ABORLAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

STEM ENTRANTS QUALIFYING ASSESSMENT

MATHEMATICS

INSTRUCTION: MULTIPLE CHOICE. Select the letter of the correct answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1. What is the next term in the sequence 324, -108, 36?

A. 4 B. -4 C. -12 D. 12
2. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 1, 6/4, 2, 10/4, 3,…
A. 1/4 B. 3/4 C.1/2 D. 3/2
3. What is the next term in the harmonic sequence -1/6, -1/2, 1/2?
A. 1/3 B. 1/4 C. 1/5 D. 1/6
4. What is the sum of all the integers between 9 and 27?
A. 144 B. 162 C. 170 D. 180
5. What is the next term in the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89?
A. 123 B. 124 C. 134 D. 144
6. Which of the following is a polynomial?
I. −3 −2
x + x +5 x+2 II. 5 x 3+ 3 x 2 + x +2 III. √ 5 x2 + √ 3 x
A. I only B. II only C. I and II D. I and III
7. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial, 5x9 + 4x8 + 4x5 + x3 + x?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 8 D. 9
8. What is the quotient when (x2 – 14x + 49) is divided by (x – 7)?
A. x + 7 B. x – 49 C. x – 7 D. x + 4
For items 9-10

9. What is the remainder?

A. 0 B. 5 C. -5 D. 25
10. Which is the divisor?
A. 5x + 5 C. 25x2 – 50x +25
B. 5x – 5 D. 0
11. In the figure on the right, which is an inscribed angle?
A. RST B. PQR C. QVT D. QST

12. Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. Which of the following is true about the angle measures of the
quadrilateral?
I. m A + m C = 180 II. m B + m D = 180 III. m A + m C = 90
A. I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. I, II, and III
o
13. An arc of a circle measures 72 . If the radius of the circle is 6 cm, about how long is the arc?
A. 1.884 cm B. 2.4 cm C. 3.768 cm D. 7.54 cm
14. What is the measures of the central angles of a circle with no common interior points?
A. 480 B. 360 C. 180 D. 120
15. What kind of angle is the inscribed angle that intercepts a semicircle?
A. straight B. obtuse C. right D. acute
16. Point Q is the midpoint of ST , which of the following is true about ST?
A. ST = QS + QT C. ST = 2|QS – QT|
B. ST = QS – QT D. ST = 2|QS + QT|
17. The distance between points M(x,5) and C(5,-1) is 10 units. What is the x-coordinate of M if it lies in the
second quadrant?
A. -7 B. -3 C. -1 D. 13
18. What is the distance between points D(-10,2) and E(6,10)?
 A. 16 B. 20 C. 10√ 2 D. 8√ 5
19. Which of the following equation describes a circle on the coordinate plane with a center at (2,-3) and a
radius of 5 units?
A. (x-2)2+(y+3)2=252 C. (x-3)2+(y+2)2=252
B. (x+2)2+(y-3)2=52 D. (x-2)2+(y+3)2=52
20. The endpoints of a segment are (-5,2) and (9,12), respectively. What are the coordinates of its midpoint?
A. (7,5) B. (2,7) C. (-7,5) D. (7,2)
Use the figure on the right to answer item 21 and 22

21. Find x
A. 10 B. 14.1 C. 17.3 D. 21.5
22. Find y
A. 10 B. 11.5 C. 15.2 D. 17.3
o o o o
23. Evaluate: 2sin30 + 4cos60 – 3cot45 + sec45
A. √ 2 B. 0 C. √ 3 D. 1
24. From an airplane at an altitude of 1500 m, the angle of depression to a rock on the ground measures 29 o.
Determine the distance from the plane to the rock.
A. 1500/tan29o m B. 1500/cos29o m C. 1500/sin29o m D. 1500/sec29o m
o
25. A 10 ft ladder is placed so as to form angle of 25 with the wall of a building. How far is the ladder from the
based of the building?
A. 10sin25o ft B. 10cos25o ft C. 10tan25o ft D. 10sec25o ft
26. The trigonometric ratio of the opposite side to θ over the hypothenuse.
A. tan B. sin C. cos D. sec
27. The trigonometric ratio of the adjacent side to θ over the hypothenuse.
A. tan B. sin C. cos D. sec
28. The trigonometric ratio of the opposite side to θ over adjacent side to θ .
A. tan B. sin C. cos D. sec
29. The trigonometric ratio of the hypothenuse over the adjacent side to θ .
A. tan B. cot C. cosec D. sec
30. The trigonometric ratio of the hypothenuse over the opposite side to θ .
A. tan B. cot C. cosec D. sec
31. In the set of scores 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19, the median score is _______.
A. 13 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17
32. Cassidy’s score in a 75-item test was the median score. What is her percentile rank?
A. 25th B. 35th C. 50th D. 75th

For numbers 33 to 35, refer to situation below. Given below is the tabulated data of the Mathematics test scores of
Grade 10 students in TNHS – LTA

33. In which class interval score does the 75th percentile falls?
A. 21 – 25 B. 26 – 30 C. 31 – 35 D. 36 - 40
34. What is the interval of the given data?
 A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
35. In which class interval score does the lower quartile falls?
A. 21 – 25 B. 26 – 30 C. 31 – 35 D. 36 - 40
36. 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
8!
37. Simplify
5!
A. 16 B. 42 C. 120 D. 336
38. 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
39. A set of possible outcomes resulting from a particular experiment.
A. events C. sample space
B. possibilities D. universal
40. A set that contains all of the elements that are in both events.
A. compound C. intersection
B. dependent D. universal

Prepared by:

JOHN EDWARD A. CAJILES

T-II/Mathematics

Checked by:

ROY B. GENSOLE
MT-II/Mathematics