Department of Education

Region VIII
DIVISION OF EASTERN SAMAR
MANICANI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Buenavista, Manicani, Guiuan, Eastern Samar

FIRST QUARTERLY TEST IN MATHEMATICS 8

Direction: Select the correct answer. Write the letter and the solution of your answer
in a separate clean piece of paper.

1. What is the process of finding the factors of an expression which is the reverse
process of multiplication?
A. Factoring C. Rationalization
B. Special Product D. Continuous Division

2. What is the number or expression that is common to all the terms in the
original expression?
A. Least Common Multiple C. Least Common Denominator
B. Greatest Common Monomial Factor D. None of the Above

3. What is the product of the square of a binomial called?

A. Perfect Square Binomial C. Perfect Square Trinomial
B. Perfect Cube Binomial D. Perfect Cube Trinomial

4. Which describes the factors of the difference of two squares?

A. Square of a Binomial C. Cube of a Binomial
B. Sum & Difference of Two Terms D. Binomial and Trinomial

5. Which describes the factors of the sum and difference of two cubes?
A. Square of a Binomial C. Cube of a Binomial
B. Sum & Difference of Two Terms D. Binomial and Trinomial

6. Which factoring technique must be used first whenever possible?

A. Factoring by GCMF C. Factoring Difference of Squares
B. Factoring by Grouping D. Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials

7. Which of the following polynomials cannot be factored?

A. Sum of Two Squares C. Difference of Two Squares
B. Sum of Two Cubes D. Difference of Two Cubes

8. What is the GCF of 2 a3 and 6 a 2 b ?

A. 2 B. 2 a C. 2 a2 D. 2 ab

9. Which of the following expressions is a perfect square?

A. 10 x 2 B. 25 x 9 C. 100 x 2 y 9 D. 49 x 4 y 2

10. What factoring technique can be used to factor 4 x 2−9 y 2?

A. Factoring by GCMF C. Factoring Difference of Squares
B. Factoring by Grouping D. Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials

11. Which among the following is a perfect square trinomial?

A. x 2+ 10 x +16 C. 2 a2−8 a+16
2
B. m −14 m+ 49 D. y 2 +10 y−25
12. What are the factors of x 2−9 x +20?
A. (x +4 )(x+5) B. (x−4)(x−5) C. (x−4)(x +5) D. (x +4 )(x−5)

13. Using the pattern for factoring sum of cubes, we know that factoring m 3 +27
gives
A. (m+3)(m2 +3 m−9) C.(m+3)(m2−3 m−9)
B.(m+3)(m 2−3 m+9) D. (m−3)(m2 +3 m−9)

14. All of the following trinomials are factorable, EXCEPT one. What is it?
A. x 2−2 x−3 C. 2 x 2+3 x−2
2 2
B. x + 5 x +6 D. 2 x +2 x +4

15. Which of the following trinomials has factors ( 2 a+b ) and (3 a−b)?
A. 6 a 2−ab−b2 B. 6 a 2+ ab−b2 C. 6 a 2−ab+ b2 D. 6 a 2+ ab+b 2

16. The square of a number equals six times that number. Find the number.
A. 0 and 3 B. 0 and 2 C. 2 and 3 D. 0 and 6

17. The area of a rectangular garden is 9 t 2−64 square units. If one side is 3 t – 8,
what is the other side?
A. 3 t – 8 B. 3 t+ 8 C. t−8 D. t+ 8

18. If the area of the square is ( 4 m2−12 mn+ 9 n2 ) cm2, how long is the side?
A. ( 2 m+ 3 ) cm B. ( 2 m+ 3 n ) cm C.( 2 m−3 ) cm D. ( 2 m−3 n ) cm

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19. In a rational algebraic expression written in the form of , where P and Q are
Q
polynomials, the polynomial Q must not be equal to ________.
A. −1 B. 0 C. 1 D. 2

20. Which of the following is considered a rational algebraic expression?

1
5a 3m 2 4y
A. B. C. 3 x −5 D.
√2 a 5 m+ 4
5x
2 2y
−2

x+ 3
21. What is the excluded value of the of the rational algebraic expression ?
x−5
A. 3 B. -3 C. 5 D. -5

2x+4
22. What is the value of the rational algebraic expression if x=10 ?
x−4
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

23. Which of the following is the correct order of simplifying rational algebraic
expressions?
I. Multiply the remaining factors.
II. Factor completely the numerator and denominator.
III. Separate and divide out common factor/s if there is/are any.
A. I, II, III B. I, III, II C. II, III, I D. III, II, I

24. When is a rational algebraic expression in simplest form?

A. If all fractions are in lowest terms.
 B. If there is no common factor between the numerator and denominator
except 1.
C. If the GCF of the numerator and denominator is 1.
D. All of the above.

25. Which of the following is a rational expression in simplest form?

2x 2 a−3 2
a −1
A. 2 B. C.
x 3 a−2 a+1
5 ab
D.
15 b

x+3
26. Which of the following is the simplified form of ?
3+ x
A. 1 B. -1 C. 0 D. 2

2
x +3 x +2
27. Which of the following is the simplest form of 2 ?
x −1
x+2 x−2 x+ 2
A. B. C. D.
x+1 x+ 1 x−1
x−2
x−1

a−1
28. Is the rational expression 2 in simplest form?
a −1
A. Yes, because the numerator and the denominator are in simplest form of a
polynomial expression.
B. Yes, because the numerator and the denominator have no common factor.
C. No, because the numerator and the denominator have different degrees.
D. No, because the denominator is not factored completely.

29. What is the first step in dividing rational algebraic expression?

A. Cross multiply. C. Find the LCD.
B. Find the GCF. D. Rewrite into multiplication.

30. What are rational algebraic expressions (RAE’s) with the same denominators
called?
A. Proper RAE’s B. Improper RAE’s C. Similar RAE’s D. Dissimilar RAE’s

31. It refers to the smallest expression that can be divided by the denominators of
dissimilar Rational Algebraic Expressions.
A. Prime Factors C. Least Common Denominator
B. Greatest Common Factor D. Greatest Common Multiple

2
x−3 x −9
32. What is the divisor in the given expression ÷ ?
2 6
2
x−3 x −9 3
A. B. C. D.
2 6 x+3
x+3
3

3x 2y
33. Give the least common denominator of and .
2y 3x
 A. 3 xy B. 2 xy C. 6 xy D. 6 x 2 y 2

5 6 a−4
34. Find the product of ∙ .
3 a−2 3
5 3 10 3
A. B. C. D.
3 5 3 10

35. Below are the steps in finding the product of rational algebraic expressions.
Which is the correct order?
I. Divide out the GCMF of the numerators and denominators.
II. Find the GCMF of the of numerators and denominators.
III. Simplify the remaining factors.
A. I, II, III B. I, III, II C. II, III, I D. II, I, III

36. It refers to the point where the coordinate axes ( x−¿ and y−¿ axes) of the
Cartesian Coordinate Plane intersect.
A. quadrant B. origin C. abscissa D. ordinate

37. In quadrant 3, the values of x, and y are always ____, and _____, respectively.
A. positive; positive C. positive; negative
B. negative; negative D. negative; positive

38. When plotting the point (−8,1), which describes the movement along the x−¿
axis and y−¿axis in the correct order?
A. 8 units right then 1 unit up C. 8 units left then 1 unit up
B. 8 units down then 1 unit left D. 8 units up then 1 unit right

39. Which of the following is true about (−3 , 0)?

A. It lies in Quadrant 1 C. It lies on the x - axis
B. It lies in Quadrant II D. It lies on the y - axis

40. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. Points that lie in Quadrant I has all positive signs.
B. Points that lie in Quadrant III has all negative signs.
C. Points that lie in Quadrant II has all positive signs.
D. Points that lie in Quadrant IV has positive and negative signs.

Prepared by:

JUFIL A. HOMBRIA
Teacher III