DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Candon City Division

DR. RICARDO GACULA MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tamurong 1st, Candon City, Ilocos Sur

THIRD PERIODIC EXAMINATION

JANUARY 9-10, 2020
MATHEMATICS 8
NAME: ______________________________________ Score: _________/50
SECTION: ______________________ PARENT’S SIGNATURE: __________________

DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze each statement carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer
on the space before each number.
For Nos.1 – 2. A linear equation in two variables has two forms.

_____1. Which of the following is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation?

A. Ax + By = C B. y = mx + b C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. 1/x + 1/y = b
_____2. Which of the following is the standard form of a linear equation?
A. Ax + By = C B. y = mx + b C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. 1/x + 1/y = b

For Nos. 3-5. The equation of a line can be determined using formula.

_____ 3. What is the formula in finding the equation of a line given two points?
𝑦 −𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
A. y = 𝑥2− 𝑥1( x – x1) + y1 B. 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. y = mx + b
2 1
_____ 4. Which of the following formula is used in finding the equation of the line given the x-
and y- Intercepts?
𝑦 −𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
A. y = 𝑥2− 𝑥1( x – x1) + y1 B. 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. y = mx + b
2 1
_____ 5. Which of the following is the point-slope form of the equation of the line?
𝑦 −𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
A. y = 𝑥2− 𝑥1( x – x1) + y1 B. 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. y = mx + b
2 1
_____ 6. What is the equation of the line passing through the point (- 3, 5) and whose slope is
2?
A. y = 2x – 1 B. y = 2x + 2 C. y = 2x + 8 D. y = 2x + 11
_____ 7. What is the equation of the line with the slope -2 and passing through (5, 4)?
A. y = 2x + 1 B. y = -2x + 1 C. y = 2x + 14 D. y = -2x + 14
_____ 8. Which line passes through the points (3, 4) and (8, -1)?
A. y = -x + 7 B. y = -x − 1 C. y = x + 7 D. y = x − 1
_____ 9. What is the equation of the line shown in figure 1?
A. x + y = 1 B. x – y = 1 C. 2x + y = 1 D. 2x – y = 1

Figure 1
_____10. The x-intercept of a line is -4 and y-intercept is 6. Which equation represents this line?
A. 2x – 3y + 12 = 0 B. 3x – 2y + 12 = 0 C. 2x + 3y – 12 = 0 D. -3x + 2y – 12 = 0
_____11. Which of the following is the point-slope form of the equation of the line that passes
through (5,-3) and has a slope of -6?
A. y = -6(x + 5) + 3 B. y = -6(x + 3) + 5 C. y = -6(x - 5) – 3 D. y = -6(x + 3) – 5
_____12. If y refers to the cost and x refers to the number of kilos, what is the correct
mathematical model if Aling Puring bought 7 kilos of pork?
1
A. y = 7x B. y = x + 7 C. y = 7x D. y = 7x + 1
_____13. Which of the following equations is used to generate the table of values below?
x -2 -1 0 1 2
y -8 -5 -2 1 4
A. y = 3x -2 B. y = 3x + 2 C. y = 2x – 3 D. y = 2x + 3

_____ 14. What is the equation of the line containing the points (-4, 8) and (-7, 11).
1
A. y = -x + 4 B. y = x + 4 C. y = (− 2)x + 2 D. y = x + 12
_____ 15. What is the equation of the line where the slope is 5 and the y-intercept is -3.
A. y = 5x – 3 B. 5x + 3y C. y = -3x + 5 D. -3 = 5x
 _____ 16. What is the standard form of the equation of the line with slope 3 passing through the
points (2, -3)
A. 3x – y = 9 B. –x + 3y = 11 C. -3x + y 5x = -9 D. 3x – y – 9 = 0
_____ 17. What is 5x – 9y = -2 in slope-intercept form.
A. y = (-5/9)x + 2 B. y = (5/9)x + 2/9 C. y = -5x – 2 D. (5/9)x + 2/9

For Nos.18 and 19, refer to the situation below.

The height h of the candle in centimeters is a function of time t in hours it has been
burning. It is described by the table below:
t 0 1 2 3 4 5
h(t) 10 8 6 4 2 0

_____ 18. What is the linear function h described by the table above?
A. h(t) = 2t – 10 B. h(t) = 10 – 2t C. h(t) = 2t + 10 D. h(t) = 10 – t
_____ 19. How long will it take for the candle to melt completely?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
For items 20 to 21, refer to the situation below:

Jose, the SSG Business Manager, was given the task by the SSG President to
canvass for a tarpaulin printing. He knew that in printing ad, the charge of tarpaulin
printing is Php 12 per square foot and Php 100 for the layouting.

_____20. Which of the following equations best represents the total cost y with x number of
square feet including layouting fee?
A. y = 12x – 100 B. y = 100x – 12 C. y = 12x + 100 D. y = 100x + 12
_____21.The SSG President told Jose that the dimensions of the tarpaulin are 5 feet by 4 feet.
How many square feet is the tarpaulin? How much should Jose pay for the printing ad?
A. 20 square feet; Php 420 C. 9 square feet; Php 320
B. 20 square feet; Php 340 D. 9 square feet; Php 208
_____22.Janel bought three apples and two oranges. The total amount she paid was at most
Php 123. If x represents the number of apples and y the number of oranges, which of
the following mathematical statements represents the given situation?
A. 3x + 2y ≥ 123 B. 3x + 2y > 123 C. 3x + 2y ≤ 123 D. 3x + 2y < 123
_____23. Adeth has some Php 10 and Php 5 coins. The total amount of these coins is at most
Php 750. Suppose there are 50 Php 5-coins. Which of the following is true about the
number of Php 10-coins?
I. The number of Php 10-coins is less than the number of Php 5-coins.
II. The number of Php 10-coins is more than the number of Php 5-coins.
III. The number of Php 10-coins is equal to the number of Php 5-coins.
A. I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. I, II, and III
_____ 24. The difference between the scores of Connie and Minnie in the test is not more than
six points. Suppose Connie’s score is 32 points, what could be the score of Minnie?
A. 26 to 38 B. 38 and above C. 26 and below D. Between 26 and 38

_____ 25. A system of linear equations in two variables consists of two or more linear equations.
Which of the following is a system of linear equations in two variables?
A. 2x – 7y = 8 B. 3x + 5y = -2 C. x + 9y = 2 D. 4x + 1 = 8
x – 4y = 9 2x – 3y > 12 3y – 7 = 11
_____ 26. How many solutions does a consistent and independent system of linear equations
have?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. Infinite
_____ 27. What do you call the two equations that have no values to satisfy both equations?
A. consistent system C. inconsistent system
B. solution system D. constant system
_____ 28. How do you call the set of (x,y) ordered pair that can satisfy equation?
A. variable set B. pair set C. solution set D. order set
_____ 29. Luisa says that the system 3x + y = 2
2y = 15 – 6x has no solution. Which of the following
reasons would support her statement?
I. The graph of the system of equations shows parallel lines.
II. The graph of the system of equations shows intersecting lines.
III. The two lines as described by the equations in the system have the same
slope.
A. I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. I, II, and III
_____ 30. Which system of equations has graph of parallel lines?
A. 5x + 2y = 12 C. 3x + 9y = 4
x − 7y = 8 x + 3y = 5
B. -3x + y = 5 D. 2x + y = 12
6x − 2y = -10 3x − y = 7
_____ 31. How many solutions are there if a system of equations has two lines that are parallel, and
not the same line?
A. Infinite Solutions B. No solutions C. One Solution D. 3 solutions
_____ 32. Two lines of a system intersect at the point (4, -10). The solution to the system is
A. x = 4 B. y = -10 C. x = 4, y = -10 D. Cannot Be determined
_____ 33. After solving for one variable of a system, you find x = 4. One of the equations used was
2x + y = 14. What is the value of y?
A. y = 4 B. y = 14 C. y = 8 D. y = 6
_____ 34. What is the first step to solve the following system of equations 4x – 3y = -10
2x + 3y = 4?
A. Add the 2 equations C. Multiply the second by 3
C. Subtract the 2 equations D. Multiply the first by ¼
_____ 35. Which coordinate pair is a solution to the following system of equations? 2x + y = 7
3x – 4y = 5 ?
A. (-1, 9) B. (-3, -1) C. (7, 4) D. (3, 1)
_____36. Without solving the system, how many solutions are there in the following systems of
y  12  x
equations: }?
x y 4
A. one solution B. no solution C. many solutions D. two solutions
_____ 37. Without solving the system, how many number of solutions are there in the following
y  x  4
systems of equations: }?
2 x  2 y  9
A. one solution B. no solution C. many solutions D. two solutions
_____ 38. What is the value of the x in the solution to the system of linear equations below?
𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1
{ }
𝑥+𝑦 =5
A. x = 0 Bx=2 C x = −5 D x = −8
3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6
_____ 39. Which is the solution to this pair of linear equations? { }
−𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 12
A (0, 12) B (0, 6) C (0, −6) D (6, 0)7.
_____40. The equations of two lines are y = −x − 6 and 2x – 3y = −2. What is the value of the y in
the solution for this system of linear equations?
Ay=2 B. y = −2 C y = −6 D y = −4
_____ 41. Sam scored 80% on Part A of a math test and 92% on part B of the math test. His total
mark on the test was 63. The total possible marks for the test was 75. Which system of
equations represents this situation?
80𝑎 + 92𝐵 = 63 80𝐴 + 92𝐵 = 75
A. C. ..
𝑎 + 𝑏 = 75 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 63
0.80𝐴 + 0.92𝐵 = 63 . 80𝐴 + .92𝐵 = 75
B. D.
𝑎 + 𝑏 = 75 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 63
_____ 42. A computer shop hires 12 technicians and three supervisors for total daily wages of Php
7,020. If one of the technicians is promoted to a supervisor, the total daily wages become
Php 7,110. In the given situation, what do you think is the daily wage for each technician
and supervisor?
A. P450.00 B. P350.00 C. P550.00 D. P650.00
_____ 43. The length of a rectangle is 3 centimeters more than 3 times the width. If the perimeter
of the rectangle is 46 centimeters, what is the dimensions of the rectangle?
A. length = 5 cm; width = 18 cm C. length = 13 cm; width = 8 cm
B. length = 13 cm; width = 5 cm D. length = 18 cm; width = 5 cm
_____ 44. There are 13 animals in the barn. Some are chicken and some are pigs. There are 40
legs in all. How many of each animal are there?
A. 6 chickens and 7 pigs C. 16 chickens and 2 pigs
B. 12 chickens and 4 pigs D. 8 chickens and 6 pigs
_____ 45. Mr. Domingo asked his worker to prepare a rectangular picture frame such that its
perimeter is at most 32 m. Which of the following could be the sketch of a frame that this
worker may prepare.
A. B. C. D.
8m
3m 6m 7m

7m
4m 5m 8m
II. Draw the graph of each systems of linear equations in two variables and determine whether it is
A. Consistent and Dependent B. Consistent and Independent and C. Inconsistent
(2 pts. Each)

_____ 46. y = 2x – 6 _____ 47. x + y = 5

3x + y = 4 x + y = -5

_____ 48. 2x – y = 1 49. 2x – y = 4

x–y=4 2x – y = -2

_____ 50. x – y = 4
x – 3y = 4
 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Candon City Division
DR. RICARDO GACULA MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tamurong 1st, Candon City, Ilocos Sur

THIRD PERIODIC EXAMINATION

JANUARY 9-10, 2020
MATHEMATICS 8
NAME: ______________________________________ Score: _________/50
SECTION: ______________________ PARENT’S SIGNATURE: __________________

DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze each statement carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer
on the space before each number.
For Nos.1 – 2. A linear equation in two variables has two forms.

_____1. Which of the following is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation?

A. Ax + By = C B. y = mx + b C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. 1/x + 1/y = b
_____2. Which of the following is the standard form of a linear equation?
A. Ax + By = C B. y = mx + b C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. 1/x + 1/y = b

For Nos. 3-5. The equation of a line can be determined using formula.

_____ 3. What is the formula in finding the equation of a line given two points?
𝑦 −𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
A. y = 𝑥2− 𝑥1( x – x1) + y1 B. 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. y = mx + b
2 1
_____ 4. Which of the following formula is used in finding the equation of the line given the x-
and y- Intercepts?
𝑦 −𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
A. y = 𝑥2− 𝑥1( x – x1) + y1 B. 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. y = mx + b
2 1
_____ 5. Which of the following is the point-slope form of the equation of the line?
𝑦 −𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
A. y = 𝑥2− 𝑥1( x – x1) + y1 B. 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 C. y – y1 = m(x – x1) D. y = mx + b
2 1
_____ 6. What is the equation of the line passing through the point (- 3, 5) and whose slope is
2?
A. y = 2x – 1 B. y = 2x + 2 C. y = 2x + 8 D. y = 2x + 11
_____ 7. What is the equation of the line with the slope -2 and passing through (5, 4)?
A. y = 2x + 1 B. y = -2x + 1 C. y = 2x + 14 D. y = -2x + 14
_____ 8. Which line passes through the points (3, 4) and (8, -1)?
A. y = -x + 7 B. y = -x − 1 C. y = x + 7 D. y = x − 1
_____ 9. What is the equation of the line shown in figure 1?
A. x + y = 1 B. x – y = 1 C. 2x + y = 1 D. 2x – y = 1

Figure 1
_____10. The x-intercept of a line is -4 and y-intercept is 6. Which equation represents this line?
A. 2x – 3y + 12 = 0 B. 3x – 2y + 12 = 0 C. 2x + 3y – 12 = 0 D. -3x + 2y – 12 = 0
_____11. Which of the following is the point-slope form of the equation of the line that passes
through (5,-3) and has a slope of -6?
A. y = -6(x + 5) + 3 B. y = -6(x + 3) + 5 C. y = -6(x - 5) – 3 D. y = -6(x + 3) – 5

_____12. If y refers to the cost and x refers to the number of kilos, what is the correct
mathematical model if Aling Puring bought 7 kilos of pork?
1
A. y = 7x B. y = x + 7 C. y = 7x D. y = 7x + 1
_____13. Which of the following equations is used to generate the table of values below?
x -2 -1 0 1 2
y -8 -5 -2 1 4
A. y = 3x -2 B. y = 3x + 2 C. y = 2x – 3 D. y = 2x + 3

_____ 14. What is the equation of the line containing the points (-4, 8) and (-7, 11).
1
A. y = -x + 4 B. y = x + 4 C. y = (− 2)x + 2 D. y = x + 12
_____ 15. What is the equation of the line where the slope is 5 and the y-intercept is -3.
A. y = 5x – 3 B. 5x + 3y C. y = -3x + 5 D. -3 = 5x
_____ 16. What is the standard form of the equation of the line with slope 3 passing through the
points (2, -3)
A. 3x – y = 9 B. –x + 3y = 11 C. -3x + y 5x = -9 D. 3x – y – 9 = 0
_____ 17. What is 5x – 9y = -2 in slope-intercept form.
A. y = (-5/9)x + 2 B. y = (5/9)x + 2/9 C. y = -5x – 2 D. (5/9)x + 2/9

For Nos.18 and 19, refer to the situation below.

The height h of the candle in centimeters is a function of time t in hours it has been
burning. It is described by the table below:
t 0 1 2 3 4 5
h(t) 10 8 6 4 2 0

_____ 18. What is the linear function h described by the table above?
A. h(t) = 2t – 10 B. h(t) = 10 – 2t C. h(t) = 2t + 10 D. h(t) = 10 – t
_____ 19. How long will it take for the candle to melt completely?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
For items 20 to 21, refer to the situation below:
Jose, the SSG Business Manager, was given the task by the SSG President to canvass
for a tarpaulin printing. He knew that in printing ad, the charge of tarpaulin printing
is Php 12 per square foot and Php 100 for the layouting.
_____20. Which of the following equations best represents the total cost y with x number of
square feet including layouting fee?
A. y = 12x – 100 B. y = 100x – 12 C. y = 12x + 100 D. y = 100x + 12
_____21.The SSG President told Jose that the dimensions of the tarpaulin are 5 feet by 4 feet.
How many square feet is the tarpaulin? How much should Jose pay for the printing ad?
A. 20 square feet; Php 420 C. 9 square feet; Php 320
B. 20 square feet; Php 340 D. 9 square feet; Php 208
_____22.Janel bought three apples and two oranges. The total amount she paid was at most
Php 123. If x represents the number of apples and y the number of oranges, which of
the following mathematical statements represents the given situation?
A. 3x + 2y ≥ 123 B. 3x + 2y > 123 C. 3x + 2y ≤ 123 D. 3x + 2y < 123
_____23. Adeth has some Php 10 and Php 5 coins. The total amount of these coins is at most
Php 750. Suppose there are 50 Php 5-coins. Which of the following is true about the
number of Php 10-coins?
I. The number of Php 10-coins is less than the number of Php 5-coins.
II. The number of Php 10-coins is more than the number of Php 5-coins.
III. The number of Php 10-coins is equal to the number of Php 5-coins.
A. I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. I, II, and III
_____ 24. The difference between the scores of Connie and Minnie in the test is not more than
six points. Suppose Connie’s score is 32 points, what could be the score of Minnie?
A. 26 to 38 B. 38 and above C. 26 and below D. Between 26 and 38

_____ 25. A system of linear equations in two variables consists of two or more linear equations.
Which of the following is a system of linear equations in two variables?
A. 2x – 7y = 8 B. 3x + 5y = -2 C. x + 9y = 2 D. 4x + 1 = 8
x – 4y = 9 2x – 3y > 12 3y – 7 = 11
_____ 26. How many solutions does a consistent and independent system of linear equations
have?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. Infinite
_____ 27. What do you call the two equations that have no values to satisfy both equations?
A. consistent system C. inconsistent system
B. solution system D. constant system
_____ 28. How do you call the set of (x,y) ordered pair that can satisfy equation?
A. variable set B. pair set C. solution set D. order set
_____ 29. Luisa says that the system 3x + y = 2
2y = 15 – 6x has no solution. Which of the following
reasons would support her statement?
I. The graph of the system of equations shows parallel lines.
II. The graph of the system of equations shows intersecting lines.
III. The two lines as described by the equations in the system have the same
slope.
A. I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. I, II, and III
_____ 30. Which system of equations has graph of parallel lines?
A. 5x + 2y = 12 C. 3x + 9y = 4
x − 7y = 8 x + 3y = 5
B. -3x + y = 5 D. 2x + y = 12
6x − 2y = -10 3x − y = 7
_____ 31. How many solutions are there if a system of equations has two lines that are parallel, and
not the same line?
A. Infinite Solutions B. No solutions C. One Solution D. 3 solutions
_____ 32. Two lines of a system intersect at the point (4, -10). The solution to the system is
A. x = 4 B. y = -10 C. x = 4, y = -10 D. Cannot Be determined
_____ 33. After solving for one variable of a system, you find x = 4. One of the equations used was
2x + y = 14. What is the value of y?
A. y = 4 B. y = 14 C. y = 8 D. y = 6
_____ 34. What is the first step to solve the following system of equations 4x – 3y = -10
2x + 3y = 4?
A. Add the 2 equations C. Multiply the second by 3
C. Subtract the 2 equations D. Multiply the first by ¼
_____ 35. Which coordinate pair is a solution to the following system of equations? 2x + y = 7
3x – 4y = 5 ?
A. (-1, 9) B. (-3, -1) C. (7, 4) D. (3, 1)
_____36. Without solving the system, how many solutions are there in the following systems of
y  12  x
equations: }?
x y 4
A. one solution B. no solution C. many solutions D. two solutions

_____ 37. Without solving the system, how many number of solutions are there in the following
y  x  4
systems of equations: }?
2 x  2 y  9
A. one solution B. no solution C. many solutions D. two solutions

_____ 38. What is the value of the x in the solution to the system of linear equations below?
𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1
{ }
𝑥+𝑦 =5
A. x = 0 Bx=2 C x = −5 D x = −8
3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6
_____ 39. Which is the solution to this pair of linear equations? { }
−𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 12
A (0, 12) B (0, 6) C (0, −6) D (6, 0)7.
_____40. The equations of two lines are y = −x − 6 and 2x – 3y = −2. What is the value of the y in
the solution for this system of linear equations?
Ay=2 B. y = −2 C y = −6 D y = −4
_____ 41. Sam scored 80% on Part A of a math test and 92% on part B of the math test. His total
mark on the test was 63. The total possible marks for the test was 75. Which system of
equations represents this situation?
80𝑎 + 92𝐵 = 63 80𝐴 + 92𝐵 = 75
A. C.
𝑎 + 𝑏 = 75 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 63
..
0.80𝐴 + 0.92𝐵 = 63 . 80𝐴 + .92𝐵 = 75
B. D.
𝑎 + 𝑏 = 75 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 63
_____ 42. A computer shop hires 12 technicians and three supervisors for total daily wages of Php
7,020. If one of the technicians is promoted to a supervisor, the total daily wages become
Php 7,110. In the given situation, what do you think is the daily wage for each technician
and supervisor?
A. P450.00 B. P350.00 C. P550.00 D. P650.00
_____ 43. The length of a rectangle is 3 centimeters more than 3 times the width. If the perimeter
of the rectangle is 46 centimeters, what is the dimensions of the rectangle?
A. length = 5 cm; width = 18 cm C. length = 13 cm; width = 8 cm
B. length = 13 cm; width = 5 cm D. length = 18 cm; width = 5 cm
_____ 44. There are 13 animals in the barn. Some are chicken and some are pigs. There are 40
legs in all. How many of each animal are there?
A. 6 chickens and 7 pigs C. 16 chickens and 2 pigs
B. 12 chickens and 4 pigs D. 8 chickens and 6 pigs
_____ 45. Mr. Domingo asked his worker to prepare a rectangular picture frame such that its
perimeter is at most 32 m. Which of the following could be the sketch of a frame that this
worker may prepare.
A. B. C. D.
8m
3m 6m 7m

7m
4m 5m 8 cm

II. Draw the graph of each systems of linear equations in two variables and determine whether it is
A. Consistent and Dependent B. Consistent and Independent and C. Inconsistent
(2 pts. Each)

_____ 46. y = 2x – 6 _____ 47. x + y = 5

3x + y = 4 x + y = -5

_____ 48. 2x – y = 1 49. 2x – y = 4

x–y=4 2x – y = -2

_____ 50. x – y = 4
x – 3y = 4