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1st Preliminary Assessment in Mathematics 8

Name. _______________________________________________ Date. _____ Score.__________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Read and analyze each items carefully, then state/show your solution to the reason on the
line provided below. Write the letter that corresponds to the correct answer in the line before the
number.

________1. What is the common monomial factor in 121 a5 b7 +22 a3 b5 −33 a7 b3?

a. 11a 7 b 7 b. 11a 3 b 3 c. 22 a3 b3 d. 22 a7 b7

2. Reason:

________3. What is the factored form of 64 x 3 +27 y 3?

a. (4 x+ 3 y )(4 x+ 3 y)(4 x+ 3 y) c. (4 x+ y)(16 x 2−12 xy +9 y 2)

b. (4 x+ y)(16 x 2 +12 xy + 9 y 2) d. (4 x+ 3 y )(4 x−3 y)(4 x−3 y )

4. Reason:

________5. What should the value of k so that 25 x 2−30 x+ k is a perfect square?

a. 6 b. 9 c. 36 d. 48
6. Reason:

________7. The area of a rectangle is given by the expression (3 x 2−16 x+ 5) square units. What is the length of
the rectangle if its width is (x – 5) units?
a. (3x – 1) units b. (3x + 1) units c. (3x – 5) units d. (3x + 5) units
8. Reason:

________9. Which of the following is NOT a factor of x 4 − y 4?

i. x–y iii. x 2+ y 2
ii. x+y iv. x 2+ xy+ y 2
a. ii only b. iii only c. iv only d. i only
10. Reason:

________11. What is the factored form of x 4 + x 2−20 ?

a. ( x +2 ) ( x +2 ) ( x 2 +5 ) c. ( x +2 ) ( x +2 ) ( x 2−5 )
b. ( x +2)( x−2)( x2 +5) d. ( x−2 ) ( x−2 ) ( x 2−5 )

12. Reason:
________13. Which of the following has 4x + 5 as a factor?

i. 12x + 20 iii. 4 x 2+ x−5

ii. 16x + 10 iv. 4 x 2−x−5
a. ii only b. iii only c. iv only d. i only
14. Reason:

________15. The volume of a rectangular prism is expressed as (2 x 3−18 x2 +16 x ) c m3. Express in factored
form the length, width, and height of the prism.
a. 2x (x – 1) (x – 8) c. 2x (x – 1) (x + 8)
b. 2x (x + 1) (x – 8) d. 2x (x + 1) (x + 8)
16. Reason:

________17. The area of a circle is ( 25 x 2+ 20 x + 4 ) π square units. What is the measure of its radius?

a. (5x – 2) units b. (5x + 2) units c. (5x + 4) units d. (5x – 4) units

18. Reason:

________19. The area of a rectangle is 42 square units. If the factors of 42 are the dimensions of the rectangle,
how many possible rectangles can be formed?
a. Four b. Six c. Eight d. Ten
20. Reason:

________21. What is the common monomial factor in 12 x3 y 4 −9 x 2 y 5?

a. 3 x 2 y 4 b. 3 x 4 y 5 c. 36 x 2 y 4 d. 36 x 4 y 5

22. Reason:

________23. What is 8 x 4 y 5 +16 x 2 y 4 when factored completely?

a. 4 x 2 y 4 ( x 2 y+1 ) c. 16 x 2 y 4 ( 2 x 2 y +1 )
b. 8 x 2 y 4 (x 2 y +2) d. 2 x 2 y 4 (2 x 2 y+ 2)

24. Reason:

________25. Express (x – 3) (x – 4) + (x – 3) (2x – 1) in factored form.

a. (x – 3)[(x – 4) + (2x – 1)] c. (x – 3) (2x – 1)
b. (x – 3) (x – 4) (2x – 1) d. (x – 3)
26. Reason:

________27. Which is possible missing term c, where c >0 in ( x 2 +5 x + c) to make the expressions factorable?

i. 6 iii. 4
ii. 5 iv. 3
 a. i only b. i and ii only c. i and iii only d. ii only
28. Reason:

________29. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?

2
i. x + 5 x +10 iii. x 2−10 x+ 25
2
ii. x + 8 x+16 iv. x 3 +6 x+ 12
a. i and ii only b. ii and iii only c. iii and iv only d. ii and iv only
30. Reason:

________31. What is the factored form of 4 x 2+ 4 x +1?

a. 4 ( x 2+ x ) +1 c. ( 2+ x )2
b. (2 x+ 1)(2 x +1) d. ( 2−x )2

32. Reason:

________33. What is the factored form of 4 x 2−36?

a. (2 x−6)(2 x−6) c. 4 (x−3)( x +3)

b. (2 x−6)(2 x+ 6) d. 4 (x−3)( x−3)

34. Reason:

x+ 4
________35. Which set of values of x would make the expression 2 undefined?
x −x+12
i. {−3 } iii. {4 }
ii. {3 ,−4 } iv. {−3 , 4 }
a. i only b. ii only c. iii only d. iv only
36. Reason:

________37. Which set of the following rational expressions has set of all real numbers EXCEPT -2 and 2 as
its domain?
2 x−1
i. 2 iii. 2
4 x −2 x −4
x x−1
ii. iv. 2
x−2 x +4
a. i only b. iii only c. ii only d. iv only
38. Reason:

x−1
________39. What is the simplified form of 2?
1−x
−1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
x+1 x+1 1−x 1+ x

40. Reason:
 1
________41. Which of the following is NOT equal to ?
2
3
x +1 [ 3 x ( x+ 4 ) ]
i. 3 iii.
2 x +2 6 x 2 +24 x
2 4 6
4 x +20 10 x y
ii. 2 iv. 4 6
2 x +10 20 x y
a. ii only b. iii only c. i only d. iv only
42. Reason:

8n
________43. What is the simplest form of 3?
6n
2 4n 4 4
a. b. c. 3 d. 2
n 3 3n n
44. Reason:

2
x + x−42
________45. When simplified, 2 is equal to?
x +15 x +56
x+ 8 x+ 6 x−6
a. b. c. d.
x−6 x−5 x+ 8
x−8
x+ 5

46. Reason:

x−2
________47. Which set of values of x would make the expression 2 undefined?
x +5 x−14
a. {2, -7} b. {1} c. {-7, 4} d. {0}
48. Reason:

3
27 y −18 y
________49. What set of values of y would make the expression undefined?
90 y
a. {0} b. {5} c. {10} d. {15}
50. Reason:

Prepared by:

MS. JEAN D. DELA, LPT

 Subject Teacher

Approved by:

SR. MA. GUADALUPE R. GAJE, OP

Principal