STA.

IGNACIA HIGH SCHOOL

Santa Ignacia, Tarlac
PRIVATE
First Preliminary Examination
MATHEMATICS 9
Name: _____________________________________
Section: G9 - _______________________________

Score: __________________
Date: ___________________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Read and analyze the following statements/questions carefully. Write the letter of the
answer on the space provided before each number.
______1.

It is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in the form

where a, b, and c are real numbers and

ax 2+ bx+ c=0 ,

a0 .

a. Linear Equation
c. Quadratic Equation
b. Polynomial Equation
d. Rational Equation
______2.
Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
2

a.

y= x 22

c.

2 x 21=(3 x +2)3

b.

y=3( x2 2)2

d.

( x3 ) ( x+2 )=0

______3.

Which of the following quadratic equations is written in the standard form?

a.

x 25 x6

b.

2 x +3=x 2

______4.

c.

x 2+3 x=2 x2 +7
5 x2 + x9=0

d.

What is the standard form of the quadratic equation

3 x ( 4x )=2 ?

a.

12 x3 x 2=2

c.

12 x3 x 22=0

b.

12 x3 x 2 +2=0

d.

3 x2 12 x +2=0

______5.

Which of the following equations, when written in standard form, will have the following

a1 , b=2 , and c=3 ?

coefficients:
a.

x ( x +2 )=3+ 4 x

c.

3 x ( x2 )=1

b.

( x1 ) (x +3)

d.

x 23 x=2

______6.

The equation

a.

x 2+5 x +1=0

b.

x 22 x 15=0

______7.

Which equation has roots of

a.

6 x 2=42

b.

( x3)2=2

______8.

What is the solution set of

a.

{2 3 }

b.

{ 2 6 }

______9.

( x+2 )( x +5 )=5 written in the standard form is ____________.

What is the solution set of

x 2+7 x +5=0

c.
d.

x 2+2 x +5=0

(3+ 2) and (3 2) ?
c.
d.

(x3)2=4
9 x 2=25

( x2)2=6 ?
c.
d.

{2 6 }
{ 2 3 }

3 x =12 ?

a.

{ 3 }

c.

{ 12 }

b.

{ 6 }

d.

{ 2 }

______10.

What is the solution set of

3 x =75 ?

5
3

a.

b.

{ 5 }

______11.
a.

x 2=16

b.

4 x 2=64
Which equation has

{ 4 }

as their solution set except one. Which is it?

x 2+16=0

c.

2 x 232=0

d.

{ 2 }

3
5

d.

All of the following equations have

______12.

{ 3 }

c.

as its solution set?

a.

x =9

c.

x 2=6

b.

x 24=0

d.

x 2+ 8=0

______13.

Which of the following equations cannot be solved by extracting the square root?

a.

x 24=3 x

c.

x 22 x =252 x

b.

x 2=16

d.

x 2121=0

______14.

Which number completes the perfect square trinomial in the equation

a.

{ 4,1 }

c.

{4, 1 }

b.

{ 3,2 }

d.

{3,2 }

______15.

What should be the first step in solving

2 x 26 x =3 ?

x +2 ( x4 )=0 using the method of completing

the square?
a.

Add 4 to both sides of the equation.

c. Simplify

b.

Divide the equation by 2.

d. Factor

______16.
a.
b.

2( x4) .

x 2+2 ( x4 ) .

What number completes the perfect square trinomial in the equation

16
28

______17.

c. 25
d. 36
What is the solution set of the equation

x 2+ 8 x=9 ?

a.

{ 4 }

c.

{ 1,9 }

b.

{ 3 }

d.

{1, 9 }

______18.

x 28 x=0 ?

What value of c will make the equation

x 2+2 x=c an equation whose roots are 2 and

4 ?
a.

c. 8

b.
______19.

d.
What value of b will make the equation

x 2bx24=0 an equation whose roots are 8 and

3 ?
a. 4
b. 5
______20.

c. 6
d. 7
Which quadratic equation has 8 as the product of its roots?

a.

x 28 x=20

c.

x 26 x+ 9=0

b.

x 2=6 x8

d.

x 27 x+ 6=0

______21.
a.
b.

6
7

What is the sum of the roots of

x 27 x+ 6=0 ?
c. 8
d. 9

______22.

2 . The sum of its roots is

The product of the roots of a quadratic equation is

7
3 .

What is the quadratic equation?

a.

3 x2 7 x+6=0

c.

b.

3 x2 7 x=6

d.

______23.

3 x2 +7 x +6=0
3 x2 +7 x=6

Which of these pairs gives the sum and the product of the roots of the equation

4 x 4 x=3 ?
a.

13
4

c.

13
4

b.

13
4

d.

13
4

______24.
What is the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation if the value of its discriminant is zero?
a. The roots are not real
c. Two different rational roots
b. Two different irrational roots
d. Two equal rational roots
______25.

x 2+ x56=0 ?

What are the roots of the quadratic equation

a.

56

c.

87

b.

87

d.

65

______26.

Which of the following quadratic equations can be solved easily by extracting the square root?

a.

x 27 x+12=0

c.

b.

4 x 29=0

d.

______27.

2 x 2 +7 x3=0
3 x2 2 x8=0

The following quadratic equations can be solved by factoring except?

2

a.

x +2 x +1=0

c.

x 22 x 3=0

b.

x 22 x +1=0

d.

x 2+2 x +3=0

______28.
What is the nature of the roots of a quadratic equation if the value of its discriminant is negative?
a. The roots are not real
c. Two different rational roots
b. Two different irrational roots
d. Two equal rational roots
______29.
What method of solving quadratic equations can solve any forms of quadratic equation?
a. Extracting the square root
c. Factoring
b. Completing-the-square
d. Quadratic formula
______30.
This expression is found inside the radical sign of the quadratic formula and is used to determine
the nature of the solutions of a quadratic equation even without solving it.
a. Coefficient
c. Solutions
b. Discriminant
d. Square root
______31.
a.
b.

What is the discriminant of the equation

174
176

5 x +2 x9=0 ?
c. 184
d. 186

______32.

If

a=1 , b=2 , and c=15 , the quadratic equation in its standard form is

__________.
2

a.

x 2 x +15=0

b.

x 2 x=15

______33.

x 2 x +15=0

d.

x 5 x=2 if it is to be solved by

What must be added to both sides of the equation

completing the square?

a.

25
16

b.

25
4

______34.
a.
b.

x +25=0

c.

64
80

c.

d.
What is the discriminant of the equation

5
4
5
2

2 x (3 x +4 ) +6=0 ?
c. 144
d. 208

______35.

Which quadratic equation has

2

a.

6 x 7 x+2=0

b.

6 x + x2=0

1
3

as the product of its roots?

2

c.

6 x 3 x+2=0

d.

6 x + 4 x +2=0

TEST II. SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS. Solve the following quadratic equations using any convenient
method.
2

a.

x +2 a15=0

b.

3 x 18 x +27=0

c.

x ( 72 x ) =(3x)2

d.

2 x 2=5 x +3

e.

4 x 2 +2118=0

Prepared by:

Ms. Jonna Mhay D. Tiongco

Subject Teacher