Pangasinan State University

Alaminos City Campus

Mathematics 9
First Quarter Examination
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer and shade the corresponding letter in your
answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is an example of a quadratic equation?

a. 3x + 5 = - 4 c. 2x2 + 5x - 3 = 0
b. 4x - 6x = -1
3 2
d. x2 - 6x ≥ 1

2. Which of the following methods is the easiest to use in solving the quadratic equation (x -16) 2 – 49
= 0?
a. Quadratic formula c. Factoring
b. Completing the square d. Extracting square roots

3. Find the solutions of the equation x2 - 3x = 18 by factoring.

a. 3 and 6 b. 3 and -6 c. -3 and 6 d. -3 and -6

4. Amy solved the equation 2x2 + 8x +10 = 0. The first parts of her solution are shown below.
2x2 + 8x + 10 = 0.
1
(8) = (4)2 = 16
2
2x2 + 8x +16 = -10+16
Do you think Amy arrived at the correct solution of the equation?
a. Yes, because she has applied correctly the steps in completing the square of the equation.
b. No, because she should have used the extracting square root method.
c. Yes, because she has applied correctly the transposition property of equality.
d. No, because the first equation should be first divided by 2.

5. Describe the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation x 2 + 5x = -6.

a. The roots are real c. The roots are rational and not equal
b. The roots are irrational and not equal d. The roots are rational and equal

6. Find the value of the discriminant of the quadratic equation 3x 2 - 5x = - 2.

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

7. What is the sum of the roots of a quadratic equation 2x 2 - 4x + 8 = 0?

a. 2 b. -2 c. 4 d. -4

8. What is the product of the roots of a quadratic equation 4x 2-12x = 8?

a. 2 b. -2 c. 3 d. -3
9. The following rational algebraic equations are transformable to quadratic
equations EXCEPT
1 2 3 6 x−5
a. + = c. + =3
x x 4 x+5 2

3 4 2 4
b. + =x−1 d. + =7
x 2x x−1 x+ 5

10. Transform the equation (x-3)2 +(x+5)2 = 12 into a quadratic equation in the form
ax2 + bx + c = 0.
a. x2 - 4x - 22 = 0 b. x2 + 4x + 22 = 0
b. 2x - 4x - 22 = 0
2
d. 2x + 4x + 22 = 0
2

1 x 2
11. The rational algebraic equation − = when transformed to quadratic
x 6 3
equation in standard form is
a. x2 + 4x – 6 = 0 c. x2 + 4x + 6 = 0
b. x2 – 4x – 6 = 0 d. x2 – 4x + 6 = 0

4 x−1
12. Find the roots of the equation + =2.
x 3
a. 4 and 3 b. -4 and 3 c. 4 and -3 d. -4 and -3

13. A rectangular court has an area of 90 m 2 and a perimeter of 66 m. What are the
dimensions of the table?
a. 3 m x 30 m b. 2 m x 45 m c. 5 m x 18 m d. 6 m x 15 m

For items 14 & 15.

The barangay officials of Brgy. Aciga, Pinukpuk wants to place a rectangular billboard to inform the
visitors of their rules and regulations inside their beautiful spot ‘The Gigantic Stones’. Suppose the
length of the billboard to be placed is 7 ft. longer than its width and the area is 120 ft 2.
14. What is the equation of the problem?
a. x(x + 7) = 120 b. x(x – 7) = 120
c. (x + 1)(x + 7) = 120 d. (x – 1)(x – 7) = 120

15. What will be the length of the billboard?

a. 10 ft b. 12 ft c. 15 ft d. 18 ft

16. Teacher A takes 2 hours to print 50 copies of modules. Teacher B takes 3 hours to
print 45 copies of modules. Working together, how long should it take them to
finish 150 copies of modules?
a. 2 hrs. and 30 mins. c. 4 hrs. and 20 mins.
b. 3 hrs. and 45 mins. d. 4 hrs. and 50 mins.

17. Which of the following is an example of quadratic inequality?

a. 2x2 - 5x = 0 b. 3x2 + 4x - 2 = 0 c. x2 + 2x – 4 ≥ 0 d. 6x + 5 < 0

18. Which of the following is NOT belong to the group?

a. 2x ¿ 4 c. 3x2 + x + 10 ≤ 0
b. b. (x – 1)(x + 3) ≤ 4 d. 5x2 ¿ 20
19. Which of the following coordinates of points belong to the solution set of the
inequality y > 3x2 + 4x - 2?
a. (-2, 6) b. (4, 3) c. (2.-5) d. (3,6)

20. The grade 9 students want to build a rectangular garden enclosed with a fence.
They want the length of the garden to be 5 meters longer than the width. If the
area of the garden must be less than 14 square meters, what are the possible
dimensions of their garden?
a. 1 m and 6 m b. 3 m and 8 m c. 2 m and 7 m d. 4 m and 9 m

21. Which of the following models an example of a quadratic function?

a. b. b. c. d.
d.

22. Supply the missing value in the given table below with the equation y = 2x 2 - 5.
X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 13 3 -3 -5 -3 3 ?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13

23. Which of the following is the opening of the graph of the given equation above?
a. downward b. upward c. to the left d. to the right

24. Which of the following quadratic inequalities represent the graph below?

a. y ¿ x2 + 2x – 8 c. y ¿ x2 + 2x – 8
b. y ≤ x2 + 2x – 8 d. y ≥ x2 + 2x – 8

25. Transform f(x) = x2 - 6x + 8 = 0 in the form f(x) = a(x-h)2 + k.

a. y = (x + 3)2 +1 b. y = (x - 3)2 -1 c. y = (x + 4)2 + 2 d. y = (x - 4)2 - 2

26. The graph of y = x2+5 is obtained by sliding the graph of y = x2 _______________.

a. 5 units downward c. 5 units to the left
b. 5 units upward d. 5 units to the right

27. Find the vertex of the parabola y = 2x2-12x+7.

a. (3,11) b. (-3,11) c. (3,-11) d. (-3,-11)
28. What is the axis of symmetry of the equation y = x2 - 8x + 4?
a. -2 b. 2 c. -4 d. 4

For items 29 -31, consider the given graph

29. Which of the following is the vertex of the given graph?
a. (1, 4) c. (4, 1)
b. (1, - 4) d. (-4, 1)

30. Which of the following points is a

solution of the function?
a. (1, 0) c. (0, 3)
b. (3, 0) d. (-3, 0)

31. What is the equation of the axis of

symmetry of the graph?
a. x = 1 c. x = 3
b. x = - 1 d. x = - 3

32. Which of the following quadratic functions has a maximum point of the graph?
a. y = x2 – 2x – 3 c. y = (x – 2)2 + 4
b. y = - x + 4x – 1
2
d. y = (x + 2)2 – 2

33. Determine the equation of the quadratic function represented by the table of values below.
X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y -7 -2 1 2 1 -2 -7
a. y = x +1
2
b. y = -x +1
2
c. y = x +2
2
d. y = -x2+2

34. Which of the following table of values represent the graph below?
a.
x -2 -1 0 1
y 6 3 2 3
b.
x -2 -1 0 1
y 3 2 3 6
c.
x -2 -1 0 1
y 6 3 -2 -3
d.
x -2 -1 0 1
y -6 -3 2 3

35. What are the dimensions of a rectangular field that can be enclosed by 40 m of
fencing wire?
15 m x 5 m b. 10 m x 10 m c. 20 m x 15 m d. 20 m x 20 m

36. It is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in the form ax2 + 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

37. What is 8 + n ^ 2 - 3 = 1 written in quadratic equation?

A. n²+5-0 C. n ^ 2 + 4 = 0

B. . n²+5n-0 D. n ^ 2 - 4n = 0

38. What is c when x ^ 2 - 7x is expressed in standard form?

A, 1

B. 0

C, 2

D. 7

39. Which of the following coordinates of points belong to the solution set of the
inequality y < 2v2+ 5v - 1?
A. (-2,9) C. (3,1)
B. (-3,2) D. (1,6)

40. Choose a possible dimension of a rectangle with a width = 2x-1 and length = 3x + 2 so that its
area is greater than 153 sq. cm.
A. W= 13 L= 15 C. W= 11 L=21
B. W=11 L=20 D. W= 13 L= 22

41.The legs of a right triangle have lengths 3 and 4. Find the length of the Hypotenuse.

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

42. In a right triangle, the length of one leg is two more than the other leg. If the length of the
hypotenuse is √ , find the lengths of the two legs?

A. 4 & 6 B. 7 & 8 C. 9 & 10 D. 11 & 12

43. The length of the side of a square is √ . Find the length of its diagonal.
 A. √ 10 B. √ 11 C. √ 12 D. √ 13

44. A 10m stepladder inclines against the wall such that the base of the ladder is 6m from the wall.
How high is the wall?

A. 9 B. 8 C. 7 D. 6

45. What is the graph of the quadratic function called?

a. Parabola
b. Cartesian Plane
c. Axis of Symmetry
d. Domain

46.What do you call the value of x at which the parabola intersects the x-axis?

a. X – axis

b. Y – axis

c. Y – intercept

d. X – intercept

.For item numbers 47-50, consider the given graph.

47. What is the vertex of the given graph?

A. (1,3)
B. (-1,3)
C. (3.1)
D. (3,-1)

48. Which of the following is the equation of the axis of symmetry?

a. X-1 b.Y=1
c. X = 3 d.v=3

49.What is the equation of the graph?

a. y (x-3)+1
b. y = (x + 3) ^ 2 + 1
c. y = (x - 1) ^ (x + 3)
d y = (x + 1) ^ 2 + 3

50. The following are the points of the given graph, EXCEPT.
a. (2,5)
b. (4, 2)
c. (2, 2)
d. (1, 5)

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