NAT Grade 10 Reviewer
Mathematics
Part 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each statement carefully and choose the letter that best corresponds
to the statement. Write ONLY the letter of your answer on the space provided for at the right.
1. If 1, -1/2, ¼, -1/8 is a geometric sequence, what is the common ratio?
a. ½
b. -½
c. ¼
d.-¼
Answer: b. -1/2
2. What is the twentieth term of the arithmetic sequence 21, 18, 15, 12, ... ?
a. -39
b. -36
c. 1
d. 78
Answer: b. -36
3. A display of cans on a grocery shelf consists of 20 cans on the bottom, 18 cans in the next row,
and so on in an arithmetic sequence, until the top row has 4 cans. How many cans, in total, are in
the display?
a. 100
b. 108
c. 116
d. 124
Answer: b. 108
4. The following are examples of Fibonacci sequence EXCEPT:
a. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5
b. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13
c. 192, 16, 208, 224
d. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
Answer: d. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
5. Which among the following is NOT a geometric sequence?
a. 5, 10, 20, 40
b. -11, 22, -44, 88
c. 2, 6, 18, 54
d. 3, 8, 13, 18
Answer: d. 3, 8, 13, 18
6. If 1, -1/2, ¼, -1/8 is a geometric sequence, what is the common ratio?
a. ½
b. -½
c. ¼
d. -¼
Answer: b. -1/2
7. What is the sum of the first 30 terms of the arithmetic sequence 50, 45, 40, 35?
a. -675
b. 275
c. 675
d. 3675
Answer: a. -675
8. Find the sum of the geometric sequence 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96.
a. 189
b. -189
c. 190
d. -190
Answer: a. 189
9. Which among the following is the harmonic sequence of a sequence 3, 8, 13, 18?
a. -3, -8, -13, -18
b. 1/3, 1/8, 1/13, 18
c. 3.0, 8.0, 13.0
d. NONE OF THE ABOVE
Answer: d. NONE OF THE ABOVE
10. What is the next term of the sequence 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29?
a. 46
b. 47
c. 48
d. 49
Answer: a. 46
11. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
a. 21, 18, 15,…
b. -6, -2, 2…
c. 4, 2, 0
d. 80, 20, 5…
Answer: a. 21, 18, 15,…
12. Find the 27th term of the arithmetic sequence -4, -1, 2, 5, 8.
a. 70
b. 72
c. 74
d. 76
Answer: c. 74
13. QAR, RAS, SAT, TAU, _______.
a. UAV
b. UAT
c. TAS
d. TAT
Answer: a. UAV
14. What is the sum of the eleventh of the arithmetic sequence 7, 12, 17, 22, ... ?
a. 154
b. 295
c. 795
d. 1090
Answer: b. 295
15. What is the thirty-second term of the arithmetic sequence -12, -7, -2, 3, ... ?
a. 143
b. 148
c. 153
d. 167
Answer: c. 153
16. Find the tenth term of the arithmetic sequence 1, 6, 11, 16…
a. 40
b. 42
c. 44
d. 46
Answer: c. 46
17. What is the common difference of the sequence 3, 11, 19, 27, 35?
a. -8
b. 8
c. -14
d. 14
Answer: b. 8
18. The fifth term of an arithmetic sequence is 11 and the tenth term is 41. What is the first term?
a. -19
b. -13
c. -9
d. 6
Answer: c. -9
19. What is the fiftieth term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 7, 11, 15…?
a. 53
b. 151
c. 199
d. 203
Answer: c. 199
20. Which among the following is the harmonic sequence of a sequence 3, 8, 13, 18?
a. -3, -8, -13, -18
b. 1/3, 1/8, 1/13, 18
c. 3.0, 8.0, 13.0
d. NONE OF THE ABOVE
Answer: b. 1/3, 1/8, 1/13, 18
21. If 1, -1/2, ¼, -1/8 is a geometric sequence, what is the common ratio?
a. ½
b. -½
c. ¼
d. -¼
Answer: b. -1/2
22. What is the fiftieth term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 7, 11, 15…?
a. 53
b. 151
c. 199
d. 203
Answer: c. 199
23. What is the tenth term of the geometric sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, ... ?
a. 512
b. 256
c. 1024
d. 128
Answer: a. 512
24. What is the sum of the first 30 terms of the arithmetic sequence 50, 45, 40, 35?
a. -675
b. 275
c. 675
d. 3675
Answer: d. 3675
25. Find the 7th term of the sequence 2, 6, 18, 54, ...
a. 4374
b. 5832
c. 6561
d. 8748
Answer: c. 6561
26. What is the sum of the first 30 terms of the arithmetic sequence 50, 45, 40, 35?
a. -675
b. 275
c. 675
d. 3675
Answer: d. 3675
27. If 1, -1/2, ¼, -1/8 is a geometric sequence, what is the common ratio?
a. ½
b. -½
c. ¼
d. -¼
Answer: b. -1/2
28. What is the sum of the eleventh of the arithmetic sequence 7, 12, 17, 22, ... ?
a. 154
b. 295
c. 795
d. 1090
Answer: b. 295
29. The following are examples of Fibonacci sequence EXCEPT:
a. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5
b. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13
c. 192, 16, 208, 224
d. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
Answer: d. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
30. What is the 12th term of the geometric sequence 5, 10, 20, 40, ... ?
a. 20480
b. 10240
c. 5120
d. 40960
Answer: b. 10240