PRE-NAT 3

MATH

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the 11. What is the next term in the Fibonacci
letter of the best answer. sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89?
a. 123 c. 134
1. The nth term of a sequence is given by b. 124 d. 144
𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛2 − 1. Which term of the sequence is equal
12. A culture of bacteria doubles every 2 hour. If
to 866?
there are 8 bacteria at the beginning, how
A. 15𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 C. 𝟏𝟕𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎
many bacteria will there be after 24 hours?
B. 16𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 D. 20𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
a. 65, 536 c. 16, 384
b. 32, 768 d. 8, 192
2. Find the common difference in the arithmetic
6 10
sequence 1, 4, 2, 4
, 3, … 13. A rocket rises 30 feet after 1 second, 85 feet
1 𝟏
A. C. after 2 seconds and 140 feet after 3 seconds. If it
4 𝟐
3 3 continues to rise at this rate, how many feet will it
B. 4
D. 2 rise after 16 seconds?
3. If three arithmetic means are inserted between - a. 780 ft c. 855 ft
15 and 9, find the first of these arithmetic means. b. 830 ft d. 910 ft
A. 3 C. -6
B. -3 D. -9 14. What is the quotient when
(𝑥 5 − 3𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1) is divided by
4. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 28 (𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 1)?
while the 12th term is 105. What is the common a. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 1 c. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1
3
difference of the sequence? b. 𝑥 − 𝑥 + 1 d. 𝒙𝟑 + 𝒙 + 𝟏
a. 7 c. 5
b. 6 d. 3 15. Which of the following polynomials is exactly
divisible by (2𝑥 − 1)?
5. what is k so that k – 3, k + 2, k + 3 form a. 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐 c. 4𝑥 2 − 16
geometric sequence? 2
b. 2𝑥 + 9𝑥 + 1 d. all of the above
1 𝟏𝟑
a. − 5 c. − 𝟒
1 13 For item number 16-17
b. 5 d. 4
16. What is the remainder when
6. If three geometric means are inserted between (25𝑥 2 − 50𝑥 + 25) is divided by (5𝑥 − 5)?
15
120 and 2 , find the third of these geometric means. a. 0 c. −5
a. 60 c. 15 b. 5 d. 25
b. 30 d. 1

7. What is the 10th term of a geometric sequence 17. What is the remainder when
with 32 as the 4th term and 2 as the common ratio? 𝑃(𝑥) = 6𝑥 3 − 23𝑥 2 + 30𝑥 − 10 is divided by
a. 2048 c. 1024 (2𝑥 − 5)?
𝟓 5
b. 2058 d. 1034 a. 𝑷 ( ) = 𝟏𝟓 c. 𝑃( ) = 5
𝟐 2
5 5
b. 𝑃 (2) = 10 d. 𝑃 ( 2 ) = 0
8. Find the sum of the first six terms of the
geometric sequence with first term 40 and the
1
common ratio 2.
18. One of the factors of x3 - 7x + 6 is x - 1. Which
𝟑𝟏𝟓 315
a. c. of the following is one of the other factors?
𝟒 8
315
b. 2
d. 315 a. x – 3 c. x + 1
9. What is the sum of all the multiples of 4 between b. x – 6 d. x – 2
15 and 49?
a. 224 c. 288
19. Find a polynomial function whose roots/zeros
b. 240 d. 340
10. What is the nth term of the harmonic sequence are -1, 2 and ±√2
3 1 3 3
, , , , …?
2 2 10 14 a. 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 4
a. 4𝑛−2
1
c. 𝟒𝒏−𝟐
𝟑 b. 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 4
1 3 c. 𝑷(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟒 − 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒
b. 4𝑛+2 d. 4𝑛+2
d. 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 − 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 4
 20. Write an expression for the area of the
rectangle in Figure.
Figure 24. ________ is a point of tangency.
2
a. x - 3x + 13
A. Point A C. Point C
b. 9x2 – 31x + 40
B. Point B D. Point X
c. x3 + 4x2 – 27x + 40
d. x3 - 4x
25.A square whose side measures 2 cm is
inscribed in a circle. What is the area of the region
21. The graph in Figure 1, what are the x- inside the circle but outside the square?
intercepts? 1
A. (-4,0),(-1,0),(0,1),(0,3) A. ( 𝜋 − 1)𝑐𝑚2
2
B. (-4,0),(-1,0),(1,0),(3,0) 1
B. (4 𝜋 − 1)𝑐𝑚2
C. (0,-4),(0,-1),(0,1),(0,3)
D. (0,-4),(0,-1),(1,0),(3,0) C. (𝟐𝝅 − 𝟒)𝒄𝒎𝟐

Figure 1 D. (𝜋 − 4)𝑐𝑚2 Figure 3

̅̅̅̅
26. In Figure 3, Find 𝐴𝐶
A. 20
B. 26
C. 32
D. 38

22. Which graph represents the function

f(x) = x3 - 4x2 + 2x – 3? 27. Pizza! Pizza! Chavez and Ara went to S&R
to eat pizza where each pizza is cut into 8 slices.
A. C. Chavez eats one slice from a 16 inch pizza while Ara
eats two slices from a 10 inch pizza. Which of them
will satisfy their hunger (disregarding thickness)?
A. Ara
B. Chavez
C. They have the same amount of pizza
D. None of them

B. D. 28. Which of the following is NOT a formula for

finding the distance between two points on the
coordinate plane?
A. 𝑑 = |𝑋2 − 𝑋1 |
B. 𝑑 = |𝑌2 − 𝑌1 |
C. 𝒅 = √(𝑿𝟐 − 𝑿𝟏 )𝟐 − (𝒀𝟐 − 𝒀𝟏 )𝟐
D. 𝑑 = √(𝑋2 − 𝑋1 )2 + (𝑌2 − 𝑌1 )2
29. Let M and N be points on the coordinate plane,
if ̅̅̅̅̅
𝑀𝑁 is a vertical line, which of the following
For item 23-24. The Figure 2, ⃡𝑋𝐴 is a tangent line formula would give the distance between the two
⃡ is a secant line. points?
and 𝑋𝐵
A. 𝑑 = |𝑋2 − 𝑋1 |
Figure 2 B. 𝒅 = |𝒀𝟐 − 𝒀𝟏 |
C. 𝑑 = |𝑋2 − 𝑌1 |
D. 𝑑 = |𝑌2 − 𝑋1 |
30. The endpoints of a diameter of a circle are (-6,
8) and (4, -2). What is the length of the radius of
the circle?

A. 10√2 C. 2√10
23. ________ is an external secant segment.
B. 𝟓√𝟐 D. √10
A. ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝑋 C. ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝑋
B. ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐶 D. ̅̅̅̅
𝑪𝑿
31. What is the center of the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 + short sleeve and long sleeve. How many kinds of
6𝑦 − 36 = 0? shirts are there?
A. (9, -3) C. (2, -3) A. 20 C. 40
B. (3, -2) D. (2,-10) B. 30 D. 50

41.Which of the following situations illustrates

32.What is the center of the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 +
combination?
4𝑦 + 8 = 0?
A. (2, 3) C. (-3, 2) A. arranging books in a shelf
B. B. (-2, 3) D. (3, -2) B. drawing names from a box
containing 200 names
33.What is the radius of the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 + C. forming different numbers from 5
4𝑦 + 8 = 0? given digits
D. forming plate numbers of vehicles
A. −√5 C. 5
B. √𝟓 D. -5 42.If nC2 = 21, what is n?
A. 5 C. 7
34.What figure is formed when the points K(-2, 10),
B. B. 6 D. 8
L(8, 8), M(6, 2), and N(-4, 4) are connected
consecutively ? 43.If 4 marbles are picked randomly from a jar
containing 8 red marbles and 7 green marbles, in
A. Trapezoid C. Square
how many possible ways such that it consists a
B. Parallelogram D.
majority of green?
Rectangle
A. 8 C. 140
35.A radio signal can transmit messages up to a
B. B. 35 D. 280
distance of 5 km. If the radio signal’s origin is
located at a point whose coordinates are (-2, 7).
What is the equation of the circle that defines the
boundary up to which messages can be 44. Which of the following is the simple event?
transmitted? A. {(𝑯, 𝑻)}
B. {(𝐻, 𝑇), (𝑇, 𝐻)}
A. (𝑥 − 2)2 + (𝑦 + 7)2 = 25 C. {(𝐻, 𝑇), (𝑇, 𝐻), (𝐻, 𝐻)}
B. (𝑥 + 2)2 + (𝑦 − 7)2 = 5 D. D. {(𝐻, 𝑇), (𝑇, 𝐻), (𝐻, 𝐻), (𝑇, 𝑇)}
C. (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟕)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
D. (𝑥 − 2)2 + (𝑦 + 7)2 = 5
45. Let S = {2,4,6,8} and Z = {1,2,3,4,5}
36.Which situation illustrates permutation? Find (𝑆 ∪ 𝑍).
A. forming a committee of councilors A. {1,2,3} C. {3,4,5}
B. selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 B. {2,4} D. {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟖}
questions in a test
C. choosing 2 literature books to buy from a
variety of choices 46. One card is drawn from a standard 52 card
D. assigning rooms to conference deck. In describing the occurrence of two
participants possible events, an Ace and a King, these
37. If 9Pr = 504, what is r? two events are said to be:
A. 7 C. 5 A. Independent
B. 6 D. 3 B. Mutually Exclusive
C. Non-Mutually Exclusive
38.If nP4 = 17, 160, what is n? D. Dependent
A. 9 C. 13
47. Cora inspects new shirts at a factory. Of
B. 11 D. 14
the first 56 t-shirts she inspected 42 were
39.In how many different ways can 7 potted plants acceptable. What is the experimental
be arranged in a row? probability that the next t-shirt will be
A. 5,040 C. 720 acceptable?
B. B. 2,520 D. 210 A. 0.33 C. 0.67
B. B. 0.25 D. 0.75
48. Which percentile is equivalent to the first
40.The SHIRT SCENE sells shirts in sizes S, M, L, quartile Q1?
and XL. Each size comes in five colors: red, A. 25th C. 75th
yellow, white, orange, and blue. The shirts come in B. 50th D. 100th
 49. The 1st quartile of the ages of 250 fourth
year students is 16 years. Which of the
following statement is true?
A. Most of the students are 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 old.

The following data are exam grades of 10

students in a Math class.
Interval Frequency
69 - 76 1
77 - 84 4
85 - 92 4
93 - 100 1

50. If a student who received at least an 85%

on this exam received a “medal”, what
percent of the students received a medal?
A. 25 % of the students received a
medal
B. 50 % of the students received a
medal
C. 75 % of the students received a
medal
D. 95% of the students received a
medal