Practice Test in Mathematics 8

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Direction: Read & analyze each item. Write only the letter of choice in your paper.
1. How do you describe a relation?
a. Any set of ordered pairs. b. Any set of functions.
c. Any set of y-values. b. Any set of x-values.
2. It is a relation in which each value from the first components of the ordered
pairs is mapped with exactly one value from the set of the second components of
the ordered pair.
a. relation b. function c. domain d. range
3. Which of the following relations is a function?
a. {(0,0),(0,1),(1,2)} b. {(0,0),(1,2),(2,3)}
c. {(3,1),(4,1),(3,2)} d. {(1,1),(1,2),(1,3)}
4. What is the range of the given relation below?
X 4 1 0
a. { 4, 1, 0 } b. { -2, -1, 0}
Y -2 -1 0 c. { 4, -2, 1} d. { 1, -1, 0}

5. What is the domain of the function f(x) = √ x−2 ?

a. Domain:{ x / x≥ 2} b. Domain:{ x / x≥ 0}
c. Domain:{ x / x ≥−2 } d. Domain:{ x / x≥ 1}
6. Which of the following is the independent and dependent variable of the
statement?
“The amount of electric bill and the number of kilowatt-hour consumed.”
a. independent - number of kilowatt-hour consumed and dependent –
amount of electric bill
b. independent - amount of electric bill and dependent – number of
kilowatt-hour consumed
7. What is the output of the function f(x) = 5x -2, if the input is -2?
a. -10 b. -12 c. -8 d. -20
8. Which of the following is a linear inequality in two variables?
a. x + 3x ¿ 3b. x + 3 ≤ y c. x + 3x ≤ 3 d. x + 3 ¿ y
9. How do you describe the solution of system of linear inequality in two
variables?
a. half-plane b. line c. broken line d. double-shaded
10. Which of the following is the solution of the given system of linear inequality?
System : y ¿ -3x + 5 and y ≤ x – 5
a. (4,0) b. (4,-2) c. (5,0) d. (0,0)
11. In what quadrant can you locate (-3,-2) in the Cartesian Plane?
a. quadrant 1 b. quadrant 2 c. quadrant 3 d. quadrant 4
12. How do you call an ordered pair or a point that lies along x-axis or y-axis?
a. origin b. quadrant point
c. quadrantal point d. x and y intercepts
13. What is the slope of the ordered pairs (2,5) and (1,3)?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
14. What is the slope if the rise is 2 and the run is 4?
a. ½ b. ¼ c. 2/4 d. undefined
15. Which of the following situations that describe a slope of zero?
a. a flying bird b. a flag pole
c. a pipe on a flat surface d. a diagonal line
16. Which of the following equations is in the form of slope-intercept form?
a. y = 5x + 1 b. 5x + y = 1 c. 1 = y + 5x d. 5x = y + 1

17. What is the slope of the equation y = 3x – 2?

 a. -2 b. 2 c. 3 d. 3x
18. The equation in standard form 3x + y =5, what is this in the form y = mx + b?
a. y = 3x + 5 b. y = -3x + 5 c. y = 5 + 3x d. y = 5 – 3x
19. What is the graph of a linear equation in two variables?
a. a. half-plane b. line c. broken line d. double-shaded
20. Where does the graph of y = -2x + 5 rises?
a. rises to the left b. rises to the right
c. rises below d. rises above
21. Which of the following ordered pairs satisfies the inequality y ≤ 2x -3?
a. (0,0) b. (0,4) c. (1,2) d. (4,0)
22. The general form of equation y = mx + b, what does b means?
a. slope b. y-intercept c. x-intercept d. constant
23. What is the equation of the line of the form y =mx + b if the slope is -3 and
the y-intercept if is 5?
a. y = 5x + 3 b. y = -3x + 5 c. y = 3x + 5 d. y = 5x – 3
24. What is the equation of the line in the form Ax + By = C with slope of ½ and
y- intercept 3?
a. x – 2y = -6 b. y = ½x + 3 c. –x + 2y = 6 d. y = ½ x – 3
25. What is the equation of the line in the form Ax + By = C that passes through
the point (3, -7) with slope of -5?
a. 5x – y = 8 b. 5x + y = 8 c. -5x + y = 8 d. 5x + y = -8
26. What is the equation of a line in the form Ax + By = C that passes through
(2, 10) and (-1, 1)?
a. 3x – y = - 4 b. 3x – y = 4 c. 3x + y = -4 d. 3x + y = 4
27. How do you describe the graph of system of linear equations in two variables
having many solutions?
a. intersecting lines b. parallel lines
c. coinciding lines d. broken lines
28. How do you describe the graph of system of linear equations in two variables
having one unique solution?
a. intersecting lines b. parallel lines
c. coinciding lines d. broken lines
29. How do you describe the graph of a linear function in two variables?
a. half-plane b. line c. broken line d. double-shaded
30. Hint/ Clue: Apply the concept of system of linear equations in two variables
to solve the problem.
“I am thinking of two numbers. The sum of two is 6. Their difference is 2.”
What are the two numbers?
a. 4 and 2 b. -4 and 2 c. 4 and -2 d. -4 and -2