Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Iloilo City
BO. OBRERO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Dama de Noche, Bo. Obrero, Iloilo City
Second Long Test in Mathematics 8

Name:_______________________________ Score:______
Year & Sec:___________________________ Date:_______ Parent’s Signature:_______
I.Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer and write your answer before each
number.
1. It is a pair of numbers used to locate a point 10. The slope of a vertical line is _____.
in a plane. a. Zero c. Positive
a. Cartesian plane c. Ordered pair b. Negative d. Undefined
b. Quadrants d. Equation 11. The slope of a line containing points (-2, 1)
2. The mathematician who discovered the and (4, 6) is _____.
Cartesian Plane. a. 5/6 c. 6/5
a. John Watson c. Aristotle b. -5/6 d. -6/5
b. Rene Descartes d. Pyhtagoras 12. In the linear equation y = mx + b, the slope
3. Below are linear equations in two variables, is _____.
except: a. y c. x
a. 5x = 10 + 3y c. y = 4x + 9 b. m d. b
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b. 8x – 2y = 3 d. 3x – y = 9 13. The slope of a line given the equation y = 3x
4. The ratio of the change in the y-coordinates + 1 is ____.
to the corresponding change in the x- a. 1 c. 3
coordinates is known as _____. b. 3x d. 3x + 1
a. Slope c. X- intercept 14. Given the standard form of a line 4x + 3y =
b. Y- intercept d. Cartesian 12, to determine the slope of a line, rewrite
plane the equation in _____.
5. The point where the graph intersects the y- a. Intercepts form c. Point-slope form
axis. b. Two-point formulad. Slope- intercept
a. Slope c. X- intercept form
b. Y- intercept d. Cartesian 15. Refer to the problem above, the slope
plane intercept form of a line is _____.
6. The graph of a linear equation in two a. y = 4/3x + 12 c. y = ¾ x + 4
variables is a _____. b. y = -4/3x + 4 d. y = -3/4x +
a. Line c. Vertical line 12
b. Horizontal line d. Parallel lines 16. Refer to the problem above, what is the
7. Two different lines that have the same slope slope of the given equation of the line.
are _____. a. 3/4 c. 4/3
a. Line c. Vertical line b. -3/4 d. -4/3
b. Horizontal line d. Parallel lines
8. Which of the following is a false statement?
a. The graph of y = x + 1 is translated 1 17. Refer to item no. 14, what is the y-intercept
unit up in relation to y = x. of the given equation of the line.
b. The graph of y = 3x + 2 is translated 2 a. (0,4) c. (4,0)
units up with respect to the graph y = b. (0,-4) d. (-4,0)
3x. 18. Two different lines whose slopes are
c. The graph of y = x – 3 is translated 3 negative reciprocals of each other are _____.
units down with respect to the graph of y a. Parallel c. intersecting lines
= x. b. Perpendicular d. coinciding
d. The graph of y = 3x -1 is translated 1 19. Two different lines that have the same slope
unit up with respect to the graph of y = are _____.
3x. a. Parallel c. intersecting lines
9. The slope of a line that rises from left to b. Perpendicular d. Coinciding
right is _____.
a. Zero c. Positive
b. Negative d. Undefined
20. The slope of the line that passes through 26. The graph of the equation y = 5x – 8 is
point (4, 5) and (11, 9) is _____. _____.
a. 7/4 c. 4/7 a. a vertical line
b. -7/4 d.- 4/7 b. a horizontal line
21. The Point-slope Form of a line is in the form c. a line that rises from left to right
_____. d. a line that rises from right to left
x y 27. What is the x-intercept of the equation
a. + =1 c. Ax + By = C
a b 3x – 4y = 12?
b. y = mx + b d. y – y1 = m (x -x1) a. (3, 0) c. (0, -3)
22. This formula can be best used when two b. (4, 0) d. (0, -4)
points of the line are given. 28. Refer to Problem no. 26, what is the
a. Standard form c. Slope-intercept form y- intercept?
b. Point-slope form d. Two-Point Formula a. (3, 0) c. (0, -3)
23. The equation of the line given the slope -6 b. (4, 0) d. (0, -4)
and the y-intercept (0, 4) is ____. 29. The equation of the line that contains the
a. y = -6x + 4 c. -6x + 4y = 1 point (3, 4) and parallel to y = 3x + 6 is
b. y = 4x – 6 d. 4x – 6y = 1 _____.
24. The equation of the line that passes through −1
a. y = 3x + 8 c. y = x+8
(5, 8) and with slope 4 is ____. 3
a. y = 4x – 27 c. y = 4x - 12 −1
b. y = 3x – 5 d. y = x–5
b. 5x + 8y = 4 d. 4x + y = 12 3
25. The graph of the equation y = -3x + 12 is 30. The equation of the line that contains the
_____. point (3, 4) and perpendicular to y = 3x + 6
a. a vertical line is _____.
b. a horizontal line −1
a. y = 3x + 8 c. y = x+8
c. a line that rises from left to right 3
d. a line that rises from right to left −1
b. y = 3x – 5 d. y = x–5
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II. Solve for the slope given two points. (3 PTS EACH)
1. (0,-1) , (-1,0) 2. (-5,-6) , (-4,-7) 3. (7,-8) , (-12,20)

III. Transform to slope intercept form and determine the slope and y-intercept.(5 PTS EACH)
1. 2x + y = 12 2. 5x – 8y = -64

IV. Create a Cartesian Plane and plot the following points.(10 pts)
A – (1,1) E – (0, -9)
B – (-1,-1) F – (-9, 0)
C – (1,-1) G – (-6, -7)
D – (-1,1) H – (7, -9)