Math 10
Math 10
Math 10
Department of Education
QUARTER 3
Third Periodical Exam
Mathematics 10
Directions: Read the sentences below and identify what they refer to from the given choices
below each. Write
the letter of your answer directly in the blank.
_____3. Three university scholars will arrange themselves in a row for picture taking.
How many different arrangements in a row can be formed by them?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
_____5. Find the number of ways a student can answer a Matching Type Test that is
composed of 5 items with 5 choices.
A. 100 B. 68 C. 84 D. 120
_____7. In how many ways can you arrange 5 potted plants in a row?
A. 100 B. 120 C. 150 D. 200
_____8. In how many ways can 3 people arrange themselves in a row for picture
taking?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
_____10. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word
GOOD.
A. 6 B. 9 C. 10 D. 12
_____11. In a town fiesta singing competition with 12 contestants, in how many ways
can the organizer arrange the first three singers?
A. 132 B. 990 C. 1320 D. 1716
_____12. If a combination lock must contain 5 different digits, in how many ways can
a code be formed from the digits 0 to 9?
A. 15 120 B. 30 240 C. 151 200 D. 1 000 000
_____13. 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?
A. 5040 B. 720 C. 144 D. 30
_____14. In a room, there are 10 chairs in a row. In how many ways can 5 students be
seated in consecutive chairs?
A. 720 B. 600 C. 252 D. 120
_____15. 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?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 60 D. 80
_____20. A group of learners are given the following diagram below: Which best
describes the event set of A ∩ B?
7 1,2,
9,11
10 3,8,
_____21. When you roll a die, which of the following is the sample space?
A. S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6} C. S = {2, 4, 6}
B. S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} D. S = {3, 4, 5, 6}
_____22. What statement does the shaded region of the figure at the right represent?
A. C or D C. C and D
B. C D. D
_____23. What statement does the shaded region of the figure at the right represent?
A. A or B C. Not A
B. A and B D. Not B
_____24. What event set represents the union of the sets A and B?
A. {2, 4, 8} C. {6, 12}
B. {5, 6, 7, 9, 12} D. {2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12}
_____25. What event set represents the intersection of the sets A and B?
A. {2, 4, 8} C. {6, 12}
B. {5, 6, 7, 9, 12} D. {2, 4, 6, 8, 12}
_____26. 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?
A. 7/10 B. 1/3 C. 3/10 D. 1/10
_____27. The spinner on the right is spun. What is the probability of a spin that results in
an even number or a number less than 4?
A. 1/2 C. 2/3
B.3/5 D. 4/5
_____28. A nationwide survey revealed that 42% of the population likes eating pizza. If
two people are randomly selected from the population, what is the
probability that the first person likes eating pizza while the second one does
not?
A. 0.42 + (1 − 0.42) B. 1 - 0.42
C. 2 (1 − 0.42) D. 0.42 (1 − 0.42)
_____29. 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.
A. 1/4 B. 1/3 C. 1/2 D. 2/3
For numbers 30-31, use the data given below. A sample of 150 plastic pipes were selected and
subjected to shock resistance and scratch resistance tests. The results are summarized in the table
below.
_____30. A pipe is selected at random. What is the probability that it has high shock
resistance given that it has high scratch resistance?
A. 135/132 B. 125/150 C. 137/150 D. 132/150
_____31. What is the probability that it has high scratch resistance and high shock
resistance?
A. 125/150 B. 125/137 C. 137/150 D. 132/150
_____32. A bag contains 7 green marbles, 3 yellow marbles and 5 red marbles. You
choose two marbles. What is the probability of selecting a green then a red
marble?
A. 1/10 B. 1/9 C. 1/8 D. 1/6
_____33. A bag contains 7 green marbles, 3 yellow marbles and 5 red marbles. You
choose two marbles. What is the probability of selecting a two yellow
marbles?
A. 1/10 B. 1/20 C. 1/35 D. 1/50
_____34. In a box there are 5 red pens, 3 green pens, and 2 blue pen. What is the
probability of picking a red pen, replacing it, and then picking a blue pen?
A. 1/10 B. 1/20 C. 1/30 D. 1/40
_____35. At Mathsagana NHS, the probability that a student joins VELG Club and
Mathematics Club is 0.12. The probability that a student joins VELG Club is
0.7. What is the probability that a student joins Mathematics Club given that
the student is taking VELG Club?
A. 0.36 B. 0.17 C. 0.14 D. 0.05
_____37. If a student is randomly picked from the passing class, what is the probability
that the student’s grade is 95 or greater than 85?
A. 11/15 B. 11/20 C. 11/27 D. 11/40
_____38. Two men and three women are in the committee. Two of the five are to be
chosen to serve as officers. If the officers are chosen randomly, what is the
probability that both officers will be men?
A. 3/4 B. 1/3 C. 1/10 D. 1/12
_____39. Mario has 15 red chips, 12 blue chips, and 13 white chips. What is the
probability that Mario randomly selects a red chip or a white chip?
A. 1/10 B. 1/2 C. 7/10 D. 9/10
_____40. Carl’s basketball shooting records indicate that for any frame, the
probability that he will score in a two-point shoot is 30%, a three-point shoot,
45%, and neither, 25%. What is the probability that Cindy will score either in a
two-point shoot or in a three-point shoot?
A. 25% B. 45% C. 50% D. 75%
_____41. A diagram that uses circles to represents sets, in which the relations between
the sets are indicated by the arrangement of the circles.
A. bar graph C. tree diagram
B. pie chart D. Venn diagram
_____43. A set that contains all of the elements that are in both events.
A. compound C. intersection
B. dependent D. universal
_____44. A set that contains all of the elements that are in at least one of the two 4
events.
A. complement C. simple
B. independent D. union
_____45. Precious Venus Shine got coins from her coin purse which accidentally rolled
on the floor. If there were 8 possible outcomes, how many coins fell on the
floor?
A.16 B. 8 C. 4 D. 3
_____46. Gorgeous JM rolls two dice. The first die shows a 3. The second die rolls under
his desk and he cannot see it. Now, what is the probability that both dice
show 3?
A. 1/36 B. 1/6 C. 1/4 D. 1/3
_____47. The local weather forecaster said that there is a 40% chance of rain
tomorrow. What is the probability that it will not rain tomorrow?
A. 0.4 B. 0.6 C. 40 D. 60
_____48. In a 1,250 – ticket draw for an educational prize, Charm Brilliant's name was
written on 77 tickets. What is the probability that he would win?
A. 0.77 B. 0.616 C. 0.077 D. 0.0616
_____49. 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 an medical reasons?
A. 0.25 B. 0.18 C. 0.12 D. 0.10