Formative / Summative Assessment Tool in Mathematics 10

Topic : Arithmetic Sequence

Learning Competencies : Generate patterns

Illustrate an arithmetic sequence
Determine arithmetic means and nth term of an
arithmetic sequence
Find the sum of the terms of a given arithmetic
sequence
Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence

Cognitive Dimension : Remembering

Directions: Read the question carefully. Solve the questions and choose the letter of
the correct answer.

1. What do you call a function whose domain is the finite set {1, 2, 3,…, n} or the infinite
set {1, 2, 3,… }?

A. sequence B. series C. term D. variable

2. Which of the following sequence with first and last terms clearly identified?

A. undefined B. set C. infinite D. finite

3. A sequence is a succession of numbers in a particular order. What do you call each

number in a sequence?

A. constant B. set C. term D. variable

4. What do you call a sequence in which every succeeding term is obtained by adding a
particular constant?

A. arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. geometric D. Harmonic

5. What do you call a constant number obtained by subtracting any term from its
preceding term in a sequence?

A. common denominator C. common difference

B. constant difference D. constant sum

6. What is the general formula of an arithmetic sequence?

A. An = a1 - (n-1)d C. An = a1 + (n-1)d
B. An = a1 + (n+1)d D. An = a1 - (n+1)d
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For numbers 7-10, Use the arithmetic sequence formula An = a1 + (n-1)d to answer the
following questions:

7. What does An stand for?

A. common difference B. first term C. last term D. Number of terms

8. What does a1 stand for?

A. common difference B. first term C. Last term D. Number of terms

9. What does n stand for?

A. common difference B. first term C. Last term D. Number of terms

10. What does d stand for?

A. common difference B. first term C. Last term D. Number of terms

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ANSWER KEY (Arithmetic Sequence – Remembering)

1. A
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. A
 Formative / Summative Assessment Tool in Mathematics 10

Topic : Arithmetic Sequence

Learning Competencies : Generate patterns

Illustrate an arithmetic sequence
Determine arithmetic means and nth term of an
arithmetic sequence
Find the sum of the terms of a given arithmetic
sequence
Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence

Cognitive Dimension : Understanding

Directions: Read the question carefully. Solve the questions and choose the letter of
the correct answer.

1. What is the next term in the sequence 71, 63, 55, 47, 39?

A. 30 B. 31 C. 32 D. 33

2. What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 13, 26, 39, 52, 65?

A. 10 B. 11 C.12 D. 13
3. What is the 13th term of the arithmetic sequence -8, -2, 4, 10, 16, . . . ?

A. 52 B. 58 C. 64 D. 70

4. Find the next four terms of an arithmetic sequence 65, 59, 53, ...

A. 47, 41, 35, 29 B. 47, 42, 36, 30 C. 48, 41, 35, 29 D. 48, 42, 36, 30

5. In an arithmetic sequence 89, 77, 65, 53, 41, what is the common difference?

A. -8 B. -10 C. -12 D. -14

6. How many terms are there in the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11,...119?

A. 35 B. 37 C. 39 D. 40

7. The last term of an arithmetic sequence is 228, the common difference is 7,

the number of terms is 32. What is the first term?

A. 9 B. 11 C. 13 D. 15
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8. What is the next five terms of an arithmetic sequence if the first term is 98 and the
common difference is -13?

A. 85, 72, 59, 46, 33 C. 110, 122, 133, 143, 156

B. 86, 73, 60, 47, 34 D. 111, 124, 137, 150, 163

9. If an = 4n – 3, what is a20?

A. 70 B. 73 C. 77 D. 80

10. Write the first four terms of the sequence in which an = 9 + (n-1)4.

A. 9, 13, 17, 21 B. 9, 14, 17, 21 C. 9, 15, 18, 21 D. 9, 15, 17, 21

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ANSWER KEY (Arithmetic Sequence – Understanding)

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. A
 Formative / Summative Assessment Tool in Mathematics 10

Topic : Arithmetic Sequence

Learning Competencies : Generate patterns

Illustrate an arithmetic sequence
Determine arithmetic means and nth term of an
arithmetic sequence
Find the sum of the terms of a given arithmetic
sequence
Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence

Cognitive Dimension : Applying

Directions: Read the question carefully. Solve the questions and choose the letter of
the correct answer.

1. Sally made deposits from her school monthly allowances. She deposited Php 50.00
on the first month, Php 60.00 on the second month, Php 70.00 on the third month
and so on, until she made 36 deposits. What was the amount of her last deposit?

A. Php 350.00 B. Php 400.00 C. Php 450.00 D. Php 500.00

2. Rosvit is making a triangular wall with cube blocks. The top row has one block, the
second row has three, the third has five, the fourth row has 7 and so on. How many
rows can she make with a set of 121 blocks?

A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
3. An architect is creating a triangular shaped sculpture made of metallic marbles.
There are 44 of the marbles in the first row with two less in each row. How many
marbles are in the 22nd row?

A. 10 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2

4. The seats in a theatre are arranged so that each row accommodates four people less
than the previous row. If the first row seats 50 people, how many will the 9 th row
seat?

A. 16 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22

5. A woman deposits Php 100.00 into her son’s savings account on his first birthday. On
his second birthday she deposits Php 150.00, Php 200.00 on his third birthday, and so
on. How much money would she deposit into her son’s account on his 21st birthday?

A. Php 1000.00 B. Php 1100.00 C. Php 1200.00 D. 1300.00

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6. A pile of marbles has 60 marbles in the bottom row, 54 marbles in the second row, 48
marbles in the third row, and so on until there is only 6 marbles on top row. How many
marbles are in the 8th row?

A. 24 B. 18 C. 12 D. 6

7. In a theatre, there are 21 seats in the first row and it has 40 rows in all. Each
successive row contains one additional seat. How many seats are there in the
45th row?

A. 52 B. 56 C. 60 D. 64

8. A store worker is piling some cans of sardines so that the top layer will contain three
cans and each layer will have one more can than the layer above. If there are 10
layers, how many cans would he need?

A. 75 B. 70 C. 65 D. 60

9. The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180°, of a quadrilateral is 360° and of a
pentagon is 540°. Assuming this pattern continues, find the sum of the interior angles
of a dodecagon (12 sides).
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A. 2160° B. 1980° C. 1800° D. 1340°

10. A jet plane rises 25 feet in the 1st second, 75 feet in the 2nd second, and 125
feet in the 3rd second. If it continues to rise at this rate, how many feet will it have
risen by the 15th second?

A. 725 B. 775 C. 825 D. 875

Reference/s:
Url: http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATP2/SequenceWordpractice.htm
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ANSWER KEY (Arithmetic Sequence – Applying)

1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. A
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Topic : Arithmetic Sequence

Topic : Arithmetic Sequence

Learning Competencies : Generate patterns

Illustrate an arithmetic sequence
Determine arithmetic means and nth term of an
arithmetic sequence
Find the sum of the terms of a given arithmetic
sequence
Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence

Cognitive Dimension : Evaluating

Directions: Read the question carefully. Solve the questions and choose the letter of
the correct answer.

1. If 2x + 1, 5x – 15, 3x + 4 form an arithmetic sequence, what is the value of x?

A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9

2. If the sequence 3m + 6, 4m + 1 and 8m - 37 forms an arithmetic sequence, is the

value of the 4th term possible?

A. Yes, and the term also contains the variable m.

B. No, because the value of m can no way be determined.

C. Yes, by adding identified common difference to the 3rd term.

D. No, because there is no known common difference in the sequence.

3. If a1 = 21, d = 7 and an = 189, what is the value of n?

A. 30 B. 25 C. 20 D. 15

4. What must be the value of k so that 8k + 4, 6k – 2, and 2k -7 will form an arithmetic

sequence?

A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. ½
7𝑘−1
5. Find k so that 3 𝑘 − 1 , 3𝑘, form an arithmetic sequence.
2

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
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Answer Key (Arithmetic Sequence – Evaluating)

1. C
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. D
 Formative / Summative Assessment Tool in Mathematics 10

Topic : Arithmetic Sequence

Learning Competencies : Generate patterns

Illustrate an arithmetic sequence
Determine arithmetic means and nth term of an
arithmetic sequence
Find the sum of the terms of a given arithmetic
sequence
Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence

Cognitive Dimension : Analyzing

Directions: Read the question carefully. Solve the questions and choose the letter of
the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?

A. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, . . . C. 5, 10, 16, 23, 31, . . .

B. 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, . . . D. 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, . . .

2. Which of the following is ALWAYS true about arithmetic sequence?

I. Its common difference is never negative.

II. Its terms are arranged in an increasing order.

III. The sum between any of its two consecutive terms varies.

IV. The difference between any of its two consecutive terms is constant.

A. II only B. IV only C. I and II D. III and IV

3. Gabriel was asked by his math teacher to determine the formula for the nth term for
the sequence -15, -8,-1, 6, 13. His math teacher would like to see the correct
solution of his answer. Which of the following solutions should Gabriel present to his
math teacher?

d = 13 – 6 or 7; a1 = -15 d = 13 – 6 or 7; a1 = 13
A. an = -15 + (n – 1)7 C. . an = 13 + (n – 1)7
an = -15 + 7n – 7 an = 13 + 7n – 7
an = 7n - 22 an = 7n - 6

B d = 13 – 6 or 7; a1 = -15 D. d = 13 – 6 or 7; a1 = 13
an = -15 + (n + 1)7 an = 13 + (n + 1)7
an = -15 + 7n + 7 an = 13 + 7n + 7
an = 7n - 8 an = 7n + 20
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4. If an arithmetic sequence has 125,116,107, 98, ... , 53 for its terms, which of the
following numbers would not appear?

A. 89 B. 80 C. 70 D. 62
5. Bianca is finding the first term of the arithmetic sequence with a common difference
of 7 and whose 20th term is 148.
Here is her solution:
To find the first term use the formula, An = a1 + (n-1)d,
where a20 = 148, n = 20 and d = 7
thus, 148 = a1 + (20-1)7
148 = a1 + (19)7
148 = a1 + 26
a1 = 122

Is her answer correct?

A. Yes, because the product of 19 and 7 is 26.

B. Yes, because there is no error in her solution.
C. No, because the product of 19 and 7 is 133, therefore the first term is 15.
D. No, because the product of 19 and 7 is -133, therefore the first term is 281.
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ANSWER KEY (Arithmetic Sequence – Analyzing)

1. D
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. C
 Formative / Summative Assessment Tool in Mathematics 10

Topic : Arithmetic Sequence

Learning Competencies : Generate patterns

Illustrate an arithmetic sequence
Determine arithmetic means and nth term of an
arithmetic sequence
Find the sum of the terms of a given arithmetic
sequence
Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence

Cognitive Dimension : Creating

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Solve the questions and choose the letter of
the correct answer.

1. During his preparation for the upcoming 42K Marathon on the second week of
September, Agaton plans to run 5 km per day starting on the second week of May,
and then increase the distance by 3 km each of the following weeks.

a. What distance will he be running on the second week of June?

b. Is this an arithmetic sequence? Explain your answer
c. Write an equation to represent the nth term of the sequence.
d. If the pattern continues, during which week will he be running 25 km per day?
e. Is it reasonable for this pattern to continue indefinitely? Explain

2. The rectangular tables in a reception hall are often placed end-to-end to form one
long table. The diagrams below show the number of people who can sit at each of
the table arrangements
.

a. Make drawings to find the next three numbers as tables are added one at a time
to the arrangement.
b. How many chairs will the 6th table have?
c. Write an equation representing the nth term in this pattern.
d. Is it possible to have seating for exactly 110 people with such an arrangement?
Explain
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Rubric for the creating equation and presentation

Score Descriptors
5 Presentation is exceptionally clear, thorough, fully supported with
concepts and principles of arithmetic sequences and easy to follow.
Equations are properly formulated and solved correctly
4 Presentation is generally clear and reflective of students’ personalized
ideas, and some accounts are supported by mathematical principles
and concepts of arithmetic sequences.
Equations are properly formulated but not all are solved correctly
3 Presentation is reflective of something learned, lacks clarity and
accounts have limited support
Equations are properly formulated but are not solved correctly
2 Presentation is unclear and impossible to follow, is superficial and more
descriptive than analytical
Equations are properly formulated but are not solved all
1 No presentation
No equations formulated

Rubric for the Oral Presentation

Score Descriptors
5 Oral presentation is exceptionally clear, thorough, fully supported with
concepts and principles of arithmetic sequences, and easy to follow.
4 Oral report is generally clear and reflective of students’ personalized
ideas, and some accounts are supported by mathematical principles
and concepts of arithmetic sequences
3 Oral report is reflective of something learned, it lacks clarity and
accounts have limited support.
2 Oral report is unclear and impossible to follow, is superficial, and more
descriptive than analytical
1 No oral report was presented.

Prepared by: Validated by: Noted by:

SONIA J. DAGANIO RODERICK R. MENDIOLA MICHAEL ANGELO M. GARCIA

Author/Math Teacher Head Teacher IIl LR Coordinator

Recommending Approval: Approved:

MARVIE R. DURAN DR. ALYN G. MENDOZA

Principal III EPS - Mathematics
Reference/s:
Mathematics – Grade 10 Learner’s Module First Edition 2015 Published by Department of Education
Ester Ogena, Ph.D, Rosemarievic Diaz Ph.D, Erminda Fortes, Ph.D., Marlyn Balagtas, Ph.D., (2013)
McGraw-Hill Our Math 10; Vibal Inc.
Url: http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATP2/SequenceWordpractice.htm