3RDPT 2023

NUEVA ECIJA HIGH SCHOOL
CABANATUAN CITY
SY 2022-2023
THIRD PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10
(MULTIPLE CHOICE_50 ITEMS)
DIRECTIONS: Shade the letter that corresponds to your answer.
1. Describes the number of ways things can be ordered or arranged.

a. permutation b. combination c. probability d. counting techniques
2. If events A and B come from the same sample space, the probability that both A and B occur is equal to the
probability the event A occurs times the probability that B occurs, given that A has occurred.
a. permutation b. combination c. probability d. multiplication rule
3. A mathematical technique that determines the number of possible arrangements in a collection of items where the
order of the selection does not matter
a. permutation b. combination c. probability d. multiplication rule
4. Which of the following situations can be solved using permutation?
a. buying fruits from the fruit stand b. selecting the dress to wear c. arranging the books in a shelf
d. choosing the movies to watch
5. What is the value of 0! (zero factorial)?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 10 d. 100
6. Which of the following situations can be solved using combination?
a. Falling in line for the flag ceremony.
b. Choosing your classmates to invite in the party.
c. Aligning the potted plants along the window.
d. Stacking the cards in the deck.
7. The product of a positive integer n and all the positive integers less than it is _____.
a. powers of n b. multiples of n c. n – factors d. n factorial
8. How many odd numbers are there greater than 1,000 but less than 100,000?
a. 49 500 b. 49 950 c. 49 995 d. 50 000
9. How many 'words' with five letters are there that start with a vowel and end with an S?
( hint: They don't have to be real words, results like AGXFS or UFQWS will do; Letters can be repeated; Y is not a vowel)
a. 3 380 b. 87 880 c. 105 456 d. 2 284 880
10. Deanna goes to her local pizza store and orders a pizza. She can choose either a large or a medium pizza, can choose
one of seven different toppings, and can have three different choices of crust.
How many different pizzas could Deanna order?
a. 12 b. 20 c. 27 d. 42
11. Scottie must choose a four-digit PIN number. Each digit can be chosen from 0 to 9. How many different possible PIN
numbers can Scottie choose?
a. 5040 b. 6561 c. 9000 d. 10 000
12. James has to choose his options in his final year at school. He must choose one subject from each of five different
option groups. In the first group, there are six subjects to choose from. In the second group, there are four subjects to
choose from. In the third group, there are five subjects to choose from. In the fourth group, there are two subjects to
choose from. In the fifth group, there are four subjects to choose from. How many possible choices of subjects can
James make?
a. 480 b. 960 c. 1200 d. 4800
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13. If Cr denotes the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time, then the value of expression
n n n
Cr+1 + Cr-1 + 2 Cr is ?
n+2 n+2 n+1 n+1
a. Cr b. Cr+1 c. Cr d. Cr+1
14. How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word “GARDEN” with the vowels in alphabetical order?
a. 120 b. 240 c. 360 d. 480

15. The number of ways of distributing 8 identical balls in 3 distinct boxes so that none of the boxes is empty?
8 8
a. 5 b. 21 c. 5 d. C3
16. A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination in such a way that he must choose at least 4 from
the first five questions. The number of choices available to him is?
a. 40 b. 196 c. 280 d. 346
17. The number of ways in which 6 men and 5 women can dine at a round table, if no two women are sitting together, is
given by?
a. 30 b. 5! x 5! c. 5! x 4! d. 7! x 5!
18. If the repetition of the digits is allowed, then the number of even natural numbers having three digits is?
a. 250 b. 350 c. 450 d. 550

19. The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which the two N’s do not appear adjacently is
a. 40 b. 60 c. 80 d. 100
20. Eight chairs are numbered 1 to 8. Two women and three men wish to occupy one chair each. First the women
choose the chairs from amongst the chairs marked 1 to 4, and then the men select the chairs from amongst the
remaining . The number of possible arrangements is
6 4 4 4 4 4
a. C3 x C2 b. P2 x P3 c. C2 x P3 d. none of these
21. There are 27 points in a plane. 5, 10 and 15 points are collinear on distinct lines. By joining these points, how many
distinct lines can be formed?
a. 194 b. 170 c. 435 d. 547
22. In above question 21, how many distinct triangles can be formed whose vertices are the given 27 points.
27
a. C3 b. 2300 c. 2320 d. 2340
23. An n-digit number is a positive number with exactly n digits. Nine hundred distinct n-digit numbers are to be formed
using only the three digits 2, 5, and 7. The smallest value of n or which this is possible is?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
24. A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0,1,2,3,4, and 5 without repetition. The total
number of ways in which this can be done is?
a. 216 b. 600 c. 240 d. 3125
25. The sum of all 4 digits that can be formed by using the digits 2,4,6,8, allowing repetition of digits is p and without
allowing repetition of digits is q. The ratio of p to q is?
a. 32/3 b. 16/3 c. 64/3 d. 16
26. 10 boys and 10 girls sit alternately in a row and then alternately along a circle. The ratio of the number of ways of
sitting in a row to the number of ways of sitting along a circle is?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20
27. A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting either 3 heads or 3 tails?
a. 1/8 b. 3/8 c. 1/4 d. 1/2
28. Find the number of rectangles and squares in an 8 by 8 chess board respectively.
a. 296, 204 b.1092, 204 c. 204, 1092 d. 204, 1296
29. In a colony, there are 55 members. Every member posts a greeting card to all the members. How many greeting
cards were posted by them?
a. 990 b. 890 c. 2970 d. 1980
30. Find the sum of all four digit numbers that can be formed by the digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 without repetition.
a. 666700 b. 666600 c. 678860 d. 665500
31. The probability of getting a credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students are selected at random, what is the
probability that at least one of them got a credit?
a. 19/27 b. 8/27 c. 2/3 d. 1/3 32. A die is tossed once. Let Y be
an event such that Y = {odd number occurs on the bottom}. What is the number of favourable outcomes of Y?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
33. If n(A)=10, n(B)=20, c=5 in the given Venn diagram. Find a and b.
a. a=10 and b=15 c. a=15 and b=10

b. a=5 and b=15 d. a=15 and b=5
34. A card is chosen at random from a deck of 52 playing cards. There are 4 Queens and 4 Kings in a deck of playing
cards. What is the probability the card chosen is a Queen or a King?
a. 1/13 b. 2/13 c. 1/8 d. 2/11
For numbers 35-37. A die is rolled. Find each probability.

35. P (5 or 6) a. 1/3 b. 1/4 c. 1/2 d. 1/8
36. P (at least at 3) a. 2/3 b. 3/4 c. 3/5 d. 4/11
37. P (less than 4) a. 1/3 b. 1/4 c. 1/2 d. 1/8
38. There are 10 counters in a bag: 3 are red, 2 are blue and 5 are green. The contents of the bag are shaken before
Jema randomly chooses one counter from the bag. What is the probability that she doesn't pick a red counter?
a. 3/10 b. 2/5 c. 3/7 d. 7/10
39. What is the probability of drawing a queen OR a diamond from a standard deck of cards?
a. 5/13 b. 11/24 c. 4/13 d. 6/13
40. A family has 2 children. Given that one of the children is a boy, what is the probability that the other child is a boy?
a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 1/4 d. 1/5

For numbers 41-47.
16 people study French, 21 study Spanish and there are 30 students in all.
41. How many students studied both?

a. 7 b. 9 c. 14 d. 30
42. How many students studied French only?
a. 7 b. 9 c. 14 d. 30
43. How many students studied Spanish only?
a. 7 b. 9 c. 14 d. 30
44. How many students studied French AND Spanish?
a. 7 b. 9 c. 14 d. 30
45. How many students studied French OR Spanish?
a. 7 b. 9 c. 14 d. 30
46. Find the probability that you select a student who studies French AND Spanish.
a. 7/9 b. 9/14 c. 14/30 d. 7/30
47. Find the probability that you select a student who studies French OR Spanish.
a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 100%
For numbers 48-50.

In a particular class, 60 percent of the students are female. Fifty percent of all students in the class have long
hair. Forty-five percent of the students are female and have long hair. Of the female students, 75 percent have long hair.
Let F be the event that a student is female. Let L be the event that a student has long hair. One student is picked
randomly. Are the events of being female and having long hair independent?
Find :
48.P(F) a. 0.45 b. 0.50 c. 0.60 d. 0.75
49. P(L) a. 0.45 b. 0.50 c. 0.60 d. 0.75
50. P(F AND L) a. 0.45 b. 0.50 c. 0.60 d. 0.75
Prepared by: GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
HANNY D. DE GUZMAN CARLA MAE O. CAPARAS,T-I

T-III
ELENITA S. NATIVIDAD, T-III
ROWENA M. PANGILINAN EULOGIO B. TRINIDAD, MT-I

MT-II
TERESITA D. DOMINGO, MT-II
LEONIDES E. BULALAYAO, MT-II
SUBMITTED TO: NOTED BY:
JULITA S. SANTIAGO,Ph.D LORENZO P. JOAQUIN,MAEd

HT-VI, MATHEMATICS DEPT SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IV
ANSWER KEY
1. A 11. D 21. A 31. A 41. A

2. D 12. B 22. D 32. C 42. B
3. B 13. B 23. D 33. B 43. C
4. C 14. C 24. C 34. B 44. A
5. B 15. B 25. A 35. A 45. D
6. A 16. B 26. D 36. A 46. D
7. D 17. B 27. A 37. C 47. D
8. A 18. C 28. B 38. D 48. C
9. B 19. A 29. C 39. C 49. B
10. D 20. D 30. B 40. C 50. A

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NUEVA ECIJA HIGH SCHOOL

(MULTIPLE CHOICE_50 ITEMS)

DIRECTIONS: Shade the letter that corresponds to your answer.

1. Describes the number of ways things can be ordered or arranged.

a. 120 b. 240 c. 360 d. 480

a. 250 b. 350 c. 450 d. 550

a. a=10 and b=15 c. a=15 and b=10

For numbers 35-37. A die is rolled. Find each probability.

a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 1/4 d. 1/5

41. How many students studied both?

For numbers 48-50.

Prepared by: GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS TEACHERS

HANNY D. DE GUZMAN CARLA MAE O. CAPARAS,T-I

ROWENA M. PANGILINAN EULOGIO B. TRINIDAD, MT-I

LEONIDES E. BULALAYAO, MT-II

SUBMITTED TO: NOTED BY:

JULITA S. SANTIAGO,Ph.D LORENZO P. JOAQUIN,MAEd

1. A 11. D 21. A 31. A 41. A

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