Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Iloilo
Leonora S. Salapantan National High School
RV Sanchez St., San Miguel, Iloilo

MATHEMATICS 8
FIRST GRADING SUMMATIVE TEST

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is the greatest common factor of 16a2 + 12a?

A. 4a C. 6a

B. 4a2 D. 6a2

2. What is the greatest common factor of 6x2 + 3xy?

A. (2x + y) C. 3x (2x + y)

B. 2x (3x+y) D. 6x (3x+y)

3. Which of the following is NOT a difference of two squares?

A. x 2− y 4 C. (x−1)2−49

B. x 4 −1 D. ( x +1 )4−4 x 5

4. Which of the following is the factor of 4x 2 – 36?

A. (2x + 6) (2x – 6) C. (4x + 6) (4x – 6)

B. (4x + 6) (4x – 6) D. (6x + 2) (6x – 2)

5. What is the factored form of m3 + 125?

A. (m + 5) (m2 – 5m + 25) C. (m + 25) (m 2 – 25m + 5)

B. (m – 5) (m2 + 5m + 25) D. (m – 25) (m 2 + 25m + 5)

A. ( 2 x+ y ) ( 4 x 2−2 xy+ y 2 ) C. ( 2 x− y ) ( 4 x 2 +2 xy+ y 2 )

B. ( 2 x+ y ) ( 4 x 2+ 2 xy + y 2 ) D. ( 2 x− y ) ( 4 x 2−2 xy− y2 )

7. Which of the following is the factor of 16d – 24d + 9?

A. (4d + 3)2 C. (8d + 3) 2

B. (4d – 3)2 D. (8d – 3) 2

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

A. x 2+ 10 x +25 C. x 2−3 x−9

B. x 2+ 12 x−36 D. 3 x 2−x−¿ 1

9. What are the factors of a2 + 7a + 10?

A. (a + 2) (a + 5) C. (a – 2) (a + 5)

B. (a + 2) (a – 5) D. (a – 2) (a – 5)

10. What are the factors of b2 – 10b – 24?

A. (b + 2) (b + 12) C. (b – 2) (b + 12)

B. (b+2) (b – 12) D. (b – 2) (b – 12)

11. Which of the following factors gives a product of x 2−5 x+ 6?

A. ( x +1 ) ( x +6 ) C. (x +6)(x−1)

B. (x +2)(x−3) D. (x−3)(x−2)

12. What are the factors of m2 + 3m – 18?

A. (m + 3) (m + 6) `C. (m + 6) (m – 3)

B. (m + 3) (m – 6) D. (m – 6) (m – 3)
13. What are the factors of 2x2 + 13x + 15?

A. (2x + 3) (x + 5) C. (2x – 3) (x + 5)

B. (2x + 3) (x – 5) D. (2x – 3) (x – 5)

14. What is the area of a square whose side is x + 8?

A. x2 + 16x + 64 C. x 2 – 16x – 64

B. x2 + 16x – 64 D. x 2 – 16x + 64

15. The area of a square is 4 x 2+12 x+ 9 square units.

Which expression represents the length of the side?

A. (2 x+ 3) units C. ( 4 x+3 ) units

B. ( 3 x+ 2 ) units D. ( 4 x+ 9 )units

16. If the volume of an open box is (8a3 – 27) cm3 and its height is

(2a – 3) cm. What is the area of its base?

A. 2a + 6a +3 C. 4a2 + 6a + 9

B. 2a – 6a + 3 D. 4a 2 – 6a + 9

17. Which of the following is NOT a rational algebraic expression?

3x 4
A. C.
2 y+ 7

2
a +b
2
5 √c
B. D.
c d

18. Which of the following expressions is a rational expression?

−3
3c
x
A. C. 0
√3 y √( a+1 ) ¿
¿

a−b
B. 4 y−2 + z−3 D.
a+b
 5
15 x
19. What is the simpliest form of 3?
25 x

2 2
5x 3x
A. C.
3 5

5 3
B. 2 D. 2
3x 5x

20. What is the simplified form of 10 a0 b0 c0?

A. 10 C. 12

B. 11 D. 13

2
a −9 3a
21. What is the product of and .
2
a +2 a−3 3 a−9

2
3a a – 2 a+3
A. C.
a−1 3 a−9

3a 3 a+9
B. D. 2
a+1 a +2 a−3

m m
22. What is the difference between and ?
6 3

m m
A. C. –
6 2

m m
B. D. –
2 6

x−2 x +2
23. Which of the following is the difference of − ?
3 2

x+5 x−6
A. C.
6 6

x+1 −2 x−10
B. D.
6 6
 2
x +2 x−8
24. Justin was asked to simplify 2 . His solution is presented
x −4

below.

x +2 x−8 ( x+ 4 )( x−2) ( x +4 )
2
4
= = = = 2
2
x −4 ( x +2 ) (x−2) (x+2) 2

What makes the solution of Justin wrong?

A. Cancelling 4 C. x2 – 4 being factored out.

B. Crossing out the (x – 2) D. dividing out the variable x

25. Angelo can complete his school project in x hours. What part of the

job can be completed by Angelo after three hours?

3
A. x + 3 C.
x

x
B. x – 3 D.
3

26. What is abscissa?

A. It is an origin. C. It is a y-coordinate.

B. It is a x-coordinate . D. It is a point on the xy-plane.

27. Which of the following is a linear equation in two variables?

A. 3 a−2=12 C. 9 m+15=7 m

B. 15+8 x=14 y D. 2 p >15

28. Which of the following is the slope of a line that passes through (8, 12)

and (2, 15)?

5
B. D. 5
3

29. What is the slope of a line with an equation y + 2x = 1?

A. – 2 C. 1

B. – 1 D. 2

30. Using the figure on the right. What is the slope of the line?

A. 1 C. 3

B. 2 D. 4

31. What is y=−2 x +3 in the form of Ax+ By=C ?

A. −2 x+ y=3 C. 2 x+ y=3

B. −2 x+ y=−3 D. 2 x− y=3

For items 32 – 34, choose from the graph below.

A. 2 C.

−2−1

B. D.

32. Which is the graph given two points ( 1 , 2 ) and(−2 ,−2 )?

33. Which is the graph given the x -intercept 3 and y -intercept1?

3
34. Which is the graph given y -intercept 4 and a slope ¿ ?
4
35. Mary is asked to graph the equation y = – 2 x + 5.

Her graph is presented below. Is her graph correct?

A. Yes, the slope is 0. C. No, the slope is – 2

B. Yes, the slope is + 2. D. No, the slope is undefined.

36. What is the equation of the line that passes through the points

(4, 2) and (3, 0)?

A. y = 2x + 6 C. y = 2x – 6

B. y = – 2x + 6 D. y = – 2 x – 6

37. What is the equation of the line that passes through the point ( – 3 ,5)

with a slope of 2?

A. y = 2x – 1 C. y = 2x + 2

B. y = 2x + 1 D. y = 2x + 8
What is the equation of the line whose slope is 3 and y - intercept is – 5?

A. y = 3x – 5 C. y = – 3x – 5

B. y = 3x + 5 D. y = – 3x + 5

39. Emman often rides a taxi from one place to another. The standard

fare in riding a taxi is ₱ 40.00 as a flag-down rate plus ₱ 5.00

for every 200 meters. If Emman rides a taxi from his work place to

the post office with an appropriate distance of 600 meters, how

much will he pay?

A. ₱ 45.00 C. ₱ 55.00

B. ₱ 50.00 D. ₱ 60.00

40. Mr. Agpalo paid ₱ 260.00 for four adult’s tickets and six

children’s tickets. Suppose the total cost of an adult’s ticket and

a children’s ticket is ₱ 55.00. How much does an adult’s ticket cost?

A. ₱ 20.00 C. ₱ 80.00

B. ₱ 35.00 D. ₱ 120.00

41. A solution of the system 2x + y = 7 and 5x – y is (3, 1).

How are the graphs of the two equations related?

A. the graphs are coincide C. the graphs intersect at (1, 3)

B. the graphs are parallel D. the graphs intersect at (3, 1)

42. What is the graph of linear equations in two variables?

A. parabola C. straight line

43. What point is the intersection of the graphs of the lines

x + y = 8 and 2x – y =1?

A. (1, 8) C. (3, 5)

B. (2, 6) D. (5, 3)

44. What is the graph of the equations 2x + y = – 6 and 2x + y =10?

A. curve C. parallel

B. parabola D. intersecting

45. Which system of equations has a graph that shows parallel lines?

A.5x + 2y =12 C. 3x + 9y = 4
x – 7y = 8 x – 3y = 5

B. – x + y = 5 D. 2x + y =12
6x – 2y = –10 3x – y = 7

46. Which system of equations has a graph that shows intersecting lines?

A. 2x + 4y =14 C. 4x – 8y = 7
x + 2y = 7 x + 2y = 3

B. –3x – y = 5 D. 3x + y =10
6x – 2y = 1 3x – y = 5

47. How many solutions does a consistent and dependent system of a

linear equations have?

B. two D. infinite

48. Given the graph, what is the solution of the system of linear equations?

A. (2,5) C. (5,2)

B. (4,5) D. (5,4)

49. Using substitution method, which of the following

is the solution of the system 4x + y = 14 and 5x – 3 y = 9?

A. (3,2) C. (–3 ,2)

B. (3,–2) D. (–3 , –2 )

50. Using elimination method, which of the following is the solution

of the system 4x – 3y = 8 and 7x + 3y = – 19?

A. (–1, – 4) C. (1, 4)

B. (– 4, 1) D. (4, 1)