Appendix D

University of St. La Salle

Bacolod City

PROJECT FREE – AKLAN

PRE-TEST on factoring Quadratic Polynomials

Student’s Profile

Please complete the information below using a ballpen.

Name: _________________________________________________________________
Gender: _________________Grade: __________________Age: _________________
School: ________________________________________________________________

I. Direction: Each item requires you to answer a question or solve a problem. Select
your answer from the four choice lettered A, B, C, and D. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. Which of the following is a Perfect Square Trinomial?

a. x² + 6x + 8 b. x² + 4x - 12 c. x² -8x + 16 d. x² -2x – 8

2. Factoring is the inverse of __________

a. addition b. subtraction c. multiplication d. division

3. Quadratic polynomials is a polynomial of what degree?

a. first b. second c. third d. fourth

4. Which of the following is an example of quadratic polynomial?

a. 2x+3 b. x2 + 3x – 10 c. x3 + x2 -5x – 6 d. x4 + 16

5. What is the product of ( x - y )( x - y ) ?

a. x² - 2xy + y² b. x² + 2xy + y² c. x² - y² d. x² + y²

6. The product of a + b multiplied by a - b is;

a. a² + b² b. a² - b² c. a² - 2ab + b² d. a² -2ab - b²

7. One of the factors of 2a² + 5a – 12 is a + 4. What is the other factor?

a. 2a – 3 b. 2a + 3 c.2a – 8 d. 2a + 8
8. The length of a rectangle is 4x - 2 and its width is 3x + 1.Find its area in terms of x.
a. 12x² - 2x - 2 b. 12x² - 6x - c. 12x² +2x - 2 d. 12x² - 2
9. The side of a square measures 2a - 4. Find its area.
a 4a² - 8 + 16 b. 4a² - 16a + 16 c. 4a² + 8a – 16d. 4a² + 16a - 16

10. Which of the following gives a product of 4x² - 9y²?

a. (2x - 3y)(2x - 3y) b. (2x + 3y)(2x - 3y) c. (4x + 9y)(4x - 9y)
d. (4x -9y)(4x+ 9y)

11. The factored form of x² - 2x - 8 is;

a. (x + 4) (x - 2) b. (x - 2)(x - 6) c. (x - 4)(x + 2) d. (x - 4)(x - 2)

12. Which of the following are the factors of 6x²+ 7x +2?

a. (6x + 1) (x + 2) b. (3x + 2)(2x + 1) c. (2x + 3)(3x + 1) d. (3x + 1)(2x + 2)

13. If the area of a square is 4y² - 4y + 1, what is the measure of its side?
a. (2y - 1) b. (2y + 1) c. (4y - 1) d. (4y + 1)

14. The area of a rectangle is 8x² + 10x + 3 units. Which expression represents the length
and the width?
a. ( 4x + 1)(2x + 3) b. (4x + 3)(2x + 1) c. (4x + 5)(2x + 2)
d. (4x + 2 )( 2x + 5 )

15. What is the product of (k + 2)(K – 2)?

a. Perfect Square Trinomial c. Difference of two squares
b. Quadratic Trinomial d. Difference of two cubes

16. The expression x²- y² is equal to

a.(x - y )(x - y) b. (x + y) (x - y) c. ( x² + y² )( x² - y²)
d. (x² - y²)( x² - y² )

17. What is the middle term when 5p – 7 is squared?

a. – 35p b. 35p c. – 70p d. 70p

18. What must be added to x² - 12x + ____ to make it a perfect square trinomial?
a. 24 b. 36 c. -24 d. -36

19. Which of the following polynomials is not factorable?

a. a² + 3a + 2 b. a² + a - 2 c. a² -3a - 2 d. a² - 3a +
2

20. Which expression is prime?

a. x2 + 4x + 3 b. x2 + 5x c. x2 + 6x + 8 d. None of the above

21. What are the factors of a2 – 12a + 27?

a. (a - 3) (a - 9) b. (a + 3) (a + 9) c. (a - 3) (a + 9) d. (a + 3) (a - 9)
22. In factoring completely, the first step is:
a. write the factors as product
b. find the common monomial factors
c. use the foil method
d. find the binomial factors

23. Which of the following factors satisfy the quadratic expression 2x2 - 11x -21?
a. (x - 7) (2x + 3) b. (x + 7) (2x – 3) c. (x - 5) (3x + 4) d. (x + 5) (3x - 4)

24. The result of squaring a binomial.

a. perfect square binomial c. quadratic trinomial
b. perfect square trinomial d. none of these

25. 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

26. Find the missing terms: (x + ____)(3x + ___) = 3x2 + 27x + 24

a. 6, 4 b. 4, 6 c. 8, 3 d. 12, 2

27. Your classmate was asked to square (2x – 3), he answered 4x2 – 9. Is his answer
correct?
a. Yes, because squaring a binomial always produces a binomial product.
b. Yes, because the product rule is correctly applied.
c. No, because squaring a binomial always produces a trinomial product.
d. No, because the answer must be 4x2 + 9.

28. The side of a square x cm long. The length of the rectangle is 5 cm longer than the
side of the square and the width is 5 cm shorter. Which statement is true?
a. The area of the square is greater than the area of the rectangle.
b. The area of the square is less than the area of the rectangle.
c. The area of the square is equal to the area of the rectangle.
d. Any relationship cannot be determined from the given information.

29. Let A: 4x2 – 81, and let B: (2x - 9)(2x + 9). If x = 2, which statement is true about A
and B?
a. A > B b. A < B c. A = B d. A ≠ B

30. Your sister plans to remodel her closet. She hired a carpenter to do the task. What
should your sister do so that the carpenter can accomplish the task according to what
she wants?
A. Show a replica of a closet
B. Download a picture from the internet
C. Leave everything to the carpenter.
D. Provide the layout drawn to scale
31. Suppose there is a harvest shortage in your farm because of malnourished soil. What
will you do to ensure a bountiful harvest in your farmland?
A. Hire number of workers to spread fertilizers in the farmland.
B. Buy several sacks of fertilizer and use them in your farmland.
C. Find the area of the farmland and buy proportionate number of sacks of
fertilizer.
D. Solve for the number of sacks of fertilizers proportionate to the number of
workers.

32. Which value of x will make the largest area of square with a side of 3x + 2?
A. 3/4 B. 0.4 C. 1/3 d. 0.15