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MATHEMATICS 8
Direction: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of your answer and write it in the space provided before the
number.
______ 1. What is the process of finding the factors of an expression which is the reverse process of multiplication?
A. factoring B. special product C. rationalization D. continuous division
______ 2. Which of the following expressions has factors (2x – y) and (2x + y)?
A. 2x2 + y2 B. 2x² - y² C. 4x² + y² D. 4x² - y²
______ 3. What is the complete factored form of x² - 4x – 96?
A. (x + 8)(x – 12) B. (x – 8)(x + 12) C. (x – 8)(x – 8) D. (x + 8)(x + 12)
______ 4. What is the complete factored form of 9x³ - 64 64y³?
A. (3x – 4y)(9x² + 12xy + 16y² ) C. (3x – 4y)(9x² - 12xy + 16y²)
B. (3x + 4y)(9x² + 12xy + 16y²) D. (3x + 4y)(9x² - 12xy + 16y²)
______ 5. If the area of the square is 4x² - 8x + 4, what is the length of the side?
A. -2x + 2 B. –x + 2 C. 2x – 2 D. x + 2
______ 6. A rectangular pond has a length of 4meters more than twice its width. Solve for the length and the width if
the area of the said pond is 96m²?
A. l = 2 m, w = 4m C. l = 16 m, w = 3 m
B. l = 24m, w = 2m D. l = 16 m, w = 6 m
______ 7. Which of the following terms is described as “the ratio of two polynomial expressions”?
A. linear algebraic expression C. rational algebraic expression
B. linear algebraic equation D. rational algebraic equation
______ 8. Which of the following is considered a rational algebraic expression?
3n 3 n+ √ n 2 x ¯ 2−7 x 4 x+11
A. B. C. D.
√n 2+ 3 n 2n+ 3 n ¯ 2−1
8 xy ²
______ 9. Which of the following is the simplest form ?
12 x ² y
2y 2x y 4x
A. B. C. D.
3x 3y 4x y
x ³ 2 x ²+ x
______ 10. Which of the following is the simplest form of ?
x ³−x
x+ 1 x+ 1 1−x x−1
A. B. C. D.
x−1 1−x x+ 1 x+ 1
x ³−1
______ 11. Which of the following is the simplest form of ?
1−x ³
A. 3 B. -3 C. 1 D. -1
______ 12. Which of the following is a rational expression in simplest form?
2y 2 x−6 a ²−1
A. B. C. D.
4x 34 a ³+1
2 a ²+7 a−4
a+2
4 ab
______ 13. What is the reduced form of • ?
2 ab ² 4
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
5b 4b 3b 2b
x−2 x−2
______ 14. What is the quotient of ÷ ?
2 5
5 2 x−2 x−2
A. B. C. D.
2 4b5 5 10
f 3
______ 15. Subtract .
f +3 f +3

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f +3 f +3 f −3 f −3
A. B. C. D.
f −3 f +3 f −3 f +3
2y 3x
______ 16. Add + .
5 x ² 4 xy
8 y ² +15 x ² 8 y+ 15 x 15 y ²+ 8 x ²
A. B. C. D.
20 x ² y 20 xy 20 x ² y
8 y ² +15 x ²
20 xy

______ 17. It takes Brad 2 hours to mow his lawn. It takes Kris 3 hours to mow the same lawn. At the same pace, how
long would it take them to mow the lawn if they do the job together?
1 1 1 5
A. 2 hours B. 1 hours C. 1 hours D. hours
2 5 6 6

______ 18. Maria can paddle her canoe 2 miles upstream against the current in the same time it would take her to
paddle 6 miles downstream. Maria can paddle 2 mph in still water. What is the speed of the current?

A. -1 mph B. 1 mph C. 3 mph D. 4 mph

_____ 19. The point (9, -1) is an example of _______.
A. labels B. numbers C. fraction D. ordered pair
_____ 20. Which of the following statement is FALSE?
A. Points that lie in Quadrant I has all positive signs.
B. Points that lie in Quadrant III has all negative signs.
C. Points that lie in quadrant II has all positive signs.
D. Points that lie in Quadrant IV has positive and negative signs.
_____ 21. Which of the following statements best describes the origin?
A. The point contains positive and negative integers.
B. The point contains negative and negative integers.
C. The point contains positive and negative integers.
D. The point contains neither positive nor negative integers.
_____ 22. Which of the following linear equations in two variables is written in standard form?
A. 2y = 3x – 4 B. 5x = 7 – 4y C. x – y = 11 D. 6x – 8y + 7 = 0
_____ 23. The following statements below are true about linear equation in two variables except one.
A. The coefficients A and B can be any real number.
B. It can be written in standard form Ax + By = C.
C. It has no variable in the denominator.
D. The degree of the equation is one.
_____ 24. The vertical change between two pints is called _____________.
A. up B. run C. down D. rise
_____ 25. What is the slope of a line that passes through points (3, 8) and (3, -4)?
A. one B. zero C. negative D. undefined
_____ 26. Determine the slope of the line 3x – 4y = 24.
3 −3 4 4
A. B. C. D.
4 4 −3 3
_____ 27. Rewrite 8x – 4y = 12 in slope – intercept form.
1
A. y = 2x – 3 B. y = 2x + 3 C. y = 2x – 12 D. y = x–3
2
_____ 28. Which of the following is true about the graph of a linear equation?
A. It is a line. B. it is an ellipse. C. It is a parabola. D. It is a hyperbola.

_____ 29. Describe the graph of the linear equation y = 8.

A. The graph is a vertical line. C. The graph is increasing from left to right.
B. The graph is a horizontal line. D. The graph is decreasing from left to right.
_____ 30. What is the equation of a line which contains the point (3, 7) and has a slope 2/3?
−3 −2 2 3
A. y = x+5 B. y = x+5 C. y = x+5 D. y = x+5
2 3 3 2
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_____ 31. What is the equation of a line that passes through the points (1, 3) and (-2, 5)?
A. -2x + 3y = 11 B. 2x + 3y = 11 C. 2x – 3y = 11 D. 3x + 2y = 11
_____ 32. Find the equation of a line passing through the points (-2, 5) and ( 4, -3).
7 −4 7 4 4
A. y = -4x + B. y = x+ C. y = -x + D. y = x+1
3 3 3 7 7
_____ 33. The line passes through the point (0, 3) and has a slope of 2. What is the equation of a line in slope-
intercept
form?
1
A. y = x B. y = 3 C. y = 2x + 3 D. y = 3x + 2
2
1
_____ 34. Determine the slope and the y-intercept of the equation y = 2x - ?
3
−1 1
A. m = 2 and b = B. m = and b = 2 C. m = 2 and b = -3 D. m = -1 and b = 2
3 3

_____ 35. Jojo’s father was able to harvest 100 kilos of ripe mangoes. He sold the mangoes for Php 90 per kilo. He
wanted to determine how much would he earn from his harvest. What equation represents the earnings of
Jojo’s father?
A. y = 90x B. 90x + 100 C. y = 100x D. y = 100x + 90

El Salvador City National High School

Address: Zone – 3, Poblacion, El Salvador City
Facebook Official Page: Ecnhs El Salvador
Email: elsalvadorcity.nhs@deped.gov.ph
School ID: 304787