DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Mathematics 9

Direction: Read and analyze each item then choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following illustrates a quadratic equation?
a. 8 x−3 x +5=0 b. 9−10 x+3 x 2−6 x 4 =0 c. x 2+ 2 x−8=0 d. x +3 ( x−2 )=0
2. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation if the value of its discriminant is zero?
a. irrational and not equal b. not real c. rational and not equal d. real and equal
3. Which of the following symbols is NOT used in quadratic inequalities?
a. ≥ b. < c. ≥ d. =
4. Given the graph on the right, point A is the turning point of the parabola which refers to the __________. A
a. axis of symmetry c. range
b. domain d. vertex
5. Which of the following quadratic functions is in vertex form?
a. ¿ 5 x 2+ 4 x +17 b. y=5 x 2−4 x c. y=4 ( x−4 ) +17 d. ¿ 5 ( x−4 )2 +17
6. Which relation between two quantities states that “If one quantity increases, the other quantity also increases”?
a. combined variation b. direct variation c. inverse variation d. joint variation
7. In quadrilateral LOVE, what side is congruent to LO? L O
a. EV c. LV
b. LE d. OV E V
8. The median of a trapezoid is half the _______________.
a. longest side of the trapezoid c. sum of the nonparallel sides
b. sum of the base angles d. sum of the parallel sides
9. It is the relationship of the corresponding angles of two similar polygon.
a. congruent b. equal c. proportional d. supplementary
10. It is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right triangle.
a. cotangent b. secant c. sine d. tangent
11. What is the value of sin 30o?
a. 1 b. ½ c. √ 2 d. √ 3
12. The value of tan 450 is_____.
a. 1 b.3/4 c. 2 d. 3/2
13. It is the angle from the horizontal to the line of sight of the observer to the object below.
a. angle of depression b. angle of elevation c. horizontal line of sight d. line of sight
14. What do you call the angle from the horizontal to the line of sight of the observer to the object above?
a. angle of depression b. angle of elevation c. horizontal line of sight d. line of sight
15. It states that the square of the length of a side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus the
product of twice the two sides and the cosine of the angle between them.
a. Law of Cosine b. Law of Sines c. Pythagorean Theorem d. Tangent Law
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16. What is the sum of the roots of x −7 x +6=0?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
17. What function is described by the table of values on the right side?
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0
a. y=x 2 +2 x+1 c. y=x 2−4 x−1 y 31 17 7 1 -1
b. y=2 x 2−1 d. y=3 x 2 +5
18. Determine the function described by the graph of f(x) = x2 shifted 3 units to the right of the origin.
a. f(x) = (x – 3 )2 b. f(x) = (x + 3 )2 c. f(x) = 3x2 d. f(x) = (x – 2)2 + 3
19. Which of the following is the variation statement for y=kb/c?
a. y varies directly as b and c c. y is inversely proportional to b and c
b. y varies directly as b and inversely as c d. y varies jointly as b and c
20. The product of ( 4 x y ) ( 3 x ) is
3

a. 12 x 4 y b. 12 x 3 3 y 3 c. 12 x 3y d. 12xy
21. Which of the following expressions is in simplest form?
a. x1/2 b. x2/4 c. x4/2 d. x3/6
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22. Which radical expression is equivalent to ( 4 ) 5 ?
a. √
5 4
3 b. √
5 3
4 c. √
3 5
4 d. √
3 4
5
23. Which of the following is equal to

9 √6 9 6
√√ 27 ?
64
3 √6 3 √3
a. b. c. r d.
8 4 4 8
24. What is the sum of 2x√ y + 3x√ y ?
a. 5x+y b. 6xy c. 5√ xy d. 5x√ y
25. In the equation √ x+ 1=4 , find the value of x.
a. 7 b. 9 c. 15 d. 17
26. If the measure of one angle of a rhombus is 55°, what is the measure of its opposite?
a. 35° b. 55° c. 125° d. 135°
27. Given Δ𝐴𝐶𝐸, with B and D as midpoints of CA and CE respectively. C
What is the value of |CE|, if |CD| = 19 cm?
a. 19 cm c. 38 cm B D
b. 28 cm d. 45 cm
A E
28. In a Mathematics class, there are 25 boys and 29 girls. What is the ratio of boys to the total number of students?
29 25 29 25
a. b. c. d.
25 29 54 54
29. If ∆SUM ~ ∆PRO by AA Similarity Theorem, which angle is congruent to ∠M?
a. ∠ O b. ∠ P c. ∠ R d. ∠ S
30. In triangle ABC, AB=12 cm., BC= 8 cm. and m∠B= 80, what law is to be used to find AC?
a. Law of Cosine b. Law of Sines c. Pythagorean Theorem d. Tangent Law
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31. Find the roots of the quadratic equation x – 10 x + 9=0 .
a. -3, -3 b. 3, 3 c. -9, -1 d. 9, 1
32. Which of the following is equivalent to 𝑥 (𝑥+5) = 2?
a. x2 + 5x – 2 = 0 b. x2 + 5x + 2 = 0 c. x2 - 5x – 2 = 0 d. x2 - 5x + 2 = 0
33. If a number is added to its square, the result is 42. Find the number.
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d.8
34. Find the solution set of x 2−4 x−32<0.
a. (-4, 8) b. (8, ∞) c. (-∞, - 4) d. (10, ∞)
35. A projectile is launched from a point 40 feet above the ground. The height at ground level h in feet after t seconds is
given by the function g(t) = 40t -5t 2. Find the maximum height of the projectile and the number of seconds it will take to
reach the maximum height.
a. 70 feet b. 80 feet c. 90 feet d. 100 feet
36. The number of hours required to do a job varies inversely as the number of people working together. If it takes 9 hours
for 5 people to paint a house, how long will it take 15 people to paint the hours?
a. 2 hours b. 3 hours c. 4 hours d. 5 hours
37. Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs are 5 cm. and 12 cm.
a. 12 cm. b. 13 cm. c. 14 cm. d. 15 cm
38. The length of the hypotenuse of a 30°-60°-90° triangle is 18. What is the length of the shorter leg?
a. 18 b. 9 √ 3 c.10 d. 9
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39. In a graph of y= ax +bx+c, the larger /a/ is, the graph _______________.
a. moves upward b. moves downward c. becomes narrower d. becomes wider
√
m n mn
√
40. If √ a= √ a= √ a , what is the result after simplifying √ √ 64 ?
n m 3

a.
√ 441 b. 2 c.
√70 d. 9
7 7
41. MATH is a parallelogram, whose diagonals intersect at P. If MP = 6cm and AP = 7cm, what is the total measure of the
two diagonals? M A
a. 26 cm. c. 13 cm.
b. 16 cm. d. 8 cm.
H T
42. Nena’s cake recipe calls for 8 cups of flour for every two cups of milk. If she uses 20 cups of flour, how many cups of milk
will she need?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
43. ΔABC ~ ΔDEF, If AB = 36 cm., BC = 24 cm., DE = 48 cm., m ∠ B=110 , m∠ E=110 , what is EF?
a. 30 cm. b. 32 cm. c. 34 cm. d. 36 cm.
44. Find the shorter leg of a right triangle if the measures of the hypotenuse and the longer leg are 15 cm. and 12 cm.
respectively.
a. 9 cm. b. 10 cm. c. 17 cm. d. 21 cm.
45. A triangular parcel of land has sides 50 ft., 40 ft. and 35 ft. What is the measure of the largest angle of the triangle to the
nearest degree?
a. 440 b. 530 c. 830 d. 860
46. JADE is a square. What is the measurement of JE, if JE = 4x -5 and AD = x + 4? J A
a. 1 c. 6
b. 3 d. 7 E D
47. A slide has an angle of depression of 58°. If the slide is 12.3 m. long, find the horizontal distance that the slide reaches.
a. 6.5 m. b. 10.4 m. c. 14.5 m. d. 19.7 m.
48. A kite held by 125 m. of string makes an angle of elevation with the ground of 45 0. How high is the kite above the
ground?
a. 62.8 m. b. 75.1 m. c. 88.4 m. d. 113.6 m
49. The area of a rectangular lot is at least 560 square meters. The length is 3 meters more than twice its width.
If w represents the width make a mathematical statement that will represent the problem.
 a. 560> w ( 2 w+3 ) b. 560< w ( 2 w+3 ) c. 560 ≥ w ( 2 w+3 ) d. 560 ≤ w ( 2 w+3 )
50. Design the graph of f(x) = x2 -8x + 16
a. b. c. d.