Republic of the Philippines

DERPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region 1
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE URDANETA CITY
CALEGU INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS 8
Name: ______________________________________ LRN: ____________________
Grade & Section: ___________________________ Score: ___________________

DIRECTION: Read each statement carefully and encircle the letter that corresponds to the best answer.

1. The result of squaring a binomial is _________________.

a. General Quadratic Trinomial c. Difference of Two Squares
b. Perfect Square Trinomial d. Sum of Two Cubes

2. Which of the following polynomials illustrate special product?

a. 𝑥 + 𝑦 b. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 c. 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 d. 𝑥

3. Find the missing term in the perfect square trinomial: (𝑥 + 12)2 = 𝑥 2 + ___ + 144.
a. 24x b. 12x c. 144x d. 6x

4. What should be multiplied to (2𝑚 − 7) to get 4𝑚2 − 49?

a. 7m+2 b. 2m-7 c. 7m-2 d. 2m+7

5. James is solving 3x 2 + 17x + 10 by factoring. Which expression could be one of his correct factors?
a. 𝑥 + 5 b. 𝑥 – 5 c. 3𝑥 – 2 d. 3𝑥 – 5

6. If 6𝑥 2 𝑦 2 were factored out of 24𝑥 2 𝑦 3 – 18𝑥 3 𝑦 2 the binomial left would be?
a. 4𝑦 – 3𝑥 b. 4𝑦 2 – 18𝑥 c. 4𝑥 2 𝑦 – 3𝑦 d. 4𝑥 2 𝑦 – 6𝑥

7. Identify the common monomial factor of 5𝑎𝑏 2 + 10𝑎𝑏

a. 5𝑎 b. 10𝑎𝑏 2 c. 5𝑎𝑏 d. 10𝑎𝑏

8. Which shows 𝟑𝒙𝟐 – 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒 completely factored?

a. (3𝑥 – 2)(𝑥 + 2) b. (3𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 – 1) c. (𝑥 + 4)(3𝑥 – 1) d. (3𝑥 – 2)(𝑥 – 2)

9. Which of the following illustrate the difference of two squares?

a. 𝑎3 − 8 b. 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 c. 𝑥 2 + 8 d. 𝑥 − 2

10. Which of the following are NOT factors of 8𝑥 3 𝑦 2 ?

a. (2𝑥𝑦 2 )(4𝑥 2 𝑦) b. (8𝑥 3 )(𝑦 2 ) c. (𝑥 3 𝑦 2 )(8) d. (4𝑥𝑦)(2𝑥 2 𝑦)
11. Which of the following is the product of factors of (2𝑥𝑦 2 )(4𝑥 2 𝑦)?
a. 8𝑥 3 𝑦 2 ) b. 2𝑥 3 𝑦 3 c. 6𝑥 3 𝑦 3 d. 8𝑥 3 𝑦 3

12. Which of the following statement is true?

a. The square of a binomial is also a binomial.
b. The terms of the cube of a binomial are all positive.
c. The product of a sum and difference of two terms is a binomial
d. The product of a monomial and a trinomial is the square of a trinomial.

13. Factor completely: 𝑛2 − 𝑝2 .

a. (n-p)(n-p) b. (n+p)(n+p) c. (n-p)(n+p) d. (-n-p)(n+p)

14. Which is the greatest common factor of 12x2 + 9x3 – 6x4?

a. 6x b. 3x c. 6x2 d.3x2
15. If the area of the rectangle shown is given by the expression 3x2 + 7x – 6, and the width is (x + 3), which of
the following could represent the length?
a. (3x + 2) b. (x + 2) c. (3x – 3) d. (3x – 2)

16. What should be multiplied to (2𝑚 − 7) to get 4𝑚2 − 49?

a. 2m+7 b. 2m-7 c. 7m-2 d. 7m+2

17. Which of the following is the product of (x-8)(x-4)?

a. 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 32 b. 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 − 32 c. (𝑥 2 − 32𝑥 + 12 d. 𝑥 2 + 32𝑥 − 12

18. Factor completely: 𝑥 2 − 15𝑥 + 36.

a. (x-18)(x-2) b. (x-12)(x-3) c. (x-36)(x-1) d. (x-6)(x-6)

19. What should be multiplied to 3x+y to make it a perfect square trinomial.

a. 3x+y b. 3x-y c. –y+3x d. 3xy

20. Find the missing term so that __-48m+64 forms a perfect square trinomial.
a. 9𝑚2 b. 6𝑚2 c. 3𝑚2 d. 12𝑚2

21. Find the product of (𝑥 + 7)(2𝑥 − 5).

a. 2𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 − 35 b. 2𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 − 35 c. 2𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 + 35 d. 2𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 35

22. Factor completely: 5𝑥 3 − 5𝑥.

a. 5𝑥(𝑥 2 − 1) b. −5𝑥(𝑥 2 + 1) c. −5𝑥(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1) d. 5𝑥(−𝑥 2 + 1)

23. Factor completely: 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 18.

a. (x-9)(x+2) b. (x-6)(x+3) c. (x+9)(x-2) d. (x-6)(x+3)

24. 4𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 1 when completely factored will result to:

a. (2𝑥 − 1)(2𝑥 − 1) c. (4𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 1)
b. (2𝑥 + 1)(2𝑥 + 1) d. (4𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 1)

25. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?

a. 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 1 b. 𝑦 2 + 4𝑦 + 4 c. 𝑘 2 − 6𝑘 − 9 d. All of these

𝑦+7
26. What is 3 when y=5
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
𝒚+𝟓
27. Simplify :𝟐𝒚+𝟏𝟎
1 1 1 𝑦+5
a. b. 2 c. 5 d.
𝑦+5 2

28. Which of the following rational expression is in its simplest form?

𝑎2 +6𝑎+5 𝑎−1 2𝑥+1 5
a. b. 1−𝑎 c. 2𝑥−1 d. 10𝑎−15
𝑎+1

29. Which among the following rational expressions that when reduced is equal to 1?
3m−1 x+y x−1 5−3x
a. 1−3m b. x−y c. 1 d. 5−3x

𝑥+9 −4𝑥−6
30. What is 𝑥+3 - ?
𝑥+3
5𝑥−3 3 5𝑥+3
a. b. 𝑥+3 c. d. 5
𝑥+3 𝑥+3

𝒙𝟐 −𝒙−𝟐𝟎
31. What is the common factor of 𝒙𝟐 +𝟕𝒙+𝟏𝟐 that can be removed to reduce it in simplest form?
a. x-4 b. x+3 c. x-5 d. x+4
 5𝑚2 +2𝑚 5
32. Perform the indicated operation: ( ) ÷ 3𝑚.
𝑚+5
5𝑚3 +6𝑚2 5𝑚3 −6𝑚2 𝑚3 + 5𝑚2 𝑚3 − 5𝑚2
a. b. c. d.
5𝑚+25 5𝑚−25 5𝑚+25 5𝑚+25

4𝑦−3 5−3𝑦
33. Add + .
𝑦+2 𝑦+2
𝑦−2 2
a. 𝑦 + 2 b. 𝑦+2 c. 1 d. 𝑦+2

34. What rational expression is the same as 𝑧 4 − 1?

a. (𝑧 2 + 1)(𝑧 + 1) b. (𝑧 2 + 1)(𝑧 − 1) c. (𝑧 2 + 1)(𝑧 2 + 1) d. (𝑧 2 − 1)(𝑧 + 1)

2𝑎3
35. What will be the result when a and b are replaced by 1 and 1 respectively, in the expression .
𝑏2
1 −1
a. 1 b. 2 c. 2 d. 2

36. What will be the result when a and b are replaced by 2 and 4 respectively, in the equation in number 35.
a. 1 b. 4 c. 2 d. 0
2
(𝑎𝑏 −1 )
37. Evaluate the expression 𝑐 2 if a=0, b=-5 and c=1?
a. 5 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0

𝑥 2 −1 6𝑥
38. What is the product of ∙ ?
5 𝑥
5𝑥 5𝑥 6𝑥 3 −6𝑥 6𝑥 3 +6𝑥
a. 6𝑥 3 +6𝑥 b.6𝑥 3 −6𝑥 c. d.
5𝑥 5𝑥

39. Evaluate and Simplify: (2𝑎 − 𝑏)−1 − (𝑎 + 2𝑏)−1 when a=5 and b=3.
4 77 4 77
a. -77 b. 4 c. − 77 d. − 4

𝑥 2 −1 6𝑥
40. The simplified form of ∙ 2𝑥−2 is __________.
3𝑥
2
a. 2𝑥 b. 2(𝑥 + 1) c. 𝑥 − 1 d. 𝑥−1

𝑥−2 4𝑥−8
41. What is the simplest form of ÷ ?
3𝑥 6𝑥
1 2
a. x-2 b. 2 c. 2 d. 𝑥−2

𝑛−5 𝑛−10
42. The simplified from of − is ___________.
30 90
2𝑛−25 4𝑛−25 𝑛−15 2𝑛−5
a. b. c. d.
90 90 90 90

3 4
43. Subtract 𝑥 from 3𝑥.
−5 −5𝑥 −5 3𝑥
a. b. c. 3𝑥 d.
3 3 5

𝑎+4
44. What is the simplest form of 5 + 𝑎−4?
9+𝑎 9−𝑎 6𝑎−16 𝑎−24
a. b. 𝑎−4 c. d.
𝑎−4 𝑎−4 𝑎−4

45. The denominator of a fraction is 2 more than the numerator. If 1 is subtracted from both the numerator
and the denominator, the resulting fraction has a value of ½. Find the original fraction.
a. 2/5 b. 3/5 c. 4/5 d. 7/5

100𝑥 2 −100
46. Which of the following is the simplest form of ?
10𝑥+1
a. 100 b. 100x-1 c. 100 d. 1+100x

𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
47. A car travelled 4x+6 meters in 5x hours. What is the speed of the car if speed= ?
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
2𝑥+3 4𝑥+3 4𝑥+6 4𝑥−6
a. b. c. d.
5 5 5 5
 3 𝑚
48. The sum of 𝑚−1 + 𝑚−1 is __________.
3+𝑚 𝑚−3
a. 3-m b. 3 c. d.
𝑚−1 𝑚−1

49. The product of 2𝑏 2 + 3𝑏 + 4 and a rational expression is 1. Find the rational expression.
−1 1
a. 2𝑏 2 + 3𝑏 + 4 b. 2𝑏2 +3𝑏+4 c. 2𝑏2 +3𝑏+4 d. −2𝑏 2 − 3𝑏 − 4

50. Which of the following expressions is equal to -1?

𝑎−1 𝑎−1 𝑎−1 𝑎+1
a. 𝑎+1 b. 1+𝑎 c. −1+𝑎 d. −(𝑎+1)

Prepared by: Checked By: Approved By:

SHARLYN B. BALGOA DORIS S. SANDOY GLORIA VICTORIA M. GRAVELA, Ph. D.
Test Maker Principal I Education Program Supervisor - Mathematics