Caloocan High School

Summative Test
Mathematics 10
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Multiple Choices. Read each question carefully, then choose the correct answer in the given choices.

1. What do you call the different arrangements of the objects of a group?

a. selection b. differentiation c. combination d. permutation
2. Which of the following probability cannot exist?
a. 150% b. 0 c. 6/7 d. 0.03
3. Which situation illustrates dependent events?
a. drawing two cards in a standard deck of cards with replacement
b. rolling a fair die, then tossing a fair coin.
c. drawing 2 red marbles in a jar that contains 3 red, 2 blue and 5 white marbles without replacement.
d. tossing a fair coin thrice repeatedly.
4. Which situation illustrates events that are NOT mutually exclusive.
a. getting a head or a tail when a fair coin is tossed.
b. rolling an even or an odd integer when a fair die is rolled.
c. drawing a red or a blue marble in a jar that contains 3 red, 2 blue and 5 white marbles.
d. drawing a face card or a spade in a standard deck of cards.
5. 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
6. 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. 3/4
c. 1/2
d. 5/8
7. In a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of getting a king or an ace?
a. 2/13 b. 3/13 c. 4/13 d. 5/13
8. There are 10 pens and 15 pencils in a box. If a student selects two of them at random, then what is the probability of selecting a
pen and then a pencil?
a. 7/12 b. 1/4 c. 1/2 d. 11/12
9. Which situation illustrates permutation?
a. forming a committee of councilors
b. selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 questions in a test
c. assigning rooms to conference participants
d. choosing 2 literature books
10. It is the selection of objects from a set.
a. combination b. differentiation c. permutation d. distinction
11. Which of the following situations illustrates combination?
a. arranging books on 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
12. There are 5 red roses, 3 yellow roses, and 8 white roses in a tray. If Stephanie picked 2 roses one after the other without
replacing, then what is the probability of picking a white rose first and a red rose next?
a. 1/6 b. 1/3 c. 5/6 d. 2/3
13. If 4 marbles are picked randomly from a jar containing 8 red marbles and 7 blue marbles, in how many possible ways can at
least 2 of the marbles picked are red?
a. 1638 b. 1568 c. 1176 d. 1050
14. How may distinguishable permutations can be formed from the letters of the word “LIKNAYAN”?
a. 40 320 b. 20 160 c. 10 080 d. 5040
15. From 7 Biology books and 6 Chemistry books, in how many ways can one select 2 Biology and 2 Chemistry books to buy if all
the said books are equally necessary?
a. 315 b. 72 c. 1260 d. 36
16. If two dice are rolled together at the same time, what is the probability of getting an even number on one dice and an odd
number on the other dice?
a. 1/4 b. 3/5 c. 3/4 d. 1/2
17. Which of the following situations does NOT illustrate combination?
a. selecting fruits to make a salad c. choosing household chores to do after classes
b. assigning telephone numbers to homes d. selecting posters to hang in the walls of your room.
18. Ms. Yu 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
19. If (5) means that there are 5 elements in the set P ∩ Q, how many elements are there in P ∪ Q?
a. 5
b. 17
c. 22
d. 24
20. A box contains all the letters of the word U N D E R S T A N D. What is the probability of selecting an 'N' first and a 'D' next, if
the first letter is replaced?
a. 3/50 b. 1/10 c. 1/25 d. 2/5
21. What do you call the events wherein the occurrence of one event does not affect the occurrence of the other?
a. mutually exclusive events c. independent events
b. inclusive events d. dependent events
22. The product of a positive integer n and all all the positive integer less than it is _______.
a. power of n b. multiples of n c. n -factors d. n -factorial
23. Miss Cruz plotted some points on the board, no three of which are colinear. When she asked her student to draw all the possible
lines through the points, he came up with 45 lines. How many points were on the board?
a. 10 b. 9 c. 8 d. 7
24. If P(9, r) = 15 120, what is r?
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 3
25. If P(n, 4) = 24 024, then n=___?
a. 9 b. 11 c. 13 d. 14
26. How many different rays can be formed from 8 distinct points on a plane, no three of which lie on the same line?
a. 56 b. 28 c. 26 d. 4
27. If x = P(7, 4), y = P(8, 4), and z = P(9,3) arrange x,y and z from largest to smallest.
a. x,y,z b. z,x,y c. y,x,z d. x,z,y
8!
28. Calculate .
3! 2!
a. 420 b. 840 c. 1680 d. 3360
29. Which of the following can be a value of r in C(15, r) = 3003?
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3
30. Calculate: C(20, 8)
a. 6840 b. 15 504 c. 125 970 d. 1 860 480
31. If a committee of 10 members is to be formed from 8 sophomores and 5 freshmen such that there must be 6 sophomores in the
committee, which of the following is/are true?
I. The 8 committee members can be selected in 1,287 ways.
II. The 5 sophomores can be selected in 56 ways.
III. The 3 freshmen can be selected in 10 ways
a. I only b. I and II c. II and III d. I, II, and III
32. If C(n, 5) = 252, then n =___?
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10
33. Let a = C(7,4), b = C(7,5), c = C(7, 6) and d = C(7, 7). If there are 7 points on the plane, no three of which are collinear, what
represents the total number of polygons that can be formed with at least 6 sides?
a. a + b b. c + d c. a+b+c d. b+c+d
34. In how many possible ways can Juan answer a 7-item matching type quiz if there are 10 choices, and he answers by mere
guessing?
a. 3 628 800 b. 604 800 c. 120 d. 10
35. Arquia was able to calculate the total number of 3-digit numbers that can be formed from a given set of non-zero digits, without
repetition. If there were 60 numbers in all, how many digits were actually given?
a. 8 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5
36. A set of all outcomes that are NOT in the event.
a. union of events c. complement of an event
b. intersection of events d. compound event
37. What will be the value of P(not E) if P(E) = 0.07?
a. 0.90 b. 0.07 c. 0.93 d. 0.72
38. Ms. Cruz asked Mark to draw all the diagonals of a certain polygon on the blackboard. Mark was able to draw 27 diagonals
which his teacher declared correct. What was the given polygon?
a. pentagon b. nonagon c. hexagon d. decagon
39. A certain restaurant allows you to assemble your own vegetable salad. If there are 8 kinds of vegetables available, how many
variations of the salad can you make containing at least 5 vegetables??
a. 56 b. 84 c. 93 d. 96
40. Calculate P(12, 3).
a. 40, 320 b. 11, 880 c. 990 d. 1320
41. If a number is selected at random from the first 50 natural numbers, what will be the probability that the selected number is a
multiple of 3 and 4?
a. 7/50 b. 4/25 c. 2/25 d. 3/50
42. How many different 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 if repetition of digits is not allowed?
a. 840 b. 720 c. 360 d. 120
43. What do you call the events that cannot happen at the same time?
a. mutually exclusive events c. independent events
b. inclusive events d. dependent events
44. Find C(18, 4).
a. 3060 b. 2400 c. 4896 d. 73 440
45. Evaluate: C(25, 4) + C(30, 3) + C(35, 2)
a. 17 900 b. 17 305 c. 16 710 d. 4655
46. There are 6 red marbles, 5 green marbles, and 4 yellow marbles in a bag. If Joe picks 2 marbles one after the other without
replacement, then what is the probability that both are red in color?
a. 2/5 b. 4/25 c. 1/21 d. 1/7
47. In how many ways can 9 different-colored horses be positioned in a carousel?
a. 504 b. 40 320 c. 362 880 d. 3 628 800

48. In a gathering, each of the guests shook hands with everybody else. If a total of 378 handshakes were made, how many guests
were there?
a. 30 b. 28 c. 25 d. 23
49. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a king of a black suit?
a. 1/52 b. 1/26 c. 1/13 d. 2/13
50. Suppose a number x is chosen from the numbers -2, -1, 0, 1, 2. What will be the probability of x 2> 0?
a. 1/5 b. 2/3 c. 3/5 d. 4/5