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Department of Education
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CAVITE PROVINCE

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 8

General Instructions:
a. Write your answers clearly. Use CAPITAL LETTERS only. Yung malinaw hindi katulad
ng feelings nyang hindi mo maintindihan.
b. Use black or blue pen ink only.
c. Do not cheat. Ang rules sa love ay parang rules sa exam, NO CHEATING!
d. Avoid erasures. Pag-isipan muna mabuti bago isulat, dahil minsan kahit anong gawin
mo my matitirang lamat at bakas.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Which is the greatest common factor of 12 x2 +9 x 3 −6 x 4?

A. x B. 3x C. 3x2 D. 6x
2. If Ann correctly factors an expression that is the difference of two perfect squares,
her factors could be
A. (x - 4)2 B. (x – 4)(x – 4) C. x2 – 16 D. (x – 4)(x + 4)
3. Evaluate (3x + 6)(3x – 6)
A. 9x2 - 12x -36 B. 9x2 – 36 C. 9( x2 − 4) D. 3(3 x 2 − 12)
4. If the area of a square garden is (4x2 – 12x + 9) square units, is it possible to solve its
sides?
A. Yes, using factoring difference of two squares.
B. No, one of the sides must be given.
C. Yes, the area is a perfect square trinomial.
D. No, the area is not factorable.
5. The area of a rectangular garden is (12x2 – 8x – 15)m2 , what are its dimensions?
A. (6x + 5)m by (2x – 3)m
B. (6x – 3)m by (2x – 5)m
C. 4m by (3x2 – x) – 15m
D. 2m by (6x2 – 4x) – 15m
6. Which of the following is the appropriate thing to do to ensure that the correct
dimension of the box will be obtained?
A. Find a model for the box and measure it.
B. Make a trial and error until the desired capacity is obtained.
C. Measure the sides of the squares thoroughly to create a box.
D. Find the dimension of the square to be cut through factoring and scale
drawing.
7. Which of the following expressions illustrate a rational algebraic expression?
x+2
A. 3xy B. 4x + 4 C. D. 1
x+12
2
x −2 x − 15
8. Which expression represents 2 in simplest form?
x +3 x
( x −5)(x+ 3)
A.
x (x +3)
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x −5
B.
x
−2 x −5
C.
x
x −2 −15
D.
x +3

9. Zac is planning to plant multiple crops. In the planning process, he needs to know the
dimension of his garden. The rectangular garden has an area of 80 square feet. Its
length is 4x – 6 and the width is x. Using the given, which polynomial below
represents the dimension of Zac’s garden?
A. x + 80 = 0
B. 4x2 − 6x − 80 = 0
C. 5x + 74 = 0
D. 2x2 − 3x − 40 = 0
10. In school, your TLE teacher showed you a rectangular plot having an area of x 2 + 5x
+ 6 and a width of x + 2. Then, she asked you for the length of the plot. What will be
your answer?
A. 3 B. 3x C. 3x + 3 D. x + 3
11. Zoie is doing her assignment in Mathematics. She was tasked to determine the ratio
of the width of the rectangle and its perimeter. If the width is 6x + 8 and the length is
12x + 16, what will be Zoie’s answer to her assignment?
3 x +4 6 x+ 8 6 x +8
A. B. C. D.
9 x+12 18 x +24 12 x +16
6x – 8
12. What is the 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.
13. Some ordered pairs for a linear function of x are given in the table below.

Which of the following equations was used to generate the table above?
A. y = 3x – 4
B. 3x – y – 4 = 0
C. 3x = -y – 4
D. y = -3x – 4

14. Teacher Grace asks you to observe the illustration below. Then, she wants you to
find the slope of the line using that illustration. What will be your answer?
2
A.
4
2
B. −
4
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1
C.
2
D. 1

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

3 3x
A. 3 B. -3 C. − D. −
1 x

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

2
A. y=− x+ 2
5
2
B. y= x +2
5
2
C. y= x −2
5
2
D. − y= x − 2
5
17. What is the y – intercept of the line in the figure?
1
A. y=−
2
B. y=− 1
C. y=1
D. (0, 1)

18. What will happen to the value of y in the equation 2x + 3y = 12 when the value of x
decreases?
A. The value of y will increase.
B. The value of y will decrease.
C. The value of y will not change.
D. The value of y cannot be determined.
19. Find the equation of the line with the slope -2 and passing through (5, 4).
A. y = -2x + 14
B. 2x+y = 14
C. -y = 2x + 14
D. y = -2x + 1
20. If the slope of a line is 6 and y- intercept is -4, what is the equation of the line?
A. y = 6x – 4
B. y = 6x +(- 4)
C. -6x + y = -4
D. y = 6x + 4
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