Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF LAOAG CITY
GABU NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Laoag City

BASELINE TEST
MATHEMATICS 8

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the best answer on your answer sheet.

1. What must be added to x 2+ 36 to make it a perfect square trinomial?

A. 12x B. 6x C. 3x D. x

2. If ax2 + bx + c = (4x – 5)(5x + 6), what is the value of b?

A. 10 B. 20 C. – 30 D. – 1

3. The area of triangle is 80 𝑐𝑚2. If the height of the triangle is 6 𝑐𝑚 less than its base, find the base
and its height.
A. b=20 cm ,h=16 cm C. b=35 cm ,h=31 cm
B. b=10 cm ,h=6 cm D. b=16 cm , h=10 cm

4. What do you call an expression whose numerator and denominator are polynomials?
A. algebraic expression C. rational expression
B. polynomial expression D. complex fraction

4
5. In , which cannot be the value of p?
3 p−6
A. 3 B. 0 C. 2 D. 6

5 4
6. What is the least common denominator of the expression and ?
x x+1
x
A. ( x +1)2 B. x ( x+ 1) C. x 2 ( x+1) D.
x+1

7. What do you call the intersection of the axes of the rectangular coordinate plane?
A. abscissa B. ordinate C. origin D. coordinate

8. Find the slope of the line 6 x−5 y +30=0

6 −5
A. 5 B. −6 C. D.
5 6

9. What is the point-slope form of the equation of the line?

A. y=mx+b C. Ax+ By=C
 y 2− y 1
B. m= D. y− y1 =m ( x−x 1 )
x 2−x 1

10. Which of the following shows the graph of a line whose slope is −2 and contains the point
(4, −1)?

11. Describe the line that passes through ( 0,3 ) and (0 ,−1).
A. horizontal C. vertical
B. slanting to the right D. slanting to the left

12. The equation of the line that passes through the points (−1,3) and (4 ,−6)
A. 5 x+ 6 y=10 B. 9 x +5 y=6 C. 5 x−3 y=−32 D. 9 x−5 y=−24

For number 13 Refer to the situation below:

A tricycle passenger is charged Php10.00 for the first 4 kilometers and an additional of
Php1.50 per succeeding kilometer.

13. What equation can be used to model the situation?

A. 𝑦 = 1.50𝑥 + 10 B. 𝑦 = 10𝑥 + 1.50 C. 𝑦 = 1.50𝑥 + 4 D. 𝑦 = 1.50 + 4𝑥

14. Which of the following describes the consistent system of equations?

A. the lines intersect at only one point C. the lines are parallel
B. the graph resembles a hyperbola D. the lines coincides exactly at the same point

15. Which ordered pair is a solution of the following system of linear equations?

{x− y=1
2 x + y=5
A. ( 1, 1 ) B. ( 2, 1 ) C. ( 1, 2 ) D. ( – 1, – 1 )

16. What is the solution set of a linear inequalities?

 A. point B. line C. segment D. plane of intersection

17. What is the graph of a linear inequalities?

A. point B. line C. segment D. plane of
intersection x+ y≤6
18. −x + y ≤ 2 Consider the system, which of the following are the test points for each
of the regions?

A. ( 0,0 ) , (−5,5 ) , (1,6 ) , ( 5,5 ) C. ( 0,0 ) , (−5,5 ) , (−1,−1 ) , ( 5,5 )

B. ( 0,0 ) , (−5,5 ) , (1 ,−6 ) , (5,5 ) D. ( 0,0 ) , (−5,5 ) , (1,1 ) , ( 5,5 )

19. Which of the following systems has no solutions?

A. {
2 x +4 y <2
x +2 y >2
B.
x +2 y <2{
2 x +4 y >2
C.
x+3 y ≤ 2
x+3 y ≥ 2 {
D. all of these

20. Which of the following relations is a function?

A. { (−5,6 ) , ( 3,4 ) , ( 4,2 ) , (−1,2 ) , ( 7,3 ) , (−1,6 ) }
B. { (−1,2 ) , ( 2,3 ) , ( 3,1 ) , ( 1,2 ) , ( 2,6 ) , (−2,4 ) }
C. { ( 3,2 ) , ( 2,3 ) , ( 4,1 ) , ( 1 ,−2 ) , ( 2,−6 ) , (−2,4 ) }
D. {( 8,3 ) , (−3,6 ) , (−1,8 ) , (−2,7 ) , ( 0,3 ) , ( 4 ,−3 ) }

21. What is the independent variable in the phrase “the number of pages of a module and the
number of bond paper used to reproduce the module”?
A. the thickness of the module
B. the thickness of the bond paper
C. the number of pages of the module
D. the number of bond paper to be used to reproduce the module

22. What is the domain of the relation A = {(1, 3), (3, 5), (4, 6), (7, 9)}?
A. {1,3,4,5} B. {1,3,4,7} C. {3,5,6,7} D. {1,3,4,5,6,7}

23. What is the standard form of a linear function?

A. Ax+ By=C C. y=mx+b
1 1
B. y− y1 =m¿ D. + =b
x y

24. Hanz Elijah Caleb works as a service crew in a fast food center where he earns Php82.00
per hour. How much will he earned in a day if he works 8 hours straight?
A. Php556 B. Php656 C. Php756 D. Php856

25. The If-then form of the statement, “A number is divisible by 2 and 3 is also divisible by 6.” is:
A. If the number is divisible by 6, then it is divisible by 2 and 3.
B. If the number is not divisible by 2 and 3, then it is not divisible by 6.
C. If the number is not divisible by 6, then it is not divisible by 2 and 3.
D. If the number is divisible by 2 and 3, then it is divisible by 6.

26. The If-then form of the statement, “All doctors have graduated from medical school.” is:
A. If one is not a doctor, then he has not graduated from a medical school.
B. If a person graduated from a medical school, then he is a doctor.
C. If one is a doctor, then he has graduated from a medical school.
D. If a person did not graduate from a medical school, then he is not a doctor.
27. Write the inverse of the statement, “Two angles that form a linear pair are supplementary.”
A. If two angles form a linear pair, then they are supplementary.
B. If two angles are supplementary, then they form a linear pair.
C. If two angles do not form a linear pair, then they are not supplementary.
D. If there are two angles, then they form a linear pair that are supplementary.
28. Write the converse of the statement, “Two angles that form a linear pair are supplementary.”
A. If two angles form a linear pair, then they are supplementary.
B. If two angles are supplementary, then they form a linear pair.
C. If angles are linear pairs and supplementary, then there are two angles.
D. If there are two angles, then they form a linear pair that are supplementary.

29. What do you call the statements having the same corresponding truth values?
A. congruent B. equal C. equivalent D. similar

30. It is a form of reasoning that uses specific examples to arrive at a general rule,
generalizations or conclusion.
A. Analogy B. Arguments C. Deductive D. Inductive

31. What do you call the simple and fundamental statements between elements in the geometric
system that are generally accepted without proof?
A. Corollaries B. Postulates C. Theorems D. Undefined Terms

32. Which refers to rays with a common endpoint but extending in opposite directions?
A. angle C. non – collinear rays
B. opposite rays D. sides of a triangle

33. What is the union of two non – collinear rays having the same endpoint?
A. angle C. non – collinear rays
B. opposite rays D. sides of a triangle

34. What property justifies that if ∆ ABC ≅ ∆≝¿ and ∆≝≅ ∆ GHI , then ∆ ABC ≅ ∆ GHI ?
A. commutative property C. reflexive property
B. symmetric property D. transitive property

35. What postulate guarantees that ∆ RST ≅ ∆ USY ?

A. AAS
B. ASA
C. SAS
D. SSS

36. What postulate states that if 3 sides of one triangle are congruent to the corresponding 3 sides of
another triangle, then the triangles are congruent?
A. AAS B. ASA C. SAS D. SSS

For numbers 37, refer to the figure below where ∆ ABC ∆≝¿.
37. What is the value of x?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10

For numbers 38 – 39, answer the question why are the given triangles congruent given ∆ ABC∧∆≝¿.
Identify what congruence postulate satisfy the given conditions?

38. AB ≅ DE , BC ≅ EF , ∠B ≅∠ E
A. AAS B. ASA C. SAS D. SSS

AB BC AC
39. = =
DE EF DF
A. AAS B. ASA C. SAS D. SSS

For number 40, refer to the figure below.

Given: ∠ BEI ≅ ∠ IEK

EI ⊥ BK

40. The two triangles, ∆ BIE and ∆ KIE are congruent by the Postulate/Theorem.
A. AAS B. ASA C. SAS D. SSS

41. Which of the following gives the list of angles from least to greatest?

A. ∠ X , ∠Y ,∠ Z
B. ∠ Y ,∠ Z ,∠ X
C. ∠ Z , ∠ X , ∠Y
D. none of the above

42. Which of the following is NOT correct?

A. a+ b>c
B. a+ c> b
C. c +b> a
D. a+ b=c

For numbers, 43 and 44, p ∥w and m is the transversal.

43. Which of the following are corresponding angles?

A. ∡ a∧∡ h
B. ∡ a∧∡ b
C. ∡ a∧∡ g
D. ∡ a∧∡ c

44. Which of the following pair of angles is formed by ∡ b∧∡ f ?

A. alternate exterior angle B. alternate interior angle
C. same side exterior angle D. same side interior angle
45. If a pair of parallel lines is cut by a transversal, some pairs of angles formed will always
be congruent. Identify which of the following pairs will NOT always be congruent?
A. Vertical angles
B. Interior angles on the same side of the transversal
C. alternate interior angles
D. alternate exterior angles

46. What do we call the process that are conducted repeatedly and infinitely?
A. experiment B. outcome C. sample space D. event

47. What is the meaning of a zero probability for an event?

A. The occurrence of an event is improbable.
B. The occurrence of an event is certain.
C. The occurrence of an event is highly probable.
D. The occurrence of an event is lowly probable.

49. In rolling a die, what is the probability of getting an odd number?

1 1 1
A. 3 B. C. D.
3 2 6
For item no. 50

Each of the letters R, A, S, L and N is written on one of the 6 identical pieces of papers. The
papers are rolled and placed on box. If a piece of paper is drawn, what is the probability of:

50. … getting a consonant?

2 3 4
A. 3 B. C. D.
5 5 5

Prepared by: Checked and Verified by: Approved by:

JOANNA MAE D. RASALAN JOSEPH C. SALVADOR, Ph. D. ROMEO G. UGANIZA

Teacher III Head Teacher III Asst. Principal II
OIC - Principal