Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION X – NORTHERN MINDANAO
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF THE MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL
TONGGO INTEGRATED SCHOOL
TONGGO NAMUT, TUDELA, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL

SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS 9

NAME: ____________________________ GR.& SEC._________ SCORE:________

I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read carefully. For each item, choose and write the letter of the correct answer in the blank.
_____1. How your score in a test does vary to its equivalent percent?
A. directly B. indirectly C. inversely D. jointly
_____2. The amount of tickets in a cinema varies as the number of people who watched it. If the number of
people increases, what will be the effect in the amount of tickets?
A. increases B. decreases C. doubled D. remains the same
_____3. If y varies directly to x what happens to y when x is doubled?
A. doubled B. halved C. quadrupled D. remains the same
_____4. Which of the following situations illustrates a joint variation?
A. The heat required to melt a substance to its mass
B. The perimeter of a square to its side
C. The speed of the boat per hour to the amount of diesel
D. The volume of a rectangular box to its length, width, and height
_____5. Which of the following statements illustrates a combined variation?
A. The heat required to melt a substance to its mass
B. The perimeter of a square to its side
C. The speed of the boat per hour to the amount of diesel
D. The length of a rectangular box to its area, width, and height
_____6. In the formula, P = 4s, what happens to P when s is doubled?
A. P is halved B. P is doubled C. P is tripled D. P is quadrupled
_____7. Three men can do a portion of a job in 8 days. If the number of men increases, what will be the effect
in the number of days to finish the same job?
A. increases B. decreases C. doubled D. remains the same
_____8. In the area of a rectangle, the length and width are inversely related. Which of the following
statements explains this relationship?
A. As the length increases, the width also increases.
B. As the length increases, the width decreases.
C. As the length and width increase, the area also increases.
D. As the length and width increase, the area decreases.
_____9. The speed, s, of a moving object varies directly to the distance traveled, d, and varies inversely to the
time taken, t. What kind of variation illustrates this statement?
A. direct B. inverse C. joint D. combined
_____10. Using the statement in no. 9, which of the following relationships is true?
A. The shorter the time, the faster the speed.
B. The longer the time, the faster the speed.
C. The longer the distance, the slower the speed.
D. The shorter the distance, the faster the speed.
_____11. If 14 kg of dry green peas cost Php441, what is the cost of 22 kg of pulses?
A. Php 627 B. Php 649 C. Php 671 D. Php 693
_____12. If 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 days, in how many days will 15 men do it?
A. 50 B. 56 C. 60 D. 72
_____13. If 20 men can build a wall 56 meters long in 6 days, what length of a similar wall can be built by 35
men in 3 days?
A. 49 meters B. 36 meters C. 52 meters D. 42 meters
_____14. If 3 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days, how many men can do the same job in 6 days?
A. 3 days B. 4 days C. 5 days D. 6 days
_____15. If 18 dolls cost Php 630, how many dolls can be bought for Php 455?
A. 9 B. 11 C. 13 D. 15
_____16. If a man earns a total of Php 805 for seven days of work, in how many days can he earn Php 1840?
A. 7 days B. 16 days C. 19 days D. 23 days
_____17. If a car covers 102 km in 6.8 litres of petroleum, how much distance will it cover in 24.2 litres of
petroleum?
A. 363 km B. 330 km C. 375 km D. 396 km
_____18. On a particular day, 200 US dollars is worth Php 9666. On that day, how many dollars could be
bought for Php 5074.65?
A. Php 105 B. Php 117 C. Php 127 D. Php 131

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_____19. Simplify 4x0.
A. x B. 4 C. 1 D. 4x
_____20. 2-2 is equal to __.
1 1
A. -4 B. - C. 4 D.
4 4
_____21. What is the base in the expression –(–6¿5 ?
A. 6 B. -6 C. -6 x 5 D. 5
_____22. What is the product of x−5 and 2 x7 ?
A. 2 x 2 B. 3 x−2 C. 3 x 2 D. 2 x12
_____23. Which of the following is true?
7 4
x 1 25 x
A. ( x ¿¿ 3) x 2=x 5 B . 53 ∙ 57=2510 ¿ C. 3
= 3 D. 4
=5x
−10 x 5x
_____24. Simplify the expression 3 x−5 .
1 3 x 3
5
A. 5 B. 5 C. 5 D.
3x x 3 x
4
3
_____25. Write the quotient of −3
as a single power.
3
1
A. 37 B. 3 C. D. 3−1
3

II. Deriving Laws of Radical 3)8 √ 2−7 √ 2 4)−√ 7+2 √ 7

Directions: Derive the given laws of radicals. Write
your answer on the space provided.
1)( √
n
a ) =a
n 5)5 √
5
5−10 √ 5+15 √ 5
5 5
6)4 √ a+ √ a

2) √ √ a= √ a
n m mn 7) √ 8 x ¿ ( √ 4 x)( √3 x )
( 8)√ y ( √ y + √ 2 )

3)√
n
ab=√ a ∙ √ b
n n 3 √5 2
9)( √ x+ 1 ) ( √(x +1) )
4
10)
5 √5 9

4) n
√n a = n a
√b b √ 11)6 √ 15 ÷2 √ 5
( √ 18+ √ 8 ) ÷ 2
12)

III. Simplifying Radicals

Directions: Simplify the given expressions . V. Radical Equations
1) ( √ 12 )
2
2)√ 98 3)−√ 180 Directions: Solve and check each given radical
equations. Show your solutions on the space
provided.
1)√ 3 x=3 2) √ m=3 √ 59-
4) √4 48 √
5) 4 x 2 y 3 √
6) 200 ab2

7)
√
3 1
9
8)
1 3
2 5√ √
9) 5 8 x 6 y 8
VI. Problem Solving
Directions: Solve the given word problems. Show
your solution on the space provided.
1-5) One form of Coulomb’s law in electricity states
that d=k √ q1 q2 . In the formula, d is the distance

√ √
5 4
3 3
10) 11)
2 3
√
3 5 between two charged bodies, and q 1and q 2are the
12) 7 a
4 9b charges carried by the bodies. When q 1=1 ,d=5 cm,
and k= 4, find q 2.

IV. Operations on Radicals

Directions: Perform the indicated operation. Write
your
solutions and answers on the space provided.
1)8 √ 3−4 √ 3 2)2 √ x −√ x +3 √ x

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