Table of Specification

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3 Periodical Examination in Mathematics 10
No. of No.
Recitati of Remembe Understan Applyi Analyzi Evaluat
Competencies Code
on Ite ring ding ng ng ing
Days ms
Illustrate the
M10SP-
permutation of 3 5 1-4
IIIa-1
objects
find the number
of permutation of M10SP-
4 5 5-8
n objects taken r IIIa-2
at a time
solve problems
M10SP-
involving 4 5 9-12
IIIb-1
permutation
illustrates the
M10SP-
combination of 3 5 `13-16
IIIc-1
objects.
differentiates
permutation from
M10SP-
combination of n 4 5 17-20
IIIc-2
objects taken r at
a time.
solves problems
involving M10SP-
4 5 21-24
permutations and IIId-e-1
combinations.
illustrates events,
and union and M10SP-
4 5 25-28
intersection of IIIf-1
events.
illustrates the
probability of a M10SP-
4 5 29-32
union of two IIIg-1
events.
illustrates
M10SP-
mutually 3 5 33-36
IIIi-1
exclusive events
solves problems
M10SP-
involving 4 5 37-40
IIIi-j-1
probability.
Total 37 50 24 16

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 CITRUS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

3rd Periodical Examination in Mathematics 10

I. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Choosing a subset of a set is an example of ___. A

A. combination C. integration
B. differentiation D. permutation

2. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation?

a. Matching shirts and pants
b. Forming different triangles out of 5 points on a plane, no three of which are collinear
c. Assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
d. Forming a committee from the members of a club
3. Which of the following illustrates the 6 permutations of 3 letters F,B,and O taken 2 at a time?
a. F,B,O,F,B,O C. FB,FO,BO,BF,OF,OB
b. FB,FO,BF,FB,FO,BF D.
FBO,OBF,FBO,OBF,FBO,OBF
4. Which of the following shows the different ways can 7 students be seated for a selfie if only
4 seats are available?

A. 7⦁6⦁5⦁4 C. 7⦁6⦁5⦁4⦁3⦁2
B. 7⦁6⦁5⦁4⦁3 D. 7⦁6⦁5⦁4⦁3⦁2⦁1
5. Which of the following is the solution in determining the number of 4-letter words that can be
formed from the letters in the word SILVER?
a. P (2,4) B. P (4,2) C. P (4,6) D. P (6,4)
6. How many different ways can 6 different books be arranged on a shelf?
a. 720 B. 36 C. 120 D. 360
7. How many different 5 letter arrangements are there of the letters in the word digit?
 A. 60 B. 80 C. 120 D. 240
8. A license plate begins with three letters. If the possible letters are A, B, C, D, and E, how
many different permutations of these letters can be made if no letter is used more than once?
A. 240 B. 120 C. 60 D.
30
9. If there are 11 people and only 4 chairs are available, in how many ways can they be seated?
a. 1,720 B. 2,640 C. 5,540 D. 7,920
10. If a coin is tossed 4 times, how many numbers of possible outcomes are there?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
11. Ten people at a party shake hands once with everyone else in the room. How
many handshakes took place?
a. 20 B. 30 C. 45 D. 55

12. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation? C

A. matching shirts and pants
B. forming different triangles out of 5 points on a plane, no three of which are collinear
C. assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
D. forming a committee from a class

13. Which of the following is the formula to find n objects, taken r at a time? A

n! n!
A. C.
( n−r ) ! ( n !−r ! )
n! n!
B. D.
n!r! r ! ( n−r ) !

14. The product of a positive integer n and all the positive integers less than it is _____. D
A. Powers of n C. n-factors
B. Multiples of n D. n-factorial

15. How many different 4-digit even numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 if no repetition of
digits is allowed? D.
A. 1 680 B. 840 C. 420 D. 120
16. In how many ways can 8 people be seated around a circular table? D
A. 360 B. 720 C. 1440 D. 5040

17. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word PASS. B
A. 4 B. 12 C. 36 D. 144

18. Ms. Santos asked Renz to draw all the diagonals of a certain polygon on the blackboard. Renz was able to
draw 27 diagonals which his teacher declared correct. What was the given polygon? B.
A. pentagon B. nonagon C. hexagon D. decagon

19. Ms. De Leon wants to produce different sets of test questions for her essay test. If she plans to do this by
putting together 3 out of 5 questions she prepared, how many different sets of questions could she
construct? C.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 60 D. 80

20. If P(9, r) = 3024, what is r ? B.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
21. In a town fiesta singing competition with 12 contestants, in how many ways can the organizer arrange the
first three singers? C.
A. 132 B. 990 C. 1320 D. 1716

22. What is P(8, 5)? D.

A. 56 B. 336 C. 1400 D. 6720

23. If a combination lock must contain 5 different digits, in how many ways can a code be formed from the digits
0 to 9? B.
A. 15 120 B. 30 240 C. 151 200 D. 1 000 000

24. How many ways can 4 members of a committee be selected in 8 aspirants? A.

A. 70 B. 80 C. 90 D. 100

25. How many ways can 3 winners be selected in a marathon from 8 athletes? A.
A. 56 B. 70 C. 82 D. 108

26. How many ways can 5 officers be selected from 12 students? C.

A. 564 B. 792 C. 826 D. 1090

27. Which of the following situations does NOT illustrate combination? B.

A. Selecting 2 songs from 10 choices for an audition piece
B. Fixing the schedule of a group of students who must take exactly 8 subjects
C. Enumerating the subsets of a set
D. Identifying the lines formed by connecting some given points on a plane

28. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation? B.

A. matching shirts and pants

B. assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
C. drawing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize in a lottery
D. forming a committee from the math club members

29. Which of the following situations illustrates combination? B.

A. arranging books in a shelf

B. drawing names from a box containing 200 names
C. forming different numbers from 5 given digits
D. forming plate numbers of vehicles

30. Which of the following does NOT illustrate combination? B.

A. Selecting 3 songs from 7 choices for a singing audition

B. Fixing schedule of tourist for 3 days in Underground River
C. enumerating 2 seats of meals out of 5
D. listing the first 5 players out of 12 for a basketball match

31. In how many ways can 4 men and 3 women arrange themselves in a row for picture taking if the men and
women must stand in alternate positions? C.
A. 5040 B. 720 C. 144 D. 30
 32. A caterer offers 3 kinds of soup, 7 kinds of main dish, 4 kinds of vegetable dish, and 4 kinds of dessert. In
how many possible ways can a caterer form a meal consisting of 1 soup, 2 main dishes, 1 vegetable dish, and
2 desserts? D.
A. 140 B. 336 C. 672 D. 1512

33. In how many ways can a committee of 7 students be chosen from 9 juniors and 9 seniors if there must be 4
seniors in the committee? A.
A. 10 584 B. 1764 C. 210 D. 84

34. Jane wants to solve a system of equations through elimination by combining any two equations. The number
of equations she has is equal to the number of variables. She realizes that she has 10 possible ways to start
her solution. How many equations does she have? B.
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
35. If (5) means that there are 5 elements in the set P ∩ Q, how many elements are there in P ∪ Q? A.

A. 22 B. 23 C. 24 D. 25

36. Referring to number 25, how many elements does P have? B.

A. 11 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
37. Referring to number 25, how many elements does Q have? C.
A. 11 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
38. How many elements does P ∩ Q? D.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

39. Brian likes to wear colored shirts. He has 10 shirts in the closet. Three of these are blue, four are in different
shades of red, and the rest are of mixed or different colors. What is the probability that he will wear a blue
or a red shirt? B.
A. 7/10 + 4/10 B. 3/10 + 4/10 C. 3/10 + 7/10 D. 7/10 - 4/10

40. The spinner on the right is spun. What is the probability of a spin that results in an even number less than
four or a number less than 4? C.
A. 1/4
B. 3/8
C. 4/8
. D. 5/8

41. In a deck of card, what is the probability of getting a king or queen? A.

A. 2/13 B. 3/13 C. 4/13 D. 5/13

42. In rolling a die, what is the probability of getting 3 or 4? C.

A. ½ B. 2/3 C. 1/3 D. 4/5

43. The events A and B are mutually exclusive. Which of the following is true about the probability of A or B? A.

A P(AorB) = P(A) + P(B)

B P(AorB) = P(A) – P(B)
 C P(AorB) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A and B)
D P(AorB) = P(A) – P(B) + P(A and B)

44. A family has two children. Suppose that the birth of each child is an independent event and that it is equally
likely to be a boy or a girl. Let C denote the event that the family has one boy and one girl. Let D denote the
event that the family has at most one girl. Which of the following must be true about events C and D? C.

A. C and D are independent events.

B. C occurs given that D does not occur.
C. C and D are not independent events.
D. C and D are mutually exclusive events.

45. Which of these is a mutually exclusive event? D.

A. A die rolling a 4 on the first throw and then a 6 on a second throw

B. A pair of dice rolling 2 and 2 totaling 6
C. A pair of dice rolling 4 and 2
D. None of the above

46. Which of these is an inclusive event? D.

A. Rolling an 8 on a six-sided die

B. Getting four 5 balls in a row from the same lottery machine with 35 balls
C. Getting a head and a tail on a single coin toss
D. A pair of dice rolling 3 and 6

47. The probability that a visit to the school clinic is neither due to dental reasons nor medical reasons is 35%. Of
those coming to the clinic, 30% are due to medical reasons and 40% are due to dental reasons. What is the
probability that a visit to the school clinic is due to both dental and medical reasons? A.

A. 0.05 B. 0.12 C. 0.18 D. 0.25

48. A public health researcher examines the medical records of a group of 937 men who died in 1999 and
discovers that 210 of the men died from causes related to heart disease. Moreover, 312 of the 937 men had
at least one parent who suffered from heart disease, and of these 312 men, 102 died from causes related to
heart disease. Determine the probability that a man randomly selected from this group died of causes
related to heart disease, given that neither of his parents suffered from heart disease. B.

A. 102/625 B. 108/625 C. 312/625 D. 414/625

49. A married couple agreed to continue bearing a new child until they get two boys, but not more than 4
children. Assuming that each time that a child is born, the probability that it is a boy is 0.5, independent from
all other times. Find the probability that the couple has at least two girls. A.

A. 1/2 B. 5/16 C. 5/8 D. 4/15

50. There are four batteries, and one of them is defective. Two are to be selected at random for use on a
particular day. Find the probability that the second battery selected is not defective, given that the first was
not defective. D.

A. ½ B. 1/3 C. 1/4 D. 2/3