MATHEMATICS 9 11. What is the value of sin 90°?

SEMI-FINAL A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. undefined

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. 12. Which trigonometric function has the
Then write it on a separate sheet of paper. value of 1?
1. With respect to the acute angle of a right triangle, A. cos 0° B. cos 90° C. tan 0° D. tan 90°
what is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite
13. What is the value of cos 45°?
side? √ √ √
A. sine B. cosine C. tangent D. cosecant A. B. C. D.

2. What trigonometric function has a ratio of the 14. Which trigonometric function has a value of 1?
length of the hypotenuse to the length of the
adjacent side of the given angle? A. csc 45° B. sec 45° C. tan 45° D. sin 45°
A. Sine B. Cosine C. Cosecant D. Secant 15. Which special angle has the ratio of ½ if the

3. What is the ratio of tangent function with respect trigonometric function is sine?
to acute angle theta in a right triangle? A. 30° B. 45° C. 60° D. 90°
A. 16. In a 45°-45°-90° triangle, how do we solve for
B. B. the legs given its hypotenuse?
A. Multiply the hypotenuse by √
4. What is the value of sin30°?
√ √ √ B. Divide the hypotenuse by √
A. B. C. D.
C. Multiply the hypotenuse by √
5. In a right triangle, the sine of an acute angle is
defined as: D. Divide the hypotenuse by
A. Opposite side / Hypotenuse
B. Adjacent side / Hypotenuse
C. Opposite side / Adjacent side 17. In a right triangle ABC, the side opposite to 45°
D. Hypotenuse / Adjacent side angle measures 12 meters. What is the measure of

6. What is the ratio of cosine of an acute angle in a the side opposite the 90° angle?
right triangle? A. 6 m B. 6√ m C. 12 m D. 12√ m
A. Opposite side / Hypotenuse
B. Adjacent side / Hypotenuse 18. Refer to the figure on the right. What is the
C. Opposite side / Adjacent side length of SD?
D. Hypotenuse / Adjacent side
A. 9 units
7. The ratio of secant of an acute angle in a right
B. 9√ units
triangle is defined as:
A. Opposite side / Hypotenuse C. 9√ units
B. Adjacent side / Hypotenuse
C. Opposite side / Adjacent side D. 18
D. Hypotenuse / Adjacent side 19. In a right triangle, the side opposite 90° is 16cm.

8. Which has the correct trigonometric ratio? What is the measure of the side opposite to 30?
A. = C. = A. 16 cm B. 8√ cm C. 8 cm D. 4 cm

B. = D. =
20. What do you call an angle formed by the
9. What is the ratio of cotangent theta? horizontal line of sight of the observer and the line
A. = C. =
of sight to the object being observed above?

B. = D. = A. supplementary angle
B. complementary angle
10. With respect to the given angle, what is the ratio
of the opposite side to the hypotenuse? C. angle of depression
A. sine B. cosine C. tangent D. secant
D. angle of elevation
21. Evaluate: 6 cos 45° + 3 sec 45° 29. From the top of a lighthouse, an observer sees a
A. 3√ B. 6√ C. √ D. 4√ boat at an angle of depression of 30°. If the height
22. Simplify: sin 45° + cos 60° of the lighthouse is 50 meters, how far is the boat
√ √ √ from the base of the lighthouse?
A. B. C. D.
23. When the kite is 120 ft. high, it makes an angle A. 25 meters C. 75 meters

of 30° with the level ground. How long is the B. 50 meters D. 100 meters

string?
30. A person standing on a cliff looks down at a
A. 200 ft. B. 120 ft. C. 240 ft. D. 120 √ ft.
boat on the water with an angle of depression of
24. A fence is used to make a triangular enclosure
with the longest side equal to 30 feet as shown 60°. If the cliff is 100 meters high, how far is the
below. What is the length of the side opposite the
boat from the base of the cliff?
60° angle?
A. 15√ ft. A. 50 meters C. 173 meters
B. 15 ft. B. 100 meters D. 200 meters
C. 30 ft.
D. 30 √ ft. Read each of the following problems carefully

25. Given the figure on the right, which refers to the and solve.

angle of depression? Rubrics: 1 point figure/illustration,

A. ∠MKN 1 point solution, 2 points correct answer.

B. ∠LKN Express your answer in 2 decimal places.

C. ∠MKL 1. A hiker is 400 meters away from the base of

D. none of these the radio tower. The angle of elevation to

the top of the tower is 46°. How high is the

26. In the triangle PQR, what is the length of PQ? tower?

A. 1 cm 2. A ladder 8 meters long leans against the wall

B. 5 cm of a building. If the foot of the ladder makes

C. 9 cm an angle of 68° with the ground, how far is

D. 12 cm the base of the ladder from the wall?

3. A bamboo pole is leaning against a tree. If

27. In the triangle DEF, what is m ∠E to the nearest the height of the tree is 16 meters and the

degree? angle made by the pole and the ground is

A. 16° 40°, what is the length of the pole?

B. 28° 4. From the top of a lighthouse 43 meter high,

C. 41° the angle of depression of an observer to a

D. 62° boat is 28°. How far is the boat from the

lighthouse?

28. A person standing at the base of a tower looks 5. From the top of the control tower 250 meter

up at the top of the tower with an angle of elevation tall, an airplane is sighted on the ground

of 45°. If the person is 20 meters away from the below. If the airplane is 170 m from the base

tower, how high is the tower? of the tower, find the angle of depression of

A. 10 meters C. 30 meters the airplane from the top of the control

B. 20 meters D. 40 meters tower.