Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN

MATHEMATICS 8
FIRST QUARTER EXAM
S.Y: 2022-2023

Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following can be factored?
a. 0.08x3 – 27y3
b. 1.44(x2 + 1) – 0.09
c. 24xy(x – y) + 5(x + y)
d. 0.027(x2 + 1)3 – 8
2. What should be multiplied to (2x – 5) to get 4x2 – 25?
a. 2x + 5 b. 2x – 5
c. 4x2 + 10x + 25 d. 4x2 – 10x + 25
3. What should be multiplied to (3y + 2) to get 27y 3 + 8?
a. 3y + 2 b. 3y – 2 c. 9y2 + 6y + 4 d. 9y2 - 6y + 4
4. Find (2x – 7)2.
a. 4x4 – 49 b. 4x4 - 14x2 + 49 c. 4x4 – 28x2 + 49 d. 4x4 – 28x2 – 49
5. Multiply: (8x3y2 – z5) (8x3y2 + z5)
a. 64x6y4 – z10
b. 64x9y6 – z15
c. 64x6y4 – 16x3y2z5 + z10
d. 64x6y4 – 8x3y2z5 + z10
6. Multiply: (m + 3) (m2 – 3m + 9)
a. m2 – 9 b. m3 + 9 c. m3 – 2 d. m3 + 27
7. Which of the following are the factors of 81x – 4? 2

a. (9x +2)(9x – 2)
b. (3x + 2)(3x – 2)
c. (3x + 2)(9x2 – 6x + 4)
d. (3x - 2)(9x2 + 6x + 4)
8. What is the greatest common factor in the expression 28x8y4z6 + 16x3y4z5?
a. 8x3y4z5 b. 4x3y4z5 c. 4x4y4z3 d. 8x4y4z3
9. Factor 3m(m – 4) – (m – 4).
a. (m – 4)(m + 1) b. (3m – 1)(m – 4)
c. (m – 4)2(3m – 1) d. 3m(m – 4)2
10. Factor 7t(t – 5) + (5 – t).
a. (-t +5)(7t + 3) b. (-t +5)(7t – 3)
c. (t – 5)(7t + 3) d. (t – 5)(7t – 3)
11. Factor 27x3 – 64.
a. (3x – 4)(9x2 – 12x + 16) c. (3x – 4)(9x2 + 24x + 16)
b. (3x – 4)(9x + 12x + 16)
2
d. (3x + 4)(9x2 – 24x + 16)
 12. Factor x2 – 16x + 15
a. (x + 5)(x – 3) b. (x – 5)(x – 3)
c. (x + 15)(x + 1) d. (x – 15)(x – 1)
13. Factor 4m + 7mn – 2n2.
2

a. (2m – n)(2m + n) b. (4m + n)(m – 2n)

c. (4m – n)(m + 2n) d. (4m – 2n)(m + n)
14. Factor -5x3 + 5x.
a. 5x(x2 – 1) b. -5x(x2 + 1) c. -5x(x + 1)(x – 1) d. 5x(-x2 + 1)
15. Find the missing term so that 16x + _____+ 25 forms a perfect square
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trinomial.
a. 20x b. 20x2 c. 40x d. 40x2
16. What is the area of a square whose side is 4x – 1?
a. 16x2 – 1 b. 16x2 – 8x + 1
c. 16x2 + 8x + 1 d. 16x2 + 4x + 1
17. The area of a rectangular garden is (12x2 – 8x – 15)m2, what are its
dimensions?
a. (3x – 5)m by (4x + 3)m c. (6x – 3)m by (2x – 5)m
b. (6x + 5)m by (2x – 3)m d. (12x – 15)m by (x + 1)m
18. Liza factored the expression 15x y + 10x4y + 5xy as 5xy(3xy2 + 2x3).
2 3

Did Liza factor it correctly?

a. No, because 5xy is not the common factor.
b. Yes, because the last term is cancelled out.
c. Yes, there exists a common factor on all terms.
d. No, because the last term when factored is 1 and should not be omitted.
19. Anne squared the expression 3x + 4y as 9x2 + 16y2, which of the
following statement is correct with the answer of your classmate?
a. The answer is correct because to square a binomial distribute the
exponent.
b. The answer is wrong because the product of squaring a binomial is a
trinomial.
c. The answer is correct because the product of squaring a binomial is
another binomial.
d. The answer is wrong because to square a binomial is to multiply the
expression by 2.
20. Below is the solution of Rogelio in factoring 3x4 – 243
3(x – 81)
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(x2 – 9)(x2 + 9)
(x + 3)(x – 3)
Is the solution of Rogelio correct?

a. No because the other factors was omitted.

b. No because it lacks 3 as its factor.
c. Yes because 3x4 – 243 is divisible by x + 3.
d. Yes because the complete factorization of the expression is (x + 3)(x – 3)
21. Which item demonstrates power of product law?
a. (x) (x) = 2x
b. (x) (x) = x2
c. (x2)4 = x6
d. (x2)4 = x8
22. The factored form of v2 + 4x – 21 is?
a. (-3 + 7)
b. (v + 3) (v – 7)
c. (v – 21) ( v +1)
d. (v – 3) (v + 7)

23. From the first law of exponent, when a mbecomesa−n, it will become
−n n
a a =a
−n +n
resulting to a 0 which is equal to ________.

a. 0 c.undefined
b. – 1 d. 1
24. Determine the square root of 144.
a. 12 c. 1442
b. 288 d. 20736
25. If x = -2 and y=x, evaluate 2xy.
a. -8 c.4y
b. 8 d. -4y
26. What do you call the product of the greatest common factor of the
numerical coefficient and the variables of the given polynomial?
A. Greatest common factor
B. Greatest common monomial factor
C. Least common factor
D. Least common monomial factor.

27. The variable with the least exponent that appears in each term of a
polynomial is called:
A. Greatest common factor
B. Greatest common monomial factor
C. Least common factor
D. Least common monomial factor
28. Which of the following expressions is an example of a perfect square?
A. 25 x C. 49 x 3
B. 25 x 2 D. 49 x 5
29. Which of the following is an example of a completely factored form of
an expression?
A. (x 2+ 1)(x 2−1) C. (x 2+ 5)(x 2−5)
B. ( x 2+ 4 ¿ ( x2 −4) D. ( x 2+ 9)( x 2−9)
30. What is the completely factored form of x 2−144 ?
A. (x +12)(x +12)
B. ( x +12)(x −12)
C. ( x−12)( x−12)
D. (x 2+ 12)( x 2−12)
31. If one factor of 6 ab 2−12 a2 b3 is 1−2 ab , what is the other factor?
A. 6 ab C. 6 ab 2
2
B. 6 a b D. 6 a 2 b 2
2
32. Why is 4 x +12 x+ 9 a perfect square trinomial?
A. The first term is the only term which is a perfect square.
 B. The first and last terms are both perfect squares.
C. The expression is transformable into square of a binomial.
D. The second and last term has a common factor.

33. What is an expression that can be written in the form 𝑃/𝑄 where 𝑷 and
𝑸 are polynomials and 𝑸 must not be equal to 0 (Q ≠ 0)?
A. Perfect square expressions
B. Perfect cube expressions
C. Irrational algebraic expressions
D. Rational algebraic expressions
34. Which of the following is an example of a rational algebraic
expression?
x 3x
A. 2 2 C. 2 2
x −x x −x
x 3 x −3 x
B. 2 2 D. 2 2
x −y x −x
3x
35. Solve for the value of x that will make undefined.
5 x−25
A. 3 C. 10
B. 5 D. 25

x +1
36. Simplify the rational algebraic expression 2 .
x −1
x 1
A. C.
x+1 x+1
x 1
B. D.
x−1 x−1
x2 +10 x+ 21
37. Write in its simplest form.
x+7
A. x−3 C. x +3
B. x−7 D. x +7
38. What is the letter M in the
acronym GCMF? 39. Which of the following
A. Middle shows distributive property of
B. Monomial (x ¿¿ 2−4)(4 )¿ ?
C. Multiple A. 2 x−4
D. Multiplier B. 4 x2 −16
C. ( x 2 ) ( 4 )+ ( 4 ) (4)
D. ( x 2 ) ( 4 )−( 4 ) ( 4)

40. The sum of two numbers is 100 and their difference is 50, solve for the
value of the two numbers.
A. 75 and 25 C. 35 and 15
B. 76 and 24 D. 30 and 20
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