Dapa National High School First Periodical Examination

Dapa, Surigao Del Norte S. Y. 2017-2018

Mathematics 8

Name: _____________________________Section:_________________________Score:____________

Direction: Read and understand the questions carefully. Choose the correct answer and write the letter of your answer on the
space provided before each item. Avoid Erasures.
________1. What do you call a polynomial with two terms?
A. monomial B. binomial C. trinomial D. polynomial
________2. What is the numerical coefficient in the expression a2b3c4?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
________3. What should be kept in adding monomials?
A. numerical coefficient B. terms C. signs D. literal coefficient
________4. In the FOIL method, what does the letter “I” stands for?
A. Internal B. Inner C. Indirect D. Inside
________5. For any number a, and any positive integers m and n, am• an is equal to?
A. am +n B. am - n C. amn D. a0
2 2
________6. What is the quotient when x is divided by x ?
A. 0 B. 1 C. x D. none of the above
________7. Which of the following indicates a square of a binomial?
A. (2x + 1)(1x +2) B. (𝑥 + 2)2 C.(x -2)(x +2) D. (x2 + 4)
________8. Which of the following indicates the sum and difference of two squares?
A. (2x + 1)(1x +2) B. (x + 2)(x + 2) C.(x -2)(x +2) D. (x2 + 4)
________9. What is the product of a square of binomial?
A. monomial B. binomial C. trinomial D. polynomial
________10. What process known to be the reverse of multiplication?
A. multiplication B. factoring C. evaluating D. none of the above
________11. How do you find the degree of a polynomial?
A.The degree of a term that has only one variable is the exponent of that variable.
B.The degree of a polynomial that has only one variable is the highest power appearing in any of the terms.
C.The degree of a term that has more than one variable is the sum of exponents of the variables.
D. all of the above
________12. What is the sum of (2x + 5y) + (3x – 2y)?
A. (5x + 2y) B. (5x - 3y) C. (5x2 + 7y2) D. (5x + 3y)
________13. What is the difference between 11x and 4x?
A. 15x B.15x2 C. 7x D.7
2
________14. Multiply 3x (x + 2)
A. 3x3 + 6x2 B. 3x + 6 C. 4x3 + 6 D. 4x + 6
________15. Simplify (5x2)(–2x3)
A. 10x5 B. 3x C. - 10x5 D. 5x5
________16. Simplify 15x2b divided by 3xb
A. 5x B. 5x3 C.5xb D. none of the above
-2
________17. What is the other form of x ?
A. 2x B. x2 C. 1/x2 D. x2/1
________18.In the square of binomial, how to get the last term of its product
A. square the last term of a binomial C. multiply the product of the first and last term by a constant 2
B. square the first term of a binomial D. multiply the last term only by a constant 2
________19.How to get the first term of the product in the square of a binomial?
A. square the first term of the binomial C .multiply squareof the first and the last term
B. square the last term of the binomial D. none of the above
________20. What is the greatest common monomial factor of 40x4b5 + 8x2b + 20x3b2?
A. 10xb B. x2b C. 4x2b D. 8x2b
________21. Using what you have learned in finding the degree of polynomials, find the degree of 8a5b3c + 10a4b6c - ab6c?
A.8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11
2 2
________22. What would be the result if ( 6x + x - 6) is subtracted from (10x - 4x + 9)?
A. 4x2 + 5x +15 B. 4x2 – 5x +15 C. 4x2 – 5x - 15 D. 4x2 + 5x -15
2 2
________23. Solve for the product of 3ab(4a b - 5ab c)
A. 12a2b - 15ab2c B. 12a3b2 + 15a2b3c C. 12a3b2 - 15a2b3c D. 12a2b - 15ab2c
4 3 2 3
________24. What would result if 8x y is divided by 2x y ?
A. 2x/y2 B. 4x2 C. 4x2y2 D. 2x2/y2
2
________25. Divide x – 9x – 10 by x + 1
A. x + 10 B. x + 1 C. x - 1 D. x - 10
________26. What should be multiplied to (x – 2) to get x2 – 4?
A. (x2 – 4) B. (x2 + 2) C. (x + 2) D. (x2 - 2x + 4)
2?
________27. Using the pattern, what is the 1st term of the product of (a + b + 2c)
A. 4c2 B. c2 C. b2 D.a2
________28. Which expression is a factor of 4x2y6 − 8xy2?
A. 4xy2(xy4 + 2) B. xy(4xy5 − 2y2) C. 4xy2(xy4 − 2) D. xy(4xy5 + 2y2)
________29.Which of the following is not a polynomial?
A. 8x + 6 B. (4ab3c2)-1 C. 6xyz3 + 6x D. (5x +3)2
________30. What is the difference between (2x+5) and (x +3)?
A. 3x + 8 B. x - 2 C. x + 2 D. 3x - 8
________31. Your classmate was asked to find the product of (2x – 3) and (3x + 3), he answered 5x2 + 9. Is his answer
correct?
a. Yes, because he used the foil method in getting the product.
b. Yes, because product rule is correctly applied.
c. No, because he used the horizontal method in solving.
d. No, because the answer must be 6x2 - 3x - 9.
________32. Below are the steps in dividing polynomials. What should be the correct order?
I. Arrange the terms of both the dividend and the divisor in either ascending or descending order.
II. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the
quotient
III. Multiply the entire divisor by the number obtained and subtract the product from the dividend. The remainder
will be the new dividend.
IV. Divide the new dividend by the first term of the divisor as before, and continue to divide in this way until the
dividend is exact or until the remainder is of a lower degree than the divisor.
V. If there is a divisor, write it over the divisor and add a fraction to the part of the quotient previously obtained.
A. II, III, IV, V & I B. I,II, III, IV &V C. II, IV, III, V & I D. V, IV, III, II & I
________33. Simplify (4b + 2)2
A. 36b2 + 12b + 4 B. 6b2 + 12b + 2 C. 16b2 + 16b + 4 D. 8b2 + 12b + 4
________34. Find the third term of the product of (2a + 2b + 2c)2
A. 64a3b3 B. 144a2b2 C. -27 D. 4c2
________35. Multiply (4x + 2) (4x - 2)
A. 4x2 + 4 B. 16x2 - 4 C. 1/8x2 - 4 D. 1/2x2 + 4
2 3 4 4 2 3 3 2
________36. Factor a b c + a b c + a b c completely.
A. a2b2c(bc3 + a2 + abc) B. a2b2c (bc2 + a2 + abc) C. a2b2c(b2c3 + a2 + abc) D. a2b2c(bc3 + b2 + abc)
________37. Which of the following is not a kind of polynomial according to degree?
A. linear B. monomial C. constant D. cubic
________38. Simplify (12x2yz2 + 2a3b2c - 3x2yz2 + 2a3b2c)
A. 9x2yz2 + 4a3b2c B. 15x4y2z4 + 4a6b4c2 C. 9x2yz2 - 4a3b2c D. 15x4y2z4 - 4a6b4c2
________39. Multiply (x - 5) (x + 7) (x + 4)
A. x3 - 6x2 + 27x + 140 B. x3 + 6x2 + 27x - 140 C. x3 - 6x2 - 27x - 140 D. x3 + 6x2 - 27x - 140
2
________40. The area of a rectangular garden is x + 3x - 40 square feet. If the length is x + 8 feet, find a binomial that
represents the width?
A. x - 2 B. x - 3 C. x - 4 D. x - 5
________41. Multiply the square of 2b + 3 by 2a
A. 8ab3 - 72ab2 + 108ab3 + 54a B. 8ab3 - 72ab2 - 108ab
C. 8ab3 - 72ab2 + 108ab3 - 54a D. 8ab2 + 24ab + 18a
________42. The highest exponent of the cube of a binomial with integral exponent is always three.
A. No, because sometimes the exponent is more than one
B. No, because sometimes it could be less than three
C. Yes, because it is cubed, so it has to be three always
D. Yes, because we multiply the exponent as well
_______43. Julius factored the expression 15x2 y3 + 10x4 y + 5xy as 5xy (3xy2 + 2x3 ). Did Julius factor it correctly?
A. No, because 5xy is not the common factor.
B. Yes, because the last term is cancelled out
C. Yes, there exist a common factor on all terms
D. No, because the last term when factored is 1 and should not be omitted
________44. Which among the choices showed a polynomial with a degree of 7?
A. -7x3 + 10x2 B. 10w2x2y2z C. 7a2b4 + cd D. 16x5 + 32x - 7
2 2
________45. Simplify 6a - 7a - 7a - 5a
A. a2 + 12a B. 13a2 + 12a C. 13a2 - 12a D. - a2 - 12a
3 2
_______ 46. Find the product of 7a (2a - 7a - 5)
A. 14a5 + 49a4 + 56a B. 14a5 + 49a4 - 56a C. 14a5 - 49a4 - 35a3 D. 14a5 - 49a4 + 56a
6 4 2 2
________47. Find the quotient of 6b + 4b + 8b divided by 2b
A. 3b4 + 2b2 + 4 B. 3b4 + 2b2 + 4b C. 4b4 + 2b2 + 4b D. 3b4 + 2b2
________48. Which is a perfect square trinomial?
A. x2 − 8x + 16y2 B. x2 + 8x − 16 C. x2 − 8x + 16 D. x2 − 8x – 16
________49. Solve (4ab4 - 5) (4ab4 + 5)
A. 8a2b8 - 25 B. 16a2b8 - 25 C. 16a2b8 + 25 D. 8a2b8 + 25

________50. Solve for the factored form of (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 2)

A.𝑥 2 − 16 B. 𝑥 2 − 4 C. 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4 D. 𝑥 2 + 4