Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 02(Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Tumauini South District
LAPOGAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Lapogan, Tumauini, Isabela 3325

First Summative Test in Mathematics 8

Name:_________________________________________________ Score:___________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the questions and statement carefully. Write the letter of the correct
answer. NOTE: Any form of erasures will invalidate your answer.
_____1. How many terms are there in the expression 5x + 4?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
_____2. What are the literal coefficients in the expression 5x + 3y + 2z?
a. x and y b. x and z c. y and z d. x, y and z
_____3. What are the operations used in the expression 5x + 8y – 9?
a. addition only c. both addition and subtraction
b. subtraction only d. Neither addition nor subtraction
_____4. What is the constant in the expression 5 x 2−3 x+ 9?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 9
_____5. What expression contains operations, numbers, and one or more variables?
a. Basic expressions b. Numerical phrases c. Algebraic expressions d. Operational
coefficients
_____6. What expression refers to the ratio of both polynomial numerator and denominator?
a. Basic expressions c. Rational Numerical Phrase
b. Basic Rational Expression d. Rational Algebraic Expression
_____7. When is Rational Algebraic Expression in lowest term?
a. If the numerator and denominator are both of degree one
b. If either the numerator and denominator is factored completely
c. If the numerator and denominator have no common factor other than 1
d. If the numerator and denominator have no common factor other than -1
_____8. Which of the following is one of the steps in simplifying rational expressions?
a. Add the common factors c. Multiply the common factors
b. Subtract out the common factors d. Divide out the common factors
x2 +2 x+ 1
_____9. Which of the following is the simplest form of ?
x 2−1
x+ 1 x+ 1 1−x
a. b. c. d.
x−1 1−x x+ 1
x−1
x+ 1
4 a2 b 3 c 9
_____10. Which of the following is simplest form of
2 a4 b c7
2 2 2 2
2b c b c 4 a2 c 2b 2 c 2
a. b. 2 c. 2 d. 3
a2 2a a a
_____11. Which of the following expressions has a zero denominator?
x 4−2 x p 4y x2 −2 x +4 x
a. b. c. 0 d.
m m−m 3 x+2

_____12. What is the value of any real number raised to 0?

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
_____13. What value of the denominator makes the expression undefined?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
 4 a+8 b
_____14. What is the simplest form of ?
12
a−2b a+2 b a+2 b −a+2 b
a. b. c. d.
3 3 −3 3

_____15. What is the mathematical expression for five times a number b decreased by 4?
a. 5b + 4 b. 5 b 4 c. ¿ d. 5b – 4

_____16. Which of the following is an algebraic expression?

a. 2x + 4 b. 5 b 4=5 c. 4+5 = 9 d. 7 + 2
_____17. What is the name of a term with no variable in an algebraic expression?
a. coefficient b. variable c. constant d. factor
2 x +4
_____18. What is the result when x =2 and y = 2 in the expression ?
2y
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
_____19. Which of the following is not a perfect square trinomial?
a. x 2−10 x+5 b. x 2+ 8 x+16 c. x 2−10 x+ 25 d. x 2−12 x+36
_____20. Which of the following values of k will make x 2+ 16 x + k factorable?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 16 d. 64
_____21. Expressed in mathematical expression “a number m raised to the 2nd power”
a. m1 b. m2 c. m3 d. m4
2 x−10
_____22. What is the simplified form of ?
x −5
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
_____23. It is a polynomial with three terms that has squared first and last terms?
a. perfect square binomial c. Monomial
b. perfect square trinomial d. Binomial
_____24. What is the factor of x2 + 14x +49?
a. (x+7) (x-7) b. (x+7) (x+2) c. (x+7) (x+7) d. (x-7) (x-7)
3 5
_____25. Give the least common denominator of and
15 y 2 36 y 4
2 4 2
a. 36y b. 36y c. 90y d. 180y4
7 2
_____26. Find the LCD of and .
8−2 a 4−a

a. (4-a) b. 2(4-a) c. (a2 + 64) d. (64 – a2)

a a
_____27. Give the sum of + .
b b

a2 a2 2a 2a
a. 2 b. c. d.
b b 2b b
2x x
_____28. Find the simplified form of + .
2 3

4x 5x 6x 7x
a. b. c. d.
3 3 3 3
x−2 x+2
_____29. Perform the indicated operation - .
3 2
x+1 1 x+5 x−6 −x−10
a. b. c. d.
6 6 6 6
3 x −5 x+3
_____30. Look for the sum of + .
2 2
a. x - 1 b. x - 2 c. x -3 d. x – 4

.II. True or False. Direction: Write “True” if the statement is correct and write “False” if the statement is
incorrect.

a+2 b
_____31. is a rational algebraic expression
a

_____32. ¿)0 is equal to 1.

P
_____33. is rational algebraic expression if P≠1,Q=0
Q

2
a −16
_____34. (a + 4) is the simplified form of
a−4

1
_____35. is equal to n9
n−9
_____36. 2x0 is equal to 0
_____37. √ 3 y is read as cube root of 3y.
x+ y
_____38. is equal to x + y.
( x− y )0
_____39. 5h + 9 is read as five times a number increased by nine.
2x 8x
_____40. is the simplified form of .
3y 12 xy

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LADY-ANN A. LUGO ROSALINDA B. GARCILIAN

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