TAFT NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL

Nueva Ext., Surigao City

Periodical Test
In Math 9

NAME: __________________________________SECTION: _________________SCORE:_____________

Directions. Read the questions carefully and choose the best answer. Write the letter before each number.
_________1. With respect to the given angle, what is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side?
A. Sine B. Cosine C. Tangent D. Cosecant
_________2. What is the ratio of the opposite to the hypotenuse side?
A. Sine B. Cosine C. Tangent D. Cosecant
_________3.With respect to the given angle, what is the ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side?
A. Sine B. Cosine C. Tangent D. Cosecant
_________4.What is the ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side?
A. Cotangent B. Sine C. Secant D. Cosecant
_________5.Triangle CBA is right-angled at B. If a= 18.5 cm and b= 14.2 cm, what is the length side of c?
A. 23.33 cm B. 23.32 cm C. 23.31 D. 23.30 cm
6-8. Find mLθ, to the nearest minute, given that θ is acute.
_________6. Tan θ = 0.958
A. 430 46’ B. 430 45’ C. 430 47’ D. 430 44’
_________7. Sine θ = 0.9
A. 640 90’ B. 630 9’ C. 640 9’ D. 630 90’
_________8. Cos θ = 0.9
A. 250 50’ B. 250 5’ C. 250 60’ D. 250 6’
_________9. The expression 2 (sin 300) + tan 300 is equal to
A. 0 B. 2 C. 1 D. -1
_________10. The expression sin 450 (tan 450 – cos 600) is equal to
A. √2/4 B. 2/√4 C. 1 D. 2
_________11. The expression (sin 600) (cos 300) - (sin 300) (cos 600) is equal to
A. 1/√2 B. 1/2 C. 2 D. 1
_________12. The expression (sin 600) (cos 300) - (sin 300) (cos 600) is equal to
A. 1 B. 2 C. -1 D. 1/√2
_________13. In 450 – 450– 900 special angle, if the hypotenuse is equivalent to √2 . What is the ratio of
the two sides of the triangle ?
A. 1 B. 2 C. -1 D. 1/√2
_________14. In 300 – 600– 900 special angle, if the hypotenuse is equivalent to 2 . What is the ratio of the
shorter leg of the triangle ?
A. 1 B. 2 C. -1 D. 1/√2
_________15. A kite held by 125m of string makes an angle of elevation with the ground 45 0.
About how high is the kite above the ground?
A. 75.1m B. 88.4m C. 62.8m D. 113.6m
_________16. A tree casts a 12m shadow where the angle of elevation of the sun is 250.
How tall is the tree?
A. 7.4m B. 5.6m C. 8.9m D. 4.8m
_________17. With the sun, a girl 1.4 m tall casts a 3.6 m shadow. Find the angle of elevation from the tip
of the shadow to the sun. Express your answer to the nearest degree.
A. 190 B. 200 C. 210 D. 220
_________18. A balloon is 50 m high. Its angle of elevation from observer A is 450 and from observer B it is
300. What is the maximum distance between the two observers? Express your answer to the
nearest meter.
A. 136 m B. 137 m C. 138 m D. 39 m
_________19. A kite in the air has its string tied to the ground. If the length of the string is 50 m and its
inclination to the horizontal is 600, find the height of the kite above the ground when the
string is taut?
A. 24.6 m B. 13.8 m C. 43.3m D. 13.8 m
_________20. Luis is standing 160 cm from a mirror. He notices that the angle of depression from his eyes
to the bottom of the mirror is 140, while the angle of elevation to the top of the mirror is
130. What is the vertical distance of the mirror?
A. 74.84 m B. 76.82 m C. 76.83m D. 76.85 m
_________21. Suppose an airplane begins its descent to a runaway from an altitude of 12 000 ft. if the
airplane is 78 000 ft. from the runaway as measured along the ground, what is the angle of
depression?
A. 0.1538 B. 8.750 C. 8.740 D. 0.1535
_________22. A tall building cast a 12 m shadow at the same time 7 m light pole casts a 3 m shadow. Find
the height of the building?
A. 21 m B. 23 m C. 25 m D. 28m
_________23. A ladder 8 meters long leans agains the wall of a building. If the foot of the ladder makes an
angle of 680 with the ground, how far is the base of the ladder from the wall?
A. 2 m B. 3 m C. 4 m D. 5 m
_________24. You are walking along a straight level path toward a mountain. At one point the angle of
elevation of the top of the mountain is 400. As you walk 250 m closer, the angle of elevation
is 450. How high is the mountain? Express your answer to the nearest tenth of a meter.
A. 1304 m B. 1340 m C. 1034 m D. 1043 m
_________25. A tower 125 feet high is on cliff on the bank of a river from the top of the tower, the angle of
depression of a point on the opposite shore is 28.70. from the base of the tower, the angle
of depression of the same point is 18.30. find the height of the cliff. (Assume the cliff is
perpendicular to the river).
A. 161 feet B. 171 feet C. 181 feet D. 191 feet
_________26. A rocket tracking facility has two radar stations A and B, placed 1.69 miles apart, which lock
onto a rocket and constantly transmit the angles of elevation to a computer. Find the distance
to the rocket from A at the moment when the angles of elevation from the tracking stations
are 29.30 and 80.20.
A. 1.15 miles B. 2.15 miles C. 3,15 miles D. 4.15 miles
_________27. Two points P and Q on the same side of a river are 12 m apart. A tree on the opposite side of
the river is directly opposite a point between P and Q. the lines of sight of a tree across the
river make angles of 780 and 570, respectively, with the line joining P and Q. Find the
distance from point Q to the tree.
A. 14 m B. 15 m C. 16 m D. 17 m
28-29.) In ΔABC, A=630 , B= 790 , and a= 12 in.
_________28. What is the measure of the third angle, c?
A. 390 B. 380 C. 370 D. 350
_________29. What is the length side of b?
A. 13.21 in B. 13.20 in C. 13.23 in D. 13.22 in
_________30. Which of the following is not belong to the equivalent forms of cosine laws?
A. Cos A= b2 + c2 – a2/2bc C. Cos C= a2 + b2 – c2/2bc
B. B. Cos B= a2 + c2 - a2/cos ac D. Cos C= a2 + b2 – c2/ab
_________31. Which of the following is not belong to the group when describing by relation of sine laws?
A. sin A/a B. b/sin B C. sinC/c D. sin a/ A C
a b
B c A
__________32.In ΔBAR, mL= 480, a=14 cm, and r= 10 cm. What is the value of mLR?
A. 32.060 B. 32.050 C. 32.080 D. 32.040
In the figure, I and T are two points, 180 m on the ground. K is a kite above a points, a 80 m
on the ground. If mLI = 400, mlKTE = 620, and LE is a right angle.
__________33. What is the measure of KI?
A. 424.27 m B. 424.26 m C. 424.28 m D. 424.25 m
__________34. What is the height KE of the kite above the ground?
A. 272.71 m B. 272.70 m C. 272.72 m D. 272.73 m
__________35. A circular motorcycle track with center at 0 has a radius of 60 m. P is the position of the
motorcyclist and LPON = 1100 . Find the perpendicular from the diameter MN.
A. 56.37 m B. 56.37 m C. 56.37 m D. 56.37 m
__________36. Find the value of side c to the nearest unit.
A. 20 B. 21 C. 23 D. 24
a 400 b
150
__________37. Fire tower B is located 45 miles from fire tower A at a direction of N44 0E from A. A ranger
in tower A spots a fire at a direction of N700W. A range at tower B spots the same fire at a
direction of S750W. How far from the fire is tower A
A. 40 miles B. 40 miles C. 40 miles D. 40 miles
__________38. A kite in the air has its string tied to the ground. If the length of the string is 50 m and its
inclination to the horizontal is 600, find the height of the kite above the ground when the
string is taut?
A. 24.6 m B. 13.8 m C. 43.3m D. 13.8 m

__________39. A surveyor sights two signs and the angle between the two lines of sight measures 550. If
the first and the second signs are 70 m and 50 m away, respectively, from the surveyor,
find the distance between the two signs. Express your answer to the nearest meter.
A. 81 m B. 82 m C. 83 m D. 84 m

__________40. A painter needs to find the area of the gable end of the house. What is the area of the
gable if it is a triangle with two sides of 42.0 feet that meet at a 1050 angle?
A. 652 sq. ft B. 852 sq. ft C. 792 sq. ft D. 992 sq. ft