Tubalan Comprehensive National High School

Tubalan, Malita, Davao Occidental

First Quarterly Examination
Mathematics IX
Name: Score:
Teacher: Leslie Vine Deloso Date:
Test I. Multiple Choice. Read each statement. Write the correct answer on the space provided before the
number.
1. It is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in the form 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, where a, b,
and c are real numbers and a ≠ 0.
a. Linear Equation c. Linear Inequality
b. Quadratic Equation d. Quadratic Inequality
2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
a. 2𝑟 2 + 4𝑟 − 1 c. 𝑠 2 + 5𝑠 − 1 = 0
2
b. 3𝑡 − 1 = 12 d. 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 ≥ 1
3. In the quadratic equation 3𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 4 = 0, which is the quadratic term?
a. 𝑥2 c. 3𝑥 2
b. 7𝑥 d. −4
2
4. How many real roots does the quadratic equation 𝑥 + 5𝑥 + 7 = 0, have?
a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3
5. The roots of a quadratic equation are -5 and 3. Which of the following quadratic equations has these
roots?
a. 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 15 = 0 c. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 15 = 0
b. 𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 15 = 0 d. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 15 = 0
6. Which of the following quadratic equations has no real roots?
a. 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 = 3 c. 3𝑠 2 − 2𝑠 = −5
2
b. 𝑡 − 8𝑡 − 12 = 0 d. −2𝑟 2 + 𝑟 + 7 = 0
−𝑏±√𝑏 2 −4𝑎𝑐
7. One of the roots of 2𝑥 2 − 13𝑥 + 20 = 0 is 4. Solve for the other root using 𝑥 = .
2𝑎
2 2
a. − c.
5 5
5 5
b. −2 d. 2
8. Which of the following quadratic equations can be solved easily by extracting square roots?
a. 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 12 = 0 c. 4𝑡 2 − 9 = 0
b. 2𝑤 2 + 7𝑤 − 3 = 0 d. 3𝑣 2 − 2𝑣 − 8 = 0
2
9. What are the roots of the quadratic equation 𝑥 + 𝑥 − 56 = 0?
a. 2 and -1 c. -8 and 7
b. 8 and -7 d. 3 and -2
2
10. What is the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation 2𝑥 + 6𝑥 − 14 = 0?
a. -7 c. 6
b. -3 d. 14
11. What is the product of the roots of the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 − 14 = 0?
a. -7 c. 6
b. -3 d. 14
12. Solve for the roots of the quadratic equation 2𝑥 + 8𝑥 − 10 = 0 using (𝑥 − ℎ)2 = 𝑘 where 𝑘 ≥ 0.
2

a. -5 and -1 c. -3 and 2
b. 1 and -5 d. 3 and -2
13. The value of expression 𝑏 − 4𝑎𝑐 of the quadratic equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 is called ___.
2

a. factors c. distractors
b. discriminants d. values
2
14. If k < 0, then 𝑥 = 𝑘, has how many solution/s?
a. two real solutions c. no real solutions
b. one real solution d. many real solutions
2
15. Given the quadratic equation 5𝑦 = 6 − 𝑦 , determine the coefficient c.
 a. 6 c. 5
b. -6 d. -1
16. A quadratic equation in x is an equation that can be written in standard form:
a. 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐 = 0 d. 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐
b. 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0
c. 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0
17. What factor did you consider when identifying quadratic equation?
a. Equation has first-degree. c. Equation has third-degree.
b. Equation has second-degree. d. Equation has fourth-degree.
18. What is the quadratic term in the standard form of a quadratic equation?
a. 𝑎𝑥 3 c. 𝑏𝑥
2 𝑐
b. 𝑎𝑥 d.
19. What kind of method can you generate in transforming the quadratic equation into standard form if
necessary, factoring the quadratic expression, applying the zero product property by setting each factor of
the quadratic expression equal to 0 and solve each resulting equation?
a. Extracting the Square Root c. Quadratic Formula
b. Factoring d. Zero-Factor Property
−𝑏±√𝑏 2 −4𝑎𝑐
20. 𝑥 = ; with real coefficients a, b, and c, where 𝑎 ≠ 0 is called .
2𝑎
a. Extracting the Square Root c. Quadratic Formula
b. Factoring d. Zero-Factor Property
21. In a quadratic equation in x, the coefficient a should not be equal to zero.
a. True c. True in all cases.
b. True in some cases. d. False
22. In a quadratic equation in x, the coefficient b should not be equal to zero.
a. True c. True in all cases.
b. True in some cases. d. False
23. In a quadratic equation in x, the coefficient c should not be equal to zero.
a. True c. True in all cases.
b. True in some cases. d. False
24. Given the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 = 4𝑥, determine the coefficient b.
a. 0 c. 1
b. 4 d. -1
2
25. Given the quadratic equation 2𝑥 − 7𝑥 + 3 = 0, determine the coefficient a.
a. 0 c. -7
b. 3 d. 2
2
26. What do you call the equation 𝑥 = 𝑘, where k > 0, has exactly two solutions: 𝑥 = √𝑘 or 𝑥 = −√𝑘?
a. Extracting the Square Root c. Quadratic Formula
b. Factoring d. Zero-Factor Property
27. How are quadratic equations different from linear equations?
a. Linear equations are mathematical sentences with 1 as the highest exponent of the variable.
b. Quadratic equations are mathematical sentences of degree 2 while linear equations are mathematical
sentences of degree 1.
c. Quadratic equations are mathematical sentences with 2 as the highest exponent of the variable.
d. Quadratic equations are mathematical sentences of degree 1 while linear equations are mathematical
sentences of degree 2.
28. How do you write quadratic equations in standard form?
a. Make it into positive.
b. Make it into negative.
c. Solve for x.
d. Transform the equation into 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0
29. The following are the values of a, b, and c, that Leslie and Vine got when they expressed 5 − 3𝑥 = 2𝑥 2
in standard form. Who do you think got the correct values of a, b, and c? Justify your answer.
Leslie: 𝑎 = 2; 𝑏 = 3; 𝑐 = −5 Vine: 𝑎 = −2; 𝑏 = −3; 𝑐 = 5
 a. Leslie and Vine are both correct. The equation 5 − 3𝑥 = 2𝑥 2 can be written in standard form in two
ways, 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 and −2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 5 = 0.
b. Only Leslie is correct because the equation 5 − 3𝑥 = 2𝑥 2 can be written in standard form −2𝑥 2 −
3𝑥 + 5 = 0.
c. Only Vine is correct because the equation 5 − 3𝑥 = 2𝑥 2 can be written in standard form 2𝑥 2 +
3𝑥 − 5 = 0.
d. No one is correct.
30. Do you agree that a quadratic equation has at most two solutions? Justify your answer.
a. Yes, a quadratic equation has at most two solutions.
b. Yes, a quadratic equation has at least two solutions.
c. Yes, a quadratic equation has at most one solution.
d. Yes, a quadratic equation has at least one solution.