Digos City National High School

MATHEMATICS 9
QUARTER 2
SUMMATIVE TEST NO. 2

Name: _______________________________ Section: ________________________________

Instructions:
 Read each question carefully before selecting your answer.
 Choose the best answer from the options provided.
 Mark your answers on the Zipgrade answer sheet with a dark pencil or pen.

QUESTIONS:

1. Which of the following laws of exponents supports the statement: xa • xb = xa + b?

A. Power to a Power Rule C. Product to a Power Rule
B. Product Rule D. Quotient Rule

2. Which of the following expressions is equal to 1?

1
A. 0 B. 50 y C. 7x0 D. 2 ( m )0
5
2
3. What is the simplified form of (−8 )3 ⋅ ?

A. 8 B. 4 C. -4 D. -8

( )
2 2
3y 3
4. Which is the rational exponent in the expression 3 ?
2x
2 3 1 4
A. 3 B. 2 C. 3 D. 3

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. 161 /2 = 8 B. 271 /3 =9 C. 271 /3 =3 D. 4 1 /3=2
6. The following statements are true EXCEPT

√ a = √a
n
1 n
A. (√
n
a)n = a B. √
n
a = an C. √
n
ab = √ a √ b
n
D.
b √n b
m
7. Assume that m is even and y > 0, what is ( m√ y ) ?
A. ym❑ B. y m C. y D. √y
√
8. Simplify ( 4 x ) . 4 2

A. 4x4 B. 2x2 C. x4 D. 4x8

3
9. Which is the index in the expression ( 7 m )4? √
4
A. 7 B. C. 3 D. 4
3
10. Transform ( 2 m )3/ 4 to radical form.
A. 3
2 m4 √ B. 3
√(2 m) 4 C.
√(2 m)
4 3 D.
√4 2 m3
11. The simplified form of a radical expression would require the following conditions EXCEPT
A. No prime factors of a radicand with an exponent equal to or greater than the index.
B. No denominator contains a radical sign.
C. No radicand contains a fraction.
D. No odd-numbered index.
12. Which of the following radicals is in simplified form?
1
A. √3 x 5 B. √ 4 x C.
√7
D. 4 √
3
4x
2
13. What should be multiplied to the numerator and denominator of the expression to rationalize the
√5 x
denominator?
A. √5 x B. 5x C. √ x D. √ 5
14. What is the result if
√9 is rationalized.
√3
A. 3 B. √ 3 C.
3
D.
√3
√3 3

15. In addition and subtraction of radicals, you can only add or subtract like radicals. When do you say that two
radicals are alike?
A. When their indices are the same
B. When their radicands are the same
C. When their indices and radicands are the same
D. When their integral exponents are the same

16. Find the sum of 5√ x + √ x −¿ 4√ y −√ y .

A. 7√ x−4 √ y B. 6√ x−5 √ y C. 6√ x−3 √ y D. 7√ x−3 √ y
17. Multiply (2√ 2 ¿( √ 16).
A. 2√ 18 B. 18√ 2 C. 6√ 2 D. 8√ 2
18. Which of the following is an example of a radical equation?

A. y + √ 2= 10 B. √ 2=7 x C. 18√ x = 6 D. √ 2=x + √ 7

19. What should be the value of the variable in the equation √ y +10 = 5?
A. -5 B. 5 C. 15 D. 17
20. Solve 4√ x+ 1 = 12.
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 15
21. Find the value of x in the equation √ x+ 1=√ 2 x−8 to make the equation true.
A. 10 B. 9 C. 8 D. 6
22. Solve the radical equation√
3
3 x+ 8=√ 6 x−1.
3

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
23. Which of the following equations illustrates a direct variation? Use k as the constant of variation.
k kz
A. y=kxz B. y= C. y=kx D. y=
x x
24. The labor cost varies jointly with the number of workers and the number of days they work. This situation
illustrates what kind of variation?
A. Direct B. Combined C. Joint D. Inverse

25. The statement “b varies inversely as a” can be translated into (used k as the constant of variation)
a k
A. b = a B. b = ka C. b = D. b =
k a
26. Which of the following situations is a combined variation?
A. The mass of an object varies inversely as the acceleration due to gravity.
B. The service fee of the therapist varies directly of the number of hours rendered.
C. The amount of gasoline a car uses varies jointly with the distance traveled and the square of speed.
D. The acceleration of an object varies directly as the force exerted and inversely as its mass.

27. Which of the following equations describes the given situation: “Speed s varies directly to distance d and
inversely to time t.”?
kd d k
A. s¿ B. s¿ C. s = kdt D. s =
t t dt
28. The process by which a fraction is rewritten so that the denominator contains only rational numbers.
A. Rationalizing the denominator
B. Simplifying fractions to the lowest term
C. Finding the least common denominator
D. Addition of fractions
29. What is the first step in solving the radical equation √ y=5 ?
A. Cube on each side C. Square on each side
B. Multiply 5 on each side D. Multiply y on each side
30. Eight men can paint the house in 6 days, in how many days can 12 men paint the same house?
 A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D.

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Noted:

GARY M. NUGAS WELLISA P. MILCA, PhD JERNALYN L. CASTRO

Math 9 Coordinator Master Teacher II OIC - Math Department