Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Zamboanga City
Curuan District

CURUAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

THIRD PERIODIC EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS 8

Name: ___________________________________ Section: _________________ Date: _____________

Test I. Multiple Choice. Shade the letter of your choice.

A B C D

1. Determine the hypothesis of the statement, “If the baby is wearing blue booties, then it is
a baby boy.”
A. if the baby is wearing blue booties
B. the baby is wearing blue booties
C. then it is a baby boy
D. it is a baby boy

2. What is the conclusion of the statement, “If the light is red, then you must stop.”?

A. the light is red

B. if the light is red
C. you must stop.
D. then you must stop

3. Which statement is a counterexample for the following statement, “If Carl studies at least
two hours for the test, then Carl will pass.”?

A. Carl studied only 30 minutes and Carl passed the test.

B. Carl studied 3 hours for the test and Carl did not pass.
C. Carl studied one hour for the test and Carl did not pass.
D. Carl studied for 2 hours and pass the test.

4. Write this statement as a conditional in if-then form:

All triangles have three sides.

A. If a triangle has three sides, then all triangles have three sides.
B. If a figure has three sides, then it is not a triangle.
C. If a figure is a triangle, then all triangles have three sides.
D. If a figure is a triangle, then it has three sides.

5. Another name for an if-then statement is a ____. Every conditional has two parts. The part
following if is the
____ and the part following then is the ____.

A. conditional; conclusion; hypothesis

B. conditional; hypothesis; conclusion
C. hypothesis; conclusion; conditional
D. hypothesis; conditional; conclusion

6. Which statement is a counterexample for the following conditional?

If you live in Batac City, then you live in Ilocos Norte.

A. Sara Lucas lives in Batac City.

B. Jonah Lincoln lives in Batac City, Ilocos Norte.
C. Billy Jones lives in Paoay, Ilocos Norte.
D. Erin Naismith lives in Ilocos Norte.

7. What is the converse of the following conditional?

If a point is in the first quadrant, then its coordinates are positive.
A. If a point is in the first quadrant, then its coordinates are positive.
B. If a point is not in the first quadrant, then the coordinates of the point are not positive.
C. If the coordinates of a point are positive, then the point is in the first quadrant.
D. If the coordinates of a point are not positive, then the point is not in the first quadrant.

8. When a conditional and its converse are true, you can combine them as a true ____.
A. counterexample
B. unconditional
C. biconditional
D. hypothesis
9. Which of the following statements is the inverse of
"If you do not understand geometry, then you do not know how to reason deductively."?

A. If you reason deductively, then you understand geometry.

B. If you understand geometry, then you reason deductively.
C. If you do not reason deductively, then you understand geometry.
D. If you understand deductively, then you reason geometry.

10. It is a mathematical statement accepted as true without any proof.

A. postulate
B. definition
C. theorem
D. law

11. “An altitude of a triangle is a line segment connecting a vertex to the line containing the
opposite side and perpendicular to that side.”, is an example of _____________.

A. law
B. axiom
C. definition
D. postulate

12. It is a rule that pairs each element in one set, called the domain, with one or more elements
from a second set called the range.

A. Linear function.
B. Slope.
C. Relation.
D. Conditional Statement.

13. It is a rule that pairs each element in one set, called the domain, with exactly one element
from a second set called the range.

A. Relation.
B. Function
C. Inductive Reasoning
D. Domain

14. What kind of relation is shown by this mapping?

x y
A. one-to-one 3
B. two-to-one 4 -1
C. many-to-one 5
D. one-to-many

15. This is formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion and negating them both.

A. Conditional Statement
B. Converse
C. Contrapositive
D. Inverse
Test II. Match the given statements from the terms inside the box. Write the letter of choice before the
number. (1 point)

A. Theorem B. Postulate C. Definition

1. A right triangle is a triangle that has a right angle.

2. An angle is the inclination to one another of two straight lines that meet.
3. If equals are joined to equals, the wholes will be equal.
4. Vertical angles are equal in measure.
For any segment, the measure of the whole is equal to the sum of the measures of its non-overlapping
parts.
5. If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, then alternate exterior angles are equal in measure.

Test III. Write each statement in the If-Then form. Then determine if it is true or false. (3 points)

1. All math wizards are male.

2. All dogs bark at strangers.

3. A student who attends a medical school becomes a doctor.

4. An odd number ends in the digit 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9.

5. All supplementary angles form a linear pair.

Test IV – Writing Mathematically. (15 points)

Given the conditional statement, “If you get good grades then you will get into a good college.”
give its converse, inverse and its contrapositive.

Converse:

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Inverse:

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Contrapositive:

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