Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV- A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF ANTIPOLO CITY
SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SY 2019-2020

DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 9

NAME: __________________________________ SCORE:___________________________

GRADE & SECTION: _______________________ DATE: ___________________________

Directions: Read and answer each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on your
answer sheet.

1. It is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in the form ax2 + bx + c
= 0, where a, b, and c are real numbers and a ≠ 0.
A. Linear Equation C. Quadratic Equation
B. Linear Inequality D. Quadratic Inequality

2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?

A. 2r2+4r-1 C. s2+5s-14 =0
B. 3t-7 =12 D. 2x2-7x-1> 3

3. In the quadratic equation 3x2 + 7x – 4 = 0, which is the quadratic term?

A. x2 B. 7x C. 3x2 D. -4

4. How many real roots does the quadratic equation x2 + 5x + 7 = 0 have?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

5. Which of the following mathematical statements is a quadratic inequality?

A. 2r2 – 3r – 5 =0 C. 3t2 + 7t – 2 > 0
B. 7h +12 <0 D. s2 + 8s + 15 =0

6. Which of the following equations represents a quadratic function?

A. y = 3 + 2x2 C. y = 3x - 22
2
B. 2y + 3 = x D. y = 2x – 3

7. The quadratic function f(x) = x2 + 2x – 1 is expressed in standard form as

A. f(x) = ( x + 1 )2+ 1 C. f(x) = ( x + 1 )2+ 2
B. f(x) = ( x + 1 ) – 2
2 D. f(x) = ( x + 1 )2 – 1

8. The graph of y = x2– 3 is obtained by sliding the graph of y = x2

A. 3 units downward C. 3 units to the right
B. 3 units upward D. 3 units to the left

9. What are the dimensions of the largest rectangular field that can be enclosed with
100 m of wire?
A. 24 m × 26 m C. 50 m × 50 m
B. 25 m × 25 m D. 50 m × 25 m

10. The cost c varies directly as the number n of pencils is written as

𝐾 𝐾
A. c = kn B. k = cn C. n = D. c =
𝐶 𝑁

11. The speed r of a moving object is inversely proportional to the time t travelled is
written as
𝐾 𝑟
A. r = kt B. r = C. t = kr D. = r
𝑇 𝑘
12. Which is an example of a direct variation?
2 2
A. xy = 10 B. y = C. y = 5x D. = x
𝑥 𝑦
13. A car travels a distance of d km in t hours. The formula that relates d to t is d = kt. What
kind of variation is it?
A. direct B. inverse C. joint D. combined
14. What happens to T when h is doubled in the equation T = 4h?
A. T is halved C. T is doubled
B. T is tripled D. T becomes zero
15. Luis walks 5 kilometers due east and 8 kilometers due north. How far is he from the
starting point?
A. √89 kilometers C. √39 kilometers
B. √64 kilometers D. √25 kilometers
Surface
16. Find the length of an edge of the given cube. Area=
A. 6 √2 meters C. 2 √3meters 72sq.m
B. 6 √12 meters D. √2 meters
17. How do you describe any two opposite angles in a parallelogram?
A. They are always congruent.
B. They are supplementary.
C. They are complementary.
D. They are both right angles.
18. What can you say about any two consecutive angles in a parallelogram?
A. They are always congruent.
B. They are always supplementary.
C. They are sometimes complementary.
D. They are both right angles.
19. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Every square is a rectangle.
B. Every rectangle is a square.
C. Every rhombus is a rectangle.
D. Every parallelogram is a rhombus.
20. Which of the following statements could be false?
A. The diagonals of a rectangle are congruent.
B. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
C. The diagonals of a square are perpendicular and bisect each other.
D. The diagonals of a rhombus are congruent and perpendicular to each other.
21. Which of the following quadrilaterals has diagonals that do not bisect each other?
A. Square C. Rectangle
B. Rhombus D. Trapezoid
22. Which of the following conditions is not sufficient to prove that a quadrilateral is a
parallelogram?
A. Two pairs of sides are parallel.
B. Two pairs of opposite sides are congruent.
C. Two angles are supplementary.
D. Two diagonals bisect each other.
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23. What is the measure of ∠2 in rhombus HOME? 105 0

A. 75° C. 105°
B. 90° D. 180°
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24. Two consecutive angles of a parallelogram have measures (x + 30)° and [2(x – 30)]°. What
is the measure of the smaller angle?
A. 30° B. 80° C. 100° D 140°
25. Which of the following statements is true?
A. A trapezoid can have four equal sides.
B. A trapezoid can have three right angles.
C. The base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
D. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid bisect each other.
26. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are represented by 4x – 47 and 2x + 31. What is
the value of x?
A. 37 B. 39 C. 107 D. 109
27. Which of the following statements is/are true about trapezoids?
A. The diagonals are congruent.
B. The median is parallel to the bases.
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b
28. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 6 cm, 10 cm, and 13 cm. What kind of a triangle is
it?
A. Regular Triangle C. Right Triangle
B. Acute Triangle D. Obtuse Triangle
29. The hypotenuse of an isosceles right trapezoid measures 7 cm. How long is each leg?
7√2 7√2
A. 7 √2 cm B. 3.5 cm C. 2 cm D. 2 cm
30. With respect to the given angle, what is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side?
A. sine B. cosine C. tangent D. cosecant
31. What is the result after simplifying 2√3 + 4√3 - 5√3 ?
A. - √3 B. √3 C. 11√3 D. 21√3

√3
32. What is the simplified form of 4 ?
√3

4 4
A. √3 B. √3 C. 11√27 D. √27
33. What are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + x – 56 = 0?
A. 2 and -1 B. 8 and -7 C. -8 and 7 D. 3 and -2
34. What is the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 + 6x – 14 = 0 ?
A. -7 B. -3 C. 6 D. 14
35. Which of the following quadratic equations can be solved easily by extracting square
roots?
A. x2 - x + 12 = 0 C. 4t2 – 9 = 0
B. 2w + 7w – 3 = 0
2 D. 3v2 - 2v – 8 = 0
36. Mackee’s income varies directly as the number of days that she works. If she earns Php
8,000.00 in 20 days, how much will she earn if she worked 3 times as long?
A. Php 26,000 B. Php 24,000 C. Php 20,000 D. Php 16,000
37. From the top of a barn 7.62 m high, you see a cat on the ground. The angle of depression
of the cat is 40°. How many meters must the cat walk to reach the barn?
A. 9.08 m C. 9.81 m
B. 9.80 m D. 9.18m
38. The length of a wall is 12 m more than its width. If the area of the wall is less than 50 m2,
which of the following could be its length?
A. 3 m B. 4 m C. 15 m D. 16 m
39. The length of a garden is 5 m longer than its width and the area is 14 m 2. How long is the
garden?
A. 9 m B. 7 m C. 5 m D. 2 m
40. A car travels 20 kph faster than a truck. The car covers 480 km in two hours less than the
time it takes the truck to travel the same distance. How fast does the car travel?
A. 44 kph B. 60 kph C. 80 kph D. 140 kph
41. A 12 cm by 16 cm picture is mounted with border of uniform width on a rectangular frame.
If the total area of the border is 288 cm2, what is the length of the side of the frame?
A. 8 cm B. 16 cm C. 20 cm D. 24 cm
42. It takes Mary 3 hours more to do a job than it takes Jane. If they work together, they can
finish the same job in 2 hours. How long would it take Mary to finish the job alone?
A. 3 hours B. 5 hours C. 6 hours D. 8 hours
43. The batter hits the softball and it follows a path in which the height h is given byh(t) =-2t2 +
8t +3, where t is the time in seconds elapsed since the ball was pitched. What isthe
maximum height reached by the softball?
A. 11 m B. 12 m C. 13 m D. 14 m
44. The amount of gasoline used by a car varies jointly as the distance travelled and the
square root of the speed. Suppose a car used 25 liters on a 100 km trip at 100 kph, about
how many liters will it use on a 1000-km trip at 64 kph?
A. 100 L B. 200 L C. 300 L D. 400 L
45. The perimeter of a parallelogram is 34 cm. If a diagonal is 1 cm less than its length and
8cmmore than its width, what are the dimensions of this parallelogram?
A. 4 cm × 13 cm C. 6 cm × 11 cm
B. 5 cm × 12 cm D. 7 cm × 10 cm
46. A map is drawn to the scale of 1 cm : 150 m. If the distance between towns A and B
measures 8. 5 cm on the map, determine the approximate distance between these towns.
A. 2175 m C. 1275 m
B. 1725 m D. 2715 m
47. The length of the shadow of your one-and-a-half-meter height is 2.4 meters at a certain
time in the morning. How high is a tree in your backyard if the length of its shadow is 16
meters?
A. 25.6 m C. 38.4 m
B. 10 m D. 24 m
48. A kite held by 125 m of string makes an angle of elevation with the ground of 45°. About
how high is the kite above the ground?
A. 62.8 m C. 88.4 m
B. 75.1 m D. 113.6 m
49. A balloon is 50 m high. Its angle of elevation from observer A is 45° and from observer B it
is 30°. What is the maximum distance between the two observers? Express your answer
to the nearest meter.
A. 136 m B. 137 m C. 138 m D. 39 m
50. With the sun, a girl 1.4 m tall casts a 3.6 m shadow. Find the angle of elevation from the tip
of the shadow to the sun. Express your answer to the nearest degree.
A. 19° B. 20° C. 21° D. 22°

Prepared by:

MR. ERNIE P. ESTRERA

Math Teacher

Checked by:
JAMES O. PACIFICAR
Math Department Chairman

Approved by:

DR. ROWENA B. SISON

Principal IV
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region IV- A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF ANTIPOLO CITY
SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SY 2019-2020

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 9

UNDERSTANDING
LEARNING COMPETENCIES

Number of Test

REMEMBERING

EVALUATING
ANALYZING
TEST PLACEMENT

APPLYING
Items

50 11 12 11 11 5 R U Ap An E
1. Illustrate quadratic equation 3 3 1,2,3
2. Solving quadratic equation by:

a. Factoring 1 1 33
b. Completing the square 1 1 35
3. Characterize the roots of quadratic 1 1 4
equation using the discriminant
4. Describe the relationship between the 1 1 34
coefficient and the roots of quadratic
equations
5. Solves problems involving quadratic 2 1 1 9 38
equations
6. Illustrate quadratic inequality 1 1 5
7. Illustrate quadratic function 1 1 6
8. Transform the quadratic function from 1 1 7
general form to standard form
and vice-versa
9. Solve problems involving quadratic 4 1 1 1 1 45 40 43 39
functions
10. described the movement of the graph 1 1 8
of quadratic function.
3
11. Translate into variation statement a relation 2 1 10,11 12
ship involving direct variation
12. Solve problem involving :
a. Direct variation 3 1 1 1 13 14 36
b. Inverse variation 1 1 42
c. Joint variation 1 1 44
13. Solve problem involving radical 4 2 2 15,31 16,32
expression.
14. Determine the conditions that 6 2 2 2 18,21 19,20 17,22
guarantee a quadrilateral a parallelogram.
15. Apply the theorems on rectangle to 2 1 1 23 24
solve the unknown parts of the
parallelogram
16. Apply the theorems on isosceles 4 1 2 1 25 26,30 27
trapezoid in solving the unknown parts of
an isosceles trapezoid.
17.Apply the Right Triangle Similarity 4 1 2 1 46 28,29 41
Theorem in solving the unknown sides of
similar triangles.
18. Solve problems involving angle of 4 1 2 1 48 47,50 49
elevation.
19. Solve problems involving angle of 1 1 37
depression.
50 11 12 11 11 5