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MARIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

First Quarter Exam in Mathematics 9

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I. Multiple Choice: Read the following questions and select the letter that contains the correct answer.
Note: no erasures allowed (no whitewash and no using of pencil)
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. 2x2 – 7x ≥ 3
B. s + 5s – 4 = 0
2
D. 3x – 7 = 2
3. In the quadratic equation 3x + 7x – 4 = 0, what is the value of a?
2

A. 3 C. 7
B. 3x D. -4
4. Which of the following is NOT a quadratic equation?
A. 2x2 + 5x + 3 = 0 C. 2x + x + 2 = 0
B. 3x(x – 2) = 10 D. (2x + 1)(x – 1) = -6
5. Which of the following quadratic equations can be solved easily by extracting the square root?
A. 4m2 – 64 = 0 C. 5x2 + 7x -51 = 0
2
B. 6x - 9x +12 = 0 D. 3y2 + 2y = 8
6. Which of the following quadratic equations is written in standard form?
A. 3x – 2x2 = 7 C. -2x2 – 7 + 3x =0
B. -2x2 – 7 = -3x D. -2x2 + 3x – 7 = 0
7. Write (x + 3) (x + 4) = 0 into standard form of quadratic equation.
A. x2 + 7x + 12 = 0 C. x2 + 6x + 12 = 0
2
B. x + 3x + 4 = 0 D. x2 + x + 12 = 0
8. The following are the values of a, b, and c that Wyner and Angelo got when they expressed 5 – 3x = 2x2 in
standard form. (Wyner: a = 2, b = 3, c = -5; Angelo: a = -2 b = -3, c = 5) Who do you think got the correct
values of a, b, and c?
A. Wyner C. Both of them are correct
B. Angelo D. Both of them are wrong
9. How many real roots does the quadratic equation 3x2 + 7x + 10 = 0 have?
A. 0 C. 2
B. 1 D. imaginary
10. One of the roots of 2x2 - 3x - 9= 0 is 3. What is the other root?
A. 3/2 C. 2/3
B. -3/2 D. -2/3
11. What are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - 3x -10 = 0?
A. 2 and 5 C. 10 and -1
B. -2 and 5 D. -10 and 1
12. Find the solutions of the quadratic equation x2 + 7x = 0.
A. 0 and -7 C. 0 and 1
B. 7 and 1 D. -1 and 0
13. If one of the factor of x2 + 9x = -8 is (x+1), What is the other factor?
A. (x + 9) C. (x + 8)
B. (x - 9) D. (x - 8)
14. What number must be added to the expression (x2 + 2x + _____) to make it a perfect square trinomial?
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
15. Which of the following quadratic equation whose roots are 5 and 12?
A. x2 + 17x + 60 = 0 C. x2 – 17x + 60 =0
B. x2 + 17x - 60 = 0 D. x2 – 17x - 60 =0
2
16. Sophia solves the equation x + 2x -15 = 0 with a solution of 3 and 5 while Carlo solves it with a solution of
-3 and 5. Who do you think got the correct solutions?
A. Sophia C. Both of them are correct
B. Carlo D. Both of them are wrong
17. The roots of a quadratic equation are -5 and 3. Which of the following quadratic equations has these roots?
A. x2 - 8x + 15 = 0 C. x2 - 2x - 15 = 0
2
B. x + 8x + 15 = 0 D. x2 + 2x -15 = 0
18. Which of the following quadratic equations has no real roots?
A. 2x2 + 4x = 3 C. -2r2 – 2s = -5
B. t – 8t – 4 = 0
2
D. 3s2 – 2s = -5
19. Samson solves the equation y2 + 4y - 32 = 0 by completing the square. Which part of Samson’s solution do
you think is wrong?
y2 + 4y -32 = 0 1 A. 1
y2 + 4y = 32 2 B. 2
y2 + 4y + 16 = 32 + 16 3 C. 3
(y + 4)2 = 48 4
D. 4

20. Girlee has an assignment, she needs to solve this equation by factoring: x2 + 9x = -8. What must she do?
Arrange the given below and choose the best answer.
1. x2 + 9x + 8 = 0 A. 1-2-3-4 C. 1-3-4-2
2. x+1 = 0 ; x + 8 = 0 B. 1-3-2-4 D. 2-1-3-4
3. (x+1)(x+8)=0
4. x = -1 ; x = -8
21. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation if the value of the discriminant is negative?
A. the roots are not real C. the roots are irrational and not equal
B.The roots are rational and equal D. the roots are rational and not equal
22. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 6x + 3 = 0?
A. the roots are not real C. the roots are irrational and not equal
B.The roots are rational and equal D. the roots are rational and not equal
23. What is the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - 6x – 14 = 0?
A. -7 C. -2
B. 6 D. 14
24. What is the product of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 7x – 18 = 0?
A. -7/2 C. 19
B. -18 D. 20
25. The factor of a certain quadratic equation is (x-5) (x-6) = 0. What could be the sum of their roots?
A. 30 C. 11
B. -30 D. -11
26. The product of the roots of the quadratic equation is 51. If one of the root is -17, what could be the
equation?
A. x2 - 20x - 51 = 0 C. x2 - 20x + 51 = 0
2
B. x + 20x + 51 = 0 D. x2 + 20x - 51 = 0
27. Which of the following rational algebraic equations is transformable into quadratic equation?
𝑥+1 𝑥+2 2𝑥−1 1 3𝑥
A. 2 - 4 = 7 C. 3 + 2 = 4
2 3 3 4 7
B. 𝑥 + 𝑥+1 = 5 D. 𝑥−2 + 𝑥+2 = 𝑥
28. It takes Pedro 3 hours more to paint a house than Richard. If they work together, they can finish the same
job in 2 hours. How long would it take Pedro to finish the job alone?
A. 4 hours C. 6 hours
B. 5 hours D. 7 hours
29. Mang Aze wants to make a table which has an area of 6m2. The length of the table has to be 1m longer than
the width. What quadratic equation represents the situation?
A. 6 = p(p + 1) C. p2 - p - 6 = 0
2
B. p + p + 6 = 0 D. (p + 1)(p + 1) = 6
30. A 5cm by 5cm square piece of cardboard was cut from a bigger square cardboard. The area of the remaining
cardboard was 60 cm2, if x represents the length of the bigger cardboard, which of the following expressions
give the area of the remaining piece?
A. x2 – 25 C. -x2 - 25
B. x – 25 D. x2 + 25
31. The length of a wall is 17m more than its width. If the area of the wall is less than 60m2, which of the
following could be its length?
A. 3 m C. 20 m
B. 16 m D. 18 m
32. The length of the garden is 5m longer than its width and the area is 36m2. How long is the garden?
A. 6 m C. 8 m
B. 7 m D. 9 m
33. From 2004 through 2012, the average weekly income of an employee in a certain company is estimated by
the quadratic expression 0.15n2 + 3.35n + 2220, where n is the number of years after 2004. In what year was
the average weekly income of an employee equal to Php 2,231.40?
A. 2004 C. 2006
B. 2005 D. 2007
34. An Amusement park wants to place a new rectangular billboard to inform visitors of their new attractions.
Suppose the length of the billboard to be placed is 4m longer than its width and the area is 96m2. What will
be the length and the width of the billboard?
A. 8m by 4m C. 12m by 8m
B. 10m by 6m D. 10m by 9m

35. In the figure below, the area of the shaded region is 144 cm2. What is the length of the longer side of the
figure?
s 6 cm

4cm

A. 8 cm C. 14 cm
B. 12 cm D. 18 cm

II. Determine the roots of the following equations. Show your solution. (3 points each)
Note: Answer sheet must be clean

1. x(x-5) = 36

2. (x – 4)2 - 25 = 0

3. (x + 1)2 + (x – 3)2 = 15
1 4𝑥
4. 3𝑥 + =1
6

5. x(x – 10) = -21