TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR GRADE NINE (9) MATHEMATICS

No.
No. of Percentage Test Index of
Learning Competencies Level of Cognition of
Days of Items Placement Difficulty
Items
1. illustrates situationsthatinvolve the following 3 Remembering 5 10.42 1 Easy
variations:(a) direct;(b)inverse; (c) joint; (d) Understanding 2 Easy
combined. Understanding 3 Easy
Remembering 4 Easy
Remembering 5 Easy
2. translatesintovariationstatementa relationship 2 Understanding 4 8.33 6 Easy
between two quantities givenby: Understanding 7 Easy
(a)atableofvalues;(b)a
mathematicalequation;(c)agraph, andvice versa. Understanding 8 Easy
Analyzing 9 Average
3. solvesproblems involving variation. 3 Applying 5 10.42 10 Average
Applying 11 Average
Applying 12 Average
Evaluating 13 Difficult
Applying 14 Difficult
4. applies thelaws involving positive integral 2 Understanding 4 8.33 15 Easy
exponents ,zero andnegativeintegral Remembering 16 Easy
exponents. Remembering 17 Easy
Understanding 18 Easy
5. illustrates expressionswith rational exponents. 2 Understanding 4 8.33 19 Easy
Understanding 20 Easy
Understanding 21 Easy
Understanding 22 Easy
6. simplifies expressionswith rational exponents. 3 Understanding 5 10.42 23 Easy
Understanding 24 Easy
Understanding 25 Easy
Applying 26 Average
Applying 27 Average
7. writesexpressions with rational exponents as 1 Understanding 2 4.17 28 Easy
radicalsandvice versa. Understanding 29 Easy
 8. derivesthelawsof radicals. 2 Understanding 4 8.33 30 Easy
Understanding 31 Easy
Applying 32 Average
Applying 33 Average
9. simplifiesradicalexpressions using the lawsof 1 Applying 2 4.17 34 Average
radicals. Applying 35 Average
10. performsoperations on radical expressions. 3 Understanding 5 10.42 36 Easy
Understanding 37 Easy
Applying 38 Average
Applying 39 Average
Analyzing 40 Difficult
11. solvesequations involving radical expressions. 3 Understanding 5 10.42 41 Easy
Understanding 42 Easy
Understanding 43 Easy
Understanding 44 Easy
Applying 45 Difficult
12. solvesproblems involving radicals. 2 Analyzing 3 6.25 46 Average
Applying 47 Average
Evaluating 48 Difficult
TOTAL 27 48 100

No. of Item per competency= . (No. of items were adjusted to come up with 24

items)
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Mandaue City

SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN GRADE NINE MATHEMATICS

Name: __________________________________ Section: ____________Date: ________ Score: _______

Multiples Choice. Directions: Choose the correct answer by encircling the letter of your choice.

1. What does the statement y varies directly as x describe?

A. Direct variation C. Joint Variation
B. Inverse Variation D. Combined Variation

2. What type of variation does the relationship between the amount of money raised in a concert to
the number of ticket sold show?
A. Direct variation C. Joint Variation
B. Inverse Variation D. Combined Variation

3. The length l of the rectangular field varies inversely as its width w. What type of variation does it
illustrate?
A. Direct variation C. Joint Variation
B. Inverse Variation D. Combined Variation

4. What does the statement a varies jointly as b and c describe?

A. Direct variation C. Joint Variation
B. Inverse Variation D. Combined Variation

5. What type of variation is illustrated by the statement z varies directly as x and inversely as y?
A. Direct variation C. Joint Variation
B. Inverse Variation D. Combined Variation

6. Which equation illustrates direct variation?

2 2
A. = 10 B. = C. = 5 D. =

7. Which table describes an inverse variation?

A. X 2 3 4 5 C. X 40 30 20 10
y 5 10 5 2 y 8 6 4 2
3 2

B. x 1 2 3 4 D. X 4 8 10 12
y 5 10 15 20 y 2 4 5 6

8. Which equation translates the electrical voltage V varies jointly as the current I and the resistance
R?
A. = B. = C. = D. =

9. What happens to y when x is doubled in the relation = ?
A. y is tripled B. y is divided by three C. y is doubled D. y is halved

10. If y varies directly as x and y = 12 when x = 4, what is y when x is 12?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 36 D. 48
11. A mailman can sort out 738 letters in 6 hours. If the number of sorted letters varies directly as the
number of working hours, how many letters can be sorted out in 9 hours?
A. 1, 105 B. 1, 106 C. 1, 107 D. 1, 108

12. Given the statement r varies jointly as s and t. If r = 16 when s = 4 and t = 6, what is the constant of
the variation?
2 3 1 1
A. 3 B. 2 C. 2 D. 4

13. If three men can paint a room in 8 days, how many men can paint a similar room in 6 days?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

14. If (x 4) varies inversely as (y + 3) and x = 8 when y = 2, what is x when y = - 1?

A. 14 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20

15. Which expression is equivalent to x-4?

1 14
A. 4 B. 4 C. 4 D.

16. What is the value when a number, except zero, is raised to the power of zero?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

17. What is ?

A. B. C. D. +

3 1
18. What is ( ) ?
5
3 5
A. 1 B. 5 C. 1 D. 3

2 6
19. What is ( 3 ) ?
1 8
A. 9 B. 4 C. 3 D. 9

20. Which statement is TRUE?

1
1 1 1 2 2 2 1
22 1
A. 2 + 2 = 2
2 3 5
B. (2 ) = 43 3 C. 1 = 29 D. 2 2 = 1
23 22

1
21. What is 40 12 ?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4
1 1
22. What is 23 23 ?
1 1 2 2
A. 29 B. 26 C. 23 D. 29
1 1
23. What is ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ?
1 1
A. 0 B. 4 C. 2 D.
3
4
24. What is 1 ?
4
1 1
A. 0 B. 4 C. 2 D.
1
25. What is( 2 4 )3 ?
5 2 4 4 2 5
A. 3 B. 3 3 C. 3 3 D. 3
 2
26. What is83 ?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
2
23
27. Which is equal to 1 ?
23
1 2 4
A. 23 B. 23 C. 23 D. 2
1
28. What is 83 in radical form?
3 3
A. 8 B. 8 C. 8 D. 83

3
29. What is the exponential form of 2 ?
2 3 1
A. 3 B. 2 C. ( 3 )2 D. 6

3
30. Which of the following is equivalent to 23 ?
2 2
A. 2 B. 23 C. 26 D. 33

31. Which expression is equal to ?

A. B. C. D.

2
32. Which expression is equal to ?
2
2
A. B. 2 C. 22 D. 2
2

33. What expression is equivalent to 9 4 6 ?

A. 3 2 2 B. 3 2 3 C. 9 2 2 D. 9 2 3

3
34. What is the simplified form of 27 3 ?
A. 3b B. 3b2 C. 9b D. 9b2

12
35. What is 9 3 in its simplest form?
6 6 4 4
A. 3 B. 3 3 C. 3 3 D. 3

36. What is 23 + 43 53equal to?

A. 3 B. 3 C. 113 D. 213

37. What is the value of 2 58 ?

A. 6 B. 9 C. 20 D. 36

38. What is 20 + 35 equivalent to?

A. 25 B. 35 C. 45 D. 55

39. What is the product of (4 2) and (4 + 2) ?

A. 14 B. 18 C. 16 2 D. 16 + 2

40. Which statement is TRUE?

A. 105 = 25 C. 23(45 + 6) = 615 + 218
B. 20 + 255 = 2255 D. 10 25 + 55 5 = 15 35

41. What value of x satisfies the equation = 4 ?

A. 2 B. 4 C. 16 D. 64
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42. What is the value of in the equation = 3 ?
A. 3 B. 9 C. 18 D. 27

43. What is the solution set of 2 = 1 ?

A. 3 B. 9 C. 18 D. 27

44. What value of x satisfies the equation 2 + 1 = 3?

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

45. What value of x satisfies the equation 2 + 1 = + 8 ?

A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 7

46. Mary lives 3 kilometers east from her school and 4 kilometers south fromthe church. How far is
the school from the church if their distance c is represented by
= 2 + 2 ?
A. 5 kilometers B. 6 kilometers C. 7 kilometers D. 8 kilometers

47. The square root of 3 more than thrice the number added to one is equal to 6. What is the number?
A. 6 B. 11 C. 16 D. 22

48. The surface area of a ball is 36 in2. What is the radius of the ball if the formula of the surface area of
a sphere is = 4 2 ?
36 3
A. 4 inches B. 3 inches C. 3 inches D. inches

 ANSWER KEY

1. A. Direct Variation 46. A. 5 kilometers

2. A. Direct Variation 47. B. 11
3
3. B. Inverse Variation 48. D. inches

4. C. Joint Variation
5. D. Combined Variation
6. C. y = 5x
7. A. X 2 3 4 5
y 5 10 5 2
3 2
8. C. V = kIR
9. D. y is doubled
10. C. 36
11. C. 1, 107
2
12. A. 3
13. A. 4
14. A. 14
1
15. B. 4
16. B. 1
17. D. +
5
18. D. 3
19. B. x4
1
1
20. D. 2 2 = 1
22
21. B. 1
2
22. C. 23
23. D.
1
24. C. 2
2 4
25. B. 3 3
26. B. 4
1
27. A. 23
3
28. B. 8
2
29. A. 3
30. A. 2
31. C.
32. B. 2
33. B. 3v2w3
34. A. 3b
4
35. D. 3
36. B. 3
37. C. 20
38. D. 55
39. A. 14

40. A. 105 = 25
41. C. 16
42. D. 27
43. B. 9
44. A. 1
45. D. 7