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1ST PERIODICAL EXAM IN MATHEMATICS 8
Name: ________________________________ Date: _____________
Grade and Section: _____________________ Ms. Ellen Mae E. Nasayao
Multiple Choice
Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. When adding a negative number and 7. The following are difference of two
negative number your result will be.. squares except
a. Positive c. sign of the bigger a. a2 – b2 b. 6x2 – 4
absolute number c. 4x2 – 1 d. 9x2 – 4
b. Negative d. sign of the smaller
absolute number 8. What must be the middle term in the
trinomial (x2 ___ + 36) so that it becomes
2. If you are adding two integers and the a perfect square trinomial?
signs are the same you… a. -12x b. +12x2
a. Subtract the smaller value from the c. +12x d. -12x2
larger value
b. Add the values and keep the sign 9. What is the middle operator in the
c. Add the values and take the opposite product of the sum and difference of two
of the sign binomials?
d. Subtract the larger value from the a. addition b. subtraction
smaller value c. division d. multiplication
3. Simplify: 1001 10. Which of the following is equal to
a. 0 b. 1 the following expression, “twice the
c. 100 d.1000 product of x and y”?
a. (x+y)2 b. 2(x+y)
4. Anything raised to a power of zero is c. 2(x-y) d. 2xy
always equal to..
a. 0 b. 1 11. Find the product of (x-5) (x+7).
c. itself d. negative a. x2 – 2x + 35 b. x2 + 2x -35
c. x2 + 2x + 35 d. x2 – 2x – 35
5. What expression is produced when
taking the square of a binomial? 12. Product of (m-7) and (m +7) is..
a. Perfect square trinomial a. m2 – 14m + 49 b. m2 + 49
b. Prime trinomial c. m2 + 14m + 49 d. m2 – 49
c. quadratic binomial
d. quadratic trinomial 13. What is the greatest common factor
of 15m3n and 24m2n?
6. Which expression is the difference of a. 3m2n b. 6mn
two squares? c. 8mn d. m2n
a. 6x4 y2 b. 49a2 – 4
c. 4c3 – 10 d. 41 – 25y6 14. Factors of the expression y2 – 25
a. (y +5) (y +5) b. (y – 5) (y – 5)
c. (y – 5) (y + 5) d. (5y) (- 5y)
15. What are the factors of (x2 – 1)? a. -1 b. 1
a. (x – 1) (x – 1) b. (x-1) (x+1) c. 2 d. -2
c. (x+1) (x +1) d. (x-2) (x-1)
24. Determine the value/s of the variable
16. The factors of x + 14x – 15 are..
2 for which the rational expressions
a. (x – 15) (x – 1) b. (x + 15) (x – 1) 6−x
is undefined.
c. ( x – 15) (x +1) d. ( x +5) (x – 3) 14−2 x
17. If one of the factors of the expression a. -7 b. 7
x2 – 15x + 50 is x – 10, what is the other c. -14 d. 14
factor?
a. x-5 b. x-2 2−x
25. Evaluate for x = 3
c. x+5 d. x-10 1−2 x
1 1
a. b.
−5 5
18. Square roots are the opposite of
1 1
________ c. d.
6 −6
a. cube root b. addition
c. squaring d. division
26. Which of the following could not be
the value of x, of the given rational
19. We cannot factor using the difference x+3
of two square expressions (4x2 – 21). expression ?
x+1
Why? a. -1 b. 1
a. Because 21 is not a perfect square c. 2 d. -2
number
b. Because 4 is not a perfect square 27. Which rational expression is in
number simplest form?
c. Because 21 is not a perfect cubed m−2 m −1
2
number a. 2 b.
m−1
d. Because x2 and y2 are not a perfect 2m 4 −6 2m−2
square c. d. m−1
2
20. Which of the following is the correct 28. What value of x will make the
mathematical symbol for, “square root of 3 x −4
x squared”? expression undefined?
x +2
a. √ x 2 b. √ x a. 0 b. -1
c. √ ( x )
2 2
d. x2 c. -2 d. -3
21. Which of the following illustrates a x2 −100
29. The rational expression is
rational expression? x2 −100
2x 1 the same as..
a. b.
x+1 2 x+ 10 x−10
c.√ x d. 2a – b a. b.
x−10 x+ 10
x−10
c. d. 1
22. The following are examples of x−10
rational expression EXCEPT for
1 x 30. What is the equivalent expression of
a. x 4 b.
2x 24 x 3 y 4
x−1 3
?
c. d. 12 xy
2x 3−x a. 2x2y3 b. x2y3
23. Which of the following could not be c. 3xy d. 2x3y2
the value of x, of the given rational
x+3
expression ?
x+1
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