UNION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

UNION, DAPA, SURIGAO DEL NORTE

MATH 9
THIRD SUMMATIVE TEST
SECOND QUARTER

Name: ___________________________ Date: __________

Year & Section: __________________ Score: __________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before the number.

___1. It is an equation with radical expressions.

A. Linear Equation B. Radical Equation C. Quadratic Equation D. Cubic Equation

___2. What property states that both sides of the equation can be raised to the nth power where n
is the index of the radical.
A.2nd power property C. Division Property
B. Addition Property D. N-th power property

___3. Which of the following is a radical equation?

2
A. √5 + 1 = 5 B. x 3 – 2 C. x2 + 4 = 0 D. √
5
5x–1

___4. What is the value of x in √ x+ 2 = 4?

A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14

___5. What is the value of x in √

3
x−3 = 2?
A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 11

___6. Which of the following is correct about removing the radical sign in the equation √
3
x = 3?
A. (3)(√3
x ) = 3(3) B. (2)(√x
3
) = 3(2) C. (√x
3
)3
= (3) 3
D. (√ x = (3)2
3
)2

___7. What value of x will make the radical equation √

3
x+ 4 = 2 true?
A. 4 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0

___8. How many solutions does the equation √ x 2 = √ 36 have?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

___9. Find y in the equation √

3
3y=3
A. 9 B. 3 C. 27 D. 1

___10. If the area of a circle is represented by A = πr2, what equation represents the length of the
radius?

A. r =
A
π
B. r =
√ A
π
C. r =
2A
π
D. r = ¿

___11. The fourth root of twice a certain number is 1. What is the number?
A. 0 B. ½ C. 1 D. 2
___12. Which of the following represents the length of the diagonal (D) of a square whose side is 3m
long? (D = √ 2 s 2)
√
A. D = [ ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ]2 B. D = √ 2(3)2 C. √ 4 (s) D. D = √ s 2 + x2

13-15
For items 13-15, the equation = √ 2 x +2 is solved. Determine the reasons that will justify each step.
Choose from the choices below.
A. Factoring C. Zero Product Property
B. Combining Similar Terms D. Squaring both sides of the equation

√ x 2−6 = 2√ 2 x +2
( √ x 2−6) = ( √ 2 x +2)
2
(13) ____________
2
x – 6 = 2x + 2 Law of Radical
x2 – 6 – 2x – 2 = 0 Rewrite in ax2 + bx + c = 0
x2 – 2x – 8 = 0
(x + 2) (x -4) = 0 (14) _____________
X + 2 = 0; x – 4 = 0 (15) _____________
X = -2; x =4

For numbers 16 and 17, please refer to the problem below:

The sum of the square root of a number and 2 is 5.

___16. Which radical equation represents the situation above?

A. √ x + 2 = 5 B. √ x+ 2 = √ 5 C. √ x+ 2 = 5 D. (√ x+ 2)2 = 5

___17. In the situation above, what is the twice the number?

A. 6 B. 9 C. 12 D. 18

___18. Which of the following statements is true about the solution of the equation √
3
2 x = -2?
A. The equation has no solution
B. The value of x is equal to -4
C. The solutions to the equation are 4 and -4
D. -4 is an extraneous solution

___19. All radical equations have extraneous roots EXCEPT

A. √ 4 x = x – 3 B. √ x 2−6 = √ 5 x C. -3 = √ x 2+ 4 x D. x = √ 8 x

___20. Miguel walks 5 km. due east and 5km. due north. How far is he from the starting point?
(Hint: C= (√ A 2 +B 2)
A. 2√ 5km. B. 5√ 2km. C. 2√ 5 0km. D. 50km.

___21. Find the length of the diagonal (D) of a rectangle if the length is 12cm. and width is 5cm.
(D = √ l 2+ w2)
A. 139cm. B. √ 7cm. C. √ 13cm. D. 13cm.

___22. Find the length of the side of a square with an area of 63 sq. cm.
A. 7cm. B. √ 8cm. C. 3√ 7cm. D. 126cm.

___23. How can the radical in the equation √

4
x+ 2 = 3 eliminated?
A. Square both sides of the equation
B. Subtract both sides of the equation by 2
C. Raise both sides of the equation to the fourth power
 D. Divide both sides of the equation by 3
___24. One of the solutions of the equation √ 10 x = x is 10. What is the other solution?
A. -10 B. 1 C. 0 D. no solution

___25. The area (A) of a square is represented by A = s 2, where s is the length of its solution. Which
expression represents the length of the side if the area is 90 square meters?
A. 10√ 10m. B. 3√ 3m. C. 10√ 3m. D. 3√ 10m.

___26. A10-meter long(L) ladder leans against a wall at a height (H) of 8meters. How far is the foot
of the ladder from the foot of the wall? (Hint: D = √ L2+ H 2)
A. 6m. B. √ 26m. C. 26m. D. 36m.

For items 27-28, refer to the equation √

3 2
x +2 x + 1 = 0

___27. What is the first step in solving the given equation?

A. Cube both sides of the equation C. Solve by factoring
B. Add -1 to each side of the equation D. Express in standard form

___28. What is/are the value/s of x?

A. -1 B. 1 C. 0 D. undefined

___29. Given the mathematical sentence c 2 = a2 + b2, derive a formula for solving the value of b.
A. √ b = √ a2 +c 2 B. b = √ c 2−a 2 C. b2 = √ a2−c 2 D. b = c – a

___30. The volume (V) of a cylinder is represented by V = πr2h where r is the radius of the base and h
is the height of the cylinder. If the volume of a cylinder is 120 cubic meters and the height is 10
meters, what is the radius of the base?

A.
12
2π
m. B.
12
π
m. C.
2√ 3 π
π
m. D. 2
√ 6 m.
π

GOD BLESS AND KEEP SAFE ALWAYS!

Prepared by:
SANDRA S. CAMINGUE Noted by:
Teacher I ROLAN C. RAZA, MA
Principal IV