MATHEMATICS 8

SUMMATIVE TEST 1
Quarter 1
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

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. What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12 and 24?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 12 D. 24
3. Which of the following pair of numbers has a GCF of 6?
A. 2 and 3 B. 8 and 12 C. 6 and 10 D. 12 and 18
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4. What is the GCF of 2a and a ?
A. a3 B. 2a3 C. a6 D. 2a6

5. If one factor of 4x2 + 6 is 2, what is the other factor?

A. 2x + 3 B. 4x + 6 C. 2x + 6 D. 2x2 + 3
6. Which of the following expressions has factors (2x - y) and (2x + y)?
A. 2x2 + y2 B. 2x2 – y2 C. 4x2 + y2 D. 4x2 – y2
7. Using the pattern for factoring the sum of cubes, we know that factoring gives
A. C.
B. D.
8. What is the complete factored form of 27x – 64 y3?
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A. (3x – 4y)(9x2 + 12xy + 16y2) C. (3x – 4y)(9x2 - 12xy + 16y2)

B. (3x + 4y)(9x2 + 12xy + 16y2) D. (3x + 4y)(9x2 - 12xy + 16y2)
9. What is the complete factored form of 10 + 270y3?
A. 10(1 + 3y)(1 + 3y +9y2) C. 10(1 - 3y)(1 + 3y +9y2)
B. 10(1 + 3y)(1 - 3y +9y2) D. 10(1 - 3y)(1 - 3y +9y2)
10. The area of a rectangular garden is 9t2 – 64 square units. If one side is 3t – 8, what is the other side?
A. 3t – 8 B. 3t + 8 C. t- 8 D. t + 8
11. Which of the following is a perfect square number?
A. 8 B. 24 C. 125 D. 121
12. All of the following expressions are perfect squares, EXCEPT one. What is it?
A. 12a2b2 B. x2y6 C. 16a2b6 D. 25𝑥6𝑦8
13. Which of the following is equal to (2𝑥 − 1)2?
A. 4x2 + 4x + 1 C. 4x2 − 4x + 1
B. 2x2 + 2x + 1 D. 4x2 − 4x − 1
14. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?
A. x2 + 6x + 9 C. 4x2 + 20xy + 9y2
B. 4x2 − 20x − 25 D. 9a2 − 6a2bc + a2b2c2
15. All of the following are perfect square trinomials, except one. Which is it?
A. 𝑥2 − 4𝑥𝑦 + 4y2 C. 4x2 − 12xy + 9y2
B. 9a2 + 24a − 16 D. x2y2 − 6x3y2 + 9x4y2
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16. If one factor of a perfect square trinomial is 2xy − 3x, what is the other factor?
𝐴. 2y − 3x B. 2y + 3x C. 2xy − 3x D. 2xy + 3x
17. Which of the following is equal to x2 − 6xy + 9y2?
A. (x − 3y)2 B. (x + 3y)2 C. (2x − 3y)2 D. (2x + 3y)2
18. What is the complete factored form of 4a2 − 4a2b + a2b2?
A. (2a + ab)2 C. (2a − ab)2
B. (a − 2ab)2 D. (ab − 2a)2
19. What is the complete factored form of 8𝑥2 − 24𝑥𝑦 + 18𝑦2
A. 2(2x − 3y)(2x − 3y) C. 2(3x + 2y)2
B. 2(2x − 3y)(2x + 3y) D. 2(3x − 2y)2
20. Which of the following trinomials is factorable?
A. x2 − 6x + 7 C. x2 + 3x + 2
B. 2x2 + 5x + 10 D. 3x2 − 6x + 12

ANSWER KEY:

1. A 11. D
2. C 12. A
3. D 13. C
4. A 14. A
5. D 15. B
6. D 16. C
7. C 17. A
8. A 18. C
9. B 19. A
10. B 20. C

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 MATHEMATICS 8
SUMMATIVE TEST 2
Quarter 1

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The square of a number equals five times that number. Find the number.
A. 0 or 1 B. 0 or 3 C. 0 or 5 D. 0 or 7
2. Find the number if one hundred less than the square of a number equals zero.
A. -10 or 10 B. -20 or 20 C. -30 or 30 D. -40 or 40
3. Which expression represents the length of the side of the square with an area of 4𝑏2 + 16𝑏 + 16 square
units?
A. (2𝑏 + 4) units B. (4𝑏 + 2) units C. (8𝑏 + 4) units D. (4𝑏 + 8) units
4. The difference of the square of a number and 36 is the same as -5 times the number. Find the numbers
that satisfy the given condition.
A. 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 9 B. 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 3 C. 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 7 D. 12 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 3
5. Six times the square of a number equals eighteen times that number. What is the number?
A. 0 or -3 B. 0 0r -6 C. 0 or 3 D. 0 or 6
6. The square of a number decreased by 625 is zero. What is the number?
A. 15 B. 35 C.45 D.25
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7. If the area of the square is 𝑥 − 4𝑥 + 4, what is the length of the side?
A. −2𝑥 + 2 B. −𝑥 + 2 C. 𝑥 − 2 D. 𝑥 + 2
8. The product of two consecutive integers is 306. Find the integers.
A. -4 and –5 or 4 and 5 C. -12 and -13 or 12 and 13
B. -9 and -10 or 9 and 10 D. -17 and -18 or 17 and 18
9. The area of a square is numerically equal to five times its perimeter. Find the length of a side of the
square.
A. 4 B. 10 C. 20 D. 40
10. The area of a square lot is 256 square meters, find the length of one side.
A. 14 meters B. 16 meters C. 24 meters D. 26 meters
11. 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

12. In a rational algebraic expression written in the form of , where P and Q are polynomials, the
polynomial
Q must not be equal to ________.
A. −1 B. 0 C. 1 D. 2
13. Which of the following is considered a rational algebraic expression?

A. C.

B. D.

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14. Which of the following is an example of a rational algebraic expression?

A. C.

B. D.

15. Evaluate the expression when 𝑥 = −1.

A. −1 C. 1
B. 0 D. 2

16. What is the value of the expression when 𝑥 = 2?

A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
17. Which of the following is a rational algebraic expression having trinomial on both numerator and
denominator?

A. C.

B. D.
18. Which of the following represents a ratio of two polynomials?
A. (2𝑥 + 1) − (𝑥 − 4) C. (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 3)

B. (𝑥 − 5) + (5𝑥 − 8) D.

19. Which of the following is a rational algebraic expression that illustrates binomial in numerator and
trinomial in denominator?

A. C.

B. D.

20. Vanness can accomplish his school project in 𝑧 hours. What part of his school project can be
completed
by Vanness after 2 hours?
A. 𝑧 + 2 C. 2𝑧
B. 𝑧 − 2 D.

ANSWER KEY:

1. C 6. D 11. C 16. C
2. A 7. C 12. B 17. D
3. A 8. D 13. B 18. D
4. A 9. C 14. C 19. B
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5. C 10. B 15. A 20. D