Grade 8 MMC 2018

____________ 1 Find the next two elements of the sequence 1, 6, 13, 24, 37, ….
____________ 2 Factor completely: 25𝑎 − 9𝑏 .
____________ 3 Simplify: 4 + 4 +4 .
𝑎 𝑏
____________ 4 Write in lowest terms without zero or negative exponents: .
𝑎 𝑏
(2𝑥 + 7)𝑥 + 3
____________ 5 Reduce to lowest terms: .
(2𝑥 + 7)(𝑥 + 3)
𝑥 𝑥 + 2𝑥 − 15
____________ 6 Perform the indicated operation and simplify: ⋅ .
𝑥 − 4𝑥 + 3 𝑥 + 5𝑥
____________ 7 The conversion formula from Fahrenheit to Celsius is ∘ C = (∘ F − 32). Solve 60 ∘ C to ∘ F.
____________ 8 Factor completely: (9𝑥 − 4𝑦 ) + (3𝑥 − 2𝑦 ).
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𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
____________ 9 Write in lowest terms without zero or negative exponents: .
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
____________ 10 A picture 25 cm by 35 cm is to be framed. If the width of the wood is 2 cm at least how
long a piece of wood is needed for the frame?
____________ 11 The difference of two numbers is 9. If 5 plus twice the smaller is subtracted form thrice
the larger the difference is 51. Find the bigger number.

5𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 20
____________ 12 How many solutions does the system of equations have? 𝑥 𝑦
− =1
4 5
|𝑥|
____________ 13 If 𝑓(𝑥) = , what is 𝑓(𝑎) if 𝑎 < 0?
𝑥
4 6𝑦 3
____________ 14 Perform the indicated operations and simplify: + + .
1+𝑦 1−𝑦 𝑦−1
____________ 15 Factor completely: 𝑎𝑦 − 2𝑎𝑦 − 9𝑎𝑦 + 18𝑎.
____________ 16 Find the value of 𝑘 so that 3𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 + 7 = 0 passes through the point (3, −2).
____________ 17 Solve the inequality: 3𝑥 + 6 < 5𝑥 − 12.
____________ 18 Let 𝑚 be an integer. Give the contrapositive of the statement “If 𝑚 is even then 𝑚 is even.”
____________ 19 The denominator of a fraction is 3 less than twice the numerator. If 2 is added to the
numerator and subtracted from the denominator, the resulting fraction is equal to 2. Find
the original fraction.
____________ 20 What is the domain of the function 𝑔(𝑥) = √4 − 𝑥?
1 1+𝑥
____________ 21 If 𝑓(𝑥) = and 𝑔(𝑥) = , what is (𝑓 ∘ 𝑔)(2)?
1−𝑥 𝑥
8𝑥 + 𝑦
____________ 22 Simplify .
8𝑥 + 18𝑥𝑦 + 7𝑦
____________ 23 In △𝑃𝑄𝑅, m∠𝑄 = 49∘ and m∠𝑅 = 77∘ . Arrange the sides of the triangle of increasing
length.
𝑎 𝑎−𝑥−𝑦
____________ 24 Solve the equation for 𝑏: = .
𝑏 𝑏−𝑥
𝑥
____________ 25 Simplify the complex fraction: 1 + .
1
1−
1−𝑥
____________ 26 A line with slope passes through the point (8, −5). Write an equation of the line in slope-
intercept form.

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____________ 27 Line ℓ has 𝑥-intercept 4 and passes through the point (2, −5). What is the 𝑦-intercept of
ℓ?
3
____________ 28 What are the domain and the range of the function ℎ(𝑥) = ?
𝑥−2
____________ 29 Write an equation of the line through the point (5, −3) and whose graph has no 𝑦-intercept.
____________ 30 Write an equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining (−5, −2) and
(−9, 4).
____________ 31 A rectangular lot has length in meters equal to 5 less than twice its width. One of the longer
sides is against the wall so that only the three remaining sides needed fencing material.
Find the dimensions of the lot if 39 meters of fencing material were used.
____________ 32 The length of a large size balikbayan box is 8 inches longer than its width, and its height
is 1 inch shorter than its width. If the height of the box is 𝑥 − 5, what is the volume of the
box in terms of 𝑥?
____________ 33 A man has 𝑥 pesos. If he spends 𝑦 centavos, how many pesos has he left?
____________ 34 Find the maximum value of 𝑥 such that 13! is divisible by 2 .
____________ 35 A two-digit number is increased by 18 when the digits are reversed. The sum of the digits
is 6. Find the reversed number.
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5
____________ 36 Find the solution set of the linear system: .
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 14
____________ 37 In the igure below, 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷 are coplanar points with 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴𝐶 and 𝐵𝐷 = 𝐶𝐷. If m∠𝐴 =
40∘ and m∠𝐷 = 100∘ , what is m∠𝐴𝐶𝐷?
𝐴

40∘

100∘

𝐵 𝐶

____________ 38 In the igure, ind 𝑥.

2𝑥
𝑥 𝐶
75∘ 110∘

𝐸 𝐹
𝑥 −𝑦
____________ 39 Write in lowest terms without zero or negative exponents: .
𝑥 𝑦 −𝑥 𝑦
____________ 40 Find two integers whose sum is 8 and whose difference is 12.
____________ 41 Find the area of the region on the irst quadrant of the 𝑥𝑦-plane bounded by the 𝑥-axis,
the 𝑦-axis, and the line 4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 24.
____________ 42 The Philippine transport agency LTFRB recently approved a new formula to compute taxi
fares based on lagdown or ixed rate, total distance travelled, and total running time (com-
pute whether the taxi is moving or stationary). For Metro Manila, the lagdown rate is

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Php 40, distance rate is Php 13.50 per km, and running time rate is Php 2 per min. Com-
pute the taxi fare of a 10 km trip in Metro Manila, if the taxi was moving for 10 min and
caught a traf ic jam for 20 min.
____________ 43 The mean of a set of 40 numbers is 60, and the mean of another set of 35 numbers is 30.
What is the mean when the two sets are combined?
____________ 44 Hannah typed her term paper at the rate of 36 words per min. After typing for 12 min, she
had 648 words left to type. Let 𝑓(𝑡) be the number of words Hannah would be left to type
after typing for 𝑡 min. Write a formula for 𝑓(𝑡).
____________ 45 Senior citizens get a 20% discount for admission tickets in a movie house priced at Php 250
per adult. If 1000 tickets were sold and total receipts were Php 231 000, how many senior
citizens watched the movie?
____________ 46 In right triangle △𝐴𝐵𝐶, the length of hypotenuse 𝐴𝐵 is 15 cm. If m∠𝐴 = 2m∠𝐵, what is
the length of 𝐴𝐶?
____________ 47 Von can do a carpentry job in 45 min while his brother JR can do the same job in 36 min.
How long will it take them to inish the job if Von and JR work together?
____________ 48 The measures of two consecutive angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 2 ∶ 3. What are
the measures of all angles of the parallelogram?
____________ 49 In a plane, the sides of ∠𝑥 are parallel to the sides of ∠𝑦. Determine all possible relation-
ships between the two angles.
____________ 50 Two 6-sided dice are rolled simultaneously. If the dice are fair, what is the probability that
the sum of the two numbers on the dice is divisible by 3?

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