Rhys Johann T.

Segarra
Grade 8 – SSC Pasteur

Math Reviewer – Quarter 1

Outline:

Lesson 1: Factoring
1.1: GCF (Greatest Common Factor)
1.2: GCMF (Greatest Common Monomial Factor)
1.3: DOTS (Difference of Two Squares)
1.4: Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
1.5: Perfect Square Trinomial Factoring
1.6: Quadratic Factoring when a=1
1.7: Quadratic Factoring when a>1
1.8: Problems involving Factoring

Lesson 2: RAE (Rational Algebraic Expressions)

2.1: Introduction to RAE
2.2: Simplifying RAE by Monomial division
2.3: Simplifying RAE by Factoring
2.4: Multiplying and Dividing RAE
2.5: Adding and Subtracting RAE with like fractions
2.6: Adding and Subtracting RAE with unlike fractions
2.7: Simplifying Complex RAE
2.8: Problems involving RAE

Lesson 3: Linear Equations in 2 variables

 3.1: Rectangular Coordinate System
3.2: Slope of a Line
3.3: Two forms of Linear Equations in 2 variables

Lesson 4: Writing an Equation of a Line

4.1: Using the slope and the y-intercept
4.2: Using the slope and a point
4.3: Using two points

Key Formulas:

DOTS: a2-b2=(a+b)(a-b)
Sum of Two Cubes: a3+b3=(a+b)(a2-ab+b2)
Difference of Two Cubes: a3-b3=(a-b)(a2+ab+b2)
Perfect Square Trinomial: a2+2ab+b2=(a+b)2
Slope: m=y2-y1/x2-x1 or y1-y2/x1-x2
Standard Form: Ax+By=C
Slope-intercept Form: y=mx+b
Slope-point Form: y-y1=m(x-x1)
Two-point Form: y-y1= (y2-y1/x2-x1)(x-x1)

Question and Answer

I. Factoring Expressions

1. This process is simplifying expressions in reverse order.

 A. Factoring
B. Rendering
C. Translating
D.Transforming

2. GCMF are factored if?

A. All terms have the same monomial factor

B. They are sum of cubes
C. They are difference of squares
D.If they are generic trinomials

3. Find the GCF of the monomials 2x3y4z5 and x5y2z7

A. x3y2z5
B. x5y4z7
C. x8y6z12
D.x2y2z2

4. Factor the expression 3x2-6x using GCMF.

A. 6x(x+2)
B. 3x(x+2)
C. 6x(x-2)
D.3x(x-2)

5. What are the types of factoring that has a specific

formula or product that can be converted?
 A. GCMF Factoring
B. Special Products
C. Quadratic Factoring
D.Complex Factoring

6. Factor the expression 25a2-144 using the DOTS

product.

A. (5a+12)2
B. (5a-12)2
C. (5a+12)(5a-12)
D.(5a-12)(25a2+60a+144)

7. Factor 9x4+42x2+49 using the Square of the Binomial

Product.

A. (3x2-9)2
B. (3x2+7)2
C. (3x2-7)2
D.(3x2+9)2

8. This is a way to factorize where the degree of the

polynomial is 2.

A. Sum of Cubes
B. Difference of Squares
 C. Difference of Cubes
D.Quadratic Factoring

9. Factor the expression x2+x-56 by using Quadratic

Factoring.

A. (x-7)(x-8)
B. (x+7)(x+8)
C. (x-7)(x+8)
D.(x+7)(x-8)

10. Factor the expression 2x2+9x-5 by using Quadratic

Factoring.

A. (2x+1)(x-5)
B. (2x-5)(x+1)
C. (2x-1)(x+5)
D.(2x+5)(x-1)

II. Rational Expressions

11. Rational expressions are expressed in what form?

A. P(x)+Q(x)
B. P(x)-Q(x)
C. P(x)*Q(x)
D.P(x)/Q(x)
12. All of these rules are NOT applicable to rational
algebraic expressions, except?

A. Denominator with a value of 0

B. The dividend and divisor are NON-polynomials
C. An irrational term is found in the denominator
D.The degree of the dividend is greater than 1000

13. What expression is NOT rational?

A. a-b/a+b
B. 2x2/x3
C. x2y2/2z
D.2l^2-3m/2^-1

14. A type of fraction that is known as the “Additive

Inverse” is know for having only one answer. What is
the answer?

A. 1
B. 0
C. -1
D.2

15. If the same number appeared in the top and bottom

of the fraction, what is the result of it?
 A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D.3

16. Simplify 2x3-8x/2x

A. 6x-8
B. 2x-4
C. 2x^2-4
D.6x^2-8

17. If x+2 was the denominator, find a value which the

fraction is undefined.

A. -2
B. -1
C. 1
D.2

18. Simplify x-1/x2-5x+6 * x-2/x2+x-2

A. 1/(x-2)(x+3)
B. 1/(x-2)(x-3)
C. 1/(x+2)(x+3)
D.1/(x+2)(x-3)
 19. Simplify 1/x-1 + 2/x-2

A. 3x-4/(x-1)(x-2)
B. 3x-4/(x+1)(x+2)
C. 3x-4/(x+1)(x-2)
D.3x-4/(x-1)(x+2)

20. Simplify (3x/5) / (6xy/15)

A. 3xy/5
B. 2xy/3
C. 3/2y
D.18x2y/75

III. Plotting in a Coordinate Plane

21. This is a 2D space to graph functions and points

A. Coordinate Plane
B. Plotting Plane
C. Graphing Space
D.Function Plane

22. This axis is horizontal and the list of abscissas.

 A. X-axis
B. Y-axis
C. Still axis
D.Straight axis

23. This axis is vertical and the list of ordinates.

A. X-axis
B. Y-axis
C. Still axis
D.Straight axis

24. How many quadrants are there in the coordinate

plane?

A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D.1

25. The person that invented the coordinate plane.

A. Rene Descartes
B. Isaac Newton
C. Leonhard Euler
D.Carl Friedrich Gauss
IV. Linear Equations in 2 variables

26. This format is often called as the Standard Form

A. y=mx+b
B. ax+by=c
C. y=kx
D.ax^2+bx+c=0

27. This type of equation when graphed forms a straight

line

A. Linear equation
B. Quadratic equation
C. Exponential equation
D.Irrational equation

28. Solve for x in the equation 4x-2y=8 when y=4

A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D.7

29. Solve for y in the equation 3x-2y=6 when x=2

 A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D.0

30. Which point is a solution to the equation 2x-y=0

A. (1,3)
B. (2,5)
C. (5,2)
D.(6,12)

V. Slope of a line

31. In the slope-intercept form and the formula for slope,

what is the variable for slope?

A. Y
B. M
C. X
D.B

32. What is the slope of a line where both y coordinates

are the same?

A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Zero
 D.Undefined

33. What is the slope of a line where both x coordinates

are the same?

A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Zero
D.Undefined

34. What is this formula? m=y₂-y₁/x₂-x₁

A. Distance Formula
B. Y-intercept Formula
C. Pythagorean Theorem
D.Slope Formula

35. Find the slope of the line between points (2,3) and
(5,9)

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D.4

VI. Graphing equations using Slope-Intercept Form

36. What format is y=x/2 +3 on?

A. Slope-Intercept Form
B. Standard Form
C. Vertex Form
D.Locus Form

37. This is a formula to determine an equation given 2

points.

A. Pythagorean Theorem
B. Slope Formula
C. Point-Slope Formula
D.Two-Point Formula

38. Make an equation in Slope-Intercept Form when m=3

and b=7

A. y=7x+3
B. y=7x-3
C. y=3x+7
D.y=3x-7

39. Make an equation in Slope-Intercept Form when

points (2,3) and (5,9) are colinear.
 A. y=2x+1
B. y=-2x+1
C. y=-2x-1
D.y=2x-1

40. Make an equation in Slope-Intercept Form when it lies

on point (7,10) with m=3

A. y=3x+10
B. y=3x+11
C. y=3x-10
D.y=3x-11