PRE-TEST IN MATHEMATICS 9

I. Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space provided before the number.

______1. Which of the following is the standard form of quadratic equations?

a. ax 2 +bx +c <0 , a ≠ 0 c. Ax+ By+C=0
2
b. ax +bx +c=0 , a ≠ 0 d. y=mx+b
______2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
a. 3 m−7=12 c. 2 x2 +7 x ≥3
b. −5 n2 +4 n−1 d. t 2+5 t−14=0
2
______3. In the quadratic equation5 w + 9 w−10=0 , what is the quadratic term?
a. w 2 b. 9 w c. 5 w 2 d. −10

______4. Which of the following quadratic equations has no real roots?

a.6 m2 +4 m=3 c. 2 s 2−4 s=−4
b. t 2−5 t−9=0 c. 4 r 2 +2 r−5=0
______5. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation if the value of its discriminant is negative?
a. The roots are not real. c. The roots are rational and not equal.
b. The roots are irrational and not equal. d. The rots are rational and equal
______6. A 5 cm by 5 cm square piece of cardboard was cut from a bigger square cardboard. The area of the remaining cardboard
was 60 cm2. If s represents the length of the bigger cardboard, which of the following expressions gives the area of the
remaining piece?
a. s−25 b. s2−25 c. s2 +25 d. s2 +60
______7. The length of a wall is 17 m more than its width. If the area of the wall is less than 60 m2, which of the following could be its
length?
a. 3 m b. 16 m c. 18 cm d. 20 cm
______8. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
a. 2 r 2 +4 r−1 c. s2 +5 s−4=0
b. 3 t−7=2 d. 2 x2 −7 x ≥ 3
2
______9. In the quadratic equation3 x +7 x−4=0 , which is the quadratic term?
a. x 2 b. 7 x c. 3 x 2 d. −4
2
______10. How many real roots does the quadratic equation x + 5 x +7=0 have?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
______11. The roots of a quadratic equation are −5∧3. Which of the following quadratic equations has these roots?
a. x 2−8 x +15=0 c. x 2−2 x−15=0
b. x 2+ 8 x+15=0 d. x 2+ 2 x−15=0
______12. Which of the following mathematical statements is a quadratic inequality?
a. 2 r 2−3 r −20=0 c. 3 t 2+7 t−2 ≥ 0
b. 7 h+12<0 2
d. s +8 s+15=0
______13. Which of the following quadratic equations has no real roots?
a. 2 x2 + 4 x=3 b. 3 s 2−2 s=−5 c. t 2−8 t−4=0 d. −2 r 2 +r +8=0
______14. What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation if the value of its discriminant is zero?
a. The roots are not real. c. The roots are rational and not equal.
b. The roots are irrational and not equal. d. The rots are rational and equal.
2
______15. . What are the roots of the quadratic equation x + x−56=0?
a. 2 and -1 b. 8 and -7 c. -8 and 7 d. 3 and -2
2
______16. What is the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation x + 6 x−14=0 ?
a. -7 b. -6 c. -3 d. 14
______17. What kind of variation occurs whenever a situation produces pairs of numbers whose product is constant?
a. Combined Variation b. Direct Variation c. Inverse Variation d. Joint Variation
______18. Which of the following illustrates an inverse variation?
a. The distance an airplane flies to the time travelling.
b. The area of the wall to the amount of paint used to cover it.
c. The number of hours to finish a job to the number of men working.
d. The number of persons sharing a pie to the numbers of slices of the pie.
______19. Given the statement: “The electrical voltage V varies jointly as the current I and the resistance R,” how many quantities it
have?
a. one b. two c. three d. four

______20. The following statements illustrate direct variation EXCEPT-

 a. The distance an airplane flies to the time travelling.
b. The number of hours to finish a job to the number of persons working.
c. The number of persons sharing a pie to the numbers of slices of the pie.
d. The time a teacher spends in checking test papers to the number of students.
______21. The circumference of a circle c varies directly as its diameter d. if the circumference of 7 cm is 7 π . Write a mathematical
statement that relates the two quantities involved in the problem.
k
a. c=kd b. k =cd c. d=kc d. c=
d
______22. Which of the following is a radical equation in one variable?
a. √ m=2 b. √ 12=5 c. 2 x √ 5+3 y √3=10 d. √ 12+ √ 30=7
______23. Which of the following expressions has rational exponents?
3
a. a 8 b. 33 c. 160 d. h 4
______24. What do you call an expression containing this symbol √ ❑ ?
a. Linear Expression b. Radical Expression c. Quadratic Expression d. Zero Expressions
1 1
______25. In the expression b what do we call ?
2
2
a. Zero Exponent b. Rational Exponent c. Negative Integral Exponent d. Positive Integral Exponent
x0
______26. Simplify the following expressions .
2
x 1
a. 0 b. 1 c. d.
2 2
______27. Which of the following is an incorrect characteristic of a radical in simplest form?
a. No fraction as radicands.
b. No radicands with variable.
c. No radical appears in the denominator of a fraction.
d. No radicands have perfect square factors other than 1.
______28. If 3 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days, how many men can do the same job in 6 days?
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4
______29. The area of a triangle varies jointly as the base and the height. A triangle with a base of 8 cm and a height of 9 cm has an
area of 36 square centimeters. Find the area when the base is 10 cm and the height is 7 cm.
a. 15 cm2 b. 25 cm2 c. 35 cm2 d. 45 cm2
______30. David walks 5 kilometers due east and 8 kilometers due north. How far is he from the starting point?
a. √ 89 kilometers b. √ 64 kilometers c. √ 39 kilometers d. √ 25 kilometers
______31. Which of the following statement is true?
a. Every square is rectangle. c. Every rhombus is a square.
b. Every rectangle is a square. d. Every parallelogram is a rhombus.
______32. Which of the following quadrilaterals has diagonals that do not bisect each other?
a. Rectangle b. Rhombus c. Square d. Trapezoid
______33. Which of the following statements ensures that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram?
a. Diagonals bisect each other c. Two consecutive sides are congruent.
b. The two diagonals are congruent d. Two consecutive angles are congruent.
______34. Which of the following statements is true?
a. A trapezoid can have 4 equal sides. c. The base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
b. A trapezoid can have three right angles. d. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid bisect each other.
______35. A cross section of a water trough is in the shape of a trapezoid with bases measuring 2 m and 6 m. What is the length of
the median of the trapezoid?
a. 2 m b. 4 m c. 5 m d. 8 m
______36. A map drawn to the scale of 1 cm: 150 m. if the distance between town A and B measures 8.5 cm on the map, determine
the approximate distance between these towns.
a. 1275 m b. 1725 m c. 2175 m d. 2715 m
______37. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are represented by 4 x−47∧2 x+31 . What is the value of x?
a. 37 b. 39 c. 107 d. 109
______38. The ratio of the sides of the original triangle to its reduced version 2:1. The reduced triangle is expected to have
a. perimeter that is as long as the original c. sides that are half as long as the original
______39. What do you call the longest side of a right triangle?
a. acute b. adjacent c. hypotenuse d. opposite
______40. Which statement is incorrect?
a. The hypotenuse is the longest side in a right triangle.
b. The hypotenuse is always the opposite side of 90o in a right triangle.
c. The Pythagorean Theorem applies to all right triangle.
d. You can solve for the unknown side in any triangle, if you know the lengths of the other two sides, by using Pythagorean
Theorem
______41. One leg of an isosceles right triangle measures 7 cm. How long is the hypotenuse?
7 √2 7 √3
a. 7 √ 2 cm b. 3.5 cm c. cm d. cm
2 3
______42. With respect to the given angle, what is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side?
a. sine b. cosine c. tangent d. cosecant

______43.Given the figure on the right, which refers to the angle of depression?
a. ∠ MKN
b. ∠ MKL
c. ∠ LKN
d. None of these

______44. A kite held by 125 m of string makes an angle of elevation with the ground 45o. About how high is the kite above the
ground?
a. 62.8 cm b. 75.1 cm c. 88.4 m d. 113.6 cm
______45. From the top of a barn 7.62 m high, you see a cat on the ground. The angle of depression of the cat is 40o. How many
meters must the cat walk to reach the barn?
a.9.08 m b. 9.80 cm c. 9.81 m d. 9.18 cm .
______46. Determine the correct formula for the tan ratio of ∠ B.
B=¿ length of the side adjacent ¿ ∠B
a. tan c.
length of h of the hypotenuse
length of h of the hypotenuse B=¿ length of the side opposite ¿ ∠ B
tan B=¿ ∠B b. tan ∠B¿
length of h of the side opposite ¿ length h of the side adjacent ¿
B=¿ length of h of the side opposite ¿ ∠ B
d. tan
length of h of thehypotenuse
______47. Which statement is incorrect?
a. The hypotenuse is the longest side in a right triangle.
b. The hypotenuse is always the opposite side of 90o in a right triangle.
c. The Pythagorean Theorem applies to all right triangle.
d. You can solve for the unknown side in any triangle, if you know the lengths of the other two sides, by using Pythagorean
Theorem
______48. Evaluate: 2 ¿
a. √ 2 b. 0 c.√ 3 d. 1
______49. What condition will make parallelogram WXYZ a rectangle?
a. WX ≅ YZ c.∠ X is a ¿ angle
b. WX ∥YZ d.WX ∧YZ bisect each other
______50. Evaluate the expression 2 ¿
1 1
a. 0 b. −8 c. d.
16 −16