Semi – Final Test in Mathematics Grade 10

S.Y 2016-2017

I. Directions: Read and analyze each of the questions/situations given. Write the letter of the correct answer on
your answer sheet.
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1. The Probability of heads landing up when you flip a coin is 2. What is the probability of getting tails if you flip it again?
1 1 1 3
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4
4
2. Suppose you roll a red die and a green die. The probability that the sum of the numbers on the dice is equal to 9 is
36
since there are 4 of the 36 outcomes where the sum is 9. What if you see that the red die shows the number 5, but you still
have not seen the green die? What then are the chances that the sum is 9?
1 1 1 2
A. 6 B. 4 C. 3 D. 3
3. 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?
7 4 3 4 3 7 7 4
A. + B. + C. + D. −
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
4. Jody has four cans of juice – one can of orange, one of pineapple, one of calamansi, and one of guyabano. She chooses
three of these cans to take to school. If she chooses calamansi, what is the probability she also chooses pineapple?
7 3 2 3
A. 8 B. 4 C. 3 D. 8
5. If a coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability that all three tosses come up heads given that at least two of the tosses
come up heads?
1 1 1 3
A. 6 B. 4 C. 3 D. 8
6. Among a large group of patients recovering from shoulder injuries, it was found that 22% visit both a physical therapist
and chiropractor, whereas 12% visit neither of these. The probability that a patient visits a chiropractor exceeds by 0.14
the probability that a patient visits physical therapist. Determine the probability that a randomly chosen member of this
group visits a physical therapist.
A. 0.26 B. 0.38 C. 0.40 D. 0.48
7. A man tosses a fair coin eight times, and observes whether the toss yields a head (H) or a tail (T). Which of the
following sequences of outcomes yields a head (H) on his next toss?
(I) TTTTTTTT
(II) HHTHTTHH
A. I B. II C. Neither I or II D. Either I or II
8. A baby has 5 blocks in a box. One block is red, one is yellow, one is green, one is blue, and one is black. The baby pulls
out a block, looks at it, and puts it back in the box. If he does this 4 times before he gets bored and crawls away, what is
the probability that the 4 blocks selected are all of the same color?
5 1 4 2
A. 5 B. 5 C. 5 D. 5
9. A box contains 4 red balls and 6 blue balls. A second box contains 16 red balls and an unknown number of blue balls.
A single ball is drawn from each box. The probability that both balls are of the same color is 0.44. How many blue balls
are there in the second box?
A. 4 B. 20 C. 24 D. 44
10. 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. C. C and D are not independent events. B. C occurs given that D does not
occur. D. C and D are mutually exclusive events.
11. A nationwide survey revealed that 42% of the population likes eating pizza. If two people are randomly selected from
the population, what is the probability that the first person likes eating pizza while the second one does not?
A. 0.42 + (1 – 0.42) C. 1 – 0.42
B. 2(1 – 0.42) D. 0.42(1 – 0.42)
For numbers 12-14. Some street foods were sampled and tested for the presence of disease-causing bacteria or
harmful chemicals. A random sample of 200 street foods of various types according to how they are prepared
was examined. The table below shows the result:

Number of Number of Number of

Type of Food with Food with Food with
Food Bacteria Harmful Both Bacteria Total
Only Chemicals Only and Harmful
Chemicals
Fried 35 15 18 68
Boiled 46 14 32 92
Grilled 24 8 8 40
Total 105 37 58 200
12. What is the probability that a street food selected at random is fried?
68 35 50 68
A. 200 B. 105 C. 142 D. 142
13. What is the probability that a food selected at random is both grilled and contained harmful chemical?
40 58 16 16
A. B. C. D.
200 105 142 200
14. What is the probability that a randomly selected food has both bacteria and harmful chemicals?
40 58 16 16
A. 200 B. 105 C. 142 D. 200
15. 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.
1 5 5 4
A. 2 B. 16 C. 8 D. 15
16. Barbara, Carol, Alice, Perla, and Sabrina are competing for two roles in a play. Assume that the two to get roles will
be randomly chosen from the five girls. What is the conditional probability that Perla gets a role if we know that Carol
does not get role?
1 1 1 3
A. B. C. D.
4 3 2 4
17. In a small town with two schools, 1000 students were surveyed if they had mobile phone. The results of the survey are
shown below:

With Mobile Phone Without Mobile Phone Total

School A 365 156 521
School B 408 71 479
Total 773 227 1000

What is the probability that a randomly selected student has a mobile phone given that the student attends School B?
521 408 408 408
A. 1000 B. 1000 C. 479 D. 521
18. Mario has 5 blocks of different colors in a bag. One block is red, one is yellow, one is green, one is blue, and one is
black. Mario pulls out a block, looks at it, and puts it bag in the bag. If he does this 3 times, what is the probability that
the 3 blocks selected are all of the same color?
5 1 4 5
A. 5³ B. 5³ C. 5³ D. 4×5
19. 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
20. 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.
2 1 1 1
A. 3 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2
21. A survey of a group’s sports viewing habits over the last year revealed the following information:
i. 28% watched soccer
ii. 29% watched basketball
iii. 19% watched tennis
iv. 14% watched soccer and basketball
v. 12% watched basketball and tennis
vi. 10% watched soccer and tennis
vii. 8% watched all three sports.
What percent of the group watched none of the three sports last year?
A. 24 B. 36 C. 41 D. 52

For numbers 22-23: A sample of 150 plastic pipes were selected and subjected to shock resistance tests. The results are
summarized in the table below.

Scratch Resistance Shock Resistance

High Low
High 125 12
Low 7 6
22. A pipe is selected at random. What is the probability that it has high shock resistance given that it has high scratch
resistance?
125 125 137 132
A. 132 B. 137 C. 150 D. 150
23. What is the probability that it has high scratch resistance and high shock resistance?
125 125 137 132
A. 132 B. 137 C. 150 D. 150
24. The median score is also the_______.
A. 75th percentile C. 3rd decile
B. 5th decile D. 1st quartile
25. When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score point that describes the distribution is called a
________.
A. percentile B. decile C. quartile D. median
26. The nine score points which divide a distribution into ten equal parts is called a _______.
A. median B. quartile C. percentile D. decile
27. The lower quartile is equal to______.
A. 50th percentile C. 2nd decile
th
B. 25 percentile D. 3rd quartile
28. Rochelle got a score of 55, which is equivalent to a 70th percentile rank in a mathematics test. Which of the following
is NOT true?
A. She scored above 70% of her classmates.
B. Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above.
C. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test.
D. Her score is below the 5th decile.
29. In the set of scores 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19, the median score is ________.
A. 17 B. 15 C. 16 D. 13
30. Angie ranks 10th in a class of 40. Her percentile rank is ________.
A. 75 B. 90 C. 10 D. 25
31. In a 70-item test, Melody got a score of 50 which is the third quartile. This means that
A. She got the highest score.
B. Her score is higher than 25 of his classmate.
C. She surpassed 75% of his classmates.
D. Seventy-five percent of the class did not pass the test.
32. Consider the score distribution of 15 students given below:
83 72 87 79 82 79 82 74
77 80 73 86 81 79 74
The mean in the given score distribution of 15 students can also be interpreted as ________.
A. seven students score higher than 79.
B. seven students scored lower than 79.
C. seven students scored lower than 79 and seven students scored higher than 79.
D. fourteen students scored lower than 79.
33. Mel’s score in a 75-item test was the median score. What is his percentile rank?
A. 35th B. 50th C. 25th D. 75th
34. In a 100-item test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. What does it imply?
A. The students should answer at least 75 items correctly to pass the test.
B. The students should answer at least 50 items correctly to pass the test.
C. The students should answer at most 75 items correctly to pass the test.
D. The students should answer at most 50 items correctly to pass the test.
For items 35 to 37, consider the score distribution of 15 students given below:
83 72 87 79 82 77 80 73
86 81 79 82 79 74 74
35. The median score is _______.
A. 80 B. 82 C. 73 D. 79
36. The lower quartile is ________.
A. 74 B. 72 C. 86 D. 79
37. The value of the 2nd deciles is ______.
A. 74 B. 85 C. 72 D. 83
38. The median in the score distribution for items 11 to 14 can also interpreted as ____.
A. seven students score above 79
B. seven students scored below 79
C. seven students scored below and seven students scored above 79.
D. fourteen students scored below 79.
For items 39 to 41, please refer to the Table A below.

Table A
Score Frequency Cumulative Cumulative
Frequency Percentage (%)
40-45 6 18 100.00
35-39 5 12 66.67
30-34 3 7 38.89
25-29 4 4 22.22
39. In solving for the 60th percentile, the lower boundary to use is _______.
A. 34 B. 34.5 C. 39 D. 39.5
40. What cumulative frequency should be used in solving for the 35th percentile?
A. 4 B. 7 C. 12 D. 18
41. The 45th percentile is ________.
A. 33.4 B. 32.7 C. 36.5 D. 37.5
42. The 50th percentile is _________.
A. 36.0 B. 37.0 C. 36.5 D. 37.5
43. The 50th percentile is equivalent to ________.
A. 5th decile B. 2nd decile C. mean score D. all of the above
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44. The 1 quartile of the ages of 250 fourth year students is 16 years. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Most of the students are below 16 years old.
B. Seventy-five percent of the students are 16 years old and above.
C. Twenty-five percent of the students are 16 years old.
D. One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years.
45. In a group of 55 examinees taking the 50-item test, Rachel obtained a score of 38 and 38 scores were above
her. This implies that her score is __________.
A. the 38th percentile C. the 55th percentile
B. at the upper quartile D. below the 4th decile

II. Find the 1st quartile, 2nd quartile, and 3rd quartile for the following distribution.

Class Interval Frequency

151-160 8
141-150 12
131-140 6
121-130 10
111-120 7
101-110 11
91-100 13
81-90 9
71-80 4

Prepared by:

ROSEMARIE P. OLIVAR

SHERRY ANN D. TORRES

Noted by:

LOIDA M. GUEVARRA
Principal III