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Diagnostic Test in Mathematics 9
Diagnostic Test in Mathematics 9
Diagnostic Test in Mathematics 9
Direction: Read and understand the items carefully. Choose and write the letter of the correct answer in your answer
sheet.
3. Which of the following can be solved easily by extracting the square roots?
a. x 2 + 16x + 64 = 0 b. 2w 2 + 7w = 3c. 4r 2 – 32 = 0 d. 2y – 8 = -3 y 2
4. Which of the following helps to tell you the value of the discriminant of a given quadratic equation?
a. a 2 = 4bc b. b 2 – 4ac c. c 2 – 4ab d. b 2 - 4 2ac
2
6. How would you write x 2 + 8x + 2 = 0 in the form ( x +b) + c = 0?
( x +8)2 - 62 = 0 2 2 2
a. b. ( x +4 ) - 14 = 0 c. ( x +4 ) + 2 = 0 d. ( x +8) + 2 = 0
7. Which of the following rational algebraic equations transformable into a quadratic equation?
w+1 w+2 2 3 2q−1 1 3q 3 4 7
a. - =7 b. + =5 c. + = d. + =
2 4 p p+ 1 3 2 4 m−2 m+ 2 m
10. Which of the following coordinates of points belong to the solution set of inequality y < 2 x 2 + 5x -1?
a. (-3, 2) b. (-2, 9) c. (1,6) d. (3, 1)
11. Which of the following statements are true about the solution set of the inequality y < 2 x 2 - 4x -1?
I. The coordinates of all points on the shaded belong to the solution set of the inequality.
II. The coordinates of all points along the parabola as shown by the broken line do not belong to the solution set of the
inequality.
III. The coordinates of all points along the parabola as shown by the broken line do not belong to the solution set of
the inequality.
a. I and II b. I and III c. II and III d. I, II and III
13. The quadratic function f(x) = x 2 +2x -1 is expressed in standard form as _______?
( x +1)2 +1 2 2 2
a. f(x) = b. f(x) = ( x +1) -2 c. f(x) = ( x +1) +2 d. f(x) = ( x +1) –1
16. What is an equation of a quadratic function whose zeros are twice the zeros of y = 2 x 2 -x-10?
a. f(x) = 2 x2 -20x-20 b. f(x) = x 2 -x-20 c. f(x) = 2 x2 -2x-5 d. f(x) = 2 x2 -3x-5
19. A car travels a distance of d km in t hours. The formula relates d to t is d = kt. What kind of variation is it?
a. Direct b. Inverse c. Joint d. Combined
20.The speed r of a moving object is inversely proportional to the time t travelled is written as _______.
k t
a. r = kt b. r ¿ c. t = kr d. =r
t k
21. y varies directly as x and y = 32, when x =4. Find the constant of variation?
a. 8 b. 36 c. 28 d. 128
10 8 0 1 0
22. What is the simplified form of ( 4 5 6 100− ) ?
2
1 1 1
a. 1 b. c. d.
75 150 6000
23. Which of the following is true?
1
1 1 22 2 1 2 1
1
a.
5 2 +
5 3 = 55 b. 1
=
2 2 c. 3 2
(3 ) =
9 3 d.
4 2 = 1
2 2 42
28. Which of the following is the result when we simplify (2√ 8 + 3√ 5 )(6√ 8+ 7 √ 5)?
a. 12√ 64 + 14√ 40 + 18√ 40+21 √ 25 c. 201 + 64√ 10
b. 12√ 8 + 32√ 40 + 21√ 5 d. 195√ 10
6−√2
29. What is the result when we simplify ?
4−3 √ 2
a. 5 b. -2√ 2 c. 5-√ 2 d. -9-7√ 2
30. Luis walks 5 km due to east and 8km due north. How far is he from the starting point?
a. √ 89 km b. √ 64 km c. √ 39 km d. √ 25 km
32. Which of the following conditions is not sufficient to prove that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram?
a. two pairs of sides are parallel. c. two angles are supplementary
b. two pairs of opposites are congruent d. two diagonals bisect each other
36. 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°
37. 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
38. The ratio of the volumes of two similar rectangular prisms is 125:64. What is the ratio of their base areas?
a. 25:16 b. 25:4 c. 4:5 d. 5:4
39. If m:n = 3:2m, what is the correct order of the steps in determining m 2-n2 :m 2-2 n2?
2 (3 k )2−( 2 k)2 m n
I. m = 3k; n =2kII. m -n2 :m 2-2 n2 = 5:1 III. IV: = =k
(3 k )2−2(2 k )2 3 2
a. I, IV, III, II b. IV, I, III, II C. I, IV, II, III D. I, III, II, IV
40. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 6cm, 10cm, and 13cm. What kind of a triangle is it?
a. Rectangular triangle b. Acute triangle c. Right triangle d. Obtuse triangle
41. What is the perimeter of a 30-60-90 triangle whose shorter leg is 5 inches long?
a. 5√ 3 cm b. 15+√ 3 cm c. 15 + 5√ 3 cm d. 10 + 5√ 3 cm
42. The hypotenuse of an isosceles right trapezoid measures 7 cm. How long is each leg?
7 √3 7 √3
a. 7√ 2 cm b. 3.5 cm c. cm d. cm
2 3
43. The ratio of the sides of the original triangle to its enlarged version is 1:3. The enlarged triangle is expected to have
_______.
a. sides that are thrice as long as the original. c. sides that are one-third the lengths of the original.
b. an area that is thrice as large as the original. D. angles that are thrice the measurement of the original.
44. A document is 80% only of the size of the original document. If you were tasked to convert this document back to its
original size, what scale factor do you use?
a. 100%b. 110%c. 120% d. 125%
50. 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
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. A or c
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. A
20. B
21. A
22. A
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. A
29. D
30. A
31. A
32. A
33. C
34. B
35. C
36. B
37. B
38. A
39. B
40. D
41. C
42. C
43. A
44. D
45. B
46. A
47. C
48. B
49. C
50. B