Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV A- CALABARZON
Division of Biñan City
DELA PAZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FOURTH PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 8

Directions: Read and study the following questions. Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following states that the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is greater
than the length of the third side?
A. Exterior Angle Equality Theorem C. Remote Interior Angles Theorem
B. Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem D. Triangle Inequality Theorem

2. What is an angle formed outside of a polygon by extending one side and forms a linear pair to one
of the interior angles?
A. adjacent interior angle B. exterior angle C. interior angle D. remote interior angle

3. Which of the following states that the measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is greater than the
measure of either remote interior angles?
A. Exterior Angle Equality Theorem C. Remote Interior Angles Theorem
B. Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem D. Triangle Inequality Theorem

4. What is the result of a single trial of an experiment?

A. event B. outcome C. probability D. sample space

5. What is the set of all the possible outcomes of an experiment?

A. event B. outcome C. probability D. sample space

6. Which of the following determines the number of outcomes using m● n ways?

A. fundamental counting principle B. systematic listing C. table D. tree diagram

7. Your friend asked you the best counting outcomes from the following choices. If he just need to
count the total number of outcomes then which of the following will you suggest?
A. fundamental counting principle B. systematic listing C. table D. tree diagram

8. Which of the following situations show experimental probability?

A. The probability of drawing a heart card is ¼.
B. The probability of landing in a prime number in rolling a die is ½.
C. The probability of winning is 1/3 in playing stone, paper, and scissors.
D. The probability of Leah winning against Carol is 1/6 after playing stone, paper, and scissors 6
times.

9. If the weather forecast reports for a 70% chance of rain on Monday, it means that:
A. it will rain 70% of the day
B. 70 ml of rain will fall on Monday
C. there is a bigger chance that it will rain on Monday
D. there is only a very small chance that it will rain on Monday

10. Which of the following measurement of sides forms a triangle?

A. 5 in., 1 in., 3 in. B. 6 in., 2 in., 5 in. C. 7 in., 3in., 3in. D. 15 in., 6 in., 9 in.

11. If ∠1 and ∠2 are same side exterior angles of parallel lines cut by a transversal line, with
m∠1=5 x+17 and m∠ 2=3 x−5, what is the degree measure of ∠ 2?
A. 122° B. 63° C. 58° D. 21°

12. Five coins are tossed. How many outcomes are possible?
A. 4 B. 16 C. 32 D. 64
13. A Snack Bar serves three desserts: native cake, buko pie and Malunggay ice cream. It also
serves three beverages: milk, buko juice and mineral water. How many possible outcomes are there if
you choose one dessert and one beverage?
A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12

14. Which of the following theorems justify the conclusion in number 40?
A. Converse of Hinge Theorem C. Hinge Theorem
B. Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem D. Triangle Inequality Theorem

15. In rolling a die, what is the probability of having an outcome divisible by 2?

1 3 2 1
A. B. C. D.
2 6 6 3

16. In a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing a black card?
26 1 13 1
A. B. C. D.
52 2 52 4

17. If you tossed a coin 3 times, what is the probability of flipping at least 1 head?
7 1 3 1
A. B. C. D.
8 2 8 4

18. If ∆ ABC ≅ ∆≝¿ , which segment is congruent to AB?

A. AC B. BC C. DE D. EB

19. James belongs to a class of 38 students with 19 males. If they need to be paired, what is the
probability that he will be paired with the same gender?
A. 97% B. 50% C. 49% D. 47%

20. If a spinner with four equal divisions was spin with the probability of outcomes as shown on the
table, find the probability of the spinner landing on BLUE?

OUTCOMES RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE

PROBABILITY 0.33 0.27 0.15 ?

A. 0.12 B. 0.15 C. 0.20 D. 0.25

For numbers 21 to 23, refer to the figure below and complete the two-column proof.

GIVEN: LV and OE bisect each other at R

PROVE: ∆ ORL ≅ ∆ ERV E STATEMENTS REASONS

L 1. LV and OE bisect each
1. Given
other at R
R
2. ¿ ≅ ER∧L R ≅ V R 2. ___(21)____

3. ∠ ORL ≅ ∠ ERV 3. ___(22)____

V
4. ∆ ORL ≅ ∆ ERV 4. ___(23)____
O

24. In a raffle draw, Gene availed 35 tickets. What is the probability the he would win if there are 300
tickets?
A. 0.07 B. 0.12 C. 0.17 D. 0.23

25. If a bowl contains 100 red marbles, 50 blue marbles, 25 yellow marbles, and 25 green marbles,
what is the probability of Anna choosing a blue marble?
A. 1 out of 50 B. 25% C. 50 out of 100 D. 50%

26. In ∆ ABC and ∆≝¿ , if AB ≅ DE, AC ≅ DF , and m∠ A >m∠ D , then .

A. BC > EF B. CB > EF C. AC> DF D. BC > ED
27. You are asked to make a flaglet with a figure of an isosceles triangle as illustrated in the
figure. If the angle formed between one edge of the flag and the stick is 111°, what will
be the measure of the vertex angle of the flag represented by x? x
A. 42° B. 58° C. 69° D. 72°
111°

28. Elsa and Anna with the same speed and different starting point travels going to school. If
Elsa travelled 65° NE while Anna travelled 54 ° NW going to school, who among the two is
nearer from the school?
A. Anna B. Elsa C. Insufficient data D. They have same distance from school.

29. Mrs. Rodriguez gave her students their 4th Periodical Test and she found out that the probability of
those who passes is 75%. What kind of probability is shown in the situation?
A. Experimental probability, because an experiment is conducted.
B. Theoretical probability, because the result is not based on experiment.
C. Experimental probability, because the result is based on a conducted event which is the test.
D. Theoretical probability, because the result is based on how the event “should” happen.

30. If ∆ ABC ≅ ∆ GHI , then ∠ A ≅ ∠ G , AB ≅ GH ,∧∠B ≅ ∠ H . Identify the postulate that justifies the
congruence of the two triangles.
A. ASA Congruence Postulate C. SAS Congruence Postulate
B. SAA Theorem D. SSS Congruence Postulate

31. In ∆ HIG , if HG> HI , then m∠ I >m ∠G . Which of the following makes the conclusion valid?
A. Hinge Theorem C. Unequal Sides Theorem
B. Triangle Inequality Theorem D. Unequal Angles Theorem

32. Given the figure on the right with ∆ ABC and ∆ DEC , which of the following conclusion is true if
AB ≅ DE and AC > DC ? B
A. m∠ A >m∠ D C. m∠ A >m∠ E D
B. m∠ D> m∠ A D. m∠ B> m∠ E C

A
E
33. In the figure at the right, which of the following will prove that m∥l ?
A. ∠ 2 ≅ ∠6 C. ∠3 ≅ ∠7
B. ∠5 ≅ ∠8 D. ∠4 ≅ ∠5 t
8 7 m
5 6

3 4 l
2 1

34. A bag contains 5 red marbles and 5 blue marbles. You draw out one marble at a time and noticed
that you always get a blue marble up to the third time. Do you think the experiment is BIASED? Why?
A. It is biased because it favoured the blue marbles.
B. It is biased because a red marble must be draw out of the bag on the next trial.
C. It is not biased because the probability of drawing a blue marble is larger than the probability of
drawing a red marble.
D. It is not biased because both red and blue marbles have even chances of drawing out from the
bag.

35. Which of the following is the best way to show the possible offspring having a particular
genotype?
A. fundamental counting principle B. systematic listing C. table D. tree diagram

36. Mr. Bean gave a task to his student which is to show theoretical probability through role playing.
If you are his student, which of the following will you show in your role playing activity?
A. Gamblers playing cards and majong.
B. A group of students playing toss coin during vacant time.
C. Tina and Joel playing jack en poy and determining the winner.
D. Francis determining the probability that he will win if he plays color game with 3 cubes.
For numbers 37 to 40, refer to the figure below and complete the two-column proof.

GIVEN: ∆ RQP ≅ ∆ ONP

¿ bisects QM at R STATEMENTS REASONS
1. ∆ RQP ≅ ∆ ONP 1. Given
PROVE: MRON is a parallelogram
2. ¿ bisects MQ at R 2. Given

Q 3. ∠ QRP ≅ ∠ NOP 3. CPCTC

4. QR ≅ NO 4. CPCTC

5. MR ≅ QR 5. ______(37)_______
P
R O 6. NO ≅ MR 6. Transitive Property

7.________(38)______ 7. ______(39)________

M N 8. MRON is a
8. ______(40)______
parallelogram