Department of Education

Region III
Division of Zambales
BOTOLAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS GRADE 8
Second Quarter Examination
SY : 2015 - 2016

Name : _____________________________________________________ Score: _______

DIRECTION: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

____ 1.What is a 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
____2. Which of the following sets of ordered pairs defines 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) }
____ 3.Determine the slope of the line in 2x + y = 1
a. ½ b. – ½ c. 2 d. -2
____ 4. Rewrite 6x + 2y = 4 in the slope-intercept form.
6
a. y = x+4 b. y = 3x + 4 c. y = - 3x + 2 d. y = - 3x – 2
2
____ 5. What is the slope of the points P 1 ( 4,3 ) and P2 ( 6,6 ) ?
3 2 2 3
a. b. c. d.
2 3 5 4
____ 6. Find the equation of the line with slope of 4 and passing through ( 3, 2 ).
a. y = 2x – 4 b. y = 2x + 4 c. y = 4x + 10 d. y = 4x – 10
____ 7.Which line passes through the points ( 3, 4 ) and ( 8, -1 )?
a. y = - x – 1 b. y = x + 1 c. y = - x + 7 d. y = x – 7
____ 8. The table shows the ordered pairs for linear function x. Which of the following equations used
to complete the table?
x 1 3 5 7 9
y -1 5 11 17 23
a. y = 3x – 4 b. y = 3x + 4 c. y = - 3x – 4 d. y = - 3x + 4
____ 9. As x increases in the equation 2x + y = 3, the value of y.
a. increases b.decreases c. does not change d. cannot be determined
____ 10. What is the slope of the triangle illustrated in the figure.

8m

20 m
2 4 5 2
a. b. c. d.
10 10 2 5
____ 11. In the given sets of points { ( 0,3 ), ( 1,4 ), ( 5,7 ), ( 6,-2 ) }, the domains are ?
a. { 0, 1, 5, 6 } b.{ 3, 4, 7, -2 } c.{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 } d. { -2, 0, 1, 2, 3 }
3 x +2
____ 12. Find the range of =y
x−3
a. All real numbers not equal to 0
b. All real numbers not equal to 1
c. All real numbers not equal to 2
d. All real numbers not equal to 3
____ 13.Let f(x) = x + 7, then find f(3).
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11
2
____ 14.Suppose f(x) = x + 2x – 3. Determine the value of f(0).
 a. – 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. – 5
____ 15. It is defined as the set of all ordered pairs of the form ( b,a ) where ( a,b ) is an element of f .
a. Linear function b. Quadratic Function c. Inverse of the Function d. Relation
For items 16 – 18. From year 2008 to 2012, the number of out-of-school youth was tallied and
observed to increase at a constant rate as illustrated in the table.
Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Number of OSY 30 37 44 51 58

____ 16.What mathematical equation can you make to represent the data if the number of years after 2008
is represented by x .
a. y = 7x + 23 b. y = - 7x + 23 c. y = - 7x + 30 d. y = 7x + 30
____ 17. If the pattern continues, can you predict the number of OSY in the year 2015?
a. Yes, the number of OSY by the year 2025 is 119
b. Yes, the number of OSY by the year 2025 is 149
c. Yes, the number of OSY by the year 2025 is 156
d. No, because it is not stipulated in the problem
____ 18.If you are the Chairman of the Barangay and you observed that the number of OSY continued to
increase, what best action you can do to minimize the growing number of OSY?
a. Conduct a job fair
b. Look for donors to support them
c. Encourage them to enrol in Alternative Learning System
d. Let them work in your barangay.
____ 19. The intersection of the two solution set is one and only one point. The linear equations in x and y said
to be consistent and _____________ .
a. dependent b. inconsistent c. independent d. unique equation
a1 b1 c1
____ 20. When = = , and the equation has infinite number of solutions, it is said to be
a2 b2 c2
a. dependent b. independent c. inconsistent d. conditional system
____ 21. Classifying the equations 4x + 6y = 7 and 3y = 2 – 2x , the system is called
a. either consistent or dependent
b. independent
c. dependent
d. inconsistent
____ 22. What values of x and y that will make both equations y – x = 1 and x + y = 3 true?
a. ( - 1, 2 ) b. ( - 1, - 2 ) c. ( 2, 1 ) d. ( 1, 2 )
____ 23. If you are going to solve the equations x + y = 3 and x – y = - 1 easily, What systems of equations will
you use?
a. graphing c. elimination method by subtraction
b. elimination method by addition d. substitution
____ 24. The sum of two numbers is 24 and one of the number is 9 more than twice the other. Find the
numbers.
a. ( - 11, 13 ) b. ( 11, 13 ) c. ( 13, 11 ) d. ( 11, - 13 )
____ 25. The length of a rectangle is 5 more than twice the width. The perimeter is 70. Find the area.
a. 220 b. 230 c. 240 d. 250
____ 26. John’s father is five times as old as he is. Two years ago, he was six times as old as John. Find John’s
present age.
a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12
____ 27. John rode a taxi from a bus terminal to JB Mall whose distance is approximately 4 kilometers. After
riding, he paid an amount of P 110. Which variable is dependent?
a. Taxi riding b. the amount paid c. the distance travelled d. the person riding the taxi

For items 28 – 29
The height h of a candle in centimeters is a function of the time t in hours it has been burning. It
describes by the table below.
t 0 1 2 3 4 5
h(t) 10 8 6 4 2 0

____ 28. Write the linear function h described by the table above.
a. H(t) = 2t – 10 b. h(t) = 2t + 10 c. h(t) = 10 – 2t d. h(t) = 10 – t
____ 29. How long will it take the candle be completely melted?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
____ 30. What qualities you must look into in tarpaulin printing?
I. Printing and lay outing cost III. Brand of PC used in lay outing
II. Quality of the printing output IV. Quality of the layout artist’s output
a. I and II only b. I, II and III only c. I, II and IV only d. I, II, III and IV
____ 31.Which of the following ordered pairs is a solution of the inequality 2x + 6y ≤ 10 ?
a. ( 3, 1 ) b. ( 2, 2 ) c. ( 1, 2 ) d. ( 1, 0 )
____ 32. What is the graph of linear inequality in two variables?
a. Straight line b. half plane c. half of a parabola d. parabola
____ 33. How many solutions does a linear inequality in two variables have?
a. Infinite b. 0 c. 1 d. 2
____ 34.Mr. Cruz asked his worker to prepare a rectangular picture frame such that its perimeter is at most
26 in. Which of the following could be the sketch of a frame that his worker may prepare?
a. 6 in b. 5in c. 10in d. 9in

8in 7in 4in 7in

____ 35. The total amount Jun paid for 5 kilos of rice and 2 kilos of fish is less than P600.00. Suppose a kilos of
rice cost P45.00, What could be the greatest cost of a kilo of fish to the nearest pesos?
a. 186 b. 187 c. 188 d. 189
____ 36. Write the given statement as linear inequality in two variables. The number of apples (a) more than
twice the number of ponkans(p) is greater than 24.
a. 2p + a ≥ 24 b. 2a + 2p > 24 c. 2a + p > 24 d. 2p + a > 24
____ 37. Katherine bough some cans of sardines and corned beef. She gave the store owner P200.00 as
payment. However, the owner told her that the amount is not enough. What could be the reason you
can conclude?
a. The price of the corned beef is higher than the sardines
b. The store owner did not give Katherine discount on the items she bought
c. The prices of the corned beef and sardines are stable
d. The amount of those canned goods she bought is higher than what she is expecting
____ 38.Mr. Miranda would like to increase his profit on hog and poultry raising to the maximum it possible.
To do it, he has to prepare a business plan to determine the additional expenses and projected profit.
Which of the following should Mr. Miranda prepare to come up with the business plan?
I. Marketing plan
II. Operational Plan
III. Financial Plan
a. I only b. II only c. III only d. I, II and III
____ 39.Mr.Tolentino would like to use one side of the concrete fence for the rectangular garage that will be
constructing. This is to minimize the construction materials to be used. To help him determine the amount of
construction materials needed for the other three sides whose total length is more than 21 m, He drew the
sketch of the garage. Which of the following could be the sketch of the garage that Mr.Tolentino had drawn?
a. c.

6m 7m

8m 10 m
b. d.

6m 5m

9m 11m
____ 40.Mr. Villa rented a construction crane for 5 hours and a backhoe for 7hr. The total amount he paid is less
than P9000.00. Suppose the hourly rate of the crane is P800.00. What is the maximum amount he paid
for the backhoe to the nearest hundreds?
a. 4,600 b. 4,700 c. 4, 800 d. 4,900