Department of Education

National Capital Region

SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PASIG CITY

MATHEMATICS 8
First Quarter Examination
SY 2022-2023

DIRECTION: Read the statement carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to
the correct answer.
1. What is the greatest common monomial factor of 12𝑎 4 𝑏 + 18𝑎 2 𝑏?
A. 2𝑎𝑏 C. 4𝑎𝑏
B. 3𝑎 𝑏2 D. 6𝑎 2 𝑏

2. One of the factors of 𝑚 2 − 4 is (𝑚 − 2). What is the other factor?

A. m + 4 B. m + 2 C. m – 2 D. m – 4

3. Which of the following are factors of 81𝑚 2 − 16?

A. (9𝑚 − 4)(9𝑚 − 4) C. (9𝑚 + 4)(9𝑚 + 4)
B. (9𝑚 − 4)(9𝑚 + 4) D. (9𝑚2 − 4)(9𝑚 2 + 4)

4. What is the factored form of 27𝑥 3 − 8𝑦 3?

A. (3𝑥 − 2𝑦)(9𝑥 2 − 6𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑦 2 ) C. (3𝑥 + 2𝑦)(9𝑥 2 − 6𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑦 2 )
B. (3𝑥 − 2𝑦)(9𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑦 2 ) D. (3𝑥 + 2𝑦)(9𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑦 2 )

5. What is the length of the side of a square whose area is(25𝑥 2 − 20𝑥 + 4) 𝑚 2?
A. (5𝑥 + 4)𝑚 C. (5𝑥 − 2)𝑚
B. (5𝑥 + 2)𝑚 D. (5𝑥 − 4)𝑚

6. What are the factors of 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 6 ?

A. (𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 − 1) C. (𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 + 1)
B. (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 − 3) D. (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 3)

7. Which of the following values of 𝑘 will make 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑘 factorable?

A. 2 B1 C. - 1 D. - 2

8. Find the dimensions of a rectangular board whose area is (2𝑥 2 + 11𝑥 − 21) square
inches.
A. (2𝑥 − 7)𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 (𝑥 + 3)𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠.
B. (2𝑥 − 3)inches 𝑏𝑦 (𝑥 + 7)inches.
C. (2𝑥 + 3)inches 𝑏𝑦 (𝑥 − 7)inches.
D. (2𝑥 + 7)inches 𝑏𝑦 (𝑥 − 3)inches.

9. What should be multiplied to (3𝑥 − 2) to get 12𝑥 2 − 17𝑥 + 6 ?

A. 6𝑥 + 2 C. 4𝑥 + 3
B. 6𝑥 − 2 D. 4𝑥 − 3
 10. The sum of the two numbers is 11 and their difference is 3. Find the difference of
their squares.
A. 8 B. 14 C. 28 D. 33

11. Is it possible to find the side of a square lot if its area is (9𝑥 2 − 30𝑥 + 25) square
meters? Why?
A. No, one of the lengths of the side must be given.
B. No, the area is not factorable.
C. Yes, using the factoring difference of two squares.
D. Yes, because the area is a perfect square trinomial.

12. Which of the following illustrates rational algebraic expression?

2
3𝑎+4 4𝑘 −2 +7 15 2𝑥 3 −𝑦
A. B. C. D.
√𝑎 𝑥 𝑥+𝑦 𝑦
7𝑥+2
13. What value of 𝑥 will make the expression meaningless?
𝑥−3

A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0

3𝑥+18
14. What is the lowest term of ?
5𝑥+30
1 2 3 4
A. B. C. D.
5 5 5 5

4𝑥−20
15. Simplify .
𝑥 2 −25
20 4 4 𝑥
A. B. C. D.
𝑥−5 𝑥−5 𝑥+5 20

𝑥 2 +3𝑥+9
16. Which of the following rational expression is equivalent to ?
𝑥 3 −27
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
𝑥−9 𝑥+9 𝑥−3 𝑥+3

𝑥 2 +5𝑥+6
17. What is the simplest form of ?
𝑥 2 +6𝑥+9
𝑥+1 𝑥+2 𝑥+3 𝑥+3
A. B. C. D.
𝑥+3 𝑥+3 𝑥+1 𝑥+2

18. Which of the following rational expressions can be simplified as 𝑥 + 5 ?

𝑥 2 +3𝑥−10 2𝑥+10
A. C.
𝑥−2 3𝑥+15
𝑥 2 +3𝑥−10 𝑥 2 −25
B. D.
𝑥+5 𝑥+5
12𝑥 2 +5𝑥+3
19. What is the product of and its reciprocal?
2𝑥−9
A. 12𝑥 2
+ 5𝑥 + 3 C. 1
B. 2𝑥 − 9 D. 0

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 𝑥 2 −36 𝑥+6
20. What is the quotient of ÷ ?
2𝑥+5 2𝑥+5
A. 2𝑥 + 5 C. 𝑥 + 6
B. 2𝑥 − 5 D. 𝑥 − 6
11𝑥 7𝑥
21. Find the sum of + .
𝑦 𝑦
18𝑥 18𝑥 2 18𝑥 2 9𝑥
A. B. C. D.
𝑦 𝑦 𝑦2 𝑦

𝑥 𝑥+7
22. What must be added to so that the sum is ?
𝑥+5 𝑥+5
2𝑥+7 2𝑥−7 2𝑥 7
A. B. C. D.
𝑥+5 𝑥+5 𝑥+5 𝑥+5
𝑚+4 𝑚+9
23. Find the LCD of the following rational expressions , .
2 5
A. 20. B. 10 C. 5 D. 2

24. Jay’s father is twice as old as Jay. In 20 years, Jay will be two-thirds as old as his
father. How old is Jay now?
A. 10 years old C. 20 years old
B. 15 years old D. 25 years old

25. Kath can wash the dishes in 5 minutes, Niel can do the same work in 4 minutes,
how long will it take them to wash the dishes if they work together?
9 20 9
A. 9 B. 2 C. 9
D. 20

26. How many quadrants does a Rectangular Coordinate System have?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

27. It is the point of intersection of the horizontal and vertical number lines in the
Cartesian plane.
A. origin C. x-axis
B. quadrant D. y-axis

28. Which of the following linear equations in two variables is written in standard
form?
A. 3x + 5y = 26 C. 5y = 2x – 3
B. 7x = 9 – 8y D. 5x – 2y + 8 = 0

29. It is the steepness of the line and commonly known as rise over run.
A. linear equation C. linear inequality
B. linear function D. slope

30. What is the slope of a line illustrated in the graph at the right?
A. -10 B. 0 C. 10 D. undefined

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 31. What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (1,3) and (2,6)?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 6
32. What is the slope of a line with the equation 2x – y = 7?
A. 0 B. 2 C. 7 D. undefined

33. Rewrite the equation 3x + y = 5 into slope-intercept form.

A. y = -3x – 5 C. y = 3x – 5
B. y = -3x + 5 D. y = 3x + 5
34. What do you call the graph of a linear equation?
A. circle C. line
B. hyperbola D. parabola

35. The following methods can be used in graphing a linear equation EXCEPT:
A. slope C. two points
B. slope and a point D. x and y- intercepts

Use the graph at the right to answer items 36 and 37.

36. What is the slope of the line?

A. -3 B. -1 C. 1 D. 3
●
37. What is the trend of the graph? ●
A. The graph is a vertical line.
B. The graph is a horizontal line.
C. The graph is increasing from left to right.
D. The graph is decreasing from left to right.

38. What is the trend of the graph of a linear equation having a slope of -7?
A. The graph is a vertical line.
B. The graph is a horizontal line.
C. The graph is increasing from left to right.
D. The graph is decreasing from left to right.

39. What is the equation of a line that passes through the points (2, 4) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (5, 0)?
A. 3x – 4y = 20 C. 4x – 3y = 20
B. 3x + 4𝑦 = 20 D. 4x + 3y = 20

40. What is the equation of a line that passes through the point (3, 2) with slope -2?
A. y = -2x – 8 C. y = 2x - 8
B. y = -2x + 8 D. y = 2x + 8

41. Find the equation of a line whose graph has a slope of -3 and a y-intercept of -4.
A. y = -3x – 4 C. y = 3x – 4
B. y = -3x + 4 D. y = 3x + 4

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 42. A tricycle passenger is charged P14 for the first 4 km and an additional P2 per
succeeding kilometer as fare. What is the cost of a 9-km ride?
A. P22 B. P24 C. P26 D. P2

43. Which of the following is a system of linear equations in two variables?

A. 4x + 5y = 30 C. 7x + 2y > 14
2x – 4 = -5y 6xy = -24
B. 5x – 6y D. 9 – 6y = 36
7y = 9 -6x + 2y2 = 24

44. Which of the following ordered pairs satisfies the system x + 6y = 8?

x + 3y = 2
A. (-4, 2) B. (-2, 4) C. (2, -4) D. (4, -2)

45. What do you call the graph of a system of linear equations in two variables which
has no solution?
A. coinciding C. parallel
B. intersecting D. none of these

46. How many solutions does a system of linear equations in two variables have if
the graphs are intersecting lines?
A. infinitely many C. one
B. no solution D. two

47. What value of 𝑘 will make the graph of the system 2x + 3y = 6 coinciding?
4x + ky = 12
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6

48. What is the value of 𝑦 in the system of linear equations 3x + 5y = 11?

x + 2y = 5
A. -4 B. -3 C. 3 D. 4

49. Using elimination method, what is the value of variable x in this system of
linear equations 3x – 5y = 10?
3x + 5y = 20
A. x = 3 B. x = 5 C. x = 10 D. x = 20

50. The sum of two numbers is 22. If twice the first number is added to thrice the
second number, their sum is 53. What are the numbers?
A. 7 and 15 C. 13 and 9
B. 9 and 13 D. 15 and 7

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