COLON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Colon, Maasim, Sarangani Province

Senior High School Midterm Examinations

First Semester, School Year 2016 - 2017
General Mathematics
Name Grade & Section
Subject Teacher Mariel G. Villanueva Score
DIRECTION. Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided. If the
correct answer is not among the choices, write E. You are allowed to use calculator.
______1. Which of the following graph describes a function?
A. B. C. D.

______2. Which of the following is NOT a function?

A. M={ ( 1,2 ) , (3,4 ) , (5,6 ) , ( 7,8 ) } C. A= {( 1,−1 ) , ( 2 ,−2 ) , ( 3,−3 ) , ( 4 ,−4 ) }
B. T={ ( 1,1 ) , ( 2,1 ) , ( 3,1 ) , ( 4,1 ) } D. H= {( 1,1 ) , ( 2,2 ) , ( 1,3 ) , ( 2,4 ) }
______3. The computer rental in an internet shop varies directly as the number of hours useD. Raymond used
a computer for 1 hour and paid P 20.00. Which of the following equations expresses the cost of rental f ( x ) in
relation to the number of hours used x ?
20
f ( x )=
A. x B. f ( x )=20+x C. f ( x )=20−x D. f ( x )=20 x
2
x −4
f (x )=
______4. If x 2 +1 , find f (3 )=?
A. 1 / 5 B. 1 / 4 C. 1 / 3 D. 1 / 2

______5. If f (x )=2 x+3 and g( x )=x−4 , find (f −g)(−1)

A. – 7 B. – 8 C. 1 D. 6

______6. If f (x )=x 3 , then ( f ∘f ) (x )=_______

3 3 6 9
A. x B. 2x C. x D. x

______7. Find f −1 ( x ) given that f ( x )=5 x−8 is one to one.

x +5 x +8 5x 8x
f −1 ( x ) = f −1 ( x ) = f −1 ( x ) = f −1 ( x ) =
A. 5 B. 5 C. 8 D. 5

______8. What is the range of the relation {( 1,3 ) , ( 0,0 ) , (−3,3 ) } ?

A. { 0,1,−3 } B. { 3,0,3 } C. { 3,0 } D. {−3,0,3 }
( x −1 )( x +2 )
f (x )=
For items 9 to 11. Given: ( x −2 )( x +1 )
______9. Determine the domain of the given function.

A. D= { x|x≠−1,2 } B.
D= { x|x≠−2,1 } C. D= { x|x≠−1 } D. D= { x|x≠2 }
______10. The graph of the function intersects the y axis at the point(s)
A. (1, 0) B. (0, 1) C. ( – 1, 0) D. ( 0, – 1)

______11. The vertical asymptotes of the given function

A. x=2 , x =−1 B. x=−2 , x=1 C. x=−2 , x=−1 D. x=2 , x=1
______12. In how many point(s) will a horizontal line intersect the graph of a one – to – one function?
A. only one B. more than one C. at most one D. no point at all
______13. Express “the logarithm of 0.001 to the base 10 is – 3” into its exponential form
A. 10−3 =0 . 001 B. −310=0 . 001 C. 0 . 00110 =−3 D. 100 .001 =−3
______14. Which of the following is NOT true?
 −2
A. 8=23 B. 1=20 C. 5 =1/25 D. 31 =1

______15. Express
log 4 16=2 in its exponential form
4
A. 16 =2 B. 4 2 =16 C. 24 =16 D. 162 =4
3
______16. Find y when y=4
A. 8 B. 16 C. 64 D. 81
4 3x
______17. If 8 =2 , then x is equal to
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
4
______18.
log 3(81) is equal to
A. 16 B. 12 C. 8 D. 36
______19. Which of the following situations represents an exponential function?
A. The amount paid to a ten kilograms rice.
B. A virus that started as a single cell can increase to millions of cells in just one day.
C. The amount of kilometers traveled by a car given a speed and time
D . none of these
______20. A piece of paper is cut in half. Then each half is cut in half again. The process is repeated 5 times.
How many pieces of paper are there?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 24 D. 32
______21. If a certain growth of bacteria depends upon the formula y = 200 (4x), what is y when x is –2?
A. 23.5 B. 22.5 C. 12.5 D. 11.5
______22. Which of the following table of values exhibit an exponential trend?
A. B. C. D.
x -1 0 1 2 3 x -3 -2 -1 0 1 x -2 -1 0 1 2 x -3 -2 -1 0 1
y -3 0 3 6 9 y 1/4 1/2 1 2 4 y 0 1 2 3 4
y 4 2 1 2 4

______23. Which of the following is an exponential function?

A. y = x3 + 2 B. y = 5-x C. y = 3x2 + x D. - 3x
______24. A culture of 15 bacteria in a petri dish doubles every hour. How many bacteria will there be after
1 day?
. 200,000,000 B. 250,858,315 C. 251,658,240 D. 260,000,000
A
x−5 4
=
______25. What is the value of x in x +10 9 ?
A. 17 B. 10 C. 9 D. 4

______26. f ( x )=−6 x and g ( x ) =2x+3 , what is f [ g (−2 ) ] ?

A. 6 B. – 6 C. – 1/6 D. 1/6

______57. What is the value of x if

log 3 ( 2 x−3 ) =4 ?
A. 42 B. 31 C. 8 D. 5
______28. Which of the sets of ordered pairs defines a one – to – one function?
A. { (−3,2 ) , (−2,2 ) , (−1,4 ) , (−2,5 ) } B. { (−1,2 ) , ( 0,3 ) , ( 0,4 ) , ( 1,5 ) }
C. { ( 1,3 ) , ( 2,4 ) , (3,5 ) , ( 4,6 ) } D. { ( 0,1 ) , (1,2 ) , ( 2,3 ) , (1,4 ) }

______29. Which of the following represent the inverse of f ( x )=12 x ?

A. B.
x 1 2 3 4 x 1 2 3 4
f ( x ) 12 6 4 3 f ( x ) 1/12 1/6 1/4 1/3
C. D.
x 1 2 3 4 x 1 2 3 4
f ( x ) 13 14 15 16 f ( x ) 1/13 1/14 1/15 1/16
______30. What is the value of x in x4 = 625?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
 1
log 81 x=
______31. If 2 , then x = ____
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 9
______32. A certain culture of bacteria is growing according to the formula N = 500(3t). Find how many
bacteria are there after 3 hours where N is the number of bacteria and t is in hour.
A. 15,300 B. 13,500 C. 20,000 D. 20,500
______33. Express ak = x in logarithmic form.
A. logk x = a B. loga x = k C. logx k = a D. logk x = a

______34. Which of the following is the correct exponential form of

5=log 2 32 ?
A. 25 = 32 B. 322 = 5 C. 52 = 32 D. 232 = 5
______35. The characteristic of log5 1/25
A. –2 B. -1 C. 1 D. 2
______36. Which of the following pair of functions are inverses of each other?
A. f (x) = 3x + 6 B. f (x) = x + 3 C. f (x) = 2x + 1 D. f (x) = x2 - 1
1
3
g(x) = x-2 g(x) = 2x - 1 g (x) = 5x + 3 g(x) = 2x + 3

______37. Find the equation of the function given by: x −2 −1 0 1 2

y 1 2 −3 −3 1
A. y = x 2 – 3 B. y = x 2 + 3 C. y = 3 – x2 D. y = – 3 – x2

______38. Express
log 4 16=2 in its exponential form
A. 164 =2 B. 4 2 =16 C. 24 =16 D. 162 =4
______39. Which of the following is NOT true?
−2
A. 8=23 B. 1=20 C. 5 =1/25 D. 31 =1
______40. If log 4 = a, log 3 = b, then what is log 12?
a
A. ab B. a – b C. b D. a + b
______41. Solve for x in
log2 (x +2 )+log 2 6=3
2 3 1 2
− −
A. 3 B. 2 C. 3 D. 3
______42. Which is equivalent to log (sin x log x) ?
logsin x
A. logsin x−loglog x B. x logsin x C. log x D. logsin x+loglog x
1
log 3 .
______43. Evaluate 9
-2 B. 3 C. 1 D. 2
A.
5
______44.
log 3 √ 3=?
1 1
A. 81 B. 5 C. - 5 D. 27
______45. Given:  log 3 = .4771   Evaluate log 3000.
A. 477.1 B. 4771 C. 3.4771 D. -3.4771

______46. The point ( 0 , 1 ) belongs to the function

2 2 3
A. y=x +1 B. y=x −1 C. y=x −2 D. y=2 x−1

______47. Find the x - intercept of the function f(x) = 32x – 1.

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

______48.
log 8 8 √8=x
3 2
A. 3 B. 2 C. 2 D. 3
______49.
log 10 0 .01=x
A. -2 B. -1 C. 0 D. 1
______50. One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster than a second pipe. When both pipes are opened, they fill
the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used?
A. 11.25 hrs B. 12.5hrs C. 13 hrs D. 14.5hrs
End of the Test
Good Luck and God Bless
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Prepared by

MARIEL G. VILLANUEVA
Subject Teacher