Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region Xll
Schools Division Office of Cotabato
BIALONG HIGH SCHOOL
Bialong, Mlang, Cotabato

First quarter examination

Mathematics 9
Name:______________________________Section:_________________Score:___________
Instruction: Read and analyze each problem.
Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer among the choices. Encircle the letter of your answer
on your answer sheet.

_____1. Given a, b, and c are real numbers and 𝑎 ≠ 0, which of the following is the standard form of
quadratic equation?
A. 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 B. 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0 C. 𝑎 = 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 D. 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 = 0
______2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
A. 3𝑥 + 5 = 0 B. (𝑥 + 1) (𝑥 – 2) = 𝑥 2 C. (𝑥 + 2) (𝑥 – 3) = 5 D. 2𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 – 5 = 0
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______3. Given (𝑥 – 1) + 3 = 2𝑥 + 1, find the value of the constant term.
A. 1 B. 3 C. -1 D. -3
______4. Which of the following is equivalent to 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 – 7 = 0?
A. (𝑥 + 1) (𝑥 – 7) = 0 B. (𝑥 + 4) (𝑥 – 3) = 5 C. (𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 – 3) = 6 D. (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 3) = 10
______5. A rectangular lot has an area of 132𝑚2 and a perimeter of 46𝑚. Which of the following quadratic
equations illustrates the given situation?
A. 𝑥 2 − 23𝑥 + 132 = 0 C. 𝑥 2 + 46𝑥 – 132 = 0
B. 𝑥 2 + 23𝑥 + 132 = 0 D. 𝑥 2 – 46𝑥 + 132 = 0
______6. The __________ states that if x and c are real number and if 𝑥 2 = 𝑐, then 𝑥 = √𝑐 or 𝑥 = −√𝑐.
A. Square Root Property B. Multiplication Property
C. Addition Property D. Zero Product Property
______7. What are the positive and negative square root of 81?
A. ±8 B. ±16 C. ±9 D. ±7
______8. What is the practical way to solve 𝑥 2 – 25 = 0?
A. factoring B. extracting the square root
C. completing the square D. quadratic formula
______9. For any real number a and b, if ab = 0, then either a= 0 or b = 0 is called _____.
A. Zero Product Property B. Square Root Property
C. Addition Property D. Subtraction Property
______10. The (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 – 3) is a factored form of equation ______.
A. 𝑥 2 – 3 = 0 B. 2𝑥 2 = 9 C. 𝑥 2 – 9 = 0 D. 𝑥 2 + 32 = 0
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______11. Solve for the value of x in equation 4𝑥 + 8𝑥 = 0.
A. 𝑥 = 0, −2 B. 𝑥 = 2, −2 C. 𝑥 = 1, 2 D. 𝑥 = −1, −2
______12. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?
A. 𝑥 2 – 2𝑥 + 1 B. 𝑥 2 – 4𝑥 + 6 C. 𝑥 2 – 4 D. 𝑥 2 + 9
______13. In the expression x – bx + 100, what is the value of b to make the expression a perfect
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square? A. 10 B. 5 C. 15 D. 20
______14. To find the value of b in question number 5, get the ______ of the product of the square roots
of the 𝑥 2 and 100.
A. thrice B. once C. twice D. triple
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_______18. The roots of a quadratic equation are 2 and 5.Which of the following statement is true about
the discriminant of equation?
A. The discriminant is negative.
B. The discriminant is equal to zero.
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C. The discriminant is positive and not perfect square.

D. The discriminant is positive and a perfect square.
______19. Given the equation, 4𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 − 13 = 0, which of the following is the nature of its roots?
A. The roots are real, rational and equal.
B. The roots are imaginary and unequal.
C. The roots are real, irrational and unequal.
D. The roots are real, rational, and unequal.
______20. The discriminant of a quadratic equation is 34. Which of the following is true about its roots?
A. The roots are real, rational and equal.
B. The roots are imaginary and unequal.
C. The roots are real, irrational and unequal.
D. The roots are real, rational, and unequal.
______21. What is the value of 𝑡 that will make the roots of the equation 8𝑥 2 − 4𝑡𝑥 + 3 = 0 equal?
A. 𝑡 = ±6 B. 𝑡 = ±96 C. 𝑡 = ±√6 D. 𝑡 = ±4√6
______22. Which of the following quadratic equations has rational, equal and real roots?
A. 9 − 6𝑥 + 𝑥 2 = 0 B. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 2 = 0 C. 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 21=0 D. 4𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 1
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______29.The length of a rectangle is 2 m less than twice the width. If the area of the rectangle is 112 𝑚2
, what is the width?
A. 5 m B. 8 m C. 9 m D. 14 m
______30. A piece of pipe costs ₱ 20.00. If the pipe was 1 meter shorter and each meter costs ₱ 1 more,
the cost would remain unchanged. What is the length of the pipe?
A. -4 B. -5 C. 5 D. 4
______31. A worker can clean a pool in four hours less time than it takes another worker. If the men work
together the job takes 8/ 3 hours. How long would it take the slower man working alone?
A. 6 hours B. 8 hours C. 7 hours D. 4 hours
______32. Jessie and Mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie thinks that if he works alone, it
will take him 5 hours more than the time Mark takes to paint the entire house. Working together, they can
complete the job in 6 hours. How long will it take Jessie to finish the job?
A. 5 hours B. 15 hours C. 10 hours D. 20 hours
______33. The distance between two cities A and B is 140 km. A car driving from A to B left at the same
time as a car driving from B to A. The cars met after one hour, then the first car reached city B 35 minutes
later than the second car reached city A. Find the speed of the car from city A to B.
A. 60 km/h B. 50 km/h C. 80 km/h D. 70 km/
______34. Which of the following is in the form of quadratic inequality?
A. 𝑎𝑥2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 > 0 B. 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 < 0
C. 𝑎𝑥2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 D. 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0
______35. Which of the following mathematical statements is a quadratic inequality?
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A. 5𝑡 2 − 3𝑟 − 20 = 0 B. 4𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 − 2 ≥ 0
C. 9ℎ + 18 < 0 D. 𝑚2 + 9𝑚 + 16 = 0
______36. Which of the following is true about quadratic inequality?
A. It contains a 2nd degree polynomial
B. It contains a 3rd degree polynomial.
C. Two sides of the inequality separated by “=” symbol.
D. None of the above
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For number 40 to 42
A consultant advises the owners of a beauty salon that their profit p each month can be modeled
by p(x) = -50x2 +3500x – 2500, where x is the average cost that a customer is charged. What range of
costs will bring in a profit of at least 50 000?

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_______43.Throwing a ball, shooting a cannon, diving from a platform and hitting a golf ball are all
examples of situations that can be modeled by ___________________.
A) Rational Function C) Quadratic Function
B) Radical Function D) Linear Function
_______44. The graph of a quadratic function is a smooth curve called
A) Line B) Circle C) V-Shape D) Parabola
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________48. Given the equation 𝑦 = −2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 7, what value of m and n will make the table complete,

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