Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional office VIII
LAS NAVAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Las Navas I District

SECOD QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 9

Name: ____________________Grade and Section: _____________Date:__________Score: ____

Directions: Read each item carefully and write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the
number.

______1. A jeepney travels a distance of d km in t hours. The equation that relates d to t is d = kt. What kind of
variation is it?
a. direct b. inverse c. joint d.combined
______2. Which of the following represents the statement, an employee’s salary (s) varies directly as the
number of days (d) he has worked?
k k
a. k = sd b. s = c. d = d. s = kd
d s
______3. Which is an example of a direct variation?
3 2
a. xy = 5 b. y = c. y = 4x d. =x
x y
______4. The speed r of a moving object is inversely proportional to the time t travelled is written
k r
as a. r = kt b. r = c. t = kr d. =r
60 t k
______5. What mathematical statement
50 describes the graph below?
40
30
total cost (T)
20
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
number of kilos (n)

10
a.T = 10k b. T = c. n = 10t d. T = 10n
n
______6. What mathematical statement describes the table of values below?

x 1 2 3 4
y 6 12 18 24
3 2
a. y = 6x b. y = c. xy =6 d. =x
x y
______7. If y varies directly as x and y = 24 when x = 3, then k is _____.
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10

______8. M varies jointly as N and T. Which of the following is its variation equation?
M
a. M =NT b.N=kMT c. M = KNT d. K =
NT
______9. Which of the following describes an inverse variation? (If x increases, then y decreases and vice
versa)

a. c.
 b. d.

_____10. What happens to T when h is doubled in the equation T = 4h? [2T = 4(2h)]
a. T is halved b. T is tripled c. T is doubled d. T becomes zero
_____11. What mathematical statement describes the graph below?

l l w
a. lw = 36 b. = 36 c. =w d. =l
w 36 36
k k
_____12. What happens to y when x is tripled in the relation y = ? (y = )
x 3x
a. y is tripled. b. y is doubled. c. y is halved. d. y is divided by 3.

_____13. If y varies directly as the square of x, how is y changed if x is increased by 20%?

a. 44% decrease in y c. 0.44% decrease in y
b. 44% increase in y d. 0.44% increase in y

_____14. If s varies directly as t and inversely as v, then which of the following equations describes the relation
among the three variables s, t, and v?
k kv 1 kt kt
a. s= b. s = c. = d. s =
tv t s v v

_____15. Jaja’s income varies directly as the number of days that she works. If she earns Php 8,000 in 20
days, how much will she earn if she worked 30 days?
a. Php 10,000 b. Php 12,000 c. Php 14,000 d. Php 16,000

_____16. If c varies inversely as d and c = 2/3 when d = 4, find c when d = -2.

a. -1/3 b. 1/3 c. 4/3 d. – 4/3

_____17. If 5 women can do a portion of a job in 8 days, how many women can do the same job
in 4 days?
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10
_____18. If a varies inversely as b, and a =1/3 when b = 12, find a when b = -8.
a. −2 b.- ½ c.1/3 d. 2/3

_____19. The equation y = k/x is equivalent to __________ where k is a constant variation.

a. xy = k b. x = ky c. y = xk d. k = x/y

_____20. If c varies inversely as d, and c = 30 when d = 9, find d when c = 540.

a. 2 b. 1800 c.1/2 d. 2/3

For items 21-23, refer to the given problem. “T varies jointly as D and E”

_____21. If T=15, when D=10 and E=3, which of the following is the variation constant?
a. K = T/DE b. K = D/TE c. K = E/TD d. K = DT/E

_____22. Which is the value of the variation constant?

a. 2/3 b. ½ c. 1/3 d. 5/3

_____23. Find T when D=12 and E = 9.

a. 45 b. 55 c. 44 d. 54

For items 24-25, refer to this: “W varies directly as X and inversely as Y”

_____24. If x=4, y=2 and w=10, which of the following is twice the value of k?
a. 5 b.8 c.10 d.12

_____25. If X=15 and Y=25, which of the following is 5 more than the value of W?
a.3 b.8 c.11 d.14

_____26. Which of the following is equal to −4 d 0?

a. 1 b. –1 c. 4 d. –4
? 1
_____27. What is the value of the missing exponent in the equation 3 = ?
27
a. –3 b. 3 c. 1/3 d. –1/3
_____28. What is the simplified form of −5 x−5 x 0 ?
−5 1
a. -5 b. 5 c. 5 d. −5 x 5
x 5x
_____29. Which of the following is not equal to 1?
1 /3 −3 0 0 d2
a. −2 +2 0
b. ( 2 2 ) c. −( 2 x −2
yz ) d. 0 2
b d
−3
( m4 n−2 )
_____30. Which of the following is equal to −2
?
( m−1 n )
n4 n8 n8 n4
a. 14 10 b. c. 14 d. 10
m m m m
−2
_____31. Which expression is equivalent to ( 4−1 +2−3 ) ?
64 9
a. b. 144 c. d. 80
9 64
_____32. Simplify: (−8)2 /3
a. 4 b. -2 c. -4 d. undefined
_____33. Simplify: z−2 /5 ∙ ∙ z3 /5
a. z 6 /5 b. z−6 /5 c. z−1 /5 d. z 1/ 5
_____34. Rewrite the expression in radical form x 2/ 3.
a. √3 2
x b. √ x 3 c. √3 x d. √ x
_____35. Write in exponential form ( 3 x ) .√
4 3

a. 3 x 3/ 4
b. (3 x) 4/ 3 c. (3 x)3 / 4 d. 3 x 4 /3
_____36. Which of the following is equivalent to √
3
56?

a. 3√3
6 b. 2√
3
6 c. 2√
3
7 d. 3√
3
7
_____37. Find the value of81 /3 .

a. 64 b. 8 c. 4 d. 2

_____38. Evaluate 3
√ 80 .
3

√10
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

_____39. What is
√
4 1
256
equal to?

1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
8 6 4 2
_____40. Solve √ √ 64.
3 2

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

_____41.What is the result after simplifying√ x 37?

6

37
a. x √
6 ❑
x b. x 6 c. x 6 √
6 ❑
x d. x 6

_____42. What is the result after simplifying

√
4 m10 ?
16
 m2 √ m2 √ m2 m2 √ m
4 2
m
a. b. c. d. Cannot be determined
2 4 2

_____43. Which of the following is true about √ x 10 b 15?

15

a. x 2 b 3 b. √5 x 2 b3 c. √3 x 2 b3 d. b √3 x 2

_____44. Simplify the quotient of

√7 .
√3

a.
√7 b.
√ 21 c.
7
d.
7
3 3 √3 3

_____45. Which are similar radicals?

I. 5√ 2 x , -√ 2 x II. √ 3 y , √3 3 y , √3 8 y III. -√ 2 , √ 8 , √ 18
a. I only b. II and III c. III only d. I and III

_____46. What is the simplified form of 2 √ 20 - 3√ 45 + √ 5 ?

a. 5√ 5 b. - 4√ 5 c. -5√ 5 d. 6√ 5

_____47. Find the product of √ 2 x 4 ∙ √ 8 x 3 .

a. √ 16 x12 b. √ 4 x 3 c. 4x3√ x d. 16x√ x

_____48. Multiply √ 2 ( √ 6+ √ 7 ) and write the product in simplest form.

a. √ 12+ √14 b. 2√ 6+2 √ 7 c. √ 26 d. 2 √ 3+ √14

_____49. Which of the following is a radical equation?

x +1
a. √ x+ 3=−2 b. √ 81=9 c. √3 27= x d . =√ 12
x−1

_____50. The area of a square garden is 64 meters squared. Estimate the side length of
the garden.
a. 9 m b. 8 m c. 11 m d. 12 m

GOOD LUCK!

Prepared by:
LIOMER M. CREDO
Subject Teacher
Key to Corrections:

1.A
2.D
3.C
4.B
5.D
6.A
7.C
8.C
9.A
10.C
11.A
12.D
13.B
14.D
15.B
16.D
17.D
18.B
19.A
20.C
21.A
22.B
23.D
24.C
25.B
26. D
27. A
28. B
29. A
30. C
31. A
32. A
22. D
34. A
35. C
36. C
37. D
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39. C
40. A
41. C
42. A
43. D
44. B
45. A
46. B
47. C
48. D
49. B
50. A