Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 02 (Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
Alibagu, City of Ilagan, Isabela 3300
RANIAG HIGH SCHOOL
Raniag, Ramon, Isabela

1st Periodical Exam

Mathematics 8

Name: _______________________________________ Section: ________________ Score: ______________

Date: _______________________________________ Parent’s Signature: _____________________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter that corresponds to the best answer and write the answer on the
space provided before the number.
______1. Which mathematical statement is correct?
a. (x + y)2 = x2 + y2 b. (x + y)2 = x2y2 c. (x + y)2 =2x + 2y d. (x + y)2 = x2 + 2xy +y2
______2.. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the group?
2
a . x3 - y 3 b. x2 – y2 c. 4x2 – 9y2 d. 1 – 64x
______3. Which of the following expression is not rational algebraic expression?
a. x + y b. x3 – y c. x + y d. a – b
0 5 xy a+b
______4. What will be the result when a and b are replaced by 2 and 1 respectively in the expression 5a/b?
a. 10 b. 5 c. 2 d. 1
______5. Which value for x will make the largest area of the square with a side of 3x + 2?
a. ¾ b. 0.4 c. 1/3 d. 0.15
______6. Which of the following gives a product of x2 + 5x + 4?
a. (x + 1)(x + 4) b. (x + 2)(x + 2) c. (x +5)(x – 1) d. (x + 2)2
______7. The area of a square is 4x2 + 12x + 9 square units. Which expression represents the length of the side?
a. (3x + 2) units b. (2x + 3) units c. (4x + 9) units d. (4x +3) units
______8. Find the missing terms: (x + __)(x - __) = x2 – 25
a. -5, -5 b. 25, 25 c. -5,5 d. 25, -25
______9. One factor of x2 + 7x +10 is x + 2. What is the other factor?
a. x + 2 b. x +7 c. x + 10 d. x + 5
______10. Let A: 4x2 – 81, and let B: (2x – 9)(2x – 9). If x = 2, which statement is true about A and B?
a. A > b b. A<B c. A = B d. A ≠ B
______11. Perform the indicated operation: x – 2 - x + 2 .
3 2
a. x + 5 b. x + 1 c. x – 6 d. –x – 10
6 6 6 6
_____12. Reduce the given expression 15y to simplest form.
3
30y
a. ½
2 3
b. 1/2y c. 1/2y d. 1/2y
_____13. Find the quotient of the rational algebraic expression 3 ÷ 4 .
m m
a. ¾ b. 4/3 c. 3m d. 4m
_____14. Find The product of the expression 3 ● 8 .
4 9
a. 2/3 b. ¾ c. 8/9 d. 24/36
_____15. Find the sum of _3x_ + 4 – 2x .
y+5 y+5
a. 5x+4 b. x+4 c._3x_ d. _2x_
y+5 y+5 y+5 y+5
_____16. The pathway of a church has a perimeter of 10z , if the width is 2z what is the length?
z-1 z-1
a. _6z_ b. 12z c. 4z d. 8z
z-1 z-1 z-1 z-1
_____17. Supply the missing term in the equation x – 4x + 4 ÷ x – 2 = _________.
2

2x – 4
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
_____18. What is the standard form of the equation y = -2x – 5?
a. 2x – y = -5 b. 2x + y = 5 c. 2x + y = -5 d. -2x – y = -5
_____19. The slope-intercept form of the equation 2x + y = 6 is __________.
a. y = -2x + 6 b. y = -2x – 6 c. –y = 2x + 6 d. y = 6=2x
_____20. In the equation y = mx + b, what is m?
a. y – intercept b. slope c. form d. multiplication
_____21. Who discovered the Cartesian Plane?
a. Rene Descartes b. Phytagoras c. Euclid d. Archimedes
_____22. What do you call the two intersecting number lines?
a. Cartesian Plane b. Horizontal Line c. Intersecting Line d. Vertical Line
_____23. A linear pair in two variables is an equation that can be written in standard form ___________.
a. y = mx + b b. Ax + By = C c. Ax + By + C = 0 d. Ax = C
_____24. What is the slope of a line given two points (5,0) and 0,5)?
a. 1 b. -1 c.2 d. -2
_____25. This is a feeling or belief that good things will happen in the future.
a. Optimistic b. Optimism c. Pessimism d. Pessimistic
_____26. The _________ a is the x – coordinate of a point where a line crosses the x – axis.
a. x – intercept b. y – intercept c. x – axis d. y - axis
_____27. What is the slope of a line if the graph formed is vertical line?
a. Positive b. Negative c. Zero d. Undefined
_____28. What is the y – intercept in the equation 2x – 7y = 14?
a. 2 b. -2 c. 7 d. -7
_____29. What is the equation of a line given two points (2,1) and (-2,2)?
a. x + 4y = 6 b. x – 4y = 6 c. x + 4y = -6 d. x – 4y = -6
_____30. In the equation 3x + 2y = 6, if x = 0, y = _____.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
II. MATCHING TYPE
A. Directions: Match the factors in column A with the products in column B. Write your answer on the space
provided before the number.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
2 2
_____31. 4x(3x – 5) A. x – y
2 2
_____32. 3xy (2x + y – 1) B. 12x – 20x
2
_____33. (x + y)(x – y) C. 4x 12x + 9
2
_____34. (2x + 3)(2x – 3) D. 4x - 9
2 2
_____35. (x + y) E. 6x - 9
2 2
F.x + 2xy + y
2 2 3 2
G. 6x y + 3xy – 3xy
H. 6x – 9
2

B. Match column A to its equivalent simplest fraction in column B. Write the letter of your answer on the
space provided before the number.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
4 2 2
_____36. x /x A. 1/3y
2 2 2
_____37. 12x /27x B. 1/12y
3 5
_____38. 5y /60y C. 3/4
_____39. 30x /60x3y
3
D. 1/2y
4 2 4 2
_____40. 6x /45y E. 2x /15y
2
F. x
G. 4/9
III. IDENTIFICATION (5 POINTS)
Directions: Identify the quadrant /axis where each point lies by completing the table below. (Quadrant 1,
Quadrant II, Quadrant III, Quadrant IV, x – axis , y – axis and point of origin)

COORDINATES QUADRANT/AXIS
41.A (0 ,0)
42.B (0, 5)
43.C (-6, 0)
44.D.(12, 2)
45.E (-4, 5)
IV. PROBLEM SOLVING (5 POINTS)
Directions: Solve the given problem below. Write your solution.
46-50. The sum of two consecutive even integers is 102. Find the value of each integer.

Prepared by: Checked by:

PIA MONICA J. CABALO MA. RODELENE J. TERTE, Ed.D

Subject Teacher Secondary School Principal I