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THERESE MTC COLLEGES

Magdalo St. La Paz , Iloilo City
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
A.Y 2018 – 2019
FIRST GRADING EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS 8

NAME: ________________________________________ DATE: _____________

GRADE: _______________________________________ SCORE:____________

Test 1: Matching Type

Direction: Match the expressions to the method used to factor it.

1) m2 – 6m + 9 A. Factoring by Grouping
2) x2 + 7x + 10 B. Common Terms (GCF)
3) x2 + 3x + 2xy + 6y C. Difference of Two Squares
4) 3x2 + 6x D. Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
5) 25x2 - 100y2 E. Perfect Squares Trinomial
6) 27x3 + y3
7) x2 +12x+36
8) 16x4 – 25y10
9) x3 -125
10) 3m2x – 15m2+ 6mx – 30m

Test II: Multiple Choice

Direction: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the best answer .

____11. Which statement is true?

a. The square of a binomial is also a binomial
b. The product of a sum and difference of two terms is a binomial.
c. The product of a binomial and a trinomial is the square of a trinomial.
d. The terms of the cube of a binomial are all positive.

____12. Which of the following can be factored?

a. 0.08x3 – 27y3 b. 1.44(x2 + 1) – 0.09 c. 24xy(x – y) + 5(x + y) d. 0.027(x2 + 1)3 – 8

____13. Which of the following values of k will make x2 – 5x + k?

a. 5 b. 12 c. -10 d. -14

____14. What should be multiplied to (2x – 5) to get 4x2 – 25?

a. 2x + 5 b. 2x – 5 c. 4x2 + 10x + 25 d. 4x2 – 10x + 25

____15. What should be multiplied to (3y + 2) to get 27y3 + 8?

a. 3y + 2 b. 3y – 2 c. 9y2 + 6y + 4 d. 9y2 - 6y + 4

____16. Find (2x – 7)2.

a. 4x4 – 49 b. 4x4 - 14x2 + 49 c. 4x4 – 28x2 + 49 d. 4x4 – 28x2 – 49

____17. Multiply: (8x3y2 – z5) (8x3y2 + z5)

 a. 64x6y4 – z10 b. 64x9y6 – z15 c. 64x6y4 – 16x3y2z5 + z10 d. 64x6y4 – 8x3y2z5 + z10

_____18. Multiply: (m + 3)(m2 – 3m + 9)

a. m2 – 9 b. m3 + 9 c. m3 – 2 d. m3 + 27

____19. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?

a. x2 + 10xy + 100y2 b. x2 - 10xy + 100y2 c. x2 – 20xy + 100 d. x2 –20xy + 100y2

____20. Which of the following is a sum of two cubes?

a. x3 + 9 b. x3 – 1 c. x6 + 8 d. x6 + 16

____21. Which of the following are the factors of 81x2 – 4?

a. (9x +2)(9x – 2) b. (3x + 2)(3x – 2) c. (3x + 2)(9x2 – 6x + 4) d. (3x - 2)(9x2 +
6x + 4)

____22. What is the greatest common factor in the expression 28x8y4z6 + 16x3y4z5?
a. 8x3y4z5 b. 4x3y4z5 c. 4x4y4z3 d. 8x4y4z3

____23. Factor 3m(m – 4) – (m – 4).

a. (m – 4)(m + 1) b. (3m – 1)(m – 4) c. (m – 4)2(3m – 1) d. 3m(m – 4)2

____24. Factor 7t(t – 5) + (5 – t).

a. (-t +5)(7t + 3) b. (-t +5)(7t – 3) c. (t – 5)(7t + 3) d. (t – 5)(7t – 3)

____25. Factor 27x3 – 64.

a. (3x – 4)(9x2 – 12x + 16) c. (3x – 4)(9x2 + 24x + 16)
b. (3x – 4)(9x2 + 12x + 16) d. (3x + 4)(9x2 – 24x + 16)

_____26. Factor x2 – 16x + 15

a. (x + 5)(x – 3) b. (x – 5)(x – 3) c. (x + 15)(x + 1) d. (x –
15)(x – 1)

_____27. Factor 4m2 + 7mn – 2n2.

a. (2m – n)(2m + n) b. (4m + n)(m – 2n) c. (4m – n)(m + 2n) d. (4m – 2n)(m + n)

_____28. Factor -5x3 + 5x.

a. 5x(x2 – 1) b. -5x(x2 + 1) c. -5x(x + 1)(x – 1) d. 5x(-x2
+ 1)
A.
_____29. Find the missing term so that 16x4 + _____+ 25 forms a perfect square trinomial.
a. 20x b. 20x2 c. 40x d. 40x2

_____30.What is the area of a square whose side is 4x – 1?

a. 16x2 – 1 b. 16x2 – 8x + 1 c. 16x2 + 8x + 1 d. 16x2 + 4x + 1

_____31. What is the area of a rectangle whose length is (4x + 3) and whose width is (x – ½)?
a. 4x2 – x – 3/2 b. 4x2 + 2x +3/2 c. 4x2 + 5x – 2 d. 4x2 +
x – 3/2

_____32. The area of a rectangular garden is (12x2 – 8x – 15)m2, what are its dimensions?
a. (3x – 5)m by (4x + 3)m c. (6x – 3)m by (2x – 5)m
 b. (6x + 5)m by (2x – 3)m d. (12x – 15)m by (x + 1)m

____33. Liza factored the expression 15x2y3 + 10x4y + 5xy as 5xy(3xy2 + 2x3). Did Liza factor it
correctly?
a. No, because 5xy is not the common factor.
b. Yes, because the last term is cancelled out.
c. Yes, there exists a common factor on all terms.
d. No, because the last term when factored is 1 and should not be omitted.
____34. Anne squared the expression 3x + 4y as 9x2 + 16y2, which of the following statement is
correct with the answer of your classmate?
a. The answer is correct because to square a binomial distribute the exponent.
b. The answer is wrong because the product of squaring a binomial is a trinomial.
c. The answer is correct because the product of squaring a binomial is another binomial.
d. The answer is wrong because to square a binomial is to multiply the expression by 2.

____35. Below is the solution of Rogelio in factoring 3x4 – 243

3(x4 – 81)
(x2 – 9)(x2 + 9)
(x + 3)(x – 3)
Is the solution of Rogelio correct?

a. No because the other factors was omitted.

b. No because it lacks 3 as its factor.
c. Yes because 3x4 – 243 is divisible by x + 3.
d. Yes because the complete factorization of the expression is (x + 3)(x – 3)

Test II.
Factor each polynomial using the common monomial factor. (2pts each)

1. 24x4 + 16x3 -48x2

2. 54x18 – 64x10 +24x3 -8x20

3. 27x5 – 18x4 +54x3 + 45x2 -36

4. x2 + 7x

5. 2y3+4y2+2y

Test II.
Factor the difference of two squares. (3pts each)

1. 144x2 – 4y2
2. 16x4 – 25y10
3. 49x12 – 64y6
4. 36x10 – 169 y4
5. 81x26 -9y12
 6. A rectangle flower garden has an area of () sq m. Find the binomials that represent the
length and the width.

Test III.
Factor the sum and difference of two cubes. (3pts each)

1. x3 + 27
2. 27x3 + y3
3. x3 -125

Test IV.
Factor each perfect squares trinomial. (2pts.each)

1. x2 + 7x + 12
2. 5x2 -13x -6
3. x2 -15x + 50

Test V.
Perform the indicated operations and reduce all results to lowest terms. (2pts each)

7𝑥 12
1. . 21x
24

𝑎+5 𝑎−5
2. .
𝑎−5 𝑎+5

3𝑥−2𝑦 4
3. . 3𝑥−2𝑦
6

−56𝑥 7𝑥
4. ÷ 8𝑦
−64𝑦

y−36 𝑦+6
5. ÷ 𝑦+7
𝑦−49

“One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of
blooming into beautiful theories.”

-Ma’am Endoma

God Bless!
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 Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visayas
Division of Iloilo City
RAMON AVANCENA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Arevalo, Iloilo City
337-76-60

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
Third Quarter Examination
S.Y. 2017- 2018

Grade Level: Grade 8 Teachers: Dacel Ann C. Endoma

TOPIC TIME PERCENTAGE NO. OF ITEMS TOTAL

ALLOTMENT (Item No.) ITEMS

Knowledge Comprehension Application

Factoring
4 20% I (1, 11,32, I (18, 47) I (19, 33, 35, 16s
46) 42)
Rational Expressions 50%
a. Laws on Radicals I (2, 3, 6, I (7,14,24, I (5,10,12,21,22
13,20, 37,43) 38,39, 41) 23,29,34,40,
48,49,50)
b. Ways of Simplifying 10 5
Radicals
c. Operations on
Radicals
c.1. Addition
c.2. Subtraction
c.3. Multiplication
c.4. Division
Radical Equation 2 10% I (15,44) I (25) I (4, 45) 5
Quadrilateral 2 10% I (16, 36) I (9, 31) I (26) 5
Properties of
Parallelogram 2 10% I (8, 17, 27) I (30) I (28) 5
Total 20 100% 18 12 20 50

Prepared by:

JERIAN DAWN P. PAMA

Teacher I

ARIEL L. ABECENDARIO
Teacher III

CHERYL LYN A. SAMALBURO

Teacher I

Checked by:

CECILIA T. BESARES
Head Teacher IV, Mathematics Department

Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visayas
Division of Iloilo City
RAMON AVANCENA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Arevalo, Iloilo City
337-76-60

ANSWER KEY
THIRD GRADING
Mathematics 9
A.Y 2017-2018
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. D
20. D
21. B
22. C
23. D
24. B
25. B
26. B
27. C
28. B
29. B
30. A
31. C
32. A
33. D
34. B
35. B
36. C
37. C
38. D
39. D
40. B
41. C
42. C
43. C
44. A
45. B
46. C
47. D
48. C
49. D
50. A