2+ 6 x+ 8=0 C. x2 + 2x + 8 = 0
B. x 2−6 x +8=0 D. x 2+ 2 x−8=0

5. Four days before Cashton’s birthday, Shirley decided to give him marbles. On the
First day, she gave 1 marble, on the second day, she gave 3 marbles, on the third
Day, 5 marbles, and so on. How many marbles did he receive on his birthday?
A. 15 B. 16 C. 25 D. 27

6. How many times will the graph of the polynomial function

P (x) = (x)( x −2)²(x +3) cross the x-axis?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

7. What is the remainder when the polynomial 2 x3 +7 x 2 +2 x −3 is divided by (x – 1)?

A. 8 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5

8. What is the next term of the sequence 3, 9, 15, 21…?

A. 26 B. 27 C. 28 D. 29

9. Express the repeating decimal 0.212121….... as a fraction in simplest form.

7 7 21 2
A. 30 B. 33 C. 100 D. 9

10. Find k so that (x – 1) is a factor of kx2 + x – 3.

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

11. 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

12. Which of the following could be the graph of the polynomial function
f(x) = x ( x−3)( x+ 2)?
 A. B. C. D.

13. A coin is tossed twice and the results are recorded, how many different outcomes
are possible?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

14. A sequence wherein each succeeding term is obtained by adding a constant term
is called ___________.
A. Arithmetic B. Geometric C. Fibonacci D. Harmonic

15. AD is a diameter of a circle and AB is a chord. If AD= 34cm,

AB = 30cm, find the distance of AB from the center of the circle.
(See the figure at the right.)
A. 17 cm B. 15 cm C. 4 cm D. 8 cm

16. Which of the following polynomials is exactly divisible by x+1?

A. 2 x2 + x−1 C. x3 + 2x2 – 5x – 6
2
B.5 x +6 x +1 D. All of the above
17. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of a line segment whose end points
are at (2, 6) and (4, 8)?
A. (3, 7) B. (6, 2) C. (0, 4) D. (6, 14)

18. Which of the following sequences describes an arithmetic sequence?

A. 0, 1, 3, 5… B. 4, 9, 14, 19… C. 3, 6, 12, 24… D. 2, 3, 5, 8…

19. Jules bought salted peanuts at a nearby convenience store. It comes in three
flavors: garlic, spicy and adobo. How many different ways can he open his
snacks?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 3 D. 1
20. What is the measure of the inscribed angle that intercepts a semi-circle ?
A. 60° B. 90° C. 120° D. 180°

21. Given line segment AC, one of its endpoints has coordinates (2, 2). If the midpoint
B has coordinates (–1, 2), what are the coordinates of the other endpoint?
A. (5, 2) B. (–4, 2) C. (½, 2) D. (½, ½)

22. What is the 6th term in an = n2 – 3?

A. 9 B. 3 C. 33 D. 12

23. Which of the following is a polynomial function?

1 3 −2
A. f(x) = x −7 x + 5 x +1 C. h(x) = x 1/ 3−3 x 3+ x +1
2
3 2 1
B. g(x) = x 3−7 x 2+ 5 x + √ 5 D. m(x) = x −3 x + +1
√x
24. A circle has the equation x 2+ y 2=16. What is the radius of this circle?
A. 256 B. 16 C. 8 D. 4

25. Write the formula described by the sequence 3, 7, 11, 14…

A. a n=3 n−1 B. a n=4 n−1 C. a n=4 n+3 D. a n=3 n−4

26. Given circle F at the right, find the measure of ∠ ERG if

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 ∠ EFG is 760.
A. 340 B. 380 C. 560 D. 1240

27. In how many ways can 5 students arrange themselves in a row for a pictorial?
A. 24 B. 48 C. 60 D. 120

28. What is the first term of the arithmetic sequence with a 3= 5 and a 5= 11?
A. 1 B. –1 C. 2 D. 5
29. Evaluate: 8 P 4
A. 1700 B. 1686 C. 1400 D. 1100

30. The following are all prime factors of the polynomial x 4 −1 except
A. (x+1) B. (x – 1) C. (x 2−1) D. x 2+ 1

31. It is an arrangement of distinct objects where order is not important.

A. Fundamental counting principle C. Combination
B. Permutation D. Probability

32. How many possible rational roots does the given polynomial equation
2 x3 −5 x 2 +7 x−3 = 0 have?
A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5

33. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 without
repetition?
A. 125 B. 100 C. 60 D. 30

34. If your percentile rank in an exam is 90. What is your score’s position?
A. upper 10% B. lower 10% C. upper 90% D. lower 99%

35. The length of a rectangle is (4x – 1) meters and its width is (2x + 3) meters.
Find its area.
A. (8 x 2−10 x−3 ¿ m² C. (8 x 2−10 x+ 3¿ m ²
2
B. (8 x + 10 x +3 ¿ m ² D. (8 x 2+ 10 x−3¿ m ²

36. Which of the following is a polynomial function of degree 3?

A. y=¿-3) ( x +1¿ ² C. y=x 2−3+ x( x −3)
B. y=x 3 +1−x (x 2 +2) D. y=¿– 3) ( x +1¿ ²

37. What is the geometric mean between a and 4a?

A. 5a B. ± 2 a C. a D. 4a

38. In how many ways can 3 red notebooks, 2 violet notebooks and 1 green notebook
be arranged in a bag?
A. 1 B. 6 C. 36 D. 720

39. What figure is formed when points B (1, 3), E (2, 6), T (4, 7) and H (5, 5) are connected
consecutively?
A. parallelogram B. trapezoid C. square D. rectangle

40. The measure of position that divides a distribution into four equal parts is ________.
A. median B. quartile C. decile D. percentile

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OCLEO T. ORPIO
Subject Teacher