NORTH CENTRAL MINDANAO COLLEGE

Formerly: Central Mindanao Technical Institute

Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte
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GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS
(PRE-TEST)

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Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the questions very carefully and write your answers on the space provided before each number.

___c_1. Which mathematical statement is correct?

a. (2x – y)(3x – y) = 6x2 – 5x2y2 + y2 c. (3x – 4)(2x + 7) = 6x2 +13x – 28
b. (4x – 5)(4x – 5)= 16x + 25
2
d. (2x + 5) = 4x2 + 25
2

____2. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the group?

a. 1 /4 x4 – 1 b. x2 – 0.0001y4 c. 1.6(x – 1)2 – 49 d. (x + 1)4 – 4x6
____3. Which of the following gives a product of x2 + 5x + 4?
a. (x + 1)(x + 4) b. (x + 2)(x + 2) c. (x + 5)(x – 1) d. (x + 2)2
____4. Find the missing terms: (x + ___)(3x + ___) = 3x2 + 27x + 24
a. 6, 4 b. 4, 6 c. 8, 3 d. 12, 2
____5. The length of a box is five meters less than twice the width. The height is 4 meters more than three times the
width. The box has a volume of 520 cubic meters. Which of the following equations can be used to find the
height of the box?
a. W(2L – 5) (3H + 4) = 520 c. W(2W – 5) (3W – 4) = 520
b. W(2W + 5) (3W – 4) = 520 d. W(2W – 5) (3W + 4) = 520
____6. One of the factors of 2a2 + 5a – 12 is a + 4. What is the other factor?
a. 2a – 3 b. 2a + 3 c. 2a – 8 d. 2a + 8
____7. The area of a square is 4x2 +12x + 9 square units. Which expression represents the length of the side?
a. (3x + 2) units b. (2x + 3) units c. (4x + 9) units d. (4x + 3) units
____8. The side of a square is x cm long. The length of a rectangle is 5 cm longer than the side of the square and the
width is 5 cm shorter. Which statement is true?
a. The area of the square is greater than the area of the rectangle.
b. The area of the square is less than the area of the rectangle.
c. The area of the square is equal to the area of the rectangle.
d. The relationship cannot be determined from the given information.
____9. Which value for x will make the largest area of the square with a side of 3x + 2?
a. 3 /4 b. 0.4 c. 1 /3 d. 0.15
____10.Your classmate was asked to square (2x – 3), he answered 4x2 – 9. Is his answer correct?
a. Yes, because squaring a binomial always produces a binomial product.
b. Yes, because the product rule is correctly applied.
c. No, because squaring a binomial always produces a trinomial product.
d. No, because the answer must be 4x2 + 9
____11. Let A: 4x2 – 81, and let B: (2x – 9)(2x + 9). If x = 2, which statement is true about A and B?
a. A > B b. A < B c. A = B d. A ≠ B
____12. Which of the following expressions is a rational algebraic expression?
a. x /√3y b. 3c-3 /√(a + 1) c. 4y-2 + z-3 d. a – b /b + a
____13. Find the product of a – 9 /a + a – 20 and a – 8a + 16/ 3a – 9 .
2 2 2

a. a /a – 1 b. a2 – 1 /1 – a c. a2 – a – 12 /3a + 15 d. a2 – 1 /a2 – a + 1
____14.Perform the indicated operation: x – 2 /3 – x + 2 /2 .
a. x+5 /6 b. x+1 /6 c. x-6 /6 d. -x-10/ 6
____15. The volume of a certain gas will increase as the pressure applied to it decreases. This relationship can be
modelled using the formula: V2 = V1P1 /P2 where V1 is the initial volume of the gas, P1 is the initial pressure, P2 is
the final pressure, and the V2 is the final volume of the gas. If the initial volume of the gas is 500 ml and the
initial pressure is 1 2 atm, what is the final volume of the gas if the final pressure is 5 atm?
a. 10ml b. 50ml c. 90ml d. 130ml
____16. Angelo can complete his school project in x hours. What part of the job can be completed by Angelo after 3
hours?
a. x + 3 b. x – 3 c. x /3 d. 3/ x
____17. Aaron was asked by his teacher to simplify a2 – 1 /a2 – a on the board. He wrote his solution on the board this
way:
a2 – 1 /a2 – a = (a + 1) (a – 1) /a(a – 1) = 1
Did he arrive at the correct answer?
a. Yes. The expressions that he crossed out are all common factors.
b. Yes. The LCD must be eliminated to simplify the expression.
c. No. a2 must be cancelled out so that the answer is 1 a .
d. No. a is not a common factor of the numerator.
____18. Your friend multiplied x – 1 /2 – x and 1 + x /1 – x . His solution is presented below:
 x – 1 /2 – x • x + 1 /1 – x = (x – 1) (x + 1)/ (2 – x) (1 – x) = x + 1 /2 – x
Is his solution correct?
a. No. There is no common factor to both numerator and denominator.
b. No. The multiplier must be reciprocated first before multiplying the expressions .
c. No. Common variables must be eliminated.
d. No. Dividing an expression by its multiplicative inverse is not equal to one.
____19. Your father, a tricycle driver, asked you regarding the best motorcycle to buy. What will you do to help your
father? a. Look for the fastest motorcycle.
b. Canvass for the cheapest motorcycle.
c. Find an imitated brand of motorcycle.
d. Search for fuel – efficient type of motorcycle.
____20. You own 3 hectares of land and you want to mow it for farming. What will you do to finish it at the very least
time?
a. Rent a small mower. b. Hire 3 efficient laborers. c. Do kaingin. d. Use germicide.
____21. What is the Rectangular Coordinate System?
a. It is used for naming points in a plane.
b. It is a plane used for graphing linear functions.
c. It is used to determine the location of a point by using a single number.
d. It is a two-dimensional plane which is divided by the axes into four regions called quadrants.
____22. Which of the following sets of ordered pairs does NOT define a function?
a. {(3, 2), (-3, 6), (3, -2), (-3, -6)}
b. {(1, 2), (2, 6), (3, -2), (4, -6)}
c. {(2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, -9)}
d. {(4, 4), (-3, 4), (4, -4), (-3, -4)}
____23. Determine the slope of the line 3x + y = 7.
a. 3 b. -3 c. 1/3 d. -1/3
____24. Rewrite 2x + 5y = 10 in the slope-intercept form.
a. y = -2/5x + 2 b. y = 2/5x + 2 c. y = -2/5x + 10 d. y = 2/5x +
10
____25. Find the equation of the line with the slope -2 and passing through (5, 4).
a. y = 2x + 1 c. y = 2x + 14
b. y = -2x + 1 d. y = -2x + 14
____26. Which line passes through the points (3, 4) and (8, -1)?
a. y = -x + 7 c. y = x + 7
b. y = -x − 1 d. y = x − 1
____27. Some ordered pairs for a linear function of x are given in the table below.
x 1 3 5 7 9
y -1 5 11 17 23
Which of the following equations was used to generate the table above?
a. y = 3x – 4 b. y = 3x + 4 c. y = -3x – 4 d. y = -3x + 4
____28. Joshua resides in a certain city, but he starts a new job in the neighboring city. Every Monday, he drives his new
car 90 kilometers from his residence to the office and spends the week in a company apartment. He drives back
home every Friday. After 4 weeks of this routinary activity, his car’s odometer shows that he has travelled 870
kilometers since he bought the car. Write a linear model which gives the distance y covered by the car as a
function of x number of weeks since he used the car.
a. y = 180x + 150 b. y = 90x + 510 c. y = 180x + 510 d. y = 90x + 150
____29. What is abscissa?
a. It is a y-coordinate.
b. It is a x-coordinate.
c. It is a point on the xy-plane.
d. It divides the plane into four regions called quadrant.
____30. Which best describes the point (3, -4)?
a. It is 4 units above the x-axis and 3 units to the left of the y-axis.
b. It is 4 units below the x-axis and 3 units to the left of the y-axis.
c. It is 4 units above the x-axis and 3 units to the right of the y-axis.
d. It is 4 units below the x-axis and 3 units to the right of the y-axis.
____31. Janel bought three apples and two oranges. The total amount she paid was at most Php 123. If x represents the
number of apples and y the number of oranges, which of the following mathematical statements represents the
given situation?
a. 3x + 2y ≥ 123 c. 3x + 2y > 123
b. 3x + 2y ≤ 123 d. 3x + 2y < 123
____32. How many solutions does a linear inequality in two variables have?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. Infinite
____33. Which of the following ordered pairs is a solution of the inequality 2 x + 6y ≤ 10?
a. (3, 1) b. (2, 2) c. (1, 2) d. (1, 0)
____34. The difference between the scores of Connie and Minnie in the test is not more than six points. Suppose Connie’s
score is 32 points, what could be the score of Minnie?
a. 26 to 38
b. 38 and above
c. 26 and below
d. Between 26 and 38
____35. Which of the following is a linear inequality in two variables?
a. 4a – 3b = 5 c. 3x ≤ 16
b. 7c + 4 < 12 d. 11 + 2t ≥ 3s
____36. Cristina is using two mobile networks to make phone calls. One network charges her Php 5.50 for every minute
of call to other networks. The other network charges her Php 6 for every minute of call to other networks. In a
month, she spends at least Php 300 for these calls. Suppose she wants to model the total costs of her mobile
calls to other networks using a mathematical statement. Which of the following mathematical statements could it
be?
a. 5.50x + 6y = 300 c. 5.50x + 6y ≥ 300
b. 5.50x + 6y > 300 d. 5.50x + 6y ≤ 300
____37. Mrs. Roxas gave the cashier Php 500-bill for three adult’s tickets and five children’s tickets that cost more than
Php 400. Suppose an adult ticket costs Php 75. Which of the following could be the cost of a children’s ticket?
a. Php 60 b. Php 45 c. Php 35 d. Php 30
____38. The total amount Cora paid for two kilos of beef and three kilos of fish is less than Php 700. Suppose a kilo of
beef costs Php 250. What could be the maximum cost of a kilo of fish to the nearest pesos?
a. Php 60 b. Php 65 c. Php 66 d. Php 67
____39. Which of the following is a system of linear equations in two variables?
a. 2x – 7y = 8
b. 3x + 5y = -2
x – 4y = 9
c. x + 9y = 2
2x – 3y > 12
d. 4x + 1 = 8
3y – 7 = 11
____40. What point is the intersection of the graphs of the lines x + y = 8 and 2x – y = 1?
a. (1, 8) b. (3, 5) c. (5, 3) d. (2, 6)
____41. If 2x + y = 9 and 2x – y = 11 , what is the value of x?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 10 d. 20
____42. A car park charges Php 45 for the first three hours and Php 5 for every succeeding hour or a fraction thereof.
Another car park charges Php 20 for the first three hours and Php 10 for every succeeding hour or a fraction
thereof. In how many hours would a car owner pay the same parking fee in any of the two car parks?
a. 2 hr b. 3 hr c. 5 hr d. 8 hr
____43. How many solutions does a consistent and independent system of linear equations have?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. Infinite
____44. Which of the following ordered pairs satisfy both 2x + 7y > 5 and 3x – y ≤ 2?
a. (0, 0) b. (10, -1) c. (-4, 6) d. (-2, -8)
____45. Mr. Agpalo paid Php 260 for four adult’s tickets and six children’s tickets. Suppose the total cost of an adult’s
ticket and a children’s ticket is Php 55. How much does an adult’s ticket cost?
a. Php 20 b. Php 35 c. Php 80 d. Php 120
____46. Which system of equations has a graph that shows intersecting lines?
a. 2x + 4y = 14
x + 2y = 7
b. -3x + y = 5
6x – 2y = 1
c. 4x + 8y = 7
x + 2y = 3
d. 3x + y = 10
3x – y = 5
____47. Luisa says that the system 3x + y = 2 2y = 15 – 6x has no solution. Which of the following reasons would
support her statement?
I. The graph of the system of equations shows parallel lines.
II. The graph of the system of equations shows intersecting lines.
III. The two lines as described by the equations in the system have the same slope.
a. I and II b. I and III c. II and III d. I, II, and III
____48. Which of the following best describes deductive reasoning?
a. using logic to draw conclusions based on accepted statements
b. accepting the meaning of a term without definition
c. defining mathematical terms in relation with physical objects
d. inferring a general truth by examining a number of specific examples
____49. If m∠R + m∠M = 90° then
a. ∠R ≅ ∠M.
b. ∠R and ∠M are right angles.
c. ∠R and ∠M are complementary.
d. ∠R and ∠M are supplementary.
____50. The converse of the statement:” if you are in love then you are inspired”, is,
a. If you are not in love, then you are not inspired.
b. If you are inspired, then you are in love.
c. If you are not inspired, then you are not in love.
d. if you are in love, you are not inspired.
____51. The if-then form of the statement: "Parallel lines never intersect”, is:
a. If two lines intersect, then they are parallel.
 b. If two lines are parallel, then they never intersect.
c. if two lines are not parallel then they intersect.
d. If two lines intersect, then they are not parallel.
____52. What is the inverse of the statement,:” If the number is divisible by 2 and 3, then it is divisible by 6”.
a. If the number is divisible by 6, then it is divisible by 2 and 3.
b. If the number is not divisible by 2 and 3, then it is not divisible by 6.
c. If the number is not divisible by 6, then it is not divisible by 2 and 3.
d. If the number is divisible by 2 and 3, then it is not divisible by 6.
____53. What property is illustrated in : If ∠A ≅ ∠B, ∠B ≅ ∠C then ∠A ≅ ∠C.
a. Reflexive Property
b. Symmetric Property
c. Transitive Property
d. Addition Property
____54. Using the distributive property, 4 (a + b) = _________.
a. 4a + b
b. B + 4a
c. 4a + 4b
d. 4 + a + b
____55. Which of the following statements is true?
a. If ∠1 has a measure of 90,then ∠1 is obtuse.
b. If ∠1 has a measure of 140°, then ∠1 is acute.
c. If ∠1 has a measure of 35°, then ∠1 is acute.
d. If ∠1 has a measure of 180°,then ∠1 is right.
____56. Rewrite the statement in if-then form.
a. A figure has four sides if and only if it is a quadrilateral.
b. If a figure is a quadrilateral, then it has four sides.
c. If a figure has four sides, then it is a quadrilateral.
d. A figure is a quadrilateral if and only if it has four sides.
____57. What do you call the result in squaring a binomial?
a. perfect square trinomial
b. square of a trinomial
c. difference of two squares
d. cube of a binomial
____58. Simplify (x+3)(2x+5)
a. 2x2+3x+8
b. 2x2+11x+15
c. 2x2+10x+15
d. 2x2+11x+5
____59. Who formulated the Cartesian plane?
a. Copernicus
b. Dmitri Mendeleev
c. rene Descartes
d. albert Einstein
____60. What do you call the y in an ordered pair (x,y)?
a. abscissa
b. coordinate
c. ordinate
d. x-coordinate