DEE HWA LIONG ACADEMY

Senior High School Department

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS
Summer Class 2020
DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION ON
BASIC CALCULUS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. Read, analyze, and solve the following problems. Write your answer in a short
bond paper with 0.5 inch border. Erasures are not allowed. Show your complete solution and box your final
answer. Note: This is a diagnostic exam, this will not be recorded nor reflected your grade in this subject.

I. FACTORING POLYNOMIALS. Factor the following polynomials using common monomial factor,
difference of two squares, sum and difference of two cubes, perfect square trinomial, and general
trinomials.

1. 2 x 3xy 9. 2 y3 5 x3
2. 16a 24ac 10. x2 16x 64
3. 8a2b 2ab 12a2b2 11. 9x 2
6x 1
2
4. x 1 12. 4 x 2
12 xy 9 y2
2 2
5. 4a 9b
13. 6 x2 11x 4
2 2
6. 25 x y 16 2
14. 28x 25x 3
3 3
7. x y 2
15. 5x 8x 3
3
8. 8a 1

II. OPERATIONS ON ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS. Perform the indicated operation below. Simplify
your answer if necessary

1.  p  7 pg  q    3 p  2 pg  7q 
2 2 2 2

2.  x  x y  xy  y    x  2x y  3xy
3 2 2 3 3 2 2
 4y 
3.  ab  bc  ca    bc  ca  ab 
4.  7 p qr    3 p qr 
2 2

5.  a  ab  b  ab
2 2

6.  4x y  y    x  3xy
2 3 3 2
 x2 y 
7.  x  5 x  2 
8. 2  x  7  x  8 
9.  x 1 2x  1  x2  3
3a3b2
10.
4ab2
6 x 2 y 2 5 xy
11.
30 xy
3a 2b 2 3ab
12.
9ab

III. COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS. Evaluate the following functions.

x 1
f x 2x 1 g x x 1 h x
x 1
1. f  g  x  4. h  f  x   7. f  f  2  
2. g  f  x   5. h  g  x   8. g  g  1 
3. f  h  x  6. g  h  x   9. h  h 1 
IV. FUNCTIONS AND THEIR GRAPHS. Graph the following functions using table of values and identify
its domain and range.

1. y 2 x 1
6. y
x 1
2. x 1
3. y 3x 5 7. y 2x

4. y x2 2x 1 8. y log 2 x 1

9. y tan x
5. y x 1
10. y sin x

V. BASIC TRIGONOMETRY.

1 5. sin θcot θ ?
1. ?
sin θ 6. cosθ cscθ ?
1 7. tan θ cscθ ?
2. ?
cosθ cscθ
8. ?
sin θ secθ
3. ?
cosθ 9. sin 2 θ cos2 θ ?
1 2
10. tan θ 1 ?
4. ?
tan θ