Northwestern Visayan Colleges

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Tel. No. 268-3075

Junior High School

A.Y 2019-2020

7th Monthly Examination in MATHEMATICS 9

Name:_______________________________ Section:______________________ Score:_____________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: READ CAREFULLY!

USE BLACK BALLPEN ONLY. ANSWER ON THE TEST PAPER. NO SOLUTION NO POINTS!
PROVIDE A SCRATCH PAPER AND ATTACH IT TO YOUR TEST PAPER

TEST I. FILL IN THE BLANK

1. PRODUCT RULE: To multiply when two bases are the same, write the base and _____ the
exponents.
2. QUOTIENT RULE: To divide when two bases are the same, write the base and ________
the exponents.
3. ZERO EXPONENT RULE: Any base (except 0) raised to the zero power is equal to ______.
4. POWER RULE: To raise a power to another power, write the base and ________ the
exponents.
5. NEGATIVE EXPONENTS: If a factor in the numerator or denominator is moved across the
fraction bar, the ______ of the exponent is ____________.

TEST II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Write the base of - (−6)5.
a. 6 b. -6 c. -6 × 5 d. 5
6
____ 2. Evaluate: 4
a. 1296 b. 4096 c. 10 d. 24
____ 3. Write one billion as a power of 10.
a. 𝟏𝟎𝟗 b. 𝟏𝟎𝟖 c. 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟎 d. 𝟏𝟎𝟕
____ 4. Evaluate: (−𝟏𝟓)𝟎
a. –1 b. 1 c. 0 d. –15
𝟎 𝟕
____ 5. Evaluate: -(𝟏𝟎 )𝟏
a. -7 b. 1 c. 7 d. -1
____ 6. State which operation you would do first to evaluate 8 + 9 × 𝟔𝟐 - 5.
a. Square 6 c. Subtract 5 from 6
b. Add 8 and 9 d. Multiply 9 and 6
____ 7. Evaluate: 𝟓 - (−𝟔)𝟑
𝟑

a. 33 b. –91 c. 341 d. –3
𝟐 𝟑
____ 8. Evaluate: (𝟐 + 𝟑) - (𝟑 − 𝟓)
a. 17 b. –85 c. 16 d. 33
____ 9. Write the product of 𝟓𝟐 × 𝟓𝟒 as a single power.
a. 𝟏𝟎𝟔 b. 𝟓𝟔 c. 𝟐𝟓𝟔 d. 𝟓𝟖
____ 10. Write the quotient of 𝟔𝟖 ÷ 𝟔𝟒 as a single power.
a. 𝟔𝟒 b. 2 c. 𝟔𝟐 d. 𝟔𝟏𝟐

TEST III. Simplify, if possible. Write your answer as a power or as a product of powers.
There should be no negative exponents in your answer.

1. 23  25 2.  y 2 
4

3. (3x3 )4  4 x 3 y 2 
2
y4
4.  3 
 
 6 xy  x 6 y 5

5.  3a3    4a  6.  a3b5   a 4b 
3 0 2 2

7.  2 x 2  4 x 8 
3
 20 xy8  5 x 3 y 5
8. 
3x 4 y 2  2 y 3

9. 21  25 10. x 0 y 4

m 5 12.  5x 3 y5 
2

11. 7 4
m m