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FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

GRADE 8- MATHEMATICS
School Year 2019-2020
Name: ______________________________________ Score: _________________
Grade & Section: _____________________________ Date: __________________

I. DIRECTION: Read each question and their corresponding answers carefully and completely. Choose
the answers that best fit the question. Write the letter of your answers on the space provided before the
number. ERASURES ARE NOT VALID!

_____1. If Expression A = 4x2 – 81 and Expression B = (2x-9)(2x+9). Given x = 2, which statement is true
about the given expressions?
a. The value of expression A is greater than the value of expression B.
b. The value of expression B is greater than the value of expression A.
c. The value of two expressions are equal
d. The relationship cannot be determined from the given information.
_____2. Which of the following expression is a difference of two squares?
a. x2-7 b. 25x2 + 49y2 c. x3 + y3 d. x2-4
_____3. Which of the following expression is a perfect square trinomial?
a. y2+8y+16 b. 4x2-6xy+9y2 c. c2-2cd+d2 d. 16e4-24e2+9
_____4. What is the result if you factor a perfect square trinomial?
a. square of a binomial
b. sum and difference of two squares
c. a trinomial
d. a binomial
_____5. The expression 8x2 – 14x + 3 is an example of a
a. sum of two squares b. difference between two squares
c. sum of two cubes d. quadratic trinomial
_____6. Which mathematical statement is correct?
a. (2x-y)(3x-y) = 6x2-5x2y2 + y2
b. (4x-5)(4x-5) = 16x2+25
c. (3x-4)(2x+7) = 6x2 + 13x -28
d. (2x+5) = 4x2+25
_____7. In the expression 64a3 - 27y3, what are the cube roots of the two terms?
a. 8a, 3y b. 4a, 9y c. 4a, 3y d. 8a, 9y
_____8. The following expressions are examples of the sum or difference of two cubes EXCEPT:
a. x3 – 27 b. x3 + 4
c. x y – z
3 3 3
d. 8a3 + 125
_____9. The expression (x + y)(x – xy + y ) is identical to
2 2

a. x3 + y3 b. (x+y)3
3 3
c. x - y d. (x-y)3
𝑎2 − 1
_____10. Aaron was asked by his teacher to simplify on the board. He wrote his solution on the board
𝑎2 − 𝑎
this way:
𝑎2 − 1 (𝑎− 1)(𝑎+1)
= =1
𝑎2 − 𝑎 𝑎(𝑎 – 1)
Did he arrive at the correct answer?

a. Yes. The expressions that he crossed out are all common factors.
b. Yes. The LCD must be eliminated to simplify the expression.
c. No. a2 must be cancelled out so that the answer is 1/a.
d. No. a is not a common factor of numerator.
 𝑥 2 +2𝑥−8
_____11. James was asked to simplify . His solution is presented below.
𝑥2− 4
𝑥 2 +2𝑥−8 (𝑥+4)(𝑥−2) (𝑥+4) 4
= = (𝑥+2) = = 2
𝑥2− 4 (𝑥+2)(𝑥−2) 2
What makes the solution of James wrong?
a. cancelling 4 b. crossing out the (x – 2)
c. x – 4 being factored out
2
d. dividing out the variable x
_____12. What is the rule for multiplication of rational expression?
𝑎 𝑐 𝑎+𝑐 𝑎 𝑐 𝑎𝑐
a. × 𝑑 = 𝑏+𝑑 b. × 𝑑 = 𝑏𝑑
𝑏 𝑏
𝑎 𝑐 𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑐 𝑎−𝑐
c. × 𝑑 = 𝑏𝑐 d. × 𝑑 = 𝑏+𝑑
𝑏 𝑏
_____13. What is the rule for division of rational expression?
𝑎 𝑐 𝑎+𝑐 𝑎 𝑐 𝑎𝑐
a. ÷ 𝑑 = 𝑏+𝑑 b. ÷ 𝑑 = 𝑏𝑑
𝑏 𝑏
𝑎 𝑐 𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑐 𝑎−𝑐
c. ÷𝑑= d. ÷ 𝑑 = 𝑏+𝑑
𝑏 𝑏𝑐 𝑏
−3 5 7
_____14. What is the LCD of the rational expressions , , and ?
4𝑥 𝑥 6𝑥 2
a. 4x2 b. 12x2 c. 8x2 d. 2x2
_____15. Which of the following shows the correct sequence of the steps in adding and subtracting dissimilar
rational expressions?
1. Use the LCD to express the rational expressions as similar rational expressions.
2. Find the LCD.
3. Add or subtract the numerators of the similar rational expressions.
4. Whenever possible, reduce the resulting rational expression to its simplest form.

a. 1-2-4-3 b. 2-1-3-4
c. 1-2-3-4 d. 2-1-4-3

II. MATCHING TYPE: Factor and perform the indicated operations. Match the problems in Column A to
their correct answer in Column B. Write the letter of your answers on the space provided before the
number.

Column A Column B
_____31. 3a2 + 12a a. (b + 7) 2
_____32. 8a2 – 16 b. 1
𝑥−𝑦
_____33. b2 – 49 c.
7
_____34. y – 25
2
d. 3a(a + 4)
_____35. b2 + 14b + 49 e. (a - b)(a2 + ab + b2)
3
_____36. x2 + 5x + 6 f. -
4𝑦
3 3
_____37. a - b g. 8(a2 - 2)
_____38. x3- 8 h. (y + 5)(y - 5)
5𝑥−5𝑦 4𝑦+9𝑥
_____39. i.
5𝑥+5𝑦 6𝑥𝑦
𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 𝑥+5
_____40. j.
7𝑥+7𝑦 𝑥−3
5𝑥 2 6
_____41. × k. 10
3 𝑥2
𝑥+3 𝑥 2 −9
_____42. ÷ l. (b+7)(b-7)
𝑥−5 𝑥 2 −25
𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 𝑥 2 +𝑥𝑦 1
_____43. × m. -
𝑥 𝑥+𝑦 2𝑥𝑦
𝑥 2 −9 𝑥+3
_____44. ÷ n. (x+y)(x-y)
3𝑥 2 +12 𝑥 2 +4
 𝑥 𝑦 𝑥−𝑦
_____45. + o.
𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+𝑦
2 3
_____46. + p. (x-2)(x2 + 2x + 4)
3𝑥 2𝑦
2 7 1
_____47. - q.
2𝑦 4𝑦 𝑥−3
3 5
_____48. - r. (x + 2)(x + 3)
4𝑥𝑦 4𝑥𝑦
3 2 𝑥−3
_____49. - s.
𝑎2 −𝑏2 𝑎+𝑏 3
7𝑥 5𝑥
_____50. + t. X
12 12
3−2𝑎+2𝑏
u.
(𝑎+𝑏)(𝑎−𝑏)

III. ENUMERATION

36-37. Steps in common monomial factoring.

38-39. Steps in factoring the difference of two squares.
40-42. Steps in factoring perfect square trinomials.
43-44. Steps in factoring trinomials of the form x2+bx+c, a = 1.
45-47. Steps in factoring trinomials of the form ax2+bx+c, a≠ 1.
48-50. Steps in factoring the sum or difference of two cubes.

PREPARED BY:

JOYCE M. JUAREZ
Subject Teacher