FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 8

S.Y. 2019 – 2020

I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the questions carefully. Choose the best answer and shade your answer on the sheet provided.

1. What is the cube of 11?

A. 1 331 B. 1 133 C. 131 D. 121
2. What is the product of 4x2 and -3x ?
A. – 12x2 B. – 12x3 C. 4x2 – 3x D. x
3. Which is the sum of two squares?
A. x2 + y2 B. x + y C. xy D. x2 y2
4. Which pairs of numbers are multiplied to obtain a product of 16m + 8?
A. 4m and (4 + 2) B. 2 and ( 4m + 2) C. 16m and 8 D. 8 and ( 2m + 1)
5. Which of the following is a perfect square number?
A. 8 B. 16 C. 27 D. 125
6. Which set of numbers contains perfect cubes?
A. { 1, 4, 9} B. {1, 3, 9} C. {1, 3, 5} D. {1, 8, 27}
7. Which factors will yield a product of x2 + 3x + 2?
A. (x+ 1) and (x + 2) B. (x + 2) and ( x + 3) C. x2, 3x and 2 D. ( x+ 3) and 2x2
8. What do you multiply to 9 to yield a perfect cube?
A. 27 B. 9 C. 3 D. 1
9. What is the √625?
A. 5 B. 15 C. 25 D. 35
10. Which is the difference of two cubes?
A. x3 – y3 B. x3 + y3 C. x3 y3 D. xy
11. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?
A. x2 – 12x + 4 B. x2 + 6x – 9 C. 9x2 – 14x + 16 D. 25x2 – 30x + 9

For nos. 12 – 13: (x – y) (x + y) = x2 – y2

12. Which of the following are the factors?

A. (x – y) B. (x + y) C. x2 – y2 D. (x – y) (x + y)
13. Which of the following is the product?
A. (x – y) B. (x + y) C. x2 – y2 D. (x – y) (x + y)
14. Which of the following is the expanded form of ( a + b) ( x – y)?
A. ax – ay + bx – by B. ax + ay + bx – by C. a + b + x – y D. (x – y)(a + b)
15. Which of the following would yield a difference of two squares as product?
A. ( x+ y)2 B. ( x- y)2+ C. ( x + y) ( x – y) D. ( x2 - y2)2
16. Which of the following will result to x3 – y3?
A. ( x+ y)( x2 – xy+ y2) B. ( x - y)( x2 – xy+ y2) C. ( x – y)( x2 + xy+ y2) D. ( x+ y)( x2 + xy+ y2)
17. What do you call the expression x + 2x + 1?
2

A. perfect square trinomial C. linear square trinomial

B. perfect binomial D. cubic polynomial
18. Which of the following is completely factored?
A. 3x ( 2x2 + 2x + 1) B. ( y – 1) ( y4 – 1) C. (2x – 1) ( x+ 1)2(x2 + 1) D. (3x +6y) ( 2x – 3)
19. What two numbers have a sum of -9 and a product of – 90?
A. 6 and 15 B. – 6 and 15 C. – 6 and – 15 D. 6 and – 15
20. Which of the following is the same as 152 – 52 ?
A. 15 – 5 B. (15 + 5) ( 15 – 5) C. 202 D. ( 15 – 5)2
21. Liza factored the expression 15x y + 10x y + 5xy as 5xy (3xy + 2x ). Did Liza factor it correctly?
2 3 4 2 3

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.
22. Below is the solution of Rogelio in factoring 3x4 – 243:
3(x4 – 81)
(x2 – 9)(x2 + 9)
(x + 3)(x – 3)
Is the solution of Rogelio correct?
A. No, because the other factors was omitted.
B. No, because it lacks 3 as its factor.
C. Yes, because 3x4 – 243 is divisible by x + 3.
D. Yes, because the complete factorization of the expression is (x + 3)(x – 3)
23. The area of a rectangular garden is (12x2 – 8x – 15) m2, what are its dimensions?
A. (3x – 5) m by (4x + 3)m C. (6x + 5)m by (2x – 3)m
B. (6x – 3)m by (2x – 5)m D. (12x – 15)m by (x + 1)m
24. If the area of a square garden is (4x2 – 12x + 9) square units, is it possible to solve its sides?
A. Yes, using factoring difference of two squares. C. No, one of the sides must be given.
C. Yes, the area is a perfect square trinomial D. No, the area is not factorable.
25. If a square pool is to be made a rectangle such that the length is increased by 6 units and the width is decreased by
6 units, what will happen to its area?
A. The area will increase by 12.
B. The area will decrease by 12.
C. The area will increase by 36.
D. The area will decrease by 36.
26. If the length of the side of the square pool is 10 units, what will be the area of the new pool in number 25?
A. 36 square units B. 64 square units C. 100 square units D. 256 square units
27. Which of the following expressions is a rational algebraic expression?
𝑥 3𝑐 −3 𝑎−𝑏
A. B. C. 4y-2 + z-3 D.
√3𝑦 √(𝑎+1)0 𝑎+𝑏
28. What is the value of a non – zero polynomial raised to 0?
A. 0 B. 1 C. any constant D. undefined
29. Angelo can complete his school project in x hours. What part of the job can be completed by Angelo after three
hours? x
𝑥 3
A. x + 3 B. x – 3 C. 3 D. 𝑥
7𝑥−3
30. What do you call the expression 2𝑥−5 ?
A. Rational B. Quadratic Equation C. Polynomials D. Function Notation
𝑥+2
31. What will make the expression 𝑥−5 meaningless?
A. 5 B. 2 C. -2 D. -5
32. Which rational expressions is in its simplest form?
5𝑥 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 𝑥 −𝑦 2𝑥 +4𝑦
A. 10𝑥2 B. 𝑥+𝑦
C. 𝑥+𝑦
D. 2𝑥𝑦
33. What is the result of w-3z-2?
1 1
A. w3z2 B. 𝑤 −3 𝑧 −2 C. w-3z-2 D. 𝑤 3 𝑧2
34. What is ( 5x10)0?
A. 5x10 B. 0 C. 1 D. 5

𝟐𝒃𝟐 −𝟏𝟖
For nos. 35 -39 Use the given at the right: 𝟐𝒃𝟐 − 𝟒𝒃+𝟐

35. What factoring techniques are you going to use in the numerator of the expression?
A. Trial and Error and GCMF C. GCMF and Difference of Two Squares
B. Difference of Two Squares and Trial and Error D. Difference of Two Squares and Sum of Two Cubes
36. What are the factors of the expression in the numerator?
A. ( b – 3) (b + 3) B. 2 ( b – 3) ( b – 3) C. 2( b + 3) (b + 3) D. 2( b – 3) (b + 3)
37. What are the factors of the expression in the denominator?
A. ( b – 3) (b + 3) B. 2 ( b – 3) ( b – 3) C. 2( b + 3) (b + 3) D. 2( b – 3) (b + 3)
38. What is the common factor of the expression?
A. 2 B. ( b – 3) C. 2( b + 3) D. 2( b – 3)
39. What is the simplest form of the expression?
2(𝑏−3) (𝑏−3) (𝑏+3) 2
A. ( 𝑏+3) B. ( 𝑏+3) C. ( 𝑏−3) D. ( 𝑏−3)

𝑥 2 +2𝑥−8
40. James were asked to simplify 2 . His solution is presented at the right:
𝑥 −4
What makes the solution of James are wrong?
A. Cancelling 4
B. Crossing out the ( x – 2)
C. x2 – 4 being factored out
D. Dividing out the variable x.

5𝑘 2𝑘
41. What is the quotient of 𝑥+1 when divided by 𝑥+1 ?
5 2
A. 5k B. 2 C. 5 D. 2k
5𝑥 3𝑥
42. What is the product of 9 ∙ 15 ?
15 5𝑥 2 𝑥2 15𝑥
A. 𝑥
B. 45
C. 9
D. 135
 𝟐𝒙𝟐 +𝟒𝒙 𝟐𝒙
For nos. 43 – 45 · 𝟐
𝟐𝒙+𝟐 𝒙 −𝟒

43. What is the factored form of the numerator of the multiplicand?

A. 2( x2 + 4) B. 2x( x + 4) C. 2x( x – 2)( x + 2) D. 2( x – 2) ( x+ 2)
44. What is the common factor of the expressions?
A. 2 B. 2x C. ( x+ 2) D. 2x(x – 2)
45. What is the product of the expressions?
4𝑥 2 2𝑥 2 4 𝑥2
A. 2(𝑥+1)(𝑥−2)
B. (𝑥+1)(𝑥−2) C. (𝑥+1)(𝑥−2) D. 2(𝑥+1)(𝑥−2)
𝑥 2 −81
46. What should be multiplied to 𝑥 2 +18𝑥+81 to get a product of 1?
𝑥 2 +18𝑥−81 𝑥+9 𝑥 2 −81 𝑥−9
A. 𝑥 2 +81
B. 𝑥−9 C. ( 𝑥+9)2 D. 𝑥+9

For nos. 47 – 50: Mary took the math exam. One of the problems in the exam is finding the quotient of

𝒙𝟐 +𝟐𝒙+𝟐 𝒙𝟐 −𝟏
𝟐 and 𝟐 . Her solution is shown below:
𝒙 −𝟒 𝒙 +𝒙−𝟐

𝑥 2 +2𝑥+2 𝑥 2 −1 (𝑥+1)( 𝑥+1) (𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)

𝑥 2 −4
÷ 𝑥 2 +𝑥−2
= ∙
(𝑥−2)(𝑥+2) (𝑥−1)(𝑥+2)
(𝑥+1)( 𝑥+1) (𝑥−1)(𝑥+2)
= ∙
(𝑥−2)(𝑥+2) (𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)
(𝑥+1)( 𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)(𝑥+2)
= (𝑥−2)(𝑥+2)(𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)
(𝑥+1)
= (𝑥−2)

47. Which is the divisor?

𝑥 2 −1 𝑥 2 +2𝑥+2 (𝑥+1) (𝑥+1)( 𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)(𝑥+2)
A. 𝑥 2 +𝑥−2 B. 𝑥 2 −4
C. (𝑥−2)
D. (𝑥−2)(𝑥+2)(𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)
48. Which is the dividend?
𝑥 2 −1 𝑥 2 +2𝑥+2 (𝑥+1) (𝑥+1)( 𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)(𝑥+2)
A. B. C. D. (𝑥−2)(𝑥+2)(𝑥+1)(𝑥−1)
𝑥 2 +𝑥−2 𝑥 2 −4 (𝑥−2)
49. What is the common factor of the expressions?
A. ( x+1)(x – 2) B. ( x+1)(x -1)(x -2) C. (x +1) (x +2) D. (x +1) (x +2) (x – 1)
50. Did Mary arrive at the correct answer?
A. No, (x -2) is different with (x+ 2).
B. Yes, she did not violate any rule.
C. No, the dividend and divisor should be interchange.
D. No, the divisor should be reciprocated first before factoring it out.

Prepared by:

MA. MICHELLE A. SIBAYAN

Teacher I

Noted by:

NELSON V. EVANGELISTA
Assistant Principal II