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FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS GRADE 8

Name:__________________________________________________ Score:_______________________
Grade and Section: _______________________________________ Date: ______________________

Directions: Read each statement carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which mathematical statement is correct?

A. (2x – y) (3x – y) = 6x2 – 5xy + y2 B. (4x – 5) (4x – 5) =16x2 – 40x + 25

C. (3x – 4) (2x + 7) = 6x2 –13x – 28 D. (2x + 5)2 = 4x2 + 20x + 25

2. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the group?

1 4
A. x -1 B. x2 – 0.0001y4
4

C. 8(x – 1)3 – 27 D. (x + 1)4 – 4x6

3. Which of the following gives a product of x2 + 5x + 4?

A. (x + 1) (x + 4) B. (x + 2) (x + 2)

C. (x + 5) (x – 1) D. (x + 2)2

4. The length of a box is five meters less than twice the width. The height is 4 meters more than three times the

width. The box has a volume of 520 cubic meters. Which of the following equations can be used to find the height

of the box?

A. W (2L – 5) (3H + 4) = 520 B. W (2W + 5) (3W – 4) = 520

C. W (2W – 5) (3W – 4) = 520 D. W (2W – 5) (3W + 4) = 520

5. The area of a square is 4x2 +12x + 9 square units. Which expression represents the length of the side?

A. (3x + 2) units B. (4x + 9) units C. (2x + 3) units D. (4x + 3) units

6. Which of the following expressions is a rational algebraic expression?

3
x 3c a−b
A. B. C. 4y2 + z3 D.
√3 y √(a+1) a+b

7. What is the value of a non-zero polynomial raised to 0?

A. constant B. undefined

C. zero D. cannot be determined

8. . What will be the result when a and b are replaced by 2 and -1, respectively, in the expression

(-5a-2b)(-2a-3b2)?

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27 −5 3 2
A. B. C. D. -
16 16 7 7
2
x +1
9. What rational algebraic expression is the same as 2 ?
x −1

A. x + 1 B. 1 C. x – 1 D. -1

2(x +3)
10.What is the lowest term of ?
6(x +3)

1 2
A. B. C. 3 D. x+3
3 6

3 −x−10
11. When is subtracted from a rational algebraic expression, the result is 2 . What is the other rational
x−5 x −5 x

algebraic expression?

x x 2 −2
A. B. C. D.
4 x−5 x x−5
2 2
a −9 a −8 a+16
12. Find the product of 2 and .
a +a−20 3 a−9
2 2 2
a a −1 a −a−12 a −1
A. B. C. D. 2
a−1 1−a 3 a+ 15 a −a+1

x−2 x +2
13. Perform the indicated operation: − .
3 2

x +5 x+1 x−6 −x−10

A. B. C. D.
6 6 6 6

14. Angelo can complete his school project in x hours. What part of the job can be completed by Angelo after 3

hours?

x 3
A. x + 3 B. x – 3 C. D.
3 x
2
a −1
15. Aaron was asked by his teacher to simplify 2 on the board. He wrote his solution on the board this way,
a −a

a −1 (a+ 1)(a−1)
2

2
= =1. Did he arrive at the correct answer?
a −a a(a−1)

A. Yes. The expressions that he crossed out are all common factors.

B. Yes. The LCD must be eliminated to simplify the expressions.

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C. No. a2 must be cancelled out so that the answer is .
a

D. No. a is not a common factor of the numerator.

16. What is a Rectangular Coordinate System?

A. It is used for naming points in a plane.

B. It is a plane used for graphing linear functions.

C. It is used to determine the location of a point by using a single number.

D. It is a two-dimensional plane which is divided by the axes into four regions called quadrants.

17. Which of the following is true about the points in Figure 1?

A. J is located in Quadrant III.

B. C is located in Quadrant II.

C. B is located in Quadrant IV.

D. G is located in Quadrant III.

18. Which of the following sets of ordered pairs defines a function?

A. {(3, 2), (-3, 6), (3, -2), (-3, -6)}

B. {(1, 2), (2, 6), (3, -2), (4, -6)}

C. {(2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, -9)}

D. {(4, 4), (-3, 4), (4, -4), (-3, -4)}

19. Determine the slope of the line 3x + y = 7.

1 1
A. 3 B. 3 C. D. -
3 3

20. Find the equation of the line with slope -2 and passing through (5, 4).

A. y = 2x + 1 B. y = -2x + 1

C. y = 2x + 1 D. y = -2x + 14

21. Rewrite 2x + 5y = 10 in the slope intercept form.

−2 −2
A. y= x +2 B. y= x +10
5 5

2 2
C. y= x +2 D. y= x +2
5 5

22. Which of the following is the equivalent form of y = -3x + 5 into ax + by = c?

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A. 3x + y = 5 B. 3x + 5 = y

C. x + y = 15 D. -3x + 5y = 8

23. Rewrite 4x + 2y = 8 in the form y = mx + b.

A. 2y = 4x + 8 B. 2y = -4x + 8

C. y = 2x + 4 D. y = -2x + 4

24. Joshua resides in a certain city, but he starts a new job in the neighboring city. Every Monday, he drives his new

car 90 kilometers from his residence to the office and spends the week in a company apartment. He drives back

home every Friday. After 4 weeks of this routinely activity, his car’s odometer shows that he has travelled 870

kilometers since he bought the car. Write a linear model which gives the distance y covered by the car as a

function of x number of weeks since he used the car.

A. y = 180x + 150 B. y = 180x + 510

C. y = 90x + 510 D. y = 90x + 150

25. If y refers to the cost and x refers to the number of hours, what is the correct

mathematical model of the situation given in item 18?

A. y = 15x + 10 B. y = 15x – 10

C. y = 10x + 15 D. y = 10x – 15

26.The line passes through point (0, 3) and has a slope of 2. What is the equation of a line in

slope-intercept form?

A. y =1/2 x B. y = 3 C. y =2x + 3 D. y = 3x + 2

27.Find the equation of a line having a slope of 2 and y-intercept of -5.

A. 2x -5y = 1 B. x + 2y = -5

C. y = 2x -5 D. y = -5x + 2

28.What is the equation of a line that passes through point (-6, 1) with slope 2/3?

A. y = 2/3x – 5 B. y = 2/3x – 20/3

C. y = 2/3x + 20/3 D. y = 2/3x + 5

29.What is the equation of a line that passes through points (1, 3) and (-2, 5)?

A. -2x + 3y = 11 B. 2x + 3y = 11

C. 2x -3y = 11 D. 3x + 2y = 11

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30.During weekends, MarIo cleans the basketball court in his barangay and gets paid Php 35

per hour and a cash allowance. If you want to compute Mario’s total pay given the number of

hours x and a cash allowance y, which of the following model is appropriate?

A. x + y = total pay B. x + 35y = total pay

C. 35x + y = total pay D. 35 x + 35 y = total pay

31.How many solutions does a consistent and independent system of linear equations have?

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

32.Which of the following is a system of linear equations in two variables?

A. 2x – 7y = 8 B. x + 9y = 2

C. 2x – 3y > 12 D. 3x + 5y = -2

33.If 2x + y = 9 and 2x – y = 11 , what is the value of x?

A. 4 B. 5 C. 10 D. 20

34.A car park charges Php 45 for the first 3 hours and Php 5 for every succeeding hour or a

fraction thereof. Another car park charges Php 20 for the first 3 hours and Php 10 for every

succeeding hour or a fraction thereof. In how many hours would a car owner pay the same

parking fee in any of the two car parks?

A. 2 hr B. 3 hr C. 5 hr D. 8 hr

35.Mr. Agpalo paid Php 260 for 4 adult’s tickets and 6 children’s tickets. Suppose the total cost

of an adult's ticket and a children’s ticket is Php 55. How much does an adult's ticket cost?

A. Php 20 B. Php 35 C. Php 80 D. Php 120

36. As the slope of the line increases, the graph becomes

A. Steeper B. straight C. larger D. shorter

37.Which ordered pair is the solution to this system of equations x + 5y = 4

–x-2y = 5?

A. (-11, 3) B. (11, -3) C. (-1, 3) D. (3, -11)

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38.What do you call the process of adding the equations to eliminate either x or y from the

system of linear equations?

A. cancellation B. elimination

C. graphing D. substitution

39.Clarissa has 2 apples and 3 oranges with a total cost of P105.00 while her friend has 1 apple

and 4 oranges cost P90.00. Which of the following steps would be the best way to begin with

in finding the cost of an apple and cost of an orange?

2x + 3y = 105 (equation 1)

x + 4y = 90 (equation 2)

A. Multiply equation 2 by -2 B. Multiply equation 1 by 4 and 2

C. Add equation 1 and 2 D. Multiply equation 2 by 2 and add

40.Which of the following is the most efficient method to use in solving system of linear

equations 4x + y = 5

2x –y = 1 ?

A. cancellation B. elimination

C. graphing D. substitution

Prepared by:

APRIL AQUINO-ROMAN
Teacher I

JAYSON M. TOLENTINO
Teacher I

Checked and verified by:

VICTORIA B. VILLANUEVA
Head Teacher I

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Noted by:

JESUS B. BORJA
Teacher-In-Charge

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