Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE – CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (LA UNION)
LA UNION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS 9
S.Y. 2024 - 2025

Name: _________________________________________ Score: __________/50

Section: ________________________________________ Parent’s Signature: _______________

I. Multiple Choice: AVOID ERASURES! Read and analyze each question carefully. Select the letter of the
correct answer and shade the corresponding letter of your answer. (50 points)

A B C D
1. What is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in the form ax 2 + bx + c = 0,
where a, b, and c are real numbers and a ≠ 0?
A. Linear Equation C. Quadratic Equation
B. Linear Inequality D. Quadratic Inequality

2. What is a value use to describe the nature of the roots of a quadratic equation?
A. Discriminant B. Equation C. Extracting of Square Roots D. Standard Form
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3. What are the roots of the quadratic equation x + 5 x −36=0 using the quadratic formula?
A. −9 , 1 B. −9 , 4 C. 9 , 4 D. −9 , 4
4. Which of the following quadratic equations has roots of 3 and -3?
A. x 2+ 9=0 B. x 2+ 9 C. x 2−9 D. x 2−9=0

5. What do you do to b value to correctly complete the square method?

A. divide it by 2 C. divide it by 2 and get the square the root
B. divide it by 2 and square the result D. square it

6. Which of the following is the simplified form of the equation 3(x ¿¿ 2+7)? ¿
A. −3 x 2+10 C. −3 x 2+ 4
B. 3 x 2−21 D. 3 x 2+ 21

7. What is the sum of the roots of 4 x 2+8 x−3=0 ?

−15 −8
A. −2 B. C. D. 12
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8. Which of the following is NOT a quadratic equation?
A. 7 x−8=4 x +2 C. 5 x=x 2−11
B. 9 x 2−12 x+23 D. 2 x 2=16
9. Using completing the square, what number should be added to both sides of the equation to
make the left side of the equation x 2−12 x=0 a perfect square trinomial?
A. 6 B. 16 C. 36 D. 144
10. What is the value of the constant term added to both sides of the equation x 2+ 10 x =16 to
complete the square?
A. -25 B. -5 C. 25 D. 100
11. What is inside the radical symbol of the quadratic formula?
A. −b 2−4 ac B. a 2−4 b c C. b 2−4 ac D. c 2−4 ab
12. What is the sum of the roots of quadratic equation?
b −b c −c
A. B. C. D.
a a a a
 13. What must be added to m2 +18 m+¿ ¿ to make it a perfect square trinomial?
A. 9 B. 18 C. 36 D. 81
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14. Determine the value of a , b , and c in the quadratic equation x −6 x=9.
A. a=1 ; b=6 ; c=9 C. a=1 ; b=6 ; c=−9
B. a=1 ; b=−6 ; c=9 D. a=1 ; b=−6 ; c=−9

A B C D

15. In the equation x 2+ 5 x −14=0, the solutions are __________.

A. 7 and -2 B. -7 and 2 C. 7 and 2 D. -7 and -2

16. How many solutions does a quadratic equation x 2−9=16 have?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. None

17. If b 2−4 ac is greater than zero but not a perfect square, what is the nature of the roots?
A. No Real Roots or solutions C. Real, Rational and Equal
B. Real, Irrational and Unequal D. Real, Rational and Unequal

18. Using the quadratic formula, what are the solutions of the equation x 2−6 x +4=0 ?
−6 ± √ 20 −6 ± √ 52
A. x= B. A. x= C. x=3 ± √ 5 D. x=3 ± √ 13
2 2

19. Which of the following rational algebraic equations is transformable to a quadratic

equation?
w+1 w+ 2 2 q−1 1 3 q
A. − =7 C. + =
2 4 3 2 4
2 3 3 4 7
B. + =5 D. + =
p p+1 m−2 m+2 m

I. −5 II. 2 III.
20. Which of the following values of x make the equation x 2+ 3 x −10=0 true?

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A. I and II B. II and III C. I and III D. I, II, and III

21. What is the first step to solve the quadratic equation a 2+10 a+21=0 by completing the
square method?
A. Divide 10 by 2 and add the result to both sides.
B. Set the equation equal to zero.
C. Transpose 21 to the other side of the equation.
D. Write the equation as a square of binomial.
22. The sum of two numbers is -12 and their product is 35. What are the two numbers?
A. 5 and 7 B. -5 and -7 C. -5 and 7 D. 5 and -7

23. What method will you use in solving quadratic equation x 2=a ?
A. Completing the square C. Extracting Square Roots
B. Factoring D. Using Quadratic Formula

A. The value of a , b , and c could be negative.

24. Which statement is NOT true about the quadratic equation?

C. The value of b and c could be equal to zero.

B. The value of a could be 0 in a quadratic equation.

D. A quadratic equation has the form ax 2 +bx +c=0.

25. What equation has the roots of x=7 and x=−7 ?
A. x 2−14=0 B. x 2 ± 49=0 C. x 2−49=0 D. x 2=14
26. The roots of a quadratic equations are imaginary. Which of the following statement is
TRUE about the discriminant of equation?
A. The discriminant is negative.
 B. The discriminant is equal to zero.
C. The discriminant is positive and a perfect square.
D. The discriminant is positive and not a perfect square.
27. A rectangle has a length 4 cm longer than its width. Suppose the area is 45 cm2 . What is the
width of the rectangle?
A. −9 B. 5 C. 9 D. 10
28. What is the practical way to solve x 2−25=0?
A. factoring C. extracting the square root
B. completing the square D.quadratic formula
29. The roots of a quadratic equation are 2 and 5. Which of the following statement is TRUE
about the discriminant of equation?
A. The discriminant is negative.
B. The discriminant is equal to zero.
C. The discriminant is positive and a perfect square.
D. The discriminant is positive and not a perfect square

30. The sum of two numbers is 19. The sum of the squares of the number is 193. What are the
A B C D two numbers?
A. -7 and -12 B. -7 and 12 C. 7 and -12 D. 7 and 12

31. Which of the following shows the standard form of−x 2=3 x−5 ?
A. x 2+ 3 x +5=0 C. x 2+ 3 x −5=0
B. - x 2+ 3 x +5=0 D. x 2−3 x−5=0

32. Which of the following square root is NOT a perfect square root?

A. −√ 400 B. √ 0.09 C.
√ 9
49
D. √ 45
33. What are the roots or solutions of x 2−4 x−12=0 by completing the square?
A. x 1=6∧x 2=2 C. x 1=6∧x 2=−1
B. x 1=−6∧x 2=−2 D. x 1=6∧x 2=−2
34. Which do you think are the factors of x 2+ 5 x + 4 ?
A. ( x +1 ) ( x +5 ) C. ( x−1 ) ( x+ 5 )
B. ( x +1 ) ( x + 4 ) D. ( x +4 ) ( x +3 )

35. What is the discriminant value of 3 x 2+ 2 x−1=0 ?

A. D = −16 B. D = −8 C. D = 8 D. 16

36. An amusement park wants to place a new rectangular billboard to inform visitors of their
new attractions. Supposed the length of the billboard to be placed is 4 m longer than its width
and the area is 96m2. What will be the length and the width of the billboard?
A. l=12∧w=8 C. l=−8∧w=12
B. l=8∧w=−12 D. l=−12∧w=−8

37. What is the correct quadratic formula?

A. x= √
b ± b2−4 ac −b ± √ b2−4 ac
C. x=
2a −2 a
−b ± √ b +4 ac
2
−b ± √ b2−4 ac
B. x= D. x=
2a 2a
2
38. What is the missing term to make the expression p +¿ + 49 a perfect square trinomial?
A. 4 p B. 9 p C. 14 p D. 16 p
39. The product of two consecutive even integers increased by 5 is 85. What are the integers?
A. −8∧−10 B. −10∧8 C. −8∧10 D. 8∧10

40. Jack and Jill working together can do a work in 6 days. If Jack takes 5 days less than Jill to
finish the work, in how many days can Jill alone do it?
 A. 8 days B. 10 days C. 12 days D. 15 days

41. What is the TRUE definition of a discriminant?

A. The discriminant is used to tell the vertex of a quadratic equation.
B. The discriminant is used to tell the solution of a quadratic equation.
C. The discriminant is used to tell the graph of a quadratic equation.
D. The discriminant is used to tell the nature of the roots of a quadratic equation.

42. Which of the following are the roots of the equation x 2−3 x−54 ?
A. −9∧6 B. −9∧−6 C. 9∧−6 D. 9∧6

43. When −25 x +4=6 x 2 was written in standard form, Daphne, Jasmin, Precious got the
following answers: Daphne: −6 x 2−25 x +4 ; Jasmin: 6 x 2+ 25 x−4 ; and Precious: 6 x 2−25 x +4
. Who do you think got the correct answer?
A. Daphne B. Jasmin C. Precious D. None

A B C D
1 2
44. The roots of a quadratic equation is and . Which of the following quadratic equation has
2 3
these roots?
A. 6 x 2+ 7 x+2=0 C. 6 x 2−7 x +2=0
B. 6 x 2−7 x−2=0 D. 6 x 2+ 7 x−2=0

45. How do we get the discriminant of quadratic equations?

−b
A. By substituting the values of a, b, and c in .
a
c
B. By substituting the values of a, b, and c in .
a
C. By substituting the values of a, b, and c in −b 2−4 ac .
D. By substituting the values of a, b, and c in b 2−4 ac .
46. Using the quadratic formula, which of the following is the CORRECT substitution of the
equation x 2−5 x=3?
−5 ± √ 52−4 (1)(−3) −5 ± √ (−5)2−4 (1)(3)
A. x= C. x=
2(1) 2(1)
−(−5)± √ (−5)2−4(1)(−3) −5 ± √ 52−4 (1)(−3)
B . x= D. x=
2(1) 2(1)
2
47. What is the sum of the roots of x + 7 x−18=0 ?
A. -7 B. 7 C. -18 D. 18

6 x−3
48. Rewrite the rational algebraic equation + =2into ax 2 +bx +c=0.
x 4
A. x 2−11 x +24=0 C. x 2−11 x−24=0
B. x 2+ 11 x+24=0 D. x 2+ 11 x−24=0

49. Your classmate says that the standard form of the quadratic equation given the roots -3 and
15 is x 2+ 12 x−45. Do you agree with your classmate?
A. Yes, the quadratic equation is x 2+ 12 x−45.
B. No, the quadratic equation is x 2−12 x−45.
C. No, the quadratic equation is x 2+ 12 x +45.
D. No, the quadratic equation is x 2−12 x+ 45.
2
x 3x 4
50. Transform − = into standard form.
2 5 5
2 3 4
A. 2 x − x+ =0 C. 5 x 2−6 x+ 8=0
5 5
 2 4
B. 2 x −15 x + =0 D. 5 x 2−6 x−8=0
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“Life is a math equation. In order to gain the most, you have to know how to convert negatives into
positives”

Prepared by:

YVONNE ROSE A. ESTACIO

Teacher I

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