PRepublic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Administrative Region
Division of Agusan del Sur
NOVELE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Novele, Rosario Agusan del Sur

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 9

S.Y. 2019-2020

NAME: __________________________ YEAR and SECTION: __________________

I. Multiple Choices: Answer the following by writing the letter of your answer on your paper.

1. Which of the following is NOT a method of solving quadratic equations?

A. factoring C. quadratic formula
B. quadratic surd D. completing the square
2. In any quadratic equations, how many possible roots are there?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. infinite
3. How many possible real roots are there in the equation x 2 = k, where k < 0?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. infinite
4. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
A. x = 3 B. x – 2 = 0 C. 2 – x2 = 0 D. x3 – 2x + 1 = 0
5. What is the standard form of the equation 4x = 3x – 2?
2

A. 3x2 – 4x – 2 = 0 B. 3x2 + 4x – 2 = 0 C. 3x2 – 4x + 2 = 0 D. 3x2 + 4x + 2 = 0

6. What are the values of a, b, c of the equation in number 5?
A. a = 3, b = -4, c = -2 C. a = 3, b = -4, c = 2
B. a = 3, b = 4, c = -2 D. a = 3, b = 4, c = 2
7. Which of the following is the quadratic formula?
−𝑏±√𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 −𝑏±√𝑏 2 − 2𝑎𝑐
A. 𝑥 = C. 𝑥 =
2 2𝑎
𝑏±√𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 −𝑏±√𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐
B. 𝑥 = D. 𝑥 =
2𝑎 2𝑎
8. What will be added to the equation x2 + 24x + _____ to make it a perfect square trinomial?
A. 12 B. 24 C. 144 D. 576
9. Which of the following equations can be solved easily by extracting square roots?
A. x2 + 7x + 12 = 0 C. 3v2 + 2v – 82 = 0
B. 2w + 7w – 3 = 0
2 D. 16t2 – 9 = 0
10. Which of the following equations can be solved easily by factoring?
A. h2 + 6h = 16 C. t2 + 4t = -1
B. r – 10 r = -17
2 D. w2 + 6w – 11 = 0
11. What is the most appropriate method to use in solving the equation x 2 = k, where k> 0?
A. factoring C. completing the square
B. quadratic surd D. extracting square root
12. Below are the steps in solving quadratic equations by using the quadratic formula. Arrange the steps in order.
I. Determine the values of a, b and c.
II. Check the solution.
III. Write the equation in standard form.
IV. Simplify the result.
V. Substitute the values of a, b, and c in the quadratic formula.
A. I, II, III, IV, V C. III, I, V, IV, II
B. V, IV, III, II, I D. III, IV, I, V, II
13. In completing the square, what happens to the equation when both sides are added by square of one-half of the coefficient of x?
A. It becomes perfect square. C. It becomes perfect square trinomial.
B. It becomes perfect square binomial. D. It becomes some and difference of two squares.
14. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?
A. x2 + 2x + 1 B. x2 – 2x – 1 C. x2 + 3x + 4 D. x2 – 3x + 4
15. How many real roots does the quadratic equation x2 + 5x + 7 = 0 have?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. infinite
16. How many real roots does the quadratic equation x 2 = 16?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. infinite
17. In solving the equation x2 + 14x = 32 by completing the square, what will be added to both sides of the equation to make the left
side of the equation a perfect square trinomial?
A. 7 B. 14 C. 49 D. 2401
18. If you are going to solve the equation 5x – 14 = -x2, which of the following is the correct substitution of the quadratic formula?
−5±√52 − 4(−1)(−14) −14±√14 2 − 4(5)(−1)
A. 𝑥 = C. 𝑥 =
2(−1) 2(−1)
−5±√52 − 4(1)(−14) −(−14)±√(−14)2 − 4(5)(−1)
B. 𝑥 = D. 𝑥 =
2(1) 2(−1)
19. What are the values of x in the equation -6x2 + 36x = 0?
A. x = 0 and x = 6 C. x = 6 and x =-6
B. x = -6 and x = 0 D. x = 0 and x = -36
20. Which of the following rational algebraic equations is transformable into a quadratic equation?
2 3 2𝑞−1 1 3𝑞
A. + =5 C. + =
𝑝 𝑝+1 3 2 4
𝑤+1 𝑤+2 3 4 7
B. − =7 D. + =
2 4 𝑚−2 𝑚+2 𝑚
21. What is the standard form of equation x (x+2) + 2 (x-2) = 1 when transformed to a quadratic equation?
A. x2 + 4x – 5 = 0 C. x2 + 4x – 2 = 0
B. x + 2x – 5 = 0
2 D. x2 + 2x - 2 = 0
(𝑥+3)2
22. What value(s) of x can be a solution to the equation = 𝑥 + 3?
5
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 5
23. What is the standard form of the quadratic equation 3𝑥(2 − 𝑥) = 4?
A. 3𝑥(2 − 𝑥) = 4 C. 3𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 4 = 0
2 2
B. 6𝑥 − 3𝑥 = 4 D. 3𝑥 − 6𝑥 + 4 = 0
24. What are the values of a, b and c of the equation (𝑚 − 3)(𝑚 + 1) = 2?
A. a = 1; b = 2, c = -5 C. a = 1; b = -4; c = 5
B. a = 1; b = -2; c = -5 D. a = 1; b = -4; c = -5
25. The sum of two numbers is 16, and the sum of their squares is 146. Find the two numbers.
A. -14 and -2 B. 14 and 2 C. -11 and 5 D. 11 and 5
2 4
26. What is the least common denominator of the expression + ?
3 5
A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 15
27. What is a discriminant?
A. The discriminant helps tell you the solution of a quadratic equation.
B. The discriminant helps tell you the nature of roots of a quadratic equation.
C. The discriminant helps tell you the vertex of a quadratic equation.
D. The discriminant helps tell you the trend of the graph of a quadratic equation.
28. How do we get the discriminant of quadratic equations?
A. By substituting the values a, b and c in b2 – 4ac.
−𝑏
B. By substituting the values a, b and c in .
2𝑎
𝑐
C. By substituting the values a, b and c in .
𝑎
𝑏
D. By substituting the values a, b and c in ( )2 .
2
29. What is the nature of roots if the discriminant is -3?
A. The roots are rational numbers but are not equal. C. The equation has no real roots.
B. The roots are irrational number and are not equal. D. The roots are real numbers and are equal.
30. What is the discriminant of the quadratic equation 3x2 – 2x + 4 = 0?
A. -48 B. -44 C. 48 D. 52
31. Your classmate says that the quadratic equation 2x 2 + 5x – 4 = 0 has two rational and unequal roots because the value of its
discriminant is positive. Do you agree with your classmate?
A. Yes, because the discriminant is 57. C. No, because the roots are unequal irrational numbers.
B. No, because the discriminant is -7. D. No, because the roots are equal rational numbers
32. How do we get the sum of the roots of quadratic equations?
𝑐
A. By substituting the values a, b and c in b2 – 4ac. C. By substituting the values a, b and c in .
𝑎
−𝑏 𝑏
B. By substituting the values a, b and c in . D. By substituting the values a, b and c in ( )2 .
𝑎 2
33. How do we get the product of quadratic equations?
𝑐
A. By substituting the values a, b and c in b2 – 4ac. C. By substituting the values a, b and c in .
𝑎
−𝑏 𝑏
B. By substituting the values a, b and c in . D. By substituting the values a, b and c in ( )2 .
𝑎 2
34. What is the sum of the roots of 2x2 – 50 = 0?
A. 25 B. 5 C. 0 D. -5
35. Which of the following is a solution of (x – 3) (x – 4) = 20?
A. -3 B. 4 C. 8 D. 20
36. Which of the ff. can be solved using quadratic formula?
A. 𝑥 2 − 2x = 24 C. 𝑥 2 + 5x + 4 > 0
2
B. 𝑥 − 8x + 3 = y D. 2𝑥 2 − 17x + 21 < 0
2
37. Which equation shows how to solve 3𝑥 – x + 2 = 0 by using the quadratic
formula?
1 ±√32 −4(3)(2) 1 ± √(−1)2 − 4 (3)(2)
𝐴. 𝑥 = 𝐶. 𝑥 =
2(3) 2 (3)
−2 ± √(−1)2 − 4 (3)(2) −1 ± √(−1)2 −4(3)(2)
B. 𝑥 = d. 𝑥 =
2 2
2
38. The method of solving the quadratic equation 𝑥 = 𝐾 is called
A. factoring B. quadratic formula C. completing the square D. extracting square roots
39. The algebraic expression 𝑏 2 − 4ac of the quadratic formula is called
A. coefficient B. discriminant C. factor D. root
40. Below is the solution of your classmate when asked to solve the equation (2𝑛 + 3)2 + (𝑛 + 4)2 = 10. If you are going to evaluate
your classmate’s answer, is he/she correct? If not, in what step is he/she mistaken?
STEP 1: (2𝑛 + 3)2 + (𝑛 + 4)2 = 10
STEP 2: (4𝑛2 + 12𝑛 + 9) + (𝑛2 + 8𝑛 + 16) = 10
STEP 3: 5𝑛2 + 20𝑛 + 25 = 10
STEP 4: 5𝑛2 + 20𝑛 + 15 = 0
STEP 5: (5𝑛 + 3)(𝑛 + 5) = 0
STEP 6: 5𝑛 + 3 = 0 ; 𝑛 + 5 = 0
3
STEP 7: 𝑛 = ; 𝑛 = −5
5
A. Yes, he/she has correctly answered the equation.
B. No, in step 2, it should be (4𝑛2 + 9) + (𝑛2 + 16) = 10.
C. No, to simplify step 3, it should have been 5𝑛2 + 20𝑛 + 35 =.
D. No, the factors in step 5 must be (5𝑛 + 5)(𝑛 + 3) = 0.