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No.
Diagnostic Test in Mathematics 8
Name: __________________________Grade/Section: __________________Score: __________
Teacher: ________________________Date: _______________ Parent’s Signature: __________

I. Read and answer the following questions carefully. Write the letter of the best answer on
the space provided before each number.
___1. What do you call to a second degree equation?
A. Linear B. Quadratic C. Cubic D. Quartic
___2. Which equation is in the second degree equation?
A. 10 + 15x2 + 23 C. 5x4 + 5x3 – 8x2
2 3
B. 5x – 9x + 6x D. 4x5 + 3x4 – 2
___3. What is the constant in the equation, 3x 2 – 5x + 6?
A. 2 B. 3 C. –5 D. 6
___4. What kind of special product is the expression, x 2 – 25?
A. Square of a binomial C. Square of a trinomial
B. Cube of a binomial D. Sum and difference of two terms
___5. Which equation is NOT a special product?
A. x2 – 36 B. x2 + 8x + 16 C. x2 – 25 D. x2 + 6x 8
___6. What is a function?
A. The listing of set of the second elements in the ordered pairs
B. The listing of set of all first elements in the ordered pairs
C. A pairing of elements of one set with the elements of a second set
D. A relation in which the first component corresponds to exactly one second component
___7. Given f(x) = 3x – 7, what is the function of x when x = 10?
A. – 23 B. – 37 C. 23 D. 37
___8. When does a statement becomes a conditional statement?
A. It has a truth value of true or false
B. It answers the question WHY and HOW
C. The conclusion always agrees with the hypothesis
D. The hypothesis contradicts the conclusion
___9. Which of the following defines a parallel line?
A. Lines that cross at exactly one point
B. Intersecting lines at a point forming a right angle
C. Lines contained in one plane but do not intersect
D. Lines that do not intersect and do not belong to one plane
___10. What is the most commonly used among the measures of central tendency?
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Range

II. Give the product for each polynomial. You can use the rule for special product to find the
answer.
1. (x + 10)2 3. (2p + 4q – 3r)2 5. (5s + 5t)(5s – 5t)
2
2. (3m – 7) 4. (d – 12)(d + 12)

III. Tell whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE. Write the correct answer on the space
provided before each number.
_____1. 2 is a prime even number.
_____2. Cancellation is applied when dividing the factor common with the numerator and
denominator.
_____3. a2b3 is the same as a × a × a × b ×b
_____4. Diagonal lines divide a parallelogram into two congruent triangles.
_____5. A data written with intervals are ungrouped data.
IV. Simplify each exponent. Show your solution.
1. (m4)(m6) x y 3 z3
8

2. (105)(10–2)
3. (x12)3
7. ( )
y z2
3
a5 b5 c5
4. (5m2n4)3
5. 20
a24
8. ( )
a4b8 c4
a m15 n10

6. 3 5
x5 y 7
9. ( )( )
n12 m11
x y
13 13
27 c b
( )
9 b 9 c 18

V. Complete the table by writing the mean, median, and mode of the following data.
Mean Median Mode
1. 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 3
2. 5, 7, 9, 8, 8, 8, 10, 12, 13 8
3. 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 14.88
4. 24, 25, 28, 32, 34, 34, 35, 39 33
5. 85, 83, 84, 82, 88, 85, 89, 90 85