Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
Koronadal City, South Cotabato

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS

Name:_____________________________________________________Section:______________Score:______________

Direction.Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the number.

_______ 1. Which one refers to a pictorial representation of two or more sets?

a. Graph b. Venn Diagram c. Schematic Diagram d. Set
_______ 2. Which represents the union of two sets?
a. b. c. d.

_______ 3. What is the absolute value of -3?

a. 0 b. -3 c. 3 d. 1
_______ 4. What is the sign of the quotient of two integers with unlike signs?
a. positive b. is greater than c. negative d. cannot be determined
_______ 5. Which property of real number is exhibited in 2 = 2?
a. reflexive b. transitive c. symmetric d. zero property
2 1
_______ 6. What is the sum of 4 and 4 ?
3 1
a. 0 b. 1 c. 4 d. 4
_______ 7. Which of the following is an irrational number?
3
a. 0 b. 0.3 c. 4 d. √55
_______ 8. Which of the following does not belong to the set of natural numbers?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 9
_______ 9. If the numbers 5, -100, 0, and -9 are arrange from the smallest to the largest, which would be the third in the
arrangement?
a. -9 b. 5 c. 0 d. -100
_______ 10. Which of the following denotes “an increase of Php5.00”?
a. -5 b. 0 c. +5 d. Php 5
_______ 11. If R is the set of the unique letters of the word “PHILIPPINES”, what is the cardinal number of R?
a. 11 b. 9 c. 7 d. 5
_______ 12. Which of the following describes the set of even numbers between 20 & 25?
a. A = {20, 25} b. B = {21, 23} c. C = {20, 22, 24} d.D = {22, 24}
_______ 13. Which of Venn diagram is the correct representation of A = {x, y, z} and B = {v, w, x, y}?
a. zxv
b. y xv
c. d.
x y z x v
yw z w z w y w
A B A B A B A B

_______ 14. Which of the following best represents |x| = 2?

a. b. c. d.

_______ 15. Which of the following has a quotient of 13?

a. 1÷13 b. -728÷(-56) c.13÷0 d. – 39÷3
_______ 16. What is 0.328 in fraction form?
41 4 28 328
a. 125 b. 25 c. d.
100 500
1 2 1 3
_______ 17. If the rational numbers 2, 3, -4, and are arranged in ascending order,which of the following is correct?
2
12 13 11 2 3 123 1 32 1 1
a. - 4,3, 2,2 b. - 4,2, 3, 2 c. 2,3,2,- 4 d. 2,3, 2, 4
2 1 4 2 7 9
_______ 18. What is 53 ÷ 44 ? a. 3 b. 7 c. 2 d. 2
_______ 19. Between which two consecutive integers does √119 lies?
a. 9 and 10 b. 10 and 11 c. 11 and 12 d. 12 and 13
_______ 20. Which of the following numbers is included in the sequence 6, 3, 0,-3,…?
a. -5 b. -6 c. -7 d. -8
_______ 21. Let U= { 1,2,3,4,5},A= {2,4},and B= {1,5}.then, what is the cardinality of A’U B’?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 5
_______ 22. In a class of 50 students 38 use laptop computers and 20 use desktop computers. How many use both the
laptop and desktop computers?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 20 d. 38
_______ 23. When the sum of 2 and 6 is multiplied to the result is ______.
a. 40 b. 41 c. 45 d. 64
2 5
_______ 24. What number is in the middle of -3 and 2 ?
1 11
a. 0 b. c. d. 1.58
4 12
2 3
_______ 25. What is the result if you subtract 13from 54 ?
1 9 1 3
a. 4 12 b. c. 74 d. -54
2
_______ 26. What is the approximated value of middle of √20 to the nearest hundredths?
a. 4.21 b. 4.38 c. 4.47 d. 5.15
_______ 27. On the given illustration , what is the value of x?
a. -3√3 b. 2√5 c. √6 d. √2
_______ 28. Solve the product of 49,000,000 and 79,000,000?
a. 3.871 x 1015 b. 3.871 x 10 -15 c. 387.1 x 1015 d. 38.71 x 10-15
_______ 29. Which part of the expression 4 – (- 8) + (-7)(-3)÷ 2 should be evaluated first?
a. 4 – (- 8) b. - 8 + (- 7) c. (-7)(-3) d. (-3) ÷ 2
_______ 30. A vendor gained 50 pesos on the first day, lost 28 pesos on the second day, and gained 49 pesos on
the third day. How much profit did the vendor gain in 3 days?
a. 71 pesos b. 78 pesos c. 99 pesos d. 127 pesos
_______ 31. The Venn diagram at the right shows the numbers of elements in sets A and B.
If n(AUB)= 20; n(A∩B) = 3,and n(B)= 12, find the value of x and y. A B

a. x=5;y=9 b. x=9;y=5 x 3 y
c. x = 8 ; y = 12 d. x = 14 ; y = 4
_______ 32. Simplify | y + 5 | = 4?
a. y = { 1, - 9 } b. y = { -1, 9 } c. y = { 1, 9 } d. y = { -1, - 9 }
_______ 33. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. 4(-3) (-7) = 84 b. -11(2) (-5) = 110 c. 3(-4) (-5) = 60 d. 4(-3) (-7) = 24
5
_______ 34. In decimal form,8 is______.
a. 0.5 b. 5.8 c. 0.8 d. 0.625
_______ 35. Which number is greater than – 7.25?
64 3
a. - 9 b. - 8.15 c. -78 d. -9
_______ 36. Which of the following statements about x and y is true, if 0 < x > 1 and y < -1?
a. The sum of x and y is a positive number. c. If y is subtracted to x, the result is a negative number.
b. The product of x and y is a positive number. d. The quotient of x and y is a positive number.
_______ 37. A girl got a grade of 86% in Mathematics during the first grading period. Her grade in the second grading
period was 89%.How much was the increase in her grade?
a. 3% b. 4% c. 5% d. 6%
_______ 38. A father gave each of his 5 sons a souvenir shirt. Each T-shirt costs 180pesos. How much did he pay
for all the T-shirts?
a. 680pesos b. 720pesos c. 900pesos d. 1080pesos
_______ 39. There are 60 students who took exams in Math, Science, and English. 31 of the students passed the Math,
17 passed the English, 5 passed both the three subjects, 11 passed Math and Science, 7 passed Science and
English, and 5 passed Math and English. Which of the following has the highest rate of passing?
a. Math and Science b. Science or Math c. Math or English d. No passers
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_______ 40. A basket (A)of apples is to be divided equally among children so that each will receive 2 5 pieces of apples.
Another basket (B) of same variety of fruit is to be divided equally among the same number of children so that
each will receive 2.25 pieces of apples. If you are given the chance to choose from basket A or Basket B,
which basket is it?
a. basket A b. basket B c. basket A or B d. none of the basket
_______ 41. At store A, 15 kg of rice costs 832.50 pesos. At store B, 20 kg rice of the same variety costs 995 pesos. Which
store offers the best buy?
a. store A, 832.50 is less than 995. c. store A, a kg costs 55.00 only.
b. store B, a kg costs 49.50 only. d. store B, it has best rice in town.
_______ 42. Given: A= { x | 0 < x < 5, x are even counting numbers} B= { y |-1< y ≤ 5, y Є Z x }. If you are asked to write all
the subsets of one of these sets, which do you prefer to choose?
a. set A has counting numbers as its elements. c. set A has a lesser number of elements.
b. set B has integers as its elements. d. set B has larger number of elements.
_______ 43. There are 1.2x103 parents who voted to continue the outreach program of Alpha National High School,
4.5x102 voted to stop the program. As a coordinator of the program, what will your exact decision be?
a. Continue the outreach program of the school. c. Stop the outreach program.
b. There is no basis to make a decision. d. Postpone the program.
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_______ 44. Human bones are 10 living tissues, 20 minerals, and the rest water. What fraction of the human bone is water?
1 2 3 4
a. 4 b. 5 c. 5 d. 5
_______ 45. From the 8 floor of the building, Jen wants to go to the first floor. There are two elevators to choose from for
th

the ride. Each elevator is given 4 stops before the shutdown. Here is their itinerary.
Elevator 1: 8th floor; it will go down by 3 floors, go up by 4 floors, go down by 6 floors and go up by 2 floors.
Elevator 2: 8th floor; it will go up by 5 floors, go up by 2 floors, go down by 5 floors and finally go down by
another 5 floors. Which elevator Jen would rather choose so she will not find a hard time in
going down to the first floor?
a. Elevator 1: It is new. c. Elevator 1: It floors has reached as far as 9th floor only
b. Elevator 2: It has reached as far as 15th floors. d. Elevator 1 or 2: they will just stop on the same floor.
_______ 46. Given that n(U)=70, n(A)=35, and n(B)=30. Find the greatest value of n( A∪B ).
a. 5 b. 10 c. 65 d. 70
_______ 47.Given: . Distance of point - 3 from 0 is |- 3 |. Which of the following is
true about |n+1|?
a. |n +1| is the distance of a number from 0. c. It represents distance of a number from - 1.
b. It is the distance of a number from 1. d.It represents distance of a number from the sum of n and 1.
_______ 48. 10 + (- 5) = 5.If 10 is increased by 2 and – 5 is decreased by 1.Which is the new sum?
a. - 6 b.- 5 c.6 d. 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 9
_______ 49. Given: (1- 5 ) (1- 5 )(1- 5 )(1- 5 )(1- 5 )(1- 5 )…(1- 5 ).Which generalization can you formulate for finding the
product of ( x – a )( x – b )( x – c )( x – d )…(x – z)?
a. Product is undefined. b. Product is infinite. c. Product is 0. d. Product is less than 0.
_______ 50. Mother went to the Sunrise Supermart and bought the following: 6 cans of milk at 38.50 a can, 2 cans of
fruit cocktail at 115.25 a can, ¾ kilo of beef at 165.00 a kilo and ¾ kilo of cabbage at 34.00 a kilo.
What was the cost of her purchase? If she pay 1 000 pesos, how much is her change?
a. 389.50 b. 389.25 c. 399.50 d. 399.25

ANSWER KEY:

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

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