Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION XII-SOCCSKSARGEN
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF SOUTH COTABATO
BONIFACIO R. TAGABAN SR. INTEGRATED SCHOO
Diagnostic Test in Mathematics 9

Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___________________ Score: _________

Grade/Section: _____________________________Parents’/Guardians’ Signature: ______________

Direction: Read and understand the items carefully. Choose and write the letter of the correct answer in your answer
sheet.

1. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?

a. 2�5 – 6x + 4 = 0 b. 5x – 45 = 0 c. 4�3 = -32 d. 2�2 – 16 = 8x

2. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?

a. Completing the square b. Quadratic Formula c. Discriminant d. Factoring

3. Which of the following can be solved easily by extracting the square roots?
a. �2 + 16x + 64 = 0 b. 2�2 + 7w = 3 c. 4�2 – 32 = 0 d. 2y – 8 = -3�2

4. Which of the following helps to tell you the value of the discriminant of a given quadratic equation?
a. �2 = 4bc b. �2 – 4ac c. �2 – 4ab d. �2 - 42 ac

5. In the quadratic equation -5�2 – 32x + 8 = 0, which is the constant term?

a. -5�2 b. – 32x c. 8 d. 0

6. How would you write �2 + 8x + 2 = 0 in the form (� + �)2 + c = 0?

a. (� + 8)2 - 62 = 0 b. (� + 4)2 - 14 = 0 c. (� + 4)2 + 2 = 0 d. (� + 8)2 + 2 = 0

7. Which of the following rational algebraic equations transformable into a quadratic equation?
�+1 �+2 2 3 2�−1 1 3� 3 4 7
a. 2 - 4 = 7 b. � + �+1 = 5 c. 3 + 2 = 4 d. �−2 + �+2 = �

8. What are the values of a, b and c of a quadratic equation 32 - 144�2 – 24x = 0?

a. a= -32, b= -144, c= 24 b. a= 32, b= -144, c= -24 c. a= -144, b= -24, c= 32 d. a= 144, b= 24, c= -32

9. Which of the following mathematical statements is a quadratic inequality?

a. 2�2 – 3r – 5 = 0 b. 7h + 12 < 0 c. 3�2 + 2t – 2 ≥ 0 d. �2 + 8s + 15 = 0

10. Which of the following coordinates of points belong to the solution set of inequality y < 2�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�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

12. Which of the following equations represents a quadratic function?

a. y = 3 + 3�2 b. 2�2 + 3 = x c. y = 3(x – 2) 2 d. y = 22 – 3

13. The quadratic function f(x) = �2 +2x -1 is expressed in standard form as _______?
a. f(x) = (x + 1) 2 +1 b. f(x) = (x + 1) 2 -2 c. f(x) = (x + 1) 2 +2 d. f(x) = (x + 1) 2 –1

14. The graph of y = x 2 -3 is obtained by sliding the graph of y = x?

a. 3 units downward b. 3 units upward c. 3 units to the right d. 3 units to the left

15. The quadratic function y = -2�2 – 7x – 3.

a. real and unequal zeros b. real and equal zeros c. no real roots d. equal and not real

16. What is an equation of a quadratic function whose zeros are twice the zeros of y = 2�2 -x-10?
a. f(x) = 2x 2 -20x-20 b. f(x) = x 2 -x-20 c. f(x) = 2x 2 -2x-5 d. f(x) = 2x 2 -3x-5

17. One of the roots of 2x 2 -13x-20 = 0 is 4. What is the other root?

5 5 2 2
a. − b. c. − 5 d. 5
2 2

18. What are the dimensions of the largest rectangular field that can be enclosed with 100m of wire?
a. 24m x 26m b. 25m x 25m c. 50m x 50m d. 50m x 25m

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 _______.
� �
a. r = kt b. r = � c. t = kr d. � = r

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

1
22. What is the simplified form of (410 58 60 100 − 2 )0 ?
1 1 1
a. 1 b. 75
c. 150
d. 6000

23. Which of the following is true?

1
1 1 22 2 1 2 1 1
a. 52 + 53 = 55 b. 1 = 22 c. (33 )2 = 93 d. 42 = 1
22 42

3
24. What is the simplified form of 4 ?
3
4 4
a. 3 b. 3 c. 27 d. 27
3 5
25. What is the equivalent of 4+ 27 using exponential notation?
1 1 1
a. 4 + 2
3 5 b. 4 + 2 3 5
c. 68 d. 68

26. Which of the following radical equations will have x = 6 as solution?

a. 3 – 2x + 7 b. 2� − 3 = x-3 c. � = 9 d. 3 � = 5

27. What is the result after simplifying 2 3 + 4 3 - 5 3?

a. - 3 b. 3 c. 11 3 d. 21 3

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

31. How do you describe any two opposite angles in a parallelogram?

a. they are always congruent b. they are supplementary c. they are complementary d. they are both right
angles
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

33. What is the measure of 2 in rhombus HOME?

a. 75° b. 90° c. 105° d. 180°

34. Which of the following statements is true?

a. every square is a rectangle. c. every rhombus is a rectangle.
b. every rectangle is a square d. every parallelogram is a rhombus.
35. Which of the following statements is true?
a. A trapezoid can have for equal sides. c. The base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
b. A trapezoid can have three right angles. d. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid 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 -n 2 : m 2 -2n 2?
(3�)2 −(2�)2 � �
I. m = 3k; n =2kII. m 2 -n 2: m 2 -2n 2 = 5:1III. IV: = =k
(3�)2 −2(2�)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%

45. In the triangle PQR, what is the length of PQ?

a. 1cm b. 5cm c. 9cm d. 12cm

46. The expression 2(sin 30°) – tan 45° is equal to?

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. -1

47. If p = 30 and q = 60, what is the measure of R?

a. 40° b. 55° c. 60° d. 65°

48. In a right triangle PGR, PQ = 12cm and QR = 5cm. What is cos R?

12 5 5 12
a. 13 b. 13 c. 12 d. 5

49. XYZ is a non-right triangle. If XY measures 20cm, XZ measures 15cm and 35°, the what is the measure of Y?
a. 25.84° b. 24.85° c. 25.48° d. 24.58°

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

*-* GOODLUCK AND GODBLESS *-*

Diagnostic Test 9 (Answer Key)

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