UNION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

UNION, DAPA, SURIGAO DEL NORTE

MATH 9
THIRD SUMMATIVE TEST
SECOND QUARTER

Name: ___________________________ Date: __________

Year & Section: __________________ Score: __________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before the number.

___1. What do you call the process of removing the radical sign in the denominator?
A. Rationalization C. Simplification
B. Removing perfect nth powers D. Reducing the index to the lowest possible order

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___2. What is defined by a n ?
A. Nth root of a C. Principal nth root of b.
B. Principal nth root of a D. Nth root of b.

___3. What do you call the pairs of binomials that have identical terms but sharing opposite
operations in the middle?
A. Factor B. Conjugate C. Coordinate D. Order

___4. What property will you use to multiply radicals of the same order?
√
√
n
a na
A. √ ab = √ a . √ b
n n n
C. n =
√b b
B. a√ b + c√ b
n n
D. (a + c)√ b
n

___5. What do you call the radicals that have the same index and radicand when simplified?
A. Dissimilar B. Unique C. Opposite D. Similar

___6. In which operation on radical expression is the rationalization being used?

A. Addition B. Subtraction C. Multiplication D. Division

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3
___7. Simplify w
3
w

2 8
1 1
A. w 3 B. w 3 C. 8 D. 2
3 3
w w

−1
___8. Simplify the expression (2 x) 4 with positive exponent.
1 1 1
A. 1 1 B. 2x C. 2 x 4 D.
2 x 4 4 2x
1 −1
___9. What is the simplified form of ( y 2 z 3
)(yz)?
 1 3
2 2
3 2 3 4 y y
A. y z 2 3 B. y z 2 3 C. 1 D. 4
z 3
z3

___10. What is the product of √ 8 and √ 12?

A. -4√ 6 B. 4√ 6 C. 9.7 D. 96

___11. What is the quotient when √ 32 is to be divided by √ 2?

A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 64

___12. What is 4√ 72 subtracted from 2√ 98?

A. -38√ 2 B. -10√ 2 C. 10√ 2 D. 38√ 2

___13. ¿ is equal to
x5 x9 x6 x 15
A. B. C. D.
y4 y 12 y 12 y 10

___14. Simplify ¿
4 2
4x −8 x −8 x
4
−2 x
12
A. 1 B. 2 C. D.
y z 3 3
y z y3 z y3 z

___15. Simplify
√ 21 x
6y
A.
√ 126 xy
6y
B.
63 xy
3y √ C.
√ 14 xy
2y
D. √ 7 x

___16. What is the result after simplifying 2√ 3 + 4√ 3 - 5√ 3?

A. -√ 3 B. √ 3 C. 11√ 3 D. 21√ 3

___17. Find the sum of √

3
1728, −3√ 64 and √ 169
A. √4
21 B. √
3
21 C. √ 21 D. 21

___18. Which of the following is in simplest form?

A.
√ 7
9
B.
√ 2
x
C.
√2
2
D.
√12
2

___19. Which of the following statement is NOT correct?

A.
√ 15 =
3
√ 5 B.
4 √
100 = 5 C. ¿ = 5 D. √√2 = √2
3 6

___20. Which of the following is equal to √ x * √

4
x?
A. √ x B. √ 2 x C. √ x
4 3 3 4
4
D. √
3
2x

___21. What is the sum of 2√ 3, -5√ 2, 10√ 3, 14√ 2 and -3√ 2?

A. 18√ 5 B. 34√ 5 C. 6√ 2 + 12√ 3 D. 12√ 3 + 6√ 2

___22. Divide √ 32 by √ 2
A. 64 B. 8 C. 16 D. 4

___23. To simplify ¿, what will you do with the exponents?

A. Add B. divide C. multiply D. subtract
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___24. To simplify x 9 * x 10 , what will you do with the exponents?
A. Add B. divide C. multiply D. subtract
−2 3 5
___25. Evaluate 27 3 + 16 4 + 4 2
17 32 3 61 55
A. 3 2 72 B. C. D. 31
2321 9 72

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___26. Rationalize the denominator of
√2 x 2
3

A.
√3 4 x B.
2√ 4 x
3
C.
4 √4 x
3
D.
x√4 x
3

2x x x 2
−4
a 4 4
___27. Andrea simplified the expression ( ) 5
and her answer was −a 5 b 5 . Is she correct?
b
5 5
A. Yes, she is correct C. No, the correct answer is a 4 b 4 .
5 4
4 5
a b
B. No, the correct answer is 5
D. No, the correct answer is 4
b 4
a 5

___28. Write the expression √

4
√ 3 using only one radical symbol
A. √ 3
4
B. √ 3
6
C. √
8
3 D. 12√ 3

___29. What is the perimeter of the triangle whose sides are 4 √ 8cm, 4√ 1 8cm and 5√ 2cm?
A. 13√ 6cm B. 13√ 2 8cm C. 25√ 2cm D. 25√ 3cm

___30. The square root of the product of 4 and a number is 26. Find the number.
A. 169 B. 196 C. 676 D. 969

GOD BLESS AND KEEP SAFE ALWAYS!

Prepared by:
SANDRA S. CAMINGUE Noted by:
Teacher I ROLAN C. RAZA, MA
Principal IV