Pretest in Mathematics – Grade 9

I -Multiple Choices: Write the letter of the correct on the answer sheet provided. If the answers cannot be
found in the choices, write the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is the standard form of quadratic equation?

A. ax2 + bx + c ˂ 0, a ≠0 C. Ax + By + C = 0
B. ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ≠0 D. y = mx + b
2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
A. 2x2 + 3x – 6 B. 3t – 6 = 5 C. s2 – 3s + 6 = 0 D. 2m2 + 3m - 5 ≥ 6
2
3. In the quadratic equation -2x + 6x – 5x = 0. What is the value of a?
A. ─ 6 B. -5 C. -2 D. 6
4. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation if the value of its discriminant is zero?
A. The roots are not real. C. The roots are rational and not equal.
B. The roots are irrational and not equal. D. The roots are rational and equal.
5. Which of the following values of x make the equation x 2 + x – 20 = 0 true?
I. -5 II. 4 III. 5
A. I and II B. II and III C. I and III D. I, II and III
6. In the equation x2 + 3x – 1 = 0, the discriminant b2 -4ac is
A. less than zero C. equal to one
B. equal to zero D. greater than zero
7. One of the roots of 2x2 – 3x - 9 = 0 is 3. What is the other root?
3 2 2 3
A. B. C. – D. –
2 3 3 2
8. What is the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x 2 + 15x – 21 = 0?
A. 15 B. 5 C. –5 D. – 7
9. If (t -3 )2 = 100, the value of t can easily be found by
A. extracting square roots C. by using the quadratic formula
B. completing the squares D. by factoring
10. Which of the following equation represents a quadratic function?
A. y = 3 + 2x2 B. 2y2 + 3 = x C. y = 3x - 22 D. y = 2x – 3
11. Which of the following is a quadratic formula?
b ± √b 2−4 ac b ± √b 2−4 ac
A. x = C. x =
2a −2 a
– b ± √ b2−4 ac – b ± √ b2 +4 ac
B. x = D. x =
2a 2a
12. What is f(x) = ─ 3(x+2)2 + 2 when written in the form f(x) = ax2 + bx+ c?
A. f (x) = ─3x2 + 12x – 10 C. f(x) = ─ 3x2 + 12x + 10
B. f(x) = 3x2 ─ 12x + 10 D. f(x) = ─ 3x2 ─12x ─ 10
13. The quadratic function y = ─ 2x2 + 4x ─ 3 has
A. Real and unequal zeros C. no real zeros
B. Real and equal zeros D. equal and not real

14. Which of the following shows quadratic function?

A. B.
x ─ ─2 ─1 0 1 2 3
3
y 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 x ─3 ─2 ─1 0 1 2 3
y 1 5 6 11 17 28 35

C. D.
x ─3 ─2 ─1 0 1 2 3
y ─3 ─2 1 6 13 22 33 x ─3 ─2 ─1 0 1 2 3
y 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

15. The maximum point of the quadratic function f(x) = ─3x 2 + 6x + 6 is

A. (─3, 6) B. (3, ─6) C. (1, ─9) D. (1, 9)
16. Carl Allan hit the volleyball at 3 ft above the ground with an initial velocity of 32 ft/sec The path of the ball is given
by the function s(t) = ─16t2 + 32t + 3, where t is the time in seconds and s is the height. What is the maximum
height reached by the ball?
A. 4 ft B. 8 ft C. 16 ft D. 19 ft
17. Mr. Santos has 20 m of fencing material to enclose a rectangular garden. To be able to enclose a bigger area, he will
have one of the longer sides against the wall. What should be the shorter side of the garden to get the greatest
area?
A. 5 m B. 6 m C. 8 m D. 10 m
18. The cost c of kaimito varies directly as its weight w. This relationship is written as
A. c = kw B. k = cw C. w = k/c D. c = k/w
19. If y varies directly as x and y = 6 when x = 4, find y when x = 10.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 15 D. 24
20. y varies inversely as x and y = 50 when x = 4, find y when x = 40.
A. 5 B. 10 C. 40 D. 50
21. Which of the following statement does not show a direct variation?
A. The electric current in an electric circuit varies directly as the voltage.
B. The number of bottles produced by a machine varies directly to the amount of time the machine is working.
C. The amount of pollutants entering the atmosphere is directly proportional to the population living in an area.
D. The number of hours required to finish a certain job varies inversely as the number of person on the job.
22. In r = 10/t, what is the value of the constant k?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20
23. If 3 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days, how many men can do the same job in 6 days?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 5 D. 7
24. The volume V of gas varies directly as its temperature t and inversely as its pressure p. If the V = 80ml
when t = 30 and the p = 10kg/cm2, what will be the volume when t = 20 and the p = 20kg/cm2?
A. 20 1/3 ml B. 30 ml C. 26 2/3 ml D. 32 ml

 4x 2 y5 
2
4 10 4 10 4 7 4 7
25. What is ? A. 8x y B. 16x y C. 8x y D. 8x y
26. Which of the following is the value of [– (2) 0] + (–2)0 ?
A. –4 B. 2 C. 0 D. –2

27. Simplify : ( 5 a2 b3 ) ⁰
¿¿¿

1
b
3 2
B. 10a b C. 10a 3 b 2 D. 2a
A. 1
28. In the expression √4
16 x2 , the index is
A. 6 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2
29. What is the simplified form of √ 45 ?
A. 5√ 9 B. 9√ 5 C. 3√ 5 D. 5√ 3
30. 3√ 2 + 5√ 2 - 10√ 2 is equal to
A. ─2√ 2 B. ─ 3 √ 2 C. 2√ 2 D. 3√ 2
31. Ruel walks 5 kilometers due east and 8 kilometers due north. How far is he from the starting point?
A. √ 89 B. √ 64 C. √ 39 D. √ 25
32. What is the sum of the measures of the angles of a quadrilateral?
A. 360° B. 320 ° C. 180° D. 120°
33. If m∠1° = m∠2 = 85° and m∠3 = 100° , what is the measure of the fourth angle of the quadrilateral.
A. 270° B. 175° C. 115° D. 90°
34. It is a quadrilateral whose diagonals are congruent and bisect each other.
A. Parallelogram B. trapezoid C. trapezium D. rectangle
35. The diagonals of a kite have lengths 10 cm and 8 cm. What is the area of a kite?
A. 18 cm2 B. 20 cm2 C. 40 cm2 D. 80 cm2
36. Tell why STAR is a parallelogram, given that TA = SR and ST = AR.
A. diagonals bisect each other C. diagonals are perpendicular to each other
B. opposite sides are congruent D. diagonals are congruent
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

Quadrilateral BEST is a parallelogram

T 2x + 3 S

B 3(x – 1) E

38. If BE = 3(x – 1) and TS = 2x + 3, what is BE + TS?

A. 6 B. 12 C. 15 D. 30

39. The length of the sides of a triangle are 6 cm, 10 cm and 13 cm. what kind of triangle is it?
A. Regular triangle C. Right triangle
B. Acute triangle D. Obtuse triangle
40. What similarity concept justifies that Δ FEL ΔQWN?
A. Right Triangle Proportionality Theorem E
B. Triangle Proportionality Theorem W
C. SSS Similarity Theorem 9 6
D. SAS Similarity Theorem 6 4

F L Q N

41. Find the missing side

20
16 x 5
24
6

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
42. In  ABC, DE // AB. C

D E

A B

If DC = x, AD = 4, CE = x + 1 and EB = 8, what is x?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D.1
43. Which of the following proportions is true?
A. 2: 3 = 4:5 C. 4: 8 = 2: 4
B. 5:7 = 3: 2 D. 4 :7 = 7: 4
44. A map is drawn to the scale of 1 cm: 150 m. if the distance between towns A and B measures 8.5 cm
on the map, determine the approximate distance between these towns.
A. 2175 m B. 1725 m C. 1275 m D. 2715 m
45. In right triangle BCA angled at C if c = 27 and A = 580, what is the measure of B?
A. 32o B
B. 58o
C. 90o
D. 148o a c = 27

58
C A

46. A kite held by 125 m of string makes an angle of elevation with the ground of 45 ° . About how high is the kite
above the ground?
A. 9.08 m B. 9.80 m C. 9.81 m D. 9.18 m
47. In right triangle PQR, PQ = 12 cm and QR = 5 cm. What is cos R?
12 5 5 12
A. B. C. D.
13 13 12 5
48. With the sun, a girl 1.4 m tall casts a 3.6 m shadow. Find the angle of elevation from the tip of the
shadow to the sun. Express your answer to the nearest degree.
A. 19° B. 20° C. 21° D. 22°
49. Evaluate: 2 sin 30 + 4 cos 60 – 3 cot 45 + sec 45
A. √ 2 B. 0 C. √ 3 D. 1
50. A 10 – foot ladder is placed so as to form an angle of 25⁰ with the wall of the building. How far is the
ladder from the base of the building?
A. 4. 1 ft. B. 4.2 ft. C. 4.4 ft. D. 4.5 ft.