Pre-Test: (1-10) Grade 8 Math (MELC - 1st Quarter - Wk 3)

Multiple Choice : Choose the letter of the correct answer.

6 x+20
1. Simplify .
2 x +10
a. 3x + 2 for x ≠ 0
b. 4x + 10 for x ≠ 0
3 x +10
c.
x +5
3 x +20
d.
x+10

a2−1
2. Aaron was asked by his teacher to simplify on the board. He wrote his solution on the board this
a−a
a2 −1 (a+ 1)( a−1)
way: = =1
a2−a a( a−1)

Did he arrived 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.
1
c. No, a2 must be cancelled out so that the answer is .
a
d. No, a is not a common factor

3. Which of the following expression is a rational algebraic expression?

x 3 c −3 a−b
a. b. c. 4y2+z-3 d.
√3 y √(a+1)0 a+b

4. What is the value of a non-zeo polynomial raised to 0?

a. constant b. zero c. undefined d. cannot be determined

5. Which is not a word phrase for the algebraic expression: n+16

a. a number increased by sixteen b. the sum of a number and sixteen
c. sixteen increased by a number d. sixteen more than a number

6. A ________is a letter which represents an unknown number (quantity).

a. expression b. term c. variable d. like term

7. A ________ contains at least one variable, constant and operation.

a. term b. like term c. algebraic expression d. quadratic equation

x2 −1
8. What rational algebraic expression is the same as ?
x−1
a. x + 1 b. x - 1 c. 1 d. -1
 12a 2+54 a
9. Simplify .
54 a
2 a+9 2 a+5 4
a. a - 4 b. c. d.
9 2 3(a+2)

10. What is the constant in 2x + 4 + x - 5x?

a. x b. 2x c. 4 d. -5

KEY TO CORRECTIONS
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. C