4th SUMMATIVE EXAM

MATH GRADE 10
NAME: ______________________________________________________SCORE:
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GRADE & SECTION: ____________________________________________DATE:
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TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Directions: Read each item carefully and comprehensively. Choose the
letter of the correct answer and write it on the space provided before
each item.
_________1. The Pascals Triangle is a very interesting arrangement of the binomial
coefficients.
It is named after a French mathematician in the 17th century. Who is
he?
A. Blesse Pascal
B. Blaise Pascal
C. Pierre Pascal
D. David Pascal
_________2. What is the 3rd term of the expansion (x y) 4 ?
A. 6x2y3
B. 6x3y3
C. 6x2y2
D. -6x2y3
_________3. How many terms are there in the expansion of the given binomial (x
4) 4?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
_________4. What branch of Mathematics that deals with the study of the possible
outcomes of an
event or set of events, and it is also a term used in everyday
conversation to indicate
the measure of ones belief in the occurrence of future event?
A. Geometry
B. Statistics C. Trigonometry D.
Probability
_________5. What do you call the set of all possible outcomes?
A. simple event
B. outcome
C. sample space
D. probability axiom
_________6. A box contains one red ball, one white ball, and one blue ball. If the
experiment is to
remove one ball at random from the box, what is the probability that it
is red?
A. 1
B. 0
C. 1/3
D. 2/3
_________7. Let two dice be tossed once. Find the probability that the sum of the
numbers shown on
the two top faces is six.
A. 2/36
B. 3/36
C. 4/36
D. 5/36
_________8. If a pair of dice is tossed, find the probability that the sum of the
numbers that will
appear is 5.
A. 1/12
B. 1/9
C. 1/18
D.
1/6
_________9. What is the probability of drawing a queen from a deck of playing
cards?
A. 1/13
B. 4/13
C. 1/52
D. 2/52

_________10.
If two dice are tossed, what is the probability that the sum of the
numbers is
greater than 10?
A. 1/13
B. 1/12
C. 1/6
D. 1
_________11. What is the probability of the event of getting doubles when 2 dice are
rolled?
A. 1/6
B. 2/6
C. 3/6
D.
4 /6

_________12. A probability of 1 means that an event is ____________ to happen.

A. impossible
B. certain C. more likely
D.
least likely
__________13. The closer a probability is to 1 that means the event is ____________ to
happen.
A. impossible
B. certain C. more likely
D.
least likely
__________14. What is the probability of rolling a prime number on a number cube?
A. 1/6
B.
C. 2/3
D.
1/3
__________15. A blue die and a green die are rolled. Find the probability of the event
A = ( the green die shows 6).
A. 5/36
B. 5/18
C. 1/6
D.
1/13
TEST II. SOLVING.
Directions: Answer each item as directed. Show your solution NEATLY and
ORDERLY.
1. Some people are in FAVOR (F) of reducing taxes to increase consumer spending
and others are AGAINST (A) it. Two persons are selected and their opinions are
recorded. List the possible outcomes.

2. When a card is drawn from a deck, what is the probability of getting:

a. ) An 8?
b.) A diamond?
c.) A red ace?

3. Find the fourth (4th) term of the expansion (2x + 3y)5.

TEST III.
Directions: Explain the question briefly and neatly.
1. Why do we need to study the concepts of probability?

If people do not believe that Mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not
realize how complicated life is. #John von Neumann