Dr.

Cecilio Putong National High School

DIRECTION: Read the questions diligently. Choose the correct answer and encircle the letter of your
choice.
1. What is the greatest common factor of 8x 2y3, 12x3y2, and 6xy4 ?
A. 6xy3 B . 12xy2 C. 18xy2 D. 24xy2
3 2 2 4
2 The factored form of 16m n + 2 mn - 32 m n is ______.
A. 2mn (8m2 + 1 + 16mn3) C. 2mn ( 8m2n – 1 – 16mn3)
2 3
B. 2mn ( 8m n +1 – 16mn ) D. 2mn ( 8m2n + 1 – 16mn3)
3. (x + 3y)(x – 3y) are the factors of the special product called ______.
A. Difference of two squares. C. Perfect Square Trinomials
B. Sum of two Cubes D. Difference of two Cubes
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4. If ( 2x – 1) is one of the factors of 4x – 1 , what is the other factors?
A. 2x + 1 B. 2x – 1 C. x + 1 D. x – 1
5. Which of the following is a Perfect Square Trinomials?
A. x2 + 10 xy + 100y2 C. x2 -20xy + 100
2 2
B. x – 10xy + 100y D. x2 – 20 xy + 100y2
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6. What are the factors of x -12x + 36 ?
A. (x+ 6)2 B. ( x – 6)2 C. 2a + 2b D. a – b
7. If 4x – 2xy + y is one of the factors of 8x3 + y3, what is the other factor?
2 2

A. 4x + y B. 4x – y C. x – 2y D. 2x + y
8. Which of the following is a sum of two cubes?
A. x3 + 9 B. x3 – 1 C. x3 + 8 D. x3 + 3
9. What are the factors of n2 + 7n + 12 ?
A. (n+7)(n + 5) C. (n – 2)(n2+ 2n + 4)
B. (n – 2)(n + 6) D. (n + 4)(n + 3)
10. Which of the following are the factors of 3x 2 +4x + 1?
A. (3x – 1 )(x+1) B. (3x – 1)(x +1) C. (3x + 1))(x +1) D. ( 3x +1)(x + 1)
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11. One factor of 3a + a – 2 is (3a – 2 ) the other factor is _____.
A. ( a – 1 ) B. ( a + 1) C. ( a + 2) D. ( a – 2 )
12. The area of the top of the table is ( x 2 + 6x + 5 ) sq. cm. If the length is ( x + 5) cm, what is its width?
A. ( x + 1 ) cm B. (x + 2 ) cm C. ( x – 2 ) cm D. ( x + 4) cm
13. The area of a square garden is (9x2 + 24x + 16) square units. What is the measure of the side?
A. ( 3x + 4 ) units B. ( 3x - 4 ) units C. 4x + 3 ) units D. (4x – 3) units
14. Which of the following is best definition of rational algebraic expression?
A. A set of two or more equation.
B. A statement of two equal expressions.
C. An expressions in fraction form.
D. A ratio of two polynomials where the denominator is not equal to zero.
15. Which of the following is a rational algebraic expression?
A. x_ B. 3c-2 C. 4y-3 D. a – b
3y 4 x-x a+b
2 3
16. What rational expression is equivalent to 12 a b ?
15 a b2
2
A. 4ab B. 4ab C. 4ab D. 4ab2
3 3 5 5
17. What rational algebraic expression is equivalent to x2 – 1 ? x
x–1
A. x + 1 B. x – 1 C. 1 D. – 1
18. Simplify : y2 – 25
y–5
A. y B. y + 5 C. y – 5 D. y2 – 5
19. The product of x , 5 , and 4y is _____.
y 3 2
A. 20x B. 10xy C. 1 D. 5x
6 3 3 3
20. The simplest form of 9ab . 26_ is
13 4a 2b
A. 1 B. 9a C. 18 D. 9
a 2 2b 2a
21. What is the quotient of 12 x2 ÷ 3x2y ?
20x 2y 5xy
A. x B. 1 C. x + 1 D. x – 1
x
22. What is the simplified form of 4a – 8 ÷ a2 - b2 ?
a+ b a–b
A. 4a – 4b B. 2a – 2b C. 2a + 2b D. a – b
23. Which of the following is the sum of 3___ + 4__ ?
x +1 x+1
A. 12 B. 7 C. 1 D. x + 1
x+1 x+1 x+1
24. What is the least common denominator of the expression 3x and 2 ?
8 4x
25. The difference of 4x_ - 2x is _____.
4x – y 4x – y
A. x__ B. 2x C. 3x D. 4x
4x – y 4x – y 4x – y 4x- y
26. Anthony can build a wall in 10 hours. His helper can do it in 15 hours. How long will it take them to
do the work together?
A. 12.5 hours B. 10 hours C. 6 hours D. 5 hours
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27. Leslie can finish embroidery (x + 3x – 10 ) pieces of T-shirts in ( x – 2 ) hours. What is her average
rate per hour?
A. (x + 5) pieces/ hour C. (x – 5 ) pieces/ hour
B. ( x + 10) pieces/hour D.( x – 10 ) pieces/ hour
28. Angelo can complete his project in x hours. What part of the job can be completed by Angelo after
3 hours?
A. x + 3 B. x – 3 C. x D. 3
3 x
29. It is composed of two perpendicular number lines that meet at a point of origin and divide the
plane into four regions called quadrants.
A. axis B. Cartesian plane C. coordinates D. ordered pairs
30. The first number in the ordered pair is called _____.
A. Abscissa B. domain C. ordinate D. range
31. What are the ordinates in the following ordered pairs { (1,2), (-1,3), (2,4),(3,5)} ?
A. (1,-1,2,3) B. (2,3,4,5) C. (1, -1,4,5) D. (1,2,3,5)
32. Which of the following are coordinates of the point of origin?
A. (0,y) B. (x, 0) C. (1,1) D. (0,0)
33. In which quadrant will a point be located if its abscissa is negative and its ordinate is negative?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV
34. If the coordinates of the point are (-3, 4) at what quadrant is the point located?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV
35 Which of the following is a linear equation in two variables?
A. 2x = 5 C. x +2y = 3
B. 3y = 4 D. x + 2y > 3
36.Rewrite 4x – 2y = 10 into slope- intercept form:
A. y = 2x + 5 C. y = - 2x + 5
B. y = 2x – 5 D. y = - 2x – 5
37.The graph of linear equation is a ______.
A. Circle B. Line C. Parabola D. Plane
38.In the linear equation y = - x +4 , the slope of the line is _____.
A. -1 B. 0 C. 1 D. 4
39.If the slope is negative, how will you describe the graph of linear equation?
A. decreasing C. increasing
B. horizontal line D. vertical line
40.If the graph of linear equation is a vertical line the slope is ______.
A. negative C. undefined
B. positive D. zero

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GRADE 8 MATH TEACHERS