Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Iloilo City
BO. OBRERO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Dama de Noche, Bo. Obrero, Iloilo City
Second Quarter Exam in Mathematics 9

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. The cost c varies directly as the number n a. The number of hours to finish a job to
of pencils is written as the number of men working.
a. c =kn c. k = cn b. The area of the wall to the amount of
k k paint used to cover it.
b. n = d. c =
c c c. The amount of gasoline used by a car to
2. The speed r of a moving object is inversely the distance travelled and its speed.
proportional to the time travelled is written d. The electrical resistance of a wire is
as
directly proportional to its length and
k
a. r = kt c. r = inversely proportional to the square of
t
its diameter.
r
b. t = kr d. = r 1
k 11. If y varies inversely as x and y = when x
3
3. Which is an example of a direct variation?
= 8, find y when x = -4.
2
a. xy = 10 c. y = −2 −32
x a. c.
3 3
2
b. y = 5x d. =x 2 32
y b. d.
3 3
4. “A school bus travels a distance of d
12. w varies directly as the square of x and
kilometers in t hours. What type of variation
illustrates this situation? inversely as p and q. If w=12 when x=4,
a. Combined Variation p=2 and q=20, find w when x=3, p=8 and
b. Joint Variation q=5.
c. Inverse Variation
27
a. 10 c.
4
d. Direct Variation
b. 9 d. 5
5. A car travels distance of d km in t hours.
13. Which of the following illustrates joint
The formula that relates d to t is d = kt.
variation?
What kind of variation is it? k
a. Direct c. inverse I. a = kbc II. V = III. A = Kbh
wh
b. Joint d. combined
a. I only c. II only
6. y varies directly as x and y = 32 when x =
4. Find the constant of variation.
a. 8 c. 36 b. I & II d. I, II, III
b. 28 d. 128 14. Which of the following statements below
7. What happens to T when h is doubled in illustrates joint variation?
a. The diameter of a circle varies directly
the equation T = 4h?
as its radius.
a. T is halved c. T is doubled
b. T is tripled d. T becomes zero b. The area of a triangle to the measure of
8. If y varies directly as x and y = 12 when x the base and altitude of the triangle
= 4, find y when x = 12. c. The pressure of a gas is directly
a. 3 c. 36 proportional to its temperature and
b. 4 d. 38 inversely proportional to its volume.
9. What happens to y when x is tripled in the d. The distance travelled by a car in t
k hours.
relation y = ?
x 15. If 3 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days,
a. y is tripled c. y is halved how many men can do the same job in 6
b. y is doubled d. y is divided by 3 days?
10. Which of the following a. 7 c. 5
statements/situations illustrates direct b. 6 d. 4
variation?
 1 a. 3√ 5 c. 5√ 5
16. If y varies inversely as x, and y= when
5 b. 4√ 5 d. 6√ 5
x=9, find y when x= -3. 25. (12m3) 0 is equal to
3 a. 12 m3 c. 1
a. 5 c.
5 b. 0 d. -1
1 −3 26. What is the simplified form of
b. d.
3 5 (−2¿¿ 3)
(3−2) ¿
4−1
9 −32
a. c.
32 9
17. Which of the following describes an inverse 32 −9
variation? b. d.
9 32
a. c.

5
b. d. 27. Given 10 2 ,which of the following statement

18. Mackee’s income varies directly as the is true?

i – 10 is the base of the expression
number of days that she works. If she earns
5
Php 8,000.00 in 20 days, how much will she ii - is the exponent of the
2
earn if she worked 3 times as long?
expression
a. Php 26,000.00 c. Php 5
20,000.00 iii - is the base of the expression
2
b. Php 24,000.00 d. Php a. i and ii c. ii and iii
16,000.00
19. If s varies directly as t and inversely as v, b. i and iii d. i, ii and iii
then which of the following equations 28. The phrase, “The electrical voltage V varies
describes the relation among three variables jointly as the amount I and the resistance
s, t, and v? R” illustrates what kind of variation?
X 1 2 3 4 a. Direct c. Joint
Y 5 10 15 20 b. Inverse d. Combined
k 1 kt 29. Translate into an equation of variation given
a. s= c. =
tv s v the graph below?
kv kt
b. s= d. s=
t v
20. If (x-4) varies inversely as (y+3) and x=8
when y=2, find x when y= -1.
a. 20 c. 16
b. 18 d. 14 a. d = 10t c. t = 10d
21. The amount of gasoline used by a car varies 10 10
jointly as the distance travelled and the b. t = d. d =
d t
square root of the speed. Suppose a car
30. Given a table below, translate this into
used 25 liters on a 100 km trip at 100 kph,
equation of variation using k as a constant
about how many liters will it use on a 1000 of variation.
– km trip at 64 kph? a. X = ky c. y = kx
a. 100 L c. 300 L k k
b. 200 L d. 400 L b. y = d. x =
x y
22. If h varies jointly as j2 and i and inversely
31. The following expressions illustrates rational
1 exponents EXCEPT.
as g, and h=50 when j=2, i=5, and g= ,
2 1 √−3
1 a. ( ) c. 6 ½
find h when j=4, i=10, and g= . 5
4
a. 25 c. 800 1
b. x¾ d. (5 xy ) 4
b. 100 d. 805
23. What is the simplified form of 40? 32. Which of the following is an example of
a. 1 c. -1 rational exponent?
1
b. 0 d. All of the above I. 60 II. 62 III. 6 2
24. Simplify: √ 45 = _____.
 2 3
a. I only c. II only a. 3 c. (5 x) 2
(5 x)
b. III only d. I, II, and

( )
1
III 1 5x 2
b. (5x) 2 D.
33. Express the given equation of variation as a 3 3
40. The expression √ 16 r 4 s6 t 8 when written in
5
statement where W is the weight of a
rectangular block, l the length, w the width exponential form is
& t the thickness. W = klwt 5 2
a. ( 4 r 2 s 3 t 4 ) 2 c. (4 r 2 s 3 t 4 ) 5
a. The weight of a rectangular block varies
2 5
directly as its width, length, and b. 2 3 4 5 d. 2 3 4 2
(8 r s t ) (8 r s t )
thickness.
b. The weight of a rectangular block varies 41. √ 500 a b is equal to:
9 3

inversely as its width, length, and a. 100 a4b√ a c. 10ab√ ab

thickness. 3
100 a
c. The weight of a rectangular block varies b. 10 a 4 b √ 5 ab D.
jointly as its width, length, and √ 3 ab
42. Perform the operation (5√ 8 + 2√ 5 )( 3√ 8 +
thickness.
3√ 5 )
d. The weight of a rectangular block varies
a. 15√ 64 + 6√ 40+15 √ 40+ 6 √ 25
directly and inversely as its width,
b. 150 + 21 √ 40
length, and thickness.
c. 15 √ 8 + 21 √ 40+6 √ 5
d. 150 + 42 √ 10
43. What is the value of x in the equation
√ 3 x=3?
a. 1 c. 3
34. If r varies directly as S and inversely as the b. 6 d. 9
square of U, then which mathematical 44. Which of the following radical equation will
equation will translate the situation using k have x=12 as the solution?
as the constant of variation?
a. √ x−3 =81 b.√
3
x−5=7
r u2 S u2
a. k = c. k =
S r b. . √ 2 x−9 =15 d. √ 2 x +1 =5
sr 45. The square root of a number is 11, what is
b. k = 2 d. k = Sru2
u the number?
35. If 2 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days, a. √ 11 c.11
how many men can do the same job in 4
days? b. 22 d.121
a. 7 c. 6
b. 5 d. 4
36. The volume V of a gas varies directly as its For items 46 to 50, apply the different laws of
temperature t and inversely as its pressure exponents.
P. If V = 80ml when t = 300 C and the P = 46. a m • an = _____.
10kg/cm2, what will be the volume when
a. a m+n c. a m−n
t = 200 C and the P = 20kg/cm2?
1 2 b. a mn d. a m ÷n
a. 20 ml c. 26 ml 47. (a m)n =_____.
3 3
a. a m+n c. a m−n
2 b. a mn d. a m ÷n
b. 20 ml d. 32ml
3 48. (ab)n =_____.
3
37. The simplest form of (x 0 ) 4 is _____. a. a n b n c. a n b
a. 0 c. 1 b. ab n d. a n−b
m
a
3 3 49. ( ) = _____.
b. 4 d. b
x 4 m m
5 a b
a. m c. m
38. The expression(3 x) when written in radical
2
b a
form is _____. b. ab m−n d.¿
a. √ 3 x5 c. √ (3 x )5 50. Any number raised to the power of 0 is
_____.
b. √5 (3 x )2 d. √ 3 x2
5
a. 0 c. 2
39. Express √ (5 x)2 in exponential form.
3 b. 1 d. all of the above