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_____ 1. What is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in a form a x 2 + bx + c = 0,
where a, b, c are real numbers and a ≠ 0.
a. Linear Equation b. Linear Inequality c. Quadratic Equation d. Quadratic Inequality
_____ 2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation in standard form?
a. 2 x 2 + 4r – 1 b. 3t – 7 = 2 c. s2 + 5s – 4 = 0 d. 2 x 2 – 7 x ≥ 3
_____ 3. In the quadratic equation 3 x 2 + 7x – 4 = 0, which is the quadratic term?
a. x 2 b. 7x c. 3 x 2 d. -4
_____ 4. Which of the following equation is NOT a quadratic equation?
a. 2 x 2 + 5x – 3 = 0 b. 3x ( x-2 ) = 10 c. ( 2x + 5 ) ( x-1 ) = -6 d. 2x+x+2=0
_____ 5. In a quadratic equation 3 x 2 + 7x – 4 = 0, what is the value of a?
a. 3 b. 3x c. 7 d. -4
_____ 6. Refer the equation in no.5, which is the linear term?
a. x 2 b. 7x c. 3 x 2 d. -4
_____7. The following are the values of a, b and c that Edna and Luisa got when they expressed 5 –
3x = 2 x 2 in standard form. ( Edna: a = 2, b = 3, c = -5 ; Luisa: a= -2, b= -3; c =5 ) .Who do
you think got the correct values of a, b c?
a. Luisa b. Edna c. Both of them are correct d. Both of them are wrong
____ 8. What are the roots of x2 – 49 ?
a. 4 and 9 b. 7 and -7 c. 7 and 7 d. √7
____ 9. How many real roots does (m2 + 81) have?
a. no real roots b. zero c. one real root d. two real roots
____ 10. Which of the following quadratic equation has two real roots.
a. x 2 – 16 = 0 b. x 2 + 16 = 0 c. x 2+2 = 2 d. x 2+3=3
____ 11. Which of the following equations may be solved easily by factoring?
a. 2 x2 =72 c. w 2−64=0
b. t 2+ ¿ 12t + 36 = 0 d. 2 s 2+ 8 s−10=0
____ 12. Factor: n2 + 7n + 15 = 5
a. 5, 2 b. -5, 2 c. 5, -2 d.-5, -2
_____13.What is the common factor in the expression 5 x 2−20 x.
a. 5x b. 5 c. x d. 5 x 2
____ 14.What must be the number that should be added to make the equation x 2+ 8 x +¿ ¿ to make it a
perfect square trinomial?
a. 2 b. 4 c.16 d.8
____ 15. Solve by completing the square: 2 x2 +8 x−10=0. What are the roots?
a. 1,5 b. -1,5 c.1,-5 d. -1,-5
_____ 16. The roots of a quadratic equation are -5 and 3. Which of the following quadratic equations
has these roots?
a. x 2−8 x +15=0 c. x 2−2 x−15=0
b. x 2+ 8 x+15=0 d. x 2+ 2 x−15=0
_____ 17. Finding the square root of a perfect square, how many solutions do we have
a. 1 b. 2 c.3 d.4
_____ 18. Which of the following is the discriminant of the quadratic equation: x 2 + 2x + 5 =0?
a. -16 b. -4 c. 4 d. 16
_____19. The roots of a quadratic equation are 2 and 5.Which of the following statement is true about
the discriminant of equation?
a. the discriminant is negative.
b. the discriminant is equal to zero.
c. the discriminant is positive and not perfect square.
d. the discriminant is positive and a perfect square.
_____20. Which of the following is the discriminant of the quadratic equation: ax 2 − bx +c = 0, where
a, b, c are real number and a ≠ 0?
a. b2 c. √b 2 − 4ac
b. b2 − 4ac d. −b ± √b 2 − 4ac
2nd Summative Test in Mathematics 9
Directions: Find out how much you already know. Choose the letter that you think best answers the
question. Write your answer on the space provided before each item.
Noted by :
Marylou M. Maquiran
Principal II
Performance Task in Mathematics 9