MATHEMATICS 8

REVIEWER

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Direction: Read and answer carefully. Choose the correct answer for each item.

1. Write an algebraic expression for the sum of a number and 8.

A. 8𝑥 C. 𝑥 + 8
𝑥
B. 𝑥 − 8 D. 8
2. Write an algebraic expression of 27 decreased by a number.
A. 27 + 𝑚 C. 𝑚 − 27
B. 27 − 𝑚 D. 27
3. Evaluate 6(8 − 3).
A. 45 C. 11
B. 30 D. 66
4. Evaluate 2𝑘 + 𝑚 if 𝑘 = 11 and 𝑚 = 5.
A. 32 C. 27
B. 216 D. 18
5. What is the process of finding the factors of an expression which is the reverse process of
multiplication?
A. Factoring C. Rationalization
B. Special product D. Continuous division
6. What is the Greatest common factor of 12 and 24?
A. 2 C. 12
B. 4 D. 24
7. Which of the following pair has a GCF of 6?
A. 2 and 3 C. 6 and 10
B. 8 and 12 D. 12 and 18
3 6
8. What is the GCF of 2𝑎 and 𝑎 ?
A. 𝑎3 C. 𝑎6
B. 2𝑎3 D. 2𝑎6
9. What is the GCF of the expression 4𝑥 4 + 6𝑥?
A. 2 C. 2𝑥
B. 𝑥 D. 2𝑥 4
10. If one factor of 6𝑎𝑏 2 − 12 𝑎2 𝑏 3 is 1 – 2𝑎𝑏, what is the other factor?
A. 6𝑎𝑏 C. 6𝑎𝑏 2
B. 6𝑎2 𝑏 D. 6𝑎2 𝑏 2
11. Which of the following is a perfect square?
A. 12𝑥 3 C. 25𝑥 5 𝑦 6
B. 36𝑥 2 𝑦 2 D. 36𝑥 6 𝑦 7

12. Which of the following expressions has factors (2𝑥 − 𝑦) and (2𝑥 + 𝑦)?
A. 2𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 C. 4𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2
2 2
B. 2𝑥 − 𝑦 D. 4𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2
13. Using the pattern for factoring the sum of cubes, we know that factoring gives 8 + 𝑏 3 ?
A. (2 − 𝑏)(4 − 2𝑏 + 𝑏 2 )
B. (2 + 𝑏)(4 − 2𝑏 + 𝑏 2 )
C. (2 − 𝑏)(4 + 2𝑏 + 𝑏 2 )
D. (2 + 𝑏)(4 + 2𝑏 + 𝑏 2 )
14. What is the complete factored form of 9𝑥3 – 64𝑦3?
A. (3𝑥 – 4𝑦)(9𝑥 2 + 12𝑥𝑦 + 16𝑦 2 )
B. (3𝑥 – 4𝑦)(9𝑥 2 − 12𝑥𝑦 + 16𝑦 2 )
C. (3𝑥 + 4𝑦)(9𝑥 2 + 12𝑥𝑦 + 16𝑦 2 )
D. (3𝑥 + 4𝑦)(9𝑥 2 − 12𝑥𝑦 + 16𝑦 2 )
15. What is the complete factored form of 10 + 270y3?
A. 10(1 + 3𝑦)(1 + 3𝑦 + 9𝑦 2 )
B. 10(1 + 3𝑦)(1 − 3𝑦 + 9𝑦 2 )
C. 10(1 − 3𝑦)(1 + 3𝑦 + 9𝑦 2 )
D. 10(1 − 3𝑦)(1 − 3𝑦 + 9𝑦 2 )
16. The area of a rectangular garden is 9t2 – 64 square units. If one side is 3t – 8, what is the
other side?
A. 3t – 8 C. t – 8
B. 3t + 8 D. t + 8x
17. Which of the following is NOT a perfect square trinomial?
A. 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 5 C. 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 25
B. 𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 16 D. 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 36
18. Which pattern 𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 is called a _____________.
A. Difference of two cubes C. Sum of two cubes
B. Difference of two squares D. Sum of two squares
3 3
19. The pattern 𝑥 + 𝑦 is called a _______.
A. Difference of two cubes C. Sum of two cubes
B. Difference of two squares D. Sum of two squares
20. Which ways should be used to factor 4𝑥 2 − 81?
A. Difference of two cubes C. Sum of two cubes
B. Difference of two squares D. Sum of two squares
3
21. Which ways should be used to factor 𝑥 + 27?
A. Difference of two cubes C. Sum of two cubes
B. Difference of squares D. Difference of two cubes
22. Which of the following is the process of factoring?
A. (𝑥 + 𝑦)2 = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2
B. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = (𝑥 + 𝑦)2
C. (𝑥 + 𝑦)2 = (𝑥 + 𝑦)2
D. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2
23. Let A: 4𝑥 2 − 81, and let B: (2𝑥 − 9)(2𝑥 + 9). If 𝑥 = 2, which statement is true about A
and B?
A. 𝐴 > 𝐵 C. 𝐴 = 𝐵
B. 𝐴 < 𝐵 D. 𝐴𝐵
24. Marc was asked to square (2𝑥 − 3), he answered 4𝑥 2 − 9. Does he answer correct?
A. Yes, because squaring binomial always produces a binomial product.
B. Yes, because the product rule is correctly applied.
 C. No, because the answer must be 4𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 9.
D. No, because the answer must be 4𝑥 2 − 9.
25. The area of square is 4𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 9 square units. Which expression represents the length
of the side?
A. (3𝑥 + 2) units C. (4𝑥 + 9) units
B. (2𝑥 + 3) units D. (4𝑥 + 3) units
2
26. Which of the following gives a product of 𝑥 + 5𝑥 + 4?
A. (𝑥 + 2)2 C. (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 2)
B. (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 4) D. (𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 − 1)
27. Find the missing terms: (𝑥 + ______)(3𝑥 + _____) = 3𝑥 2 + 22𝑥 + 24.
A. 4, 6 C. 2𝑥 − 8
B. 6, 4 D. 2𝑥 + 8
2
28. One of the factors of 2𝑥 + 5𝑥 − 12 is 𝑥 + 4. What is the other factor?
A. 2𝑥 − 3 C. 2𝑥 − 8
B. 2𝑥 + 3 D. 2𝑥 + 8
29. It is an algebraic expression that is obtained by squaring a binomial expression.
A. Difference of two squares C. Sum of two cubes
B. Perfect square trinomial D. Difference of two cubes
30. It is the product of the sum of a and b and a difference of a and b.
A. Difference of two squares C. Sum of two cubes
B. Perfect square trinomial D. Difference of two squares
31. When we square a binomial, what do we call its product?
A. Difference of two squares C. Difference of two cubes
B. Sum of two cubes D. Perfect square trinomial
32. The product of (𝑥𝑦 − 1) and (𝑥𝑦 + 8) is
A. 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 − 8 C. 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 + 7𝑥𝑦 − 89
2 2
B. 𝑥 𝑦 − 9𝑥𝑦 − 8 D. 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 − 7𝑥𝑦 − 8
33. The impression (𝑥 + 𝑦)3 is identical to
A. 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 C. 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 𝑦 + 3𝑥𝑦 2 + 𝑦 3
B. (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 ) D. (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 )
34. The greatest common monomial factor in 3𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 is
A. 3 C. 6𝑥 2
B. 3𝑥 D. 𝑥 − 2
35. The product of (5𝑥 + 7𝑦) and (5𝑥 − 7𝑦) is
A. 25𝑥 2 − 70𝑥𝑦 − 49𝑦 2 C. 25𝑥 2 + 49𝑦 2
B. 25𝑥 2 + 70𝑥𝑦 − 49𝑦 2 D. 25𝑥 2 − 49𝑦 2
36. The factored form of 𝑦(2𝑥 − 3) + 4(2𝑥 − 3) is
A. (𝑦 + 4)(2𝑥 − 3)3 C. 4𝑦(2𝑥 − 3)3
B. (𝑦 + 4)(2𝑥 − 3) D. 4𝑦(2𝑥 − 3)
37. Simplify the expression (2𝑎 − 𝑏)(2𝑎 − 9𝑏).
A. 4𝑎2 − 20𝑎𝑏 + 9𝑏 2 C. 4𝑎2 + 9𝑏 2
B. 4𝑎2 + 20𝑎𝑏 + 9𝑏 2 D. 4𝑎2 − 9𝑏 2
3 2 2
38. The expression (4𝑦 + 9𝑥 ) equals
A. 16𝑦 6 + 81𝑥 4 C. 16𝑦 5 + 72𝑦 3 𝑥 2 + 81𝑥 4
B. 16𝑦 6 + 72𝑦 3 𝑥 2 + 81𝑥 4 D. 16𝑦 6 + 36𝑦 3 𝑥 2 + 81𝑥 4
For numbers 39-40. Find the missing terms in the factors.
39. 𝑐 2 − 81 = (𝑐 + ______) (𝑐 − ______)
A. 11 C. 5
B. 9 D. 1
2
40. 𝑎 − 121 = (𝑎 + ____)(𝑎 − _____)
A. 11 C. 5
B. 9 D. 1

B. MATCHING TYPE
Direction: Match the expressions to the method used to factor it. Then, solve each problem.

1. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 6𝑦 A. Factoring by Grouping

2. 343𝑚3 + 64𝑛3 B. Factoring a trinomial
3. −𝑎3 – 8 C. Perfect square trinomial
4. 3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 2 D. Sum of two cubes
5. (𝑥 + 6)2 E. Difference of two cubes

C. NAME THE DEFINITION

6. (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 = 𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2
7. 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏)
8. 𝑎3 − 𝑏 3 = (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 )
9. (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 = 𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2
10. (𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐) = (𝑥 + 𝑎)(𝑥 + 𝑏)