Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XI
Division of Davao City
THIRD QUARTER PARALLEL EXAMINATION
GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS
SY 2025-2026

Name: Section:
Subject Teacher: Date:

INSTRUCTION: Write the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet. If the answer is not
found in the choices, write letter E.

1. Which statement most accurately describes a permutation?

A. It refers to the various possible arrangements of object in which the order is significant.
B. It determines the number of unique groups that can be chosen from a larger set without
regard to order.
C. It involves pairing objects where order is not important.
D. It Involves choosing objects from a set without considering the sequence in which they
are selected.

_______ 2. Which of the following situations demonstrates a permutation?

A. Choosing two ice cream flavors from the available selection at an ice cream shop.
B. Picking 10 questions to answer from a set of 15 multiple-choice items in a weekly test.
C. Selecting 12 contestants from Miss Universe 2025 to move on to the Evening Gown
round
D. Assigning the sequence of contestants performing in a singing competition.

3. Which mathematical concept refers to counting the arrangements of n objects when

some of the objects are the same?
A. Listing Permutation C. Circular Permutation
B. Distinguishable Permutation D. Combination
4. What does the notation nCr stands for?
A. Number of repeated choices C. Number of possible combinations
B. Number of ordered arrangement D. Number of total outcomes

5. Which of the following situations illustrates a combination?

A. Choosing three students from a class of thirty to serve on a cleaning committee
B. Awarding first, second, and third place to runners in a competition.
C. Making a 4-digit personal identification number (PIN) for a new debit card.
D. Organizing five different books in order from left to right on a bookshelf.

6. What term describes the likelihood that an event will occur, such as selecting an apple
from a basket of fruits?
A. Experiment B. Probability C. Outcome D. Sample space

7. Given the situation: “A die is rolled once in a probability activity”, what do you call the
act of rolling the die in probability?

A. Event B. Outcome C. Experiment D. Sample space

8. A student council has 20 members, and they need to choose 5 to form a subcommittee.
What is the number of possible subcommittees can they form?

A. 210 B. 220 C. 5004 D. 15504

9. Which of the following situations below describes a combination?

A. Arrangement of 10 people around a circular table.
B. Choosing 8 participants from a group of 10 to join a message relay game.
C. Athletes placing first, second, and third in a race.
D. Creating a three-digit lock code

10. Which of the following does NOT follow the rules of probability of an event?

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 A. The probability of an event can be 0 if the event is impossible.
B. The probability of an event can be 1 if the event is certain.
C. The probability of an event can be greater than 1.
D. The probability of an event can be written as a fraction or decimal.

11. Ana rolls a number cube with numbers from 1 to 6. Consider the events:
 Event A: Rolling a 3
 Event B: Rolling an odd number

How are these two events related?

A. They are mutually exclusive because only one number can appear in one roll.
B. They are mutually inclusive because there is an intersection between two events.
C. They are independent because rolling a 2 guarantees a 5.
D. They are not related because both numbers are even.
12. Which situation shows non-mutually exclusive events?
A. A student is either in class or not in class.
B. A student is a member of both the Math Club and the Science Club.
C. A student is classified as male or female
D. A student either succeeds or does not succeed on a test.
13. Which pair of events does not affect each other?
A. Selecting a marble after one has already been taken out a bag.
B. Drawing two cards from a deck without putting the first card back.
C. Flipping a coin and rolling a die.
D. Eating one apple an d then another from a basket containing 3 green apples and 4 red
apples.
14. In a school, certain students play basketball while others play soccer. The teacher
wants to determine the probability that a student plays basketball, given that the student
already plays soccer. Which probability concept applies to this scenario?

A. Random probability C. Experimental probability

B. Simple probability D. Conditional probability

15. A bag contains two balls. You are told, “At least one of the balls is red.” Which
scenario illustrates the same type of probability reasoning as this statement?

A. A coin is flipped twice. If at least one flip shows tails, what is the chance both flips show
tails?
B. A bag contains 4 red and 3 blue marbles. If you pick one red marble, what is the chance
the next is also red?
C. A student is chosen from a class. If the student wears glasses, what is the chance
another student chosen also wears glasses?
D. A family has two pets. If at least one pet is a cat, what is the chance both pets are
dogs?

16. At a school talent show, there are 15 performers and 3 awards for Best Performance,
Best Costume, and Best Originality. Each performer can win only one award. What type of
permutation can be used to find the number of possible ways to assign the 3 awards?
A. Circular Permutations C. Permutation of n objects taken all at a
time.
B. Distinguishable Permutations D. Permutation of n objects taken r at a time.

17. A teacher drew some collinear points on the board. From these points, she was able to
draw 20 rays. In the formula for permutations P(n , r ), what should be the value of r if we want to
determine how many points were initially drawn?
A.1 B.2 C.3 D. 20
18. Which of the following situations illustrates Distinguishable Permutation?
A. Arranging the letters of the word FRIEND to form different letter sequences
B. Finding the number of different arrangements of the digits 2,6,8,2, and 9, where one
digit is repeated.
C. Selecting a lunch set composed of one main course and two side dishes from 8 main

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 course options and 6 side dish options.
D. Determining the number of line segments that can be formed by selecting two points
from eight points on a plane.

19. Which of the following statements best differentiates permutation from combination?

A. A permutation refers to organizing objects in a particular order, whereas a combination

refers to selecting objects without considering their order.
B. The method used to compute permutations is more complex than the one used for
combinations.
C. A permutation focuses on choosing items, while a combination deals with arranging
items.
D. Combinations apply when repeated choices are permitted, while permutations apply
when repetition is not allowed.

20. A teacher brings a bag containing 10 balls: 5 red, 3 blue, and 2 green. She asks a
student to pick one ball at random from the bag. Which of the following statements correctly
explains the probability of picking a blue ball?

3
A. The probability of picking a blue ball is because there are 3 blue balls out of 10 total
10
balls.
5
B. The probability of picking a blue ball is because there are 5 red balls in the bag.
10
1
C. The probability of picking a blue ball is because there are 3 colors in the bag.
3
D. The probability of picking a blue ball is 3 because there are 3 blue balls

21. A spinner is divided into four equal sections: Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. The
spinner is spun once. What is the probability that it lands on Red or Blue?

2
A. ¼ B. C. ½ D. 1
3

22. In a class of 25 students, 16 like basketball, 9 like volleyball, and 10 like both sports.
What is the probability that a randomly chosen student likes basketball or volleyball?

3 2 4
A. B. C. D. 1
5 3 5

23. A box contains 5 red balls and 7 blue balls. A ball is drawn, and then a second ball
is drawn without putting the first one back. Which statement best explains why this situation
represents the probability of dependent events?
A. The balls are drawn at random.
B. Two balls are drawn instead of one.
C. There are more blue balls than red balls.
D. The total number of balls changes after the first ball is taken.

Answer Items 24 and 25 based on the problem described below:

A community center is organizing a lucky draw, with 90 tickets in total. The tickets come in
three colors, and some of them contain prizes.

Ticket Total Tickets with

Color Tickets Prize
Yellow 35 7
Purple 25 8
Orange 30 5

24. Jenna draws a ticket from the raffle and finds that it has a prize. Which of the following
statements is most reasonable?

A. The ticket is probably purple C. The ticket is probably orange.

B. The ticket is probably yellow D. The ticket is equally likely to be any color.

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 25. If the community draws a ticket that has a prize, what is the probability that it is
purple?

A. 0.25 B. 0.4 C. 0.50 D. 0.75

26. The number of ways to select 2 books from a shelf is 15. How many books are on the
shelf?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 7 D. 8

27. A die is rolled and a spinner numbered 1 to 4 is spun. What is the probability of rolling
an even number on the die and spinning a 3 on the spinner?

A. 1/6 B. 1/8 C. 1/4 D. 1/3

28. Aling Maria has 4 unique paintings that she wants to hang in a straight line on her
living room wall. How many different arrangements are possible?

A. 4 B. 12 C. 24 D. 30

29. Eight athletes are competing in a 100-meter sprint. In how many different ways can
the gold, silver, and bronze medals be awarded to these athletes?

Source: [Link]

A. 6 B. 56 C. 126 D. 336

30. A wordsmith in Cebu is designing a word scramble game using the letters of the word
“KAPWA”. How many different arrangements can be made using all the letters of the word
KAPWA?

A. 24 B. 60 C. 90 D. 120

31. Seven classmates are sitting around a circular table for a group discussion.
How many different seating arrangements are possible for them?

A. 120 B. 5040 C. 720 D. 7200

For items 32-33: The Science Fair Committee

The school is forming a student committee to organize the 2026 Science Fair. The principal
wants a balanced group and has decided the committee must consist of exactly 4 members.
There are 10 volunteers available: 5 from Grade 11 and 5 from Grade 12.

32. The principal decides that any of the 10 volunteers can be chosen for the 4 positions,
regardless of grade level. How many different combinations of 4 students can be formed?
A. 100 B. 210 C. 220 D. 504
33. Which of the following scenarios yields the greatest number of possible committees?

A. The committee must have at least 1 member from each high school level (SHS and JHS)
B. The committee must have exactly 2 SHS members and exactly 2 JHS members
C. The committee must have at least 3 JHS members
D. There are no restrictions on the composition of the committee, as long as there are 4
members in total

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 34. In a student council election, there are 8 candidates running, and the number of ways
to select a group of candidates to be voted is given by the formula C (8 , r )=56. How many
candidates are to be selected?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

35. During the school festival, 5 student organizations want to set up booths in a
row. Due to space constraints, only some of the 5 booths can be arranged. If there are
60 different ways to arrange the booths, how many booths were allowed to be set up?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

36. A baker is arranging 7 pastries on a display tray in a straight line to attract

customers: 3 identical chocolate croissants, 2 identical blueberry muffins, and 2 identical
cinnamon rolls. How many distinguishable linear arrangements are possible for this
display?

A. 100 B. 105 C. 210 D. 357

37. A coach randomly selects two players from a soccer team of 30 players, consisting of
18 defenders and 12 forwards. The players are selected one after the other without replacement.
Which expression correctly represents the probability that both selected players are defenders?

18 18 18 17 18 17
A. × B. × C. × D.
30 30 30 30 30 29
18 17
+
30 29

38. A student is asked to find the number of ways to arrange 5 distinct trophies on a
display shelf and correctly determines the answer 5 !=120. Which of the following statements
provides the most valid mathematical justification for using the factorial ( n !) calculation in this
problem?

A. The calculation 5 !is necessary because it counts the number of distinct groups
that can be formed, regardless of the order of the trophies within the group.
B. The calculation 5 !is the direct application of the Fundamental Counting Principle,
as there are 5 choices for the first position, 4 for the second, and so on down to 1
for the last position.
C. The calculation 5 !is used because the Fundamental Counting Principle requires
adding the number of choices for each of the 5 distinct positions: 5+ 4+3+2+1 .
D. The factorial formula n !is the standard method because permutations always
yield a larger number than combinations, and we must choose the largest possible
arrangement value.
.

39. A Grade 11 student is designing a math problem for a school fair competition where
the solution must use the permutation formula nPr , and the final answer must be exactly 20,160.
Which set of conditions for n and r and scenario design correctly fulfills the requirement of yielding
20,160 distinct arrangements?

Scenario Design
Optio n (Total r (Objects to be
(Order Matters)
n objects) arrange)
Choosing 5 students from 9 to receive 5 distinct
A n=9 r=5
awards in a ceremony
B n=8 r=5 Arranging 5 books out of 8 on a display shelf
Assigning 4 distinct roles to 4 students from a pool
C n = 10 r=4
of 10 candidates
Arranging 6 out of 7 different desserts on a buffet
D n=7 r=6
table

40. A company is holding a lucky draw where winners can select 4 gifts from a set of 10
available gifts. Which approach lets you calculate the number of unique gift selections and
create your own similar scenario?

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 A. Multiply total gifts by 4
B. Use the combination formula and create a comparable situation
C. Use the permutation formula since the order of choosing gifts matters
D. Divide the total number of gifts by the number of gifts chosen

Q3: MATH 10 ANSWER KEY

1. A 21. C
2. D 22. A
3. B 23. D
4. C 24. A
5. A 25. B
6. B 26. A
7. C 27. B
8. D 28. C
9. B 29. D
10. C 30. B
11. B 31. C
12. B 32. B
13. C 33. D
14. D 34. B
15. A 35. A
16. D 36. C
17. B 37. C
18. B 38. B
19. A 39. A
20. A 40. B

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