MATH 8

Second Periodical Exam

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1. What is the common factor in the following polynomial?

a. 3
b. x
c. 2x
d. None of the above

2. Which of the following is a difference of two squares?

a. x^2 - 4
b. x^2 + 4
c. x^2 + 3x + 2
d. x^2 - 3x - 2

3. What is the sum of two cubes if one cube is x and the other is y?

a. x^3 + y^3
b. x^3 - y^3
c. x^2 + y^2
d. x^3 + 3xy + y^3

4. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?

a. x^2 + 2x + 1
b. x^2 + 3x + 2
c. x^3 + 2x^2 + x
d. x^2 - 4x + 5

5. What's the first step to finding the product of two binomials using the FOIL method?

a. Multiply the first terms

b. Multiply the inner terms
c. Multiply the outer terms
d. Multiply the last terms

6. What is the square of the binomial (x + 3)?

a. x^2 + 9
b. x^2 + 6x + 9
c. x^2 + 3x + 9
d. x^2 + 6

7. What's the result of multiplying the sum (x + 2) and the difference (x - 2) of two terms?
a. x^2 - 4
b. x^2 + 4
c. x^2 - 2
d. x^2 + 2

8. Which of the following is a general trinomial?

a. 2x^2 - 5x + 3
b. x^2 - 4
c. x^2 + 3x - 1
d. 4x^2 - 9

9. In the expression (2x^2 - 8x)/(4x), what can be simplified?

a. 2x
b. 2x^2 - 8x
c. 4x
d. 0

10. What is the simplified form of (x^2 - 4)/(x + 2)?

a. x - 2
b. x - 4
c. x + 2
d. x^2 + 4

11. If x = 2, what is the value of the expression 3x^2 - 5x + 2?

a. 1
b. 0
c. 2
d. 10

12. What is the result of (x + 2)(x^2 - 3x + 5)?

a. x^3 - x^2 - x + 10
b. x^3 + 2x^2 - 3x^2 + 5x - 6x + 10
c. x^3 + 2x^2 - 3x + 10
d. x^3 + 2x^2 - 3x - 6x + 10

13. What operation can be performed on rational algebraic expressions?

a. Addition and subtraction

b. Multiplication and division
c. Square root
d. Factorization

14. Which of the following is a rational algebraic expression?

a. x
b. x^2 + 3x - 5
c. (2x + 3)/(x - 1)
d. |x|

15. What is the solution to the rational algebraic expression (x^2 - 4)/(x + 2)?

a. x - 2
b. x + 2
c. x - 4
d. x + 4

16. How can you describe the rectangular coordinate system?

a. It uses polar coordinates.

b. It is two-dimensional and uses x and y axes.
c. It has only one quadrant.
d. It uses complex numbers.

17. Which equation is in the form y = mx + b?

a. 2x - 3y = 5
b. y = 2x + 3
c. 3y + 2x = 5
d. 4x = 8y

18. What is the slope-intercept form of the equation 3x - 2y = 6?

a. y = 3x - 6
b. y = 3x + 6
c. y = (3/2)x - 3
d. y = 2x - 3

19. How can you find the slope of a line given two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?

a. (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)

b. (x2 - x1)/(y2 - y1)
c. (y1 - x1)/(y2 - x2)
d. (x1 - y1)/(x2 - y2)

20. What does the slope of a line represent?

a. The y-intercept
b. The line's length
c. The line's steepness or incline
d. The x-intercept

21. What is the x-intercept of a line?

a. The point where the line crosses the y-axis.

b. The point where the line crosses the x-axis.
c. The point where the line intersects another line.
d. The point where the line starts.

22. What is the y-intercept of a line?

a. The point where the line crosses the x-axis.

b. The point where the line crosses the y-axis.
c. The point where the line intersects another line.
d. The point where the line ends.

23. What is the equation of a line if its slope is 2 and it passes through the point (3, 5)?

a. y = 2x + 1
b. y = 5x + 3
c. y = 2x - 1
d. y = 3x + 5

24. Which of the following describes a line that has no x-intercept?

a. A vertical line
b. A horizontal line
c. A slanted line
d. A diagonal line

25. How can you find the equation of a line given its slope and the x-intercept?

a. y = mx + b
b. y = x - m
c. x = my + b
d. y = x/m + b

26. What is the equation of a horizontal line that passes through the point (0, 4)?

a. y = 4x
b. y = 0
c. x = 4
d. y = 4

27. Which of the following is not a method for finding the equation of a line?

a. Using the point-slope form

b. Using the slope-intercept form
c. Using the midpoint formula
d. Using two points on the line

28. What is the slope of a vertical line?

a. Undefined
b. 0
c. 1
d. -1

29. What is the slope of a horizontal line?

a. Undefined
b. 0
c. 1
d. -1

30. What is the equation of a vertical line that passes through the point (2, 5)?

a. x = 2
b. y = 5
c. y = 2x + 5
d. x = 5

31. If the slope of a line is undefined, what can you conclude about the line?

a. It is a horizontal line.
b. It is a vertical line.
c. It has a positive slope.
d. It has a negative slope.

32. What is the equation of a line that passes through the points (1, 3) and (4, 7)?

a. y = 2x + 1
b. y = x + 4
c. y = 3x + 1
d. y = 2x + 2

33. If a line passes through the point (3, 4) and has a slope of -2, what is its equation in slope-
intercept form?

a. y = -2x + 10
b. y = -2x - 10
c. y = 2x + 10
d. y = 2x - 10

34. What is a linear equation in two variables represented as?

a. y = mx + c
b. 2x^2 + 3y = 7
c. x^3 - y^2 = 4
d. x/y = 2

35. What is a solution to a linear equation in two variables?

a. A single point (x, y) that satisfies the equation.

b. A complex number.
c. Any ordered pair (x, y).
d. A point on the y-axis.

36. What is a system of linear equations in two variables?

a. A single linear equation.

b. A collection of equations with two or more variables.
c. Two linear equations with only one variable.
d. A nonlinear equation.

37. What does it mean if a system of linear equations has no solution?

a. The system has an infinite number of solutions.

b. The system has exactly one solution.
c. The system is inconsistent and has no solution.
d. The system has a unique solution.

38. When do the graphs of two linear equations in two variables intersect?

a. When they are parallel.

b. When they have the same slope.
c. When they have the same y-intercept.
d. When they have a common solution.

39. What type of graphs do parallel lines in a system of linear equations have?

a. They have coinciding graphs.

b. They have intersecting graphs.
c. They have parallel graphs.
d. They don't have graphs.

40. When do the graphs of two linear equations in two variables coincide?

a. When they are intersecting.

b. When they are parallel.
c. When they have the same slope and y-intercept.
d. When they are inconsistent.

41. Which method involves solving a system of linear equations by expressing one variable in
terms of the other from one equation and then substituting this into the other equation?

a. Substitution
b. Elimination
c. Graphing
d. Factoring

42. How is the elimination method different from the substitution method for solving a system of
linear equations?

a. Elimination uses graphing, while substitution uses algebraic manipulation.

b. Elimination involves finding a common solution, while substitution solves for one variable and
substitutes it.
c. There is no difference; they are the same method.
d. Elimination is used for nonlinear equations, while substitution is used for linear equations.

43. What does it mean if a system of linear equations has infinitely many solutions?

a. The system has a unique solution.

b. The system has no solution.
c. The system has two solutions.
d. The system has many possible solutions along a line.

44. If a system of linear equations has exactly one solution, what can you conclude about the
lines' graphs?

a. They are parallel.

b. They are coinciding.
c. They are intersecting at a single point.
d. They don't intersect.

45. What method involves finding the point where two lines intersect in order to solve a system
of linear equations?

a. Substitution
b. Elimination
c. Graphing
d. Factoring

46. What is the solution to the system of linear equations:

2x + 3y = 12
4x - 2y = 16

a. (2, 4)
b. (4, 2)
c. (3, 2)
d. (1, 3)

47. How do you determine if a system of linear equations has no solution?

a. The slopes of the lines are equal.

b. The lines are parallel.
c. The lines intersect at a single point.
d. The equations have the same coefficients.

48. What method involves adding or subtracting the equations in a system to eliminate one
variable in order to solve the system of linear equations?

a. Substitution
b. Elimination
c. Graphing
d. Factoring
49. When graphing a system of linear equations, how many times should the lines intersect if
they have a unique solution?

a. Zero times
b. Once
c. Twice
d. Infinitely many times

50. How can you find the equation of a line given its slope and the x-intercept?

a. y = mx + b
b. y = x - m
c. x = my + b
d. y = x/m + b

ANSWER KEY:

1. b. x
2. a. x^2 - 4
3. b. x^3 - y^3
4. a. x^2 + 2x + 1
5. a. Multiply the first terms
6. b. x^2 + 6x + 9
7. a. x^2 - 4
8. c. x^2 + 3x - 1
9. a. 2x
10. a. x - 2
11. c. 2
12. b. x^3 + 2x^2 - 3x^2 + 5x - 6x + 10
13. b. Multiplication and division
14. c. (2x + 3)/(x - 1)
15. a. x - 2
16. b. It is two-dimensional and uses x and y axes.
17. b. y = 2x + 3
18. c. y = (3/2)x - 3
19. a. (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)
20. c. The line's steepness or incline
21. b. The point where the line crosses the x-axis.
22. a. The point where the line crosses the x-axis.
23. a. y = 2x + 1
24. a. A vertical line
25. a. y = mx + b
26. d. y = 4
27. c. Using the midpoint formula
28. a. Undefined
29. b. 0
30. d. x = 5
31. b. It is a vertical line.
32. d. y = 2x + 2
33. a. y = -2x + 10
34. a. y = mx + c
35. a. A single point (x, y) that satisfies the equation.
36. b. A collection of equations with two or more variables.
37. c. The system is inconsistent and has no solution.
38. d. When they have a common solution.
39. c. They have parallel graphs.
40. b. When they are parallel.
41. a. Substitution
42. b. Elimination
43. d. The system has many possible solutions along a line.
44. c. They are intersecting at a single point.
45. c. Graphing
46. a. (2, 4)
47. b. The lines are parallel.
48. b. Elimination
49. b. Once
50. a. y = mx + b