CITRUS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Rc – 11 Brgy. Citrus, CSJDMB

Table of Specification
3rd Periodical Examination in Mathematics 10
No. of No.
Competencies Code Recitation of Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating

Days Items
Illustrate the
M10SP-IIIa-1 2 4 1-4
permutation of objects
find the number of
permutation of n objects M10SP-IIIa-2 2 4 5-8
taken r at a time
solve problems M10SP-IIIb-1 2 4 9-12
involving permutation
illustrates the `13-
M10SP-IIIc-1 2 4
combination of objects. 16
differentiates
permutation from
M10SP-IIIc-2 2 4 17-20
combination of n objects
taken r at a time.
solves problems M10SP-IIId-
involving permutations 2 4 21-24
e-1
and combinations.
illustrates events, and
union and intersection M10SP-IIIf-1 2 4 25-28
of events.
illustrates the
probability of a union of M10SP-IIIg-1 2 4 29-32
two events.
illustrates mutually M10SP-IIIi-1 2 4 33-36
exclusive events
solves problems M10SP-IIIi-j-
2 4 37-40
involving probability. 1
Total 20 40 24 16

CITRUS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Rc – 11 Brgy. Citrus, CSJDMB
 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. 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 a class

3) Which of the following is the formula to find n objects, taken r at a time?

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

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

5) 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?
A. 1 680 B. 840 C. 420 D. 120
6) In how many ways can 8 people be seated around a circular table if two of them insist on sitting beside each
other?
A. 360 B. 720 C. 1440 D. 5040

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

8) 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?
A. pentagon B. nonagon C. hexagon D. decagon

9) 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

10) If P(9, r) = 3024, what is r ?

A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

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) What is P(8, 5)?

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

13) 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
14) How many ways can 4 members of a committee be selected in 8 aspirants?
A. 70 B. 80 C. 90 D. 100

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

16) How many ways can 5 officers be selected from 12 students?

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

17) Which of the following situations does NOT illustrate combination?

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

18) Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation?

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

19) Which of the following situations illustrates combination?

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

20) Which of the following does NOT illustrate combination?

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

21) 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

22) 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?
A. 140 B. 336 C. 672 D. 1512

23) 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. 10 584 B. 1764 C. 210 D. 84

24) 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?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3

25) If (5) means that there are 5 elements in the set P ∩ Q, how many elements are there in P ∪ Q?
 A. 22 B. 23 C. 24 D. 25

26) Referring to number 25, how many elements does P have?

A. 11 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
27) Referring to number 25, how many elements does P have?
A. 11 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
28) How many elements does (PUQ)’.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

29) 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 + 4/10 B. 3/10 + 4/10 C. 3/10 + 7/10 D. 7/10 - 4/10

30) 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. 1/4
B. 3/8
C. 4/8
. D. 5/8

31) In a deck of card, what is the probability of getting a king or queen?

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

32) In rolling a die, what is the probability of getting 3 or 4?

A. ½ B. 2/3 C. 1/3 D. 4/5

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

34) 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?
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.

35) Which of these is a mutually exclusive event?

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. A pair of dice rolling 6 and 6

36) Which of these is an inclusive event?

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

37) 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. 0.05 B. 0.12 C. 0.18 D. 0.25

38) 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.
A. 102/625 B. 108/625 C. 312/625 D. 414/625

39) 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. 1/2 B. 5/16 C. 5/8 D. 4/15

40) 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. ½ B. 1/3 C. 1/4 D. 2/3