Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VI
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CADIZ CITY

1st QUARTER UNIFIED TEST

S.Y. 2024-2025
GRADE 10
Name: _______________________________ Grade & Section: ________________ Score: _____
Direction: Read and answer each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____1. What do you call the constant number added to each term of an arithmetic sequence to
obtain the next term of the sequence?
A. Common factor C. Common ratio
B. Common difference D. Common multiple
_____2. What is the next term in the sequence 1.25, 2, 2.75, 3.5,_________?
A. 4 B. 4.25 C. 4.5 D. 4.75
_____3. What should be the next pair of letters in the sequence C, D, G, H, K, L,________?
A. E, F B. I, J C. M, N D. O, P
_____4. Which of the following expressions describe the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, …?
A. Ɑn = n+3 B. Ɑn = 2n+3 C. Ɑn =3n+2 D. Ɑn =3n-2
_____5. Which of the following illustrates an Arithmetic sequence?
A. 1, 4, 9, 16,… B. 4, 8, 16, 32,… C. 2, 5, 11, 23,… D. 4, 9, 14, 19
_____6. Which of the following arithmetic sequences illustrates the first 5 terms of Ɑ n = -2n +5?
A. 3, -1, 1, -3, 5 B. 3, 1, -1, -3, -5 C. -3, 1, -1, 3, -5 D. -3, -1, 1, 3, 5
_____7. What is the missing term of the sequence 7, 14, __, 28, 35.
A. 16 B. 18 C. 21 D. 26
_____8. What is the third arithmetic mean between 4 and 20 if three arithmetic means are to be
inserted?
A. 8 B. 12 C. 16 D. 18
_____9. What is the 8th term of the arithmetic sequence 12, 9, 6, 3, …
A. −¿ B.−¿ C. −9 D. −3
_____10. What is the sum of the first 12 terms of the arithmetic sequence whose general term is
Ɑn =3n+5?
A. 294 B. 295 C. 296 D. 297
_____11. What is the sum of all the odd numbers between 12 to 35?
A. 282 B. 284 C. 286 D. 288
_____12. Which of the following is the sum of all multiples of 5 from 15 to 55?
A. 315 B. 320 C. 325 D. 330
_____13. Which of the following is the sum of the first 20 multiples of 2?
A. 420 B. 422 C. 424 D. 426
_____14. What do you call a sequence where each term after the first is obtained by multiplying
the preceding term by a constant number?
A. Arithmetic sequence C. Fibonacci sequence
 B. Geometric sequence D. Harmonic Sequence
_____15. Which set of numbers is an example of a geometric sequence?
A. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 B. 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 C. 5, 12, 19, 26, 33 D. 3, 6, 12, 24, 48
x x
3 x, x ,
_____16. What is the next term of the geometric sequence 3 , 9 , ______?
x x x x
A. 10 B. 12 C. 18 D. 27
_____17. The following sets of numbers illustrate geometric sequence. Which of the following is
not?
1 1 1 1
A. 3, 6, 12, 24 C. 4 , 8 , 12 , 16
B. -5, 15, -45, 135 D. 0.02, 0.04, 0.08, 0.16
_____18. Which of the following sequences does not belong to the group?
A. 5,10,20,40,80 C. 6, 13, 20,27, 34
B. 16,32,64,128,256 D. 2, 6, 18, 54, 162
_____19. Which operations are used to get terms in an arithmetic sequence?
I. Addition II. Subtraction III. Multiplication IV. Division
A. I & II B. II & III C. III & IV D. I & IV
_____20. Which operations are used to get terms in a geometric sequence?
I. Addition II. Subtraction III. Multiplication IV. Division
A. I & II B. II & III C. III & IV D. I & IV
_____21. Which of the following geometric sequences is finite?
A. -5, 10, -20, 40 B. 1, 4, 16, 64,… C. 2, 6, 18, 54,… D. 9, 9, 9, 9,…
_____22. Which of the given sequences does not illustrate an infinite sequence?
A. 4,12,36,108,… B. -4, 8,-16, 32,… C. 3, 9, 27, 81,… D. 5, 10, 20, 40
_____23. What are the geometric means of a sequence whose 1 st term is 324 and 4th term is −12 ?
A. 36, -108 B. -36, 108 C. 108, -36 D. -108, 36
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_____24. If three geometric means are inserted between 120 and 2 , find the third of these
geometric means.
A. 60 B. 30 C. 15 D. 1
2 2
_____25. What is the next term of the geometric sequence 10, 2, 5 , 25 ,…?
2 2 2 2
A. 125 B. 625 C. 3125 D. 15625
_____26. 2916 is what term of the geometric sequence 4, 12, 36,…?
A. 5th term B. 6th term C. 7th term D. 8th term
_____27. What is the sum of the first 8 terms of the sequence 3, 6, 12, 24, 48,..?
A. 567 B. 675 C. 756 D. 765
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_____28. A geometric sequence has 40 as it’s first term and a common ratio of 2 . Find the sum of
its first six terms.
315 315 315
A. 8 B. 4 C. 2 D. 315
_____29. What is the sum to infinity of 1, 0.2, 0.04, 0.008,…?
A. 0.2 B. 1.666… C. 1.25 D. 1.5
_____30. One week before Jane’s birthday, Tom decided to give her chocolate bars according to
Fibonacci sequence. On the first day, he sent 3 chocolate bars, on the second day,
5 chocolate bars and so on. How many chocolate bars did Jane receive on the 7 th day?
A. 21 B. 34 C. 55 D. 89
_____31. Mrs. Cruz gave her daughter Allisa ₱500 on her 10 birthday and intends to increase
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this by ₱250 each year. What is the total amount that Allisa will receive on her debut?
A. ₱12000 B. ₱12500 C. ₱13000 D. ₱13500
_____32. Aling Sonya’s 24-hour convenience store opened eight months ago. The first month she
made a profit of ₱3000. Each month thereafter, her profit averaged 20% greater than
that of the previous month. How much profit did Aling Sonya earn during her 8 th month
of business?
A. ₱10,479.5424 B. ₱10,497.5424 C. ₱10,749.5424 D. ₱10,974.5424
_____33. Which of the following steps are performed in long division of polynomials?
A. arrange the terms in the decreasing order of their indices
B. divide the first of the dividend by the first term of the divisor
C. multiply this term of the quotient by the divisor to get the product
D. all of the above
_____34. In dividing polynomial using synthetic division, which should be done first?
A. set up the synthetic division
B. bring down the leading coefficient to the bottom row
C. multiply c by the value just written on the bottom row
D. add the column previously created
_____35. If ( x ²+7 x+ 10) is divided by ( x +2), what will be the quotient?
A. x−2 B. x +3 C. x +5 D. x +7
_____36. What is the value of k so that ( x – 2) is a factor of 3 x ³−x ²−11 x+ k ?
A. 8 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2
_____37. Using the Factor Theorem, determine which of the given binomials is a factor of
2 x+ x ³+ 7 x ²−40 .
A. x−2 B. x−1 C. x +2 D. x +3
_____38. If 2 x3 −5 x2−13 x−15 is divided by kx +5, the remainder is −45. What should be the value
of k?
A. -1 B. 1 C. -2 D. 2
_____39. What is the factored form of P(x )=x ²−25 ?
A. P(x )=(x +5)( x +5) C. P(x )=(x −5)( x+5)
B. P(x )=(x −5)( x−5) D. P(x )=(x −20)( x−5)
_____40. Which of the following binomials is not a factor of the polynomial
P(x )=x ³+6 x ²+11 x +6?
A. x +1 B. x +2 C. x +3 D. x +4
_____41. If x−5 is one of the factors of P(x )=x ³+2 x ²−23 x−60 , what are the other factors?
A. (x−1)(x−2) B. (x +1)( x+2) C. (x−3)(x−4) D. (x +3)(x+ 4)
_____42. What is the other factor of a polynomial x 3−6 x 2 +3 x+10=0 if it is divisible by x +1?
A. (x +1)( x−2) B. (x−2)(x−5) C. (x +1)( x−5) D. (x +2)(x−5)
_____43. How many positive real roots does 3 x 4 – 16 x 3 +21 x 2 +4 x−12=0 have?
 A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0
_____44. At most how many real roots does x 20−1=0 have?
A. 1 B. 19 C. 20 D.2
_____45. A polynomial function P(x )=x (2 x+1)(x−5) has zeros of:
1 1
A. - 2 , 0, 5 B. -5, 0, 2 C. -1, 0, 5 D. 0, 2, 5
_____46. Which of the following is a zero of a polynomial equation x ²−5 x−24=0
A. -1 B. -2 C. -3 D. -4
_____47. Which polynomial equations has the following roots, -1, 3, and -6?
A. x ³+ 4 x ²−15 x−18=0 C. x ³−4 x ²+15 x−18=0
B. x ³+ 4 x ² +15 x −18=0 D. x ³−4 x ²−15 x−18=0
For numbers 48 – 50 refer to the problem below.
John’s group was asked to build a huge wooden rectangular container as their final output in
their Industrial Arts class. The rectangular container has a volume of 60m³. Its width is 2m
less than the length and the height is 1 m less than the length.

_____48. Which equation could be used to find the dimension of the rectangular container if x
represents the length of the container?
A. x ³−3 x ²+2 x−60=0 C. x ³+3 x ²−2 x+ 60=0
B. x ³+3 x ²+2 x −60=0 D. x ³−3 x ²−2 x +60=0
_____49. How long is the rectangular container?
A. 3 m B. 4 m C. 5 m D. 6 m
_____50. What is the area of the rectangular container?
A. 9 m ² B. 12 m² C. 15 m ² D. 20 m ²