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Diagnostic Test in Mathematics 9
Name: __________________________Grade/Section: __________________Score: __________
Teacher: ________________________Date: _______________ Parent’s Signature: __________
I. Choose the letter that best answers the question. Write your answer on the space provided
before each number.
___1. Which of the following is a complete quadratic equation?
A. 5x2 + 4x C. 11x2 + 12x – 10
B. 9x2 – 7 D. 3x2 + 5x = 9
2
___2. What is the general form of the equation, 3x + 5x = 9?
A. 3x2 + 5x + 9 = 0 C. 3x2 + 5x – 9 = 0
2
B. 3x – 5x + 9 = 0 D. 3x2 – 5x – 9 = 0
___3. Given the equation x2 = 100, what are the roots of the equation?
A. 10 B. -10 C. ±10 D. 100
___4. The roots of a quadratic equation are 7 and 8. What is the general form of the equation?
A. x2 – 15x – 56 = 0 C. x2 + 15x – 56 = 0
2
B. x + 15x + 56 = 0 D. x2 – 15x + 56 = 0
___5. Which of the following shows a direct linear variation?
A. The number of hours you work and the amount of your paycheck.
B. The time taken by a certain number of workers to accomplish a piece of work inversely varies
as the number of workers at work.
C. Area of a rectangle varies whenever its length or its width varies.
D. The cost of a pencil and the number of pencils you buy.
___6. The number of gallons g in a circular swimming pool varies jointly with the square of the radius
r2 and the depth d. What kind of variation is applied in the problem?
A. Direct B. Joint C. Inverse D. Combined
___7. Using the law of exponent, when will you ADD the exponents of the bases to form a new
expression?
A. When the bases are variables
B. When the bases are NOT the same
C. When the exponents of the bases are the same
D. When the bases are the same
___8. What is the proncipal root of 81?
A. 9 B. -9 C. 8 D. -8
___9. Which polygon has 7 sides?
A. Pentagon B. Hexagon C. Heptagon D. Octagon
___10. Which of the following is an inverse trigonometric ratio?
A. Sine B. Cosine C. Tangent D. Secant

II. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not.

_____1. The degree of quadratic equation is 2.
_____2. Completing the square can be used even if the quadratic equation is factorable.
_____3. i is a value used to represents complex numbers.
_____4. Quadratic function is written in the form of f(x) = bx2 + ax + c.
_____5. Any number raise to the power of zero is equal to 1.
_____6. The radicand in the expression√3 125 is 125.
_____7. All Isosceles triangle is a right triangle.
_____8. A right triangle contains one right angle.
_____9. Rhombus is a quadrilateral.
_____10. Sine is the ratio between the opposite side of the given angle and the hypotenuse.
III. Find the value for each expression.
1. 43 1015
2. 7 –2 7.
1012
3. (53) + (50) 8. 92 ×29
4. 202−28 5 3
5. (32)(23)
6. ( 6 5 )( 6−3 )
9.
4()
−2
6
()
8

IV. Complete the following statement. Choose your answer inside the box.
Index Evolution Radicand Quadratic Equation
Parabola Discriminant Congruent Fractional Equation
Equal Perpendicular

1. An equation with at most two roots, is called __________.

2. The expression, b2 – 4ac, that determines the roots of a quadratic equation is called
__________.
3. Rational equation is also known as __________.
4. The graph of a quadratic function is called __________.
5. The small number which indicates the order of the radical is called __________.
6. The process of finding one of the equal factors of a given power is called __________.
7. A radical in simplest form does not contain a perfect square, cube, or n th power in the
__________.
8. Two triangles are similar if two angles of a triangle correspond to the angles of another triangle
are __________.
9. The sides of a square are __________.
10. If a quadrilateral is a kite, then the diagonals are __________.