Republic of the Philippines

UNIFIED FIRST PERIODIC

Division of Cebu City
DIVISION OF CEBU CITY TEST IN MATHEMATICS 8

Name: Grade/Section: Score:

Directions: Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

TEST BEGINS HERE.

1. Which of the following gives the product of x 2−4 ?

A. ( x +2 )( x−2 ) B.( x−2 ) ( x−2 ) C. ( x−2 ) ( x+ 4 ) D . ( x +2 ) ( x−4 )

2. Which of the following is the greatest common monomial factor of the expression
2 ab+ 4 a2 b 4−2 a3 b10?

A. 2 B. 2a C. 2b D. 2ab

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

3x 1
A. a x−2 B. C. D. 1
2 √x
4. It is a ratio of two polynomials in which the denominator is not equal to zero. This statement
refers to?

A. expression C. rational algebraic expression

B. algebraic expression D. complex algebraic expression

x2 −1
5. What rational algebraic expression is the same as ?
x−1

A. -1 B. 1 C. x +1 D. x−1

4 a+8 b
6. Simplify the algebraic expression
12

a+2 b a+b 3
A. B. C. D.
3 3 a+2 b
3
a+b

1 2 x2
7. Find the product of and
x 3

2x 2x 2 x2 2 x3
A. B. C. D.
3 3x 3x 3

6 4
8. Find the sum of the two rational algebraic expression +
a−5 a−5

10 10 10
A. B. C. D.
a+5 a−5 2 a−10
10
2 a+10

2 x−2 x +2
9. Perform the indicated operation: −
3 3
 x−4 x+ 4 3 x −4
A. B. C. D.
3 3 3
3x+4
3

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10. In a coordinate plane, where is 0 ,−( 4 )
located?
A. It is found in the 3rd and 4th quadrants
B. It is found in 1st and 2nd quadrants
C. It is found along the x-axis
D. It is found along the y-axis

11. Maria wants to buy load for her cellular phone. She needs to walk 5 meters to the North and
then 6 meters to the west. What is the location of the load station using ordered pair?

A. ( 6,5 ) B. (−6 ,−5 ) C. ( 5 ,−6 ) D. ( 5,6 )

12. Which is true about the points in the given figure?

A. Point G is located in Quadrant III

B. Point B is located in Quadrant II

C. Point F is located in Quadrant IV

D. Point C. is located in Quadrant I

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13. How do you rewrite the equation y= x +4 in standard form Ax+ By=C
2

A. x−2 y +8=0 B.x−2 y +4=0 C. x−2 y−8=0 D. x−2 y−4=0

14. Which of the following is written in standard form?

A. 2 x+ y =9 B. y +2 x=9 C. 2 x+ y −9=0 D. y +2 x−9=0

15. How do you rewrite the equation 3 x= y +5 in the form y=mx+b ?

A. y=3 x +5 C. y=−3 x +5
B. y=−3 x −5 D. y=3 x−5

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16. What is the slope of the equation y=3 x− ?
3

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

17. How will you describe the value of the slope of line 1?

A. positive C. negative

B. zero D. undefined

18. How will you rewrite the equation 2 y+ 10 x =5 in slope intercept form?

5 5 5
A. y=−5 x +5 B. y=−5 x + C. y +10 x= D. y +5 x=
2 2 2
19. Rewrite y=3 ( x−2 )+ 4 in the formax +by=c.

A. 2 x−3 y=4 B. 4 x− y=3 C. 3 x− y=2 D. x−3 y=1

20. Which of the following linear equations describe

the graph?

A. x + y=−3∧x−2 y=6
B.x + y=3∧x−2 y=−6
C. x− y=−3∧x +2 y =6
D.x− y =3∧x +2 y=−6

21. What is the solution set of the given graph?

A. (-6, 0) B. (0, -6) C. (3, 0) D. (0, 3)

22. What is the solution set of the following linear equation 3 x+ 2 y =11∧ y =4 x?

A. (1, 4) B. (1, -4) C. (-1, 4) D. (-1, -4)

23. Which of the following linear equations describes the graph?

A. 5 x−3 y=1 C. 3 x−5 y=−1

B. 5 x−3 y=−1 D. 3 x−5 y=1

24. What kind of system of linear equation in two variables has exactly one solution, and whose
graph consists of intersecting lines?

A. denumerable B. dependent C. inconsistent D. independent

25. What kind of system of linear equation in two variables has an infinite number of solutions and
whose graph consists of coinciding lines?

A. denumerable B. dependent C. inconsistent D. independent

26. Which of the following pair of numbers will make the equation ¿ true?
A. 6,4 B. 4,6 C. 8,3 D. 12,2

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27. What value(s) of x is not permissible in the expression ?
x−9
A. 9 B. 5 C. -5 D. -9

28. Which of the following expression is equal to w−3 z −2 ?

1 1 w−3 z−2
A. B. C. D.
w3 z 2 w−3 z−2 z2 w3

29. Rewrite 4 x−5 y=20 in the form y=mx+b

5 5 4 4
A. y= x−5 B. y= x +5 C. y= x−4 D. y= x +4
4 4 5 5

30. Rewrite 4 x−2 y=20 in the form y=mx+b .

A. y=−2 x +10 B. y=2 x +10 C. y=−2 x−10 D. y=2 x−10

31. One of the factors of 2 a2+5a-12 is a + 4. What is the other factor?

A. 2 a−3 B. 2 a+3 C. 2 a−8 D. 2 a+8

 3 x +1
32. Which of the following values of x will make the expression, , undefined?
x3 −64
A. 4 B. -4 C. 64 D. -64

33. What is the verbal phrase ofb 2−( b+9 )?

A. The square of b less the sum of b and 9

B. The sum of b and 9 less than the square of b
C. The square of b less than the product of b and 9
D. The product of the sum of b and 9 less than the square of b

20 a3 b4 c 5
34. Simplify:
30 a2 b5 c3 e 7

2 a c2 2 5 9 8 7 2 2 a 3 b 5 c5
A. B. a b c e C. ab c 2 e 7 D.
3 b e7 3 3 3 e7

x2 −2 x−7 3 x+1
35. Add and simplify: + 2
x 2−9 x −9

x−2 x−2 x+ 3 x2 + x−6

A. B. C. D.
x+3 x−3 x−3 x 2−9

36. What is the slope of the line in the figure at the right?

A. 0 C. 2

B. 1 D.3

37. What is the slope of the graph shown at the right?

−1 1
A. C.
3 3

−1 1
B. D.
2 2

38. How do you rewrite 3 x= y−5 in the form y=mx+b

A. y=3 x +5 B. y=−3 x −5 C. y=−3 x +5 D. y=3 x−¿5

39. Which of the following slopes describe the line of the graph?

A. 1 C. 3

B. 2 D. 4

40. In the system of linear equation, which of the following linear equations satisfy the given
equation x + y=8 with a solution set of (5, 3)?

A. x− y =1 B. x− y =2 C. x + y=1 D. x + y=2

41. What is the solution set of the following linear equations: x + y=4∧ y=3 x

A. (1,3) B. (2,5) C. (3,4) D. (4,5)

42. The sum of two numbers is 10. Their difference is 6. What are the two numbers?

A. -8,-2 B. 8,-2 C. -8,2 D. 8,2

43. The area of a square is 4 x2 +12 x+ 9 square units. Which

expression represents the length of the side?

A. ¿) units B. ( 2 x+3 ) units C. ( 4 x+ 9 ) units D. ( 4 x+3 )units

44. If the length of a rectangle in terms of x is ( 5 x 2+ 4 x−2 ) m and its width is( 3 x 2+ 2 x +8 ) . What is
the perimeter of the rectangle?

A. 4 ( 4 x 2 +3 x+ 3 ) m C. 2 ( 8 x 2−6 x−6 ) m
B. −4 ( 4 x 2 +3 x+ 3 ) m D. 2 ( 8 x 2+6 x−6 ) m

45. Melinda can jog 5 miles downhill in the same time it takes her to jog 3 miles uphill. She jogs
downhill 4mph faster than she jogs uphill. Find her jogging rate downhill.

A. 1 miles per hour B. 4 miles per hour C. 6 miles per hour D. 10 miles per hour

46. Which of the following linear equations whose graph have the given slope of 4 and passes
through the given point (3, -3)?

A. y=4 x +15 B. y=4 x−15 C. y=2 x +5 D. y=2 x−5

47. Maria wanted to compare the mobile network plan being offered by two telecommunication
companies. Suppose Maria’s father would like to see the graph showing the comparison of the
two mobile network plans, which of the following graphs should Maria present to his father?

A. C.

B. D.

48. A truck rental company charges Php 3000 to rent a truck for the day, plus an additional charge
for mileage. The total cost of renting a truck and driving 100 miles is Php 6500. Find a linear
equation that relates the cost C of renting a truck to the number n of miles driven.

A. C=100 x+ 6500 C. C=30 x+ 100

B. C=35 x+ 3000 D.C=10 x+ 65

49. A stage theatre sold tickets for Php 500. Senior citizens received a discount of 20%, and paid
only Php 400. On the initial showing, the theatre sold 450 tickets and registered a total of Php
207,500. How many of each type of tickets were sold?

A. (350, 225) B. (300, 200) C. (275, 175) D. (225, 125)

50. The cost of building a new house depends on the floor area in square feet. A builder
constructs a house on a lot that costs Php 40,000 and charges Php 60 per square foot. Find
the linear equation that represents the total cost of the house in square feet.

A. y=40000 x+60 B. y=40 x+ 600 C. y=6 x + 400 D. y=60 x + 40000

ANSWERS KEY (MATH 8)

1. A
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. D
13. A
14. A
15. D
16. B
17. A
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. A
23. C
24. D
25. B
26. C
27. A
28. A
29. C
30. D
31. A
32. A
33. B
34. A
35. B
36. B
37. D
38. A
39. A
40. B
41. A
42. D
43. B
44. A
45. D
46. B
47. C
48. B
49. C
50. A