DIVISORIA HIGH SCHOOL

Santiago City

SECOND PERIODIC TEST

MATHEMATICS 9

Name: ____________________________ Section: __________ Date: _______ Score: ______

PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICES

DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer in each of the following. Write the letter of your choice on the space
provided before the item number.

*For numbers 1-4, refer to the parabola on the right.

______ 1. What is the vertex of the parabola?

a. (-1,-4) b. (-1,4)
c. (1,-4) d. (1,4)

______ 2. What is the domain of the function?

a. D= { x|x ∈ ℛ } b. D= { x|x ≥0 }
c. D= { x|x ≥− 1 } d. D= { x|x ≥− 4 }

______ 3. What is the range of the function?

a. R={ y| y ∈ ℛ } b. R={ y| y ≥ 0 } c. R={ y| y ≥ −1 } d. R={ y| y ≥ − 4 }

______ 4. Find the equation of the quadratic function determined from the graph.
a. y=(x +1)2 + 4 b. y=(x +1)2 −4
c. y=(x − 1)2 −4 d. y=(x − 1)2 +4

______ 5. Which of the following quadratic functions will have the widest graph?
a. y=− x 2+3 x b. y=3 x 2 +2 x
2
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c. y= x − 3 x d. y=− 2 x 2 +3 x
2
______ 6. The graph of y=x 2 −3 is obtained by sliding the graph of y=x 2 ____________.
a. 3 units downward b. 3 units upward
c. 3 units to the right d. 3 units to the left

______ 7. The graph of y=(x − 3)2 is obtained by sliding the graph of y=x 2 ____________.
a. 3 units downward b. 3 units upward
c. 3 units to the right d. 3 units to the left

______ 8. Which of the following quadratic functions has zeros -1 and 4?

a. y=− x 2+3 x −4 b. y=3 x 2 − 9 x − 12
c. y=x 2 +3 x+ 4 d. y=2 x 2+ 6 x+ 8

* For numbers 9-11, refer to the situation below.

The height (H) of the ball thrown into the air with an initial velocity of 9.8 m/s from a height of 2 meters
above the ground is given by the equation H ( t ) =−4.9 t 2 +9.8 t+2 , where t is the time in seconds that the ball
has been in the air.

______ 9. What maximum height did the object reach? (Hint: find for the vertex of the quadratic function)
a. 6.5 m b. 6.9 m c. 7.1 m d. 7.3 m

______ 10. How long will it take the ball to reach the maximum height?
a. 0.8 s b. 1.0 s c. 1.3 s d. 2 s

______ 11. How high will the ball reach after 2 seconds?
a. 2.5 m b. 2.2 m c. 2.0 m d. 1.8 m

* For numbers 12 and 13, refer to the situation below.

A convention hall has a seating capacity of 2000. When the ticket price in the concert is Php 160.00,
attendance is 500. For each Php 20.00 decrease in price, attendance increases by 100.

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______ 12. What ticket price will yield the maximum revenue?
a. Php 120 b. Php 130 c. Php 140 d. Php 150

______ 13. What is the maximum revenue?

a. Php 84 500 b. Php 84 000 c. Php 83 500 d. Php 83 000

______ 14. The phrase “the number of absences in class and the possible grade” is a _________ variation.
a. direct b. inverse c. joint d. combined

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______ 15. An encoder can type n words in t hours. The formula that relates n to t is n= . What kind of
t
variation is it?
a. inverse b. direct c. joint d. combined
______ 16. Given that y varies directly as x and y=56 when x=7, find the variation constant.
a. 7 b. 8 c. 28 d. 392

______ 17. What happens to S when r is doubled in the equation S = 2r?

a. S is halved b. S is tripled c. S is doubled d. S is quadrupled

______ 18. y varies inversely as x and y=50 when x=4, find y when x=40?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 40 d. 50

______ 19. w varies jointly as x and y and w=50 when x=4 and y=5, find w when x=5 and y=10?
a. 70 b. 75 c. 100 d. 125

______ 20. w varies directly as the square of x and inversely as y and z. If w=12 when x=4, y=2 and z=20, find
w when x=3, y=6 and z=5.
a. 10 b. 9 c. 8 d. 5

______ 21. The cost c of rambutan varies directly as its weight w. This relationship is written as ____.
k k
a. c = kw b. k = cw c. w= d. c=
c w

______ 22. The number of hours h required to finish a job varies inversely as the number of workers w on the
job. This relationship is written as _____.
k ℎ
a. h= kw b. ℎ= c. w= d. w=kh
w k

______ 23. If p varies directly as q and inversely as r, then which of the following equations describes the
relation among the three variables p,q and r?
qr kr 1 kr k
a. p= b. p= c. = d. p=
k q p q qr

______ 24. Which of the following equations is represented by the table below?
a 8 6 4 2
b 6 8 12 24
48 a
a. b = 48 + ab. b= c. b = 48a d. b=
a 48

______ 25. Which equation is represented by the graph on the right?

2 4
a. y=2 x b. y=4 x c. y= d. y=
x x

______ 26. If 2 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days,

how many men can do the same job in 4 days?
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4

______ 27. Jose’s income varies directly as the number of days that he works. If he earns Php12,000 in 20
days, how much will he earn if he work twice as long?
a. Php26,000 b. Php24,000 c. Php20,000 d. Php6,000

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______ 28. The amount of gasoline used by a car varies jointly as the distance travelled and the square root of
the speed. Suppose a car used 25 liters on a 100 km-trip at 100 kph, about how many liters will it use
obn a 1000 km-trip at 64 kph?
a. 100 L b. 200 L c. 300 L d. 400 L

* For numbers 29-30, refer to the situation below.

The force of attraction F of a body varies directly as its mass m and inversely as the square of the distance d
from the body. When m = 10 kg and d= 5 meters, the force of attraction is 100 Newtons.

______ 29. What is the constant of variation?

a. 300 b. 250 c. 200 d. 150

______ 30. Find F when m= 2 kg and d= 10 meters.

a. 5 N b. 10 N c. 15 N d. 20 N

______ 31. What is the simplified form of 180 ?

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a. 1 b. 18 c. d. 0
18
______ 32. What is the simplified form of 5− 2?
1
a. 1 b. c. 25 d. 0
25
______ 33. Which of the following is undefined?
a. 49 1/ 2 b. 10001 /3 c. (− 81)1 /2 d. (− 64)1/ 3

______ 34. What is the simplified form of ( k 2/ 5 )( k 1/ 3 )?

a. k 11/15 b. k 2/15 c. k 3/ 8 d. k 6/ 5

1/ 4
______ 35. ( x 16 y 20 z 8 ) is equal to __________.

a. x 12 y 16 z 4 b. x 4 y 5 z 2 c. x 20 y 24 z 12 d. x 3 y 6 z 4
4
x5 4 3 2 1
______ 36. What is the simplified form of 1? a. x 5 a. x 5 a. x 5 a. x 5
x 5

______ 37. How can the radical expression √ 52 be written with rational exponents?
3

2 3 2 5
a.5 3 b. 5 2 c. 3 5 d. 5 2
3
______ 38. What is the radical form of x 4 ?
a. √
3 4
x b. √4 3
x c. √
3 x
4 d. √4 3 x
______ 39. What is the simplified form of √n n
x ?
1 1
a. n b. x c. d.
n x

______ 40. What is the simplified form of √ 50 ?

a. 25 b. 5 c. 5 √ 2 d. 25 √ 2

______ 41. What is the simplified form of √

8 12
m ?
a. √
3
m
4
b. √
4
m
3
c. m √
3
m d. m √
4
m

______ 42. What is the simplified form of √ −8 x 5 y 9 ?

3

√3
a. 2 x y 3 x 2 b. −2 x 3 y 3 x2 √3 √3
c. 2 x3 y 3 x 2 d. −2 x y 3 x2 √3
______ 43. What is the result of simplifying2 √ 3 − 4 √ 3?
a. −2 √ 3 b. 2 √ 3 c. 6 √ 3 d. −6 √3
______ 44. The sum of a number and its square root is equal to 0. What is the number?
a. -1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2

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 ______ 45. What is the result of simplifying5 √
3
5− 2 √ y −3 √ 5?
4 3

a. 16 12√ 5 y b. −2 √
3
5 − √4 2 y c. 2 √
3
5 − 2 √4 y d. 2 √3 5+ 2 √4 y
______ 46. What is ( √ 2)( 5 √8)?
a. 20 b. 20 √ 2 c. 8 d. 5√ 16
______ 47. What is ( √
3
3)÷( √ 3)?
√
6
243 3 1
a. b. c. d. √6 243
3 √243
6
√243
6

_______ 48..Subtract. 15√5 − 17√5

a. 32√10 b. 32√5 c. −2√5 d. -2

_____49.Simplify the expression: : (√45b+ 4√20b− 2√125b).

a. √5b b. 12√5b c. 5b d. (√45+ 4√20 − 2√125√b

_____50 .Get the product in simplest form √2 ( √6 + √7 ).

a. √12 + √14 b. 2√6 + 2√7 c. √26 d. 2√3 + √14

Prepared by:

AMALIA E. DAPON
Grade 9 Math Teacher