First Grading Exam

Math 9
Name: ___________________________________________ Grade & Section: ___________________

Write A if the statement is true and B if false.

1. The formula in getting the discriminant is b 2  4ac.
2. The factors of 6 is 1 and 6 only.
3. When the discriminant is zero, then the roots are real numbers and equal.
4. We use zero product property in factoring to get the solution.
5. 7 x 2  49  0 is a quadratic equation where the linear term is undefined.
6. When, x 2  9 , the solution is x=3.
7. In perfect square trinomial, you need to get first the factors of the constant term.
8. In getting the standard for quadratic equation, you need to arrange first the terms.
9. x 2  25 , can be solved easily by using quadratic formula.
10. The solutions of any quadratic equation ax 2  bx  c  0 can be determined using the quadratic
 b  b 2  4ac
formula x  .
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Directions: Choose the letter that you think best answers the question. Write your answer before the
number.
_____1. What do you call the polynomial equation _____8. What are the roots of the quadratic
of degree two that can be written in the form ax 2 equation x2 + 4x + 3?
+ bx + c = 0, where a, b, and c are real numbers a. a-3 and -1 c. 4 and 1
and a ≠ 0. e. b. 3 and 1 d. 4 and -1
a. Linear Equation _____9. Which of the following quadratic
b. Linear Inequality equations has the roots of -5 and 3?
c. Quadratic Equation a. X2 – 8x + 15 = 0
d. Quadratic Inequality b. X2 + 8x + 15 = 0
_____2. Which of the following is a quadratic c. X2 – 2x - 15 = 0
equation? d. X2 + 2x - 15 = 0
a. 2x2 + 4r – 1 _____10. How many real roots does the quadratic
b. 3t – 7 = 2 equation x2 + 5x + 7 = 0 have?
c. S2 + 5s – 4 = 0 a. 0 c. 2
d. 2x2 – 7x ≥ 3 b. 1 d. 3
_____3. Which of the following quadratic _____11. How do we name the value of the
equations can be solved easily by extracting expression b2 – 4ac in the quadratic formula?
square roots? a. Equation c. Discriminant
a. X2 c. 3x2 b. Solution d. Function
b. 3t – 7 = 2 d. – 4 _____12. What is the discriminant of the quadratic
_____4. Which of the following quadratic equation 3x2 + 2x – 1 = 0?
equations can be solved easily by extracting a. 8 c. -8
square roots? b. 16 d. -16
a. X + 7x + 12 = 0
2 _____13. What do you call the roots of equations
b. 2w2 + 7w – 3 = 0 which can be expressed as quotient of integers?
c. 4t – 9 = 0
2 a. Rational roots c. Quadratic roots
d. 3v2 + 2v – 8 = 0 b. Irrational roots d. Equation roots
_____5. What are the roots of the quadratic _____14. Which quadratic equations has no real
equation 2x2 + x – 56 = 0? roots?
a. 2 and -1 c. -8 and 7 a. 2x2 + 4x = 3 c. 3s2 – 2s = -5
b. 8 and -7 d. 3 and -2 b. t2 – 8t – 4 = 0 d. -2r2 + r + 7 = 0
_____6. What is the sum of the roots of the _____15. Which rational algebraic equations is
quadratic equation x2 + 6x – 14 = 0? transformable to a quadratic equation?
a. -7 c. 6 𝑤+1 𝑤+2
a. 2 - 4 = 7
b. -3 d. 14 2 3
_____7. What is the other root if one of the roots a. 𝑝 + 𝑝+1 = 5
of 2x2 – 13x + 20 = 0 is 4? 2𝑞−1 1 3𝑞
b. 3 + 2 = 4
2 2
a. - 5 c. 5 3 4 7
c. + =
5 5 𝑚−2 𝑚+2 𝑚
b. - 2 d. 2
_____16. 3x(x+1) – 5 is transformable to what _____28. The length of a wall is 17m more than its
quadratic equation? width. If the area of the wall is less than 60m2,
a. 3x3+3-5 which of the following could be its length?
b. 3x2+3x-5 a. 3cm b. 16m
c. 3x3+3x-5 c. 18m d. 20m
d. 3x2+3x-4 _____29. The length of the garden is 5m longer than
_____17. What is the nature of the roots of the its width and the area is 36m2. How long is the
quadratic equation if the value of the discriminant garden?
is zero? a. 4m b. 5m
a. The roots are not real c. 9m d. 13m
b. The roots are irrational and not equal
c. The roots are rational and not equal _____30. A car travels 30 kph faster than a truck.
d. The roots are rational and equal The car covers 540km in three hours less than the
_____18. What is the sum of the roots of quadratic time it takes the truck to travel the same distance.
equation? How fast does the car travel?
a. -b/a b. a/c a. 60kph b. 90kph
c. c/a d. b/d c. 120kph d. 150kph
_____19. Which of quadratic equation can be
solved by extracting square roots?
a. X2+7X+12=0 b. 2W2++7W-3=0
c. 4t2-9=0 d. 3v2+2v-8=0
_____20. Which of quadratic equation can be
solved by extracting square roots?
b. X2+7X+12=0 b. 2W2++7W-3=0 “Life is a math equation. In order to gain the most,
c. 4t2-9=0 d. 3v2+2v-8=0 you have to know how to convert negatives into
_____21. Which is in the standard form of quadratic positives.” – Anonymous
equations?
a. Ax2+bx+c<0 b. ax2+bx+c=0
c. ax+by+c=0 d. y=mx+b
_____22. Which is a quadratic equation?
a. 3m-6=12 b. -5n2+4n -1
c. 2x2-7x>3 d. t2+5t-14=0
_____23 In the quadratic equation 5w2+9w-10=0,
which is the quadratic term?
a. W2 b. 9w Ma’am Vhern =)
c. 5w2 d. 3
_____24 What is the nature of the roots of the
quadratic equation if the value of its discriminant
is negative?
a. The roots are not real
b. The roots are irrational and not equal
c. the roots are rational and not equal
d. the roots are rational and equal
_____25. One of the roots of 2x2+-3x-9=0 is 3. What
is the other root?
a. 3/2 b. 2/3
c. -2/3 d. -3/2
_____26. What are the roots of the equation x2-3x-
10=0?
a. 2 and 5 b. -2 and 5
c. -10 and 1 d. 10 and -1
_____27. A 3 cm by 3 cm square piece of card board
was cut from a bigger square card board. The area
of the remaining cardboard was 40 cm2. If s
represents the length of the bigger card board,
which of the following expressions give the area
of the remaining piece?
a. S-9 b. s2+9
c. s2+-9 d. s2+40