MUTIARA BANGSA 3 SCHOOL

Applications of Quadratic Equations

Exercise 2
Academic Year 2020/2021

Subject : Mathematics Date : September 2020

Class : JHS 8 Time : 60 minutes

1. If the product of two consecutive positive even numbers is 168. The sum of two
consecutive numbers is ……
A. 8
B. 12
C. 14
D. 26
2. There are two consecutive positive integers numbers. The sum of the square of
the larger number and thrice the smaller number is 37. The product of numbers
is ……
A. 20
B. 24
C. 28
D. 30
3. The sum of the squares of three consecutive positive odd numbers is 155. The
middle number is ……
A. 5
B. 7
C. 9
D. 11
4. Haneena is 2 years older than her sisters. The product of their ages is 48. The
Haneena’s age is ……
A. 8 years old
B. 6 years old
C. 4 years old
D. 3 years old
5. Andy is 5 years older than his sister. 12 years ago the product of their ages was
150, the Andy’s age is ……
A. 22 years old

“With me, everything turns into mathematics.”

Rene Descartes
 B. 24 years old
C. 25 years old
D. 27 years old
6. A boy’s age in 30 years’ time is the square of his present age. His present age is
……
A. 12 years old
B. 9 years old
C. 6 years old
D. 4 years old
7. The length and breadth of a rectangle are (3p+4) cm and (p+3) cm respectively.
If the area of the rectangle is 78 𝑐𝑚2 . The value of p is ……
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
8. A rectangular playground has a perimeter of 42 m and area of 108 𝑚2 . Find the
dimensions of the playground are ……
A. 14 m and 7 m
B. 11 m and 10 m
C. 13 m and 8 m
D. 12 m and 9 m
9. The height of triangle is longer than thrice its corresponding base by 2 cm. the
area of the triangle is 60 𝑐𝑚2 . The height of the triangle is ……
A. 6 m
B. 12 m
C. 18 m
D. 20 m
10. When a ball is thrown upward from the ground, its height, h m, from the ground
after t seconds is given by the equations ℎ = 32𝑡 − 4𝑡 2. The time that the ball
reaches the ground again ……
A. 16 second
B. 8 second
C. 6 second
D. 14 second

“With me, everything turns into mathematics.”

Rene Descartes