QUEZON CITY SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

(Regional Science High School for NCR)

Mathematics 8

Direction: Identify/Solve what is asked in each of the following items. Write your solutions and your answers
on your math notebook.
_____________1. Which of the following is a rational expression?
1
6x x+ √ 3 2 3x
A. B. C. x +3 x D. E. None of these
2√ x 2 x +1 x −4
−2
x +1

_____________2. For what value/s of x make/s the 2 a−1 a2−25

_____________9. Multiply: ∙
3 x2 a+5 4 a 2−4 a+1
expression 2 undefined?
2x +x

a 2−5 a−2 ( a−6 ) ( a−2 )

2 __________10. Divide: ÷
x +4 x+5 2 a2+ 5 a+3 2 a+3
_____________3. Evaluate 2 if x = -
3 x −5 x−2
1.

3 a−4 2 a−7
24 x y
2 6 _____________11. Subtract: −
_____________4. Simplify: a+ 3 a+ 3
18 x 4 y 3

3 a−2 b b−a
12 x−6 _____________12. Add: +
_____________5. Simplify: 4 a−2 b 4 a−2 b
2−4 x

a−2 a+ 2
2 _____________13. Subtract: −
x −2 x−15 12 8
_____________6. Simplify:
3 x 2−17 x +10

a−4 3
_____________14. Add: +
6ab 7 c
2 3 a−3 a+ 4
_____________7. Multiply: ∙
14 c 3 ab

2 3
_____________15. Add: 2
+ 2
3
2 x −54 x +3 x+ 9
2
a +a−6 a +6 a+ 9
_____________8. Divide: ÷
x−3 x
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