Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Bulacan
Guiguinto National Vocational High School
Guiguinto, Bulacan

SUMMATIVE TEST IN MATHEMATICS 9 (Module 8-9)

Name: ___________________________________________ Score: ____________________

Section: ___________________________ Subject Teacher: ____________________________

A. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
_____1. It is an equation in which the variable appears in a radicand.
a. linear equation b. linear equation c. quadratic equation d.
algebraic equation
_____2. Numbers obtained when solving an equation that is not a solution of the original
equation
a. Extraneous roots b. square roots c. principal roots d. cube roots
_____3. The square root of 1 more than twice a certain number is 5. Find the number.
a. 12 b. 24 c. 144 d. 576
4. Solve: 5 - 2√ x = 2
a. 1/3 b. 3/2 c. ¼ d. 1/5
_____4. Which of the following radical equations have x = 2 as the solution?
a. √ x = 2 b. √ 2 x = 2 c. 2 √ x = 2 d. 2 √ x = 4
_____5. Which of the following is NOT a step when solving radical equations?
a. Check the solutions in the given equation for a possible presence of extraneous roots.
b. Isolate the radical on the left side by applying appropriate properties of equality.
c. Solve the resulting equation.
d. These are all steps to solve radical equation.
_____6. Which of the following is NOT true about simplified radicals?
a. No dominator contains an nth root
b. No radicand has a factor that is a perfect nth root .
c. No radicand contains a fraction.
_____7. All conditions below satisfy that a radical expression is said to be simplified except one.
a. It has negative exponent.
b. It has no complex fractions.
c. It has no fractional exponents.
d. It has no negative exponent.
_____8. Twice the cube root of a number is 24. Find the number.
a. 1248 b. 1823 c. 1728 d. 1923
_____9. If the height of a triangle is twice its base and area of the triangle is 225cm2 , then what
are its base and height .
a. 5 cm and 10 cm b. 15 cm and 25 cm c. 10 cm and 20 cm
d. 15 cm and 30 cm
_____10. Twice the square root of a number is 32. What is the number?
a. 4√ 2 b. 16√ 2 c. 64 d. 256
_____11. How long is the support wire needed from the top of a 10m electric post to a point 8m
from the base of the post?
a. 2√41 cm b. 22√41 cm c. 18√41 cm d. 36√41 cm
_____12. Equations containing radical with variable in the radicand.
a. Radical Equation b. Radical expression c. Linear d. Quadratic
_____13. If the height of a triangle is twice its base and area of the triangle is 225cm2 , then
what are its base and height
a. 5 cm and 10 cm b. 15 cm and 25 cm c. 10 cm and 20 cm
d. 15 cm and 30 cm
_____14. In solving radical equation, we need to ______ the radical on the left side by applying
appropriate properties of equality.
a. combine b. solve c. isolate d. check
_____15. √2𝑥 + 1 – √𝑥 − 3 = 2
a. no solution b. 4, 12 c. 12 d. 4
 _____16. When solving the equation √ x + 9 = x - 3, which values must be checked for
extraneous?
a. 0 and 7 b. 0 and -7 c. 7 and -7 d. 4 and -7

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_____17. Solve: √ 2 x−1 + 3 = 0
a. x = -13 b. x = 10 c. x = 13 d. no
solution
_____18. Solve: √3𝑥 + 3 − √5𝑥 − 1 = 0
a. -2 b. no solution c. 2 d. 0
_____19. The square root of a number is 4. Find the number.
a. 2 b. 16 c. 4 d. 18
_____20. How long is the support wire needed from the top of a 10m electric post to a point 8m
from the base of the post?
a. 2√41 cm b. 22√41 cm c. 18√41 cm d.
36√41 cm
_____21. One leg of a right triangle is 15cm. Its hypotenuse is 20 cm. How long is the other leg?
a. 2√7 cm b. 5√7 cm c. 3√7 cm d. 9√7 cm
3 5
_____22. What is the equivalent of √ 4 + √ 2 using exponential notation?
1 1 1
a.4 3 + 2 5 b. 43 + 25 c. 68 d. 6 8
_____23. The legs of a right triangle are 6 cm and √5 cm. Find the hypotenuse.
a. √41 cm b. 41 cm c. √61 cm d. 61 cm
_____24. Solve the equation √ x+1 √ 7 x+ 4 = 3
a. 3 and 20 b. 4 and 4 c. 5 and 20 d. -3 and -20
_____25. Solve √ 2 x +1− √ x−3 = 2
a. -4 and -12 b. 4 and 12 c. 4 and 8 d. no solution

II. Problem Solving. Write your complete solution (5 pts each).

1. One- third of the square root of a number is 3. Find the number.
2. The square root of the difference between a number and 5, plus the square root of the
number is equal to 5. Find the number.
3. The time 𝑡 (in seconds) it takes a free-falling object to fall ℎ feet is given by the formula 𝑡 = √
ℎ/16 . If a ball is dropped from a height of 196 m, how long would it take the ball to hit the
ground in seconds? a. 3.2 s c. 3.6 s b. 3.5 s d. 3.8 s
4. One leg of a right triangle is 15cm. Its hypotenuse is 20 cm. How long is the other leg?
5. The negative square root of a number increased by 2 is equal to the number. Find the
number.