ATHENA REVIEW CENTER

MATHEMATICS
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter on the space provided.
______1. Which term is referred as an ordered list of numbers that often follow a specific pattern or function?
A. Sequence B. Pattern C. Function D. Series
______2. What is the common difference of the given sequence 15 , 11,7 ,3 , … ?
A. -3 B. -4 C. 3 D. 4
______3. What are the next four terms of the sequence 2 , 3 ,5 , 8 , … ?
A. 12, 17, 23, 30 B. 12, 20, 33, 54 C. 13, 21, 34, 55 D. 13, 18, 23, 28
______4. Which is an arithmetic sequence?
A. 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 8 ,10 , … B. 2 , 5 ,8 , 11, 14 , … C. 1 ,3 ,5 , 6 , 8 , 11, … D. 3 , 5 ,7 ,8 , 10 , …
______5. What do you call the constant number that added to every term of an
arithmetic sequence in order to find the next term?
A. Common number C. Common difference
B. Common ratio D. Common data
______6. What is the common difference of an arithmetic sequence 35 , 32 ,29 , 26 , … ?
A. -2 B. -3 C. 2 D. 3
______7. What are the three arithmetic means inserted between 17 and 1, respectively?
A. 1 , 25 ,29 B. −21 ,−25 ,−29 C. 13 , 9 , 5 D. −13 ,−9 ,−5
______8. What is the sum of the integers from 1 to 50?
A. 729 B. 1000 C. 1275 D. 1525
a
______9. What is 1 if 1 S =−20 , d=4 and n=10 ?
A. -20 B. -10 C. -5 D. 0
______10. What is Sn if a 1=−11, d=4 and n=23 ?
A. 253 B. 759 C. 929 D. 1518
______11. What Is the constant ratio of the geometric sequence whose first three terms
are 3 , 9 , 27 , … ?
A. 2 B. 3 C. D. 27
______12. The probability of getting a number greater than 2 on throwing a die once is
A. ¼ B. ½ C. ¾ D. 2/3
______12. The cards bearing letters of the word “MATHEMATICS” are placed in a bag. A card is taken out
from the bag without looking into the bag (at random).
How many outcomes are possible when a letter is taken out of the bag at random?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11
______13. (b). What is the probability of getting M?
A. 2/3 B. 4/9 C. 6/10 D. 2/11
______13. (c) What is the probability of getting Any vowel?
A. 4/10 B. 3/11 C. 2/10 D. 4/11
______14. (d). What is the probability of getting Any consonant?
A. 5/11 B. 6/11 C. 7/11 D. 8/11
______16. In a school, only 2 out of 5 students can participate in a quiz. What is the chance that a student
picked at random makes it to the competition?
A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 40%
______17. Some integers are marked on a board. What is the range of these integers?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 17 D. 21
______18. Ema earned scores of 97, 73 and 88 respectively in her first three semesters. If she scored 80 in the
fourth semester, then her average score will be
A. increased by 1 B. increased by 1.5
C. decreased by 1 D. decreased by 1.5
______19. A basket contains 6 blue, 2 red, 4 green and 3 yellow balls. If three balls are picked up at random,
what is the probability that none is yellow?
A. 1/5 B. 4/5 C.44/91 D. 3/455
______20. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly two head?
A. 5/8 B. 1/8 C. 1/2 D.3/8
______21. Find the probability of getting a numbered card when a card is drawn from the pack of 52 cards.
A. 9/13 b. 1/13 c. 1/13 d. 3/13
_____22. Which of the following is a quadratic equation in standard form?
 A. 5 x 2+5 x=−10 C. x 2−7 x +13=0

B. 2 x 2=x+3 D. 2 x 2−5=2 x

_____23. Which of the following are the roots of 3 x 2−4 x =0 ?

A. x=0∧x=4/3 C. x=−1∧x=4 /3
B. x=1∧x =4 /3 D. x=2∧x=4 /3
_____24. What are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 -100=300?
A. x=± 10 B. x=± 20 C. x=± 30 D. x=± 40
_____25. Which is the other root of x2 +11x+24=0 if one of the roots is -3?
A. 3 B. -3 C. 8 D. -8
_____26. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation 4 x 2+3 x−1=0 ?
A. The roots are not real.
B. The roots are irrational and not equal.
C. The roots are rational and not equal.
D. The roots are real numbers and are equal
_____27. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation 4x2 + 3x – 1=0?
A. The roots are not real.
B. The roots are irrational and not equal.
C. The roots are rational and not equal.
D. The roots are real numbers and are equal
_____28. What do you think is the importance of the expression b2 – 4ac in
determining the nature of the roots of a quadratic equation?
A. It will determine if the roots/solutions are rational, irrational, or not real.
B. It will determine the nature of the roots.
C. It will determine the discriminant value.
D. It will determine the importance of nature.
_____29. The roots of quadratic equation are 2/3 and -5/3, what is the numerical coefficient of the second
term in the equation?

A. 1 B. -3 C. 9 D. -10

3 x+2
_____30. What are the solution/s or roots of the equation
x
+ 5
=2 ?

A. x=5∨x=3 C. x=−5∨x=3
B. x=5∨x=−3 D. x=−5∨x=−3

_____31. Which of the following is the transformed equation of x (x - 4) = - 4?

A. x2 – 4x = 4 C. x2 – 4x + 4 = 0
B. x2 – 4x - 4 = 0 D. 2x2 – 4x + 4 = 0
_____32. Which of the following rational algebraic equation can be transformed into quadratic equation?
 1 2 1 2 1 4x 2 3
A.
3x
+ 6
= 3x B.
3x
+ 6
=3 C.
3
+ 6
=1 D.
3
+ 4
=5
2
6 8x 4x
_____33. What are the solution/s or roots of the equation
x−3
= 2 - x+3
?
x −9
3 2
A. x = where, x ≠ 3 C. x = where, x ≠ -3
2 3
2 2
B. x = or x¿ -3 D. x = or x = 3
3 3
_____34. If a number is added to its square, the sum is 20. Find the number.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
For items no. 35 and 36.

Susan’s brother is 3 years more than twice as old as Susan. The product of their ages in years
is 560. How old is Susan?

Dave solved the problem by using the following steps,

I. Transform the equation to the form a x 2 +bx=c , where a=1.
II. Add to each member of the equation the square of half the coefficient of x.
III. Find the square root of each member of the equation, writing the double sign ± before the square root
of the right member.
IV. Solve the resulting linear equation.
V. Check in the original equation.
____35. What method did he use to find the answer?
A. Extracting square roots C. Completing the square
B. Factoring D. Quadratic formula
_____36. What is the answer of the problem?
A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16
_____37. Which of the following values of x make the inequality x2 + 2x - 2 > 0 true? I. 1 II. -2
III. -1
A. I only B. II only C. I and II D. I, II and III
_____38. Which of the following mathematical statements is a quadratic inequality?
A. 5x² - x 20 = 0 C. x² + 9x + 20 ≤ 0
B. 5h+ 9 > 0 D. 2m – m + 2 ≥ 0

_______ 39. Which of the following is/are the solution set/s of the inequality x 2+ 3 x −10≤ 0 ? I. x ≤−5
II. −5 ≤ x ≤ 2 III. x ≥ 2
A. I and III B. II only C. II and III D. I only

_____40. What are the critical points of the quadratic inequality: x 2+ 2 x−3< 0 ?

A. -1 and -3 B. 1 and -3 C. 1 and 3 D.-1 and 3

_____41. Which of the following value of x makes the inequality: x 2−x−72 ≥ 0 true?

A. -2 B. 0 C.5 D. 10
_____42. The length of the wall is 12 meter more than its width. If the area of the wall is less than 50 square
meter, which could be its length?
 A. 23 m B. 15 m C. 24 m D. 18 m

_____43. The rectangular box is completely with dice. Each die has a volume of 1 cubic cm. the length of the
box is 3cm greater than its width and its height is 5cm. Suppose the box holds at most 140 dice,
which could be the mathematical sentence represents the given situation?

A. w2 + 3w > 28 C. w2 + 3w ≤ 28

B. w2 + 3w < 28 D. w2 + 3w ≥ 28

For Item no. 44.

h(t) = - 4.9t2 + 8t + 5 represents Jeremiah’s height (h) in meters above t seconds after he leaves
the diving board.

_____44. What is the initial height of the diving board when time is zero?

A. 2m B. 3m C. 4m D. 5m

_____45. What is the graph of y = x2 + 2x - 3?

A. opens downward C. open to the right

B. opens upward D. open to the left

_____46. What is the standard form of the quadratic function f(x) = x2 - 8x – 17?
A. f(x) = (x-4)2 - 1 C. f(x) = (x-6)2 - 5
B. f(x) = (x-4)2 - 33 D. f(x) = (x-6)2 - 19
_____47. What is the range of the function described by the graph in the figure below?
A. {y | y ≤ 1}
B. {y | y ≤ 3}
C. {y | y ≤ 5}
D. {y | y ≤ 7}

_____48. When the |a| in the quadratic function y=ax2 + bx + c, becomes larger, what happens to its graph?

A. the graph becomes wider C. the graph becomes narrower

B. the graph become slimmer D. it does not affect the graph

x -1 0 1
y 3 0 1
_____49. Which table of values represent y=x 2 +2?

x -1 0 1
A. y 3 2 1 C.
x -1 0 1 x -1 0 1
y 3 2 3 D. y -3 0 3
B.

_____50. Which equation of the line of the form y = mx + b that passes through (8,
4) and (6, 10)?
A. y = -3x + 28 B. y = 6x – 56 C. y= 3x+28 D. y= 6x+56
_____51. What is the equation of a line that passes through the point (0,3) and has
a slope of 2 in slope-intercept form?
A. 𝑦 = 1/2 𝑥 B. 𝑦 = 3 C. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3 D. 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 2

_____52. What is the slope (𝑚) and y – intercept (𝑏) of the equation 𝑦=2𝑥−4?
A. 𝑚 =2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 4 C. 𝑚 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = – 4
B. 𝑚 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 2 D. 𝑚 = – 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 2
_____53. How many adult and kids ticket if 548 tickets were sold for a total of
3750.00, if a park collects entrance fee of 10.00 for adults and 5.00 for kids?
A. 346 adult tickets and 202 kids ticket were sold.
B. 202 adult tickets and 246 kids ticket were sold.
C. 202 adult tickets and 346 kids ticket were sold.
D. 212 adult tickets and 346 kids ticket were sold.
_____54. How many dogs and chickens were in the farmyard if the owner said
that his dogs and chickens had a total of 148 legs and 60 heads.?
A. 22 dogs and 38 chickens C. 14 dogs and 46 chickens
B. 38 dogs and 22 chicken D. 46 dogs and 14 chickens
_____55. How will you describe the line of a graph when the slope is positive?
A. Decreasing C. Increasing
B. Horizontal D. Vertical