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JOSEFA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SUMMATIVE TEST IN MATHEMATICS 9

NAME: __________________________ GRADE and SECTION: ___________

I. Multiple Choices: Answer the following by writing the letter of your answer.

1. What is a discriminant?
A. The discriminant helps tell you the solution of a quadratic equation.
B. The discriminant helps tell you the nature of roots of a quadratic equation.
C. The discriminant helps tell you the vertex of a quadratic equation.
D. The discriminant helps tell you the trend of the graph of a quadratic equation.
2. How do we get the discriminant of quadratic equations?
A. By substituting the values a, b and c in b2 – 4ac.
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B. By substituting the values a, b and c in t .
C. By substituting the values a, b and c in t.
u
D. By substituting the values a, b and c in .
3. What is the nature of roots if the discriminant is -3?
A. The roots are rational numbers but are not equal.
B. The roots are irrational number and are not equal.
C. The equation has no real roots.
D. The roots are real numbers and are equal.
4. What is the discriminant of the quadratic equation 3x2 – 2x + 4 = 0?
A. -48
B. -44
C. 48
D. 52
5. Your classmate says that the quadratic equation 2x2 + 5x – 4 = 0 has two rational and unequal roots
because the value of its discriminant is positive. Do you agree with your classmate?
A. Yes, because the discriminant is 57.
B. No, because the discriminant is -7.
C. No, because the roots are unequal irrational numbers.
D. No, because the roots are equal rational numbers
6. How do we get the sum of the roots of quadratic equations?
A. By substituting the values a, b and c in b2 – 4ac.
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B. By substituting the values a, b and c in t .
C. By substituting the values a, b and c in t.
u
D. By substituting the values a, b and c in .
7. How do we get the product of quadratic equations?
A. By substituting the values a, b and c in b2 – 4ac.
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B. By substituting the values a, b and c in t .
C. By substituting the values a, b and c in t.
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D. By substituting the values a, b and c in .
8. What is the sum of the roots of 2x – 50 = 0?
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A. 25 C. 0
B. 5 D. -5
9. Your classmate says that the standard form of the quadratic given the roots -3 and 15 is quadratic
x2 + 12x – 45. Do you agree with your classmate?
A. Yes, the quadratic equation is x2 + 12x – 45.
B. No, the quadratic equation is x2 – 12x – 45.
C. No, the quadratic equation is x2 + 12x + 45.
D. No, the quadratic equation is x2 – 12x + 45.
10. What do you call to a solution of an equation derived from an original equation, however not a solution
of the original equation?
A. square root C. positive root
B. negative root D. extraneous root
11. What is the least common denominator of the expression ?
A. 1 C. 5
B. 3 D. 15
12. Which of the following rational algebraic equations is transformable into a quadratic equation?
A.
B. t
C.
t
D.
t
13. What value(s) of x can be a solution to the equation t ?
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 5
14. What is the standard form of equation x (x+2) + 2 (x-2) = 1 when transformed to a quadratic equation?
A. x2 + 4x – 5 = 0 C. x2 + 4x – 2 = 0
B. x + 2x – 5 = 0
2
D. x2 + 2x - 2 = 0
15. Which of the following is a solution of (x – 3) (x – 4) = 20?
A. -3 C. 8
B. 4 D. 20
16. Below is the solution of your classmate when asked to solve the equation e e . If
you are going to evaluate your classmate’s answer, is he/she correct? If not, in what step is he/she
mistaken?
STEP 1: e e
STEP 2: e e ݊ e ne r
STEP 3: e e
STEP 4: e e
STEP 5: e e
STEP 6: e ;e
STEP 7: e ;e
A. Yes, he/she has correctly answered the equation.
B. No, in step 2, it should be e ݊ e r .
C. No, to simplify step 3, it should have been e e
D. No, the factors in step 5 must be e e .
17. If you are given the problem: The square of the price of a doll diminished by the price itself is PhP
56.00, what will be your initial equation to represent the problem?
A. t r C. t t r
B. t r D. t t r
18. What is the standard form of the quadratic equation t t ?
A. t t C. t rt
B. rt t D. t rt
19. What are the values of a, b and c of the equation h
A. a = 1; b = 2, c = -5
B. a = 1; b = -2; c = -5
C. a = 1; b = -4; c = 5
D. a = 1; b = -4; c = -5
20. What is/are the real root/s of the equation t t ?
A. 0 C. 0 and 3
B. 3 D. no real roots