Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IVA-CALABARZON
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BIŇAN CITY
DISTRICT II
DELA PAZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 9

S.Y 2022-2023

NAME: _____________________________________ GRADE & SECTION: _____________________

Direction: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer
from the given options:
1) What is the square root of 25?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 50 D. √ 5

2) Which of the following radical equations will have x = 6 as the solution?

A. √ x - 2x + 7 = 0
B. √ 2 x−3= x – 3
C. √ x =9
D. 3√ x = 5

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3) Write 8 3 in radical form?
A. √2 83 B. √3 82 C. √3 8 D. √ 82
4) Which of the following radicals is in simplified form?
1
A. B. √ 18 x C. √3 3 x5 D. 4 √3 4 x 2
√ 3

1
5) Simplify: (r 12 s 9 ¿ ¿ 3
1 1
A. r4s3 B. (rs)7 C. rs7 D. r 4 s 3

6) What is the sum of

√27
√ 3
2
+ √ 24 ?

√26 5 √6 √6
A. B. C. D.
2 6 2 2

7) What is the equivalent of √3 4 + √5 2 using exponential notation?

1 1 1
A. 4 3 + 2 5 B. 42 + 25 C. 68 D. 6 8

8) Find the root of √8 256 m16 n24 . Assume That each variable represents a positive number.

A. 2m2n3 B. 2m4n12 C. 2m4n8 D.

2m6n12

9) What is the index of −5√ x 3

A. –5 B. 2 C. 3 D. x
B.
10) When we raised a number to one-third, we are finding what root of a number?
A. fourth root B. cube root C. square root D. one-third root
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11) Which of the following expressions show that 3 is the index?
A. 43 B. √3 4 C. √ 3 D. 3

12. If 2 kilos of tomatoes cost P 30.00, what is the cost of 10 kilos of tomatoes?
P 50.00 B. P 150.00 C. P 250.00 D. P 350.00

13. Which of the following is not a perfect square?

A. 144 B. 169 C. 196 D. 179

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14. What is the simplified form of 40 5-2 6-1 1000 −1 ?
2
1 1 1
A. 1 B. C. D.
75 150 6000

15. Which of the following statement is true?

A. √3 −8= 2 B.
20
4
= √5
√ C. √ 9 + √ 16 = 5 D. √4 = 4

2 1
16. What is the simplified form (m 3 )(m 2 )?
3 2 7 2
A. m 5 B. m 5 C. m 6 D. m 6

17. What is the value of x in this given equation √3 x+ 2 = 3 ?

A. 25 B. 7 C. 27 D. 9

18. Luis walks 5 kilometers due east and 8 kilometers due north. How far is he from
the starting
point?
A. √ 89 km B. √ 64 km C. √ 39 km D. √ 13 km

19. Evaluate √ ¿ ¿ ¿
A. –25x8 B. 5x-4 C. 25x8 D. –5x4

6−√ 2
20. What is the result when we simplify ?
4−3 √ 2
A. 5 B. –2√ 2 C. 5 – √ 2 D. –9 – 7√ 2

For numbers 21 – 22
The velocity v (in feet per second) of an object dropped from a tall building after falling d
feet
is given by the mathematical model v = √ 64 d . What is the velocity of an object that has
fallen
121 feet?

21. The radical equation that best represent the situation above
A. v = √3 64 d 2 B. v = √ 64(121)2 C. v = √ 64 ( 121 ) D. v = √4 64( 11)2

22. What is the velocity of an object that has fallen 121 feet?
A. 80 ft/sec. B. 84 ft/sec. C. 86 ft/sec. D. 88 ft/sec.

23. Find the number that when we raised to the fourth power gives 625.
A. 5 B. 15 C. 25 D. 50

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For numbers 24-25
Vince is travelling by a scooter. The distance he travels d varies directly with the amount of
time the drives. In 3 hours, he drove 180 kilometers.

24. What is the equation that best represent the situation above?
A. d = kt2 B. d = k2t C. d2 = kt D. d = kt
25. What is the constant of variation?
A. 60 kph B. 70 kph C. 80 kph D. 90 kph

26. What is the result after simplifying 2√ 3 + 4√ 3 – 5√ 3 ?

A. – √ 3 B. √ 3 C. 11√ 3 D. –11√ 3

27. “The distance d varies directly as the square of the time t”, what is the equation of
the statement?
A. d = k2t B. d2 = kt C. d = kt2 D. d2 = kt2

28. Which of the following is the result when we multiply (2√ 8 + 3√ 5)(6√ 8 + 7√ 5)?
A. 12√ 64 + 21√ 25 C. 201 + 64√ 10
B. 12√ 8 + 32√ 40 + 215 D. 195√ 10

0
3
29. What is the simplified form of −2 ?
5
A. 0 B. 25 C. –25 D. 10
30. Which of the following is NOT a direct variation?
A. The amount of gas a person buys and the money he pays.
B. Profit and sales
C. Circumference of a circle and its diameter
D. A person’s age and his height

31. What does the equation of y = kx, where k is nonzero constant, represents?
A. Direct Variation C. Joint Variation
B. Inverse Variation D. Constant Variation
1
a2
32. Simplify: 1
a3
5 1 1 2
A a6 B. a 6 C. a 5 D. a 5

33. If y varies directly as the square of x, how is y changed if x is increased by 20%?

A. 44% decrease in y C. 0.44% decrease in y
B. 44% increase in y D. 0.44% increase in y

kx
34. Translate the equation in words, y =
z
A. y varies directly with square of z and inversely with x
B. x varies directly with square of y and inversely with z
C. y varies directly with square of x and inversely with z
D. z varies directly with square of x and inversely with y

35. The area of a triangle varies jointly with the length of its base and its altitude. If a
triangle with area of 30 sq. cm. has a base of 12 cm and altitude of 5 cm, find the constant
of the
variation?
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A. B. C. D.
6 5 3 2

36. Which statement is true?

A. √ a is a positive if a is positive and negative if a is negative
A. √ a is a real number for any value of a
B. √ a is an imaginary number if a is negative
C. √ a is a real number if a is an integer.
37. When do you say that two radicals are alike?
A. when their indices are the same
B. when their radicands are the same
C. when their integral exponents are the same
D. when their indices and radicands are the same

38. A giant swing completes a period in about 15 seconds. Approximately how long is
the
pendulum’s arm using the formula t = 2π
32
and t is the amount of time? (Use π = 3.14)
l
√
, where l is the length of the pendulum in feet

A. 573.25 ft B. 182.56 ft C. 16.65 ft D. 4.31 ft

39. Which of the following is true?

1
1 1 22 2 1 2 −2
1
A. 5 + 5 = 55
2 3 B. 1 = 29 C. (3 2 )2 = 9 3 D. 4 3 = 2

2 3 43

40. Ruel’s income varies directly as the number of days that he works.
If she earns Php 8,000.00 in 20 days, how much will he earn if he worked 3 times?
A. Php 26,000 B. Php 24,000 C. Php 20,000 D. Php 16,000

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