Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Iloilo City
BO. OBRERO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Dama de Noche, Bo. Obrero, Iloilo City
Second Quarter Exam in Mathematics 8

Name:_______________________________ Score:______
Year & Sec:___________________________ Date:_______ Parent’s Signature:_______
I.Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer and write your answer before each
number.
1. It is made up of two perpendicular number lines used to locate points.
a. Slope b. Ordered pair c. Quadrant d. Cartesian Plane
1. It is the center of the coordinate plane.
a. x-axis b. y-axis c. origin d. quadrant
Use the figure on the right to answer items 2-4.
2. What ordered pair represents point A?
a. (2, 1) b. (0, 1) c. (1, 0) d. (1, 2)
3. Which point is located in Quadrant 4?
a. A b. C c. E d. F
4. What point is define by the ordered pair (-2, 1)?
a. A b. C c. E d. F
5. Which of the following is not a linear equation.
a. y = ½ x b. Ax + By = C c. y = ½ x + 1 d. x + y = z
6. Which equation is written in standard form?
a. 2x – y=3 b. x = y + 7 c. y = x + 7 d. x-y+7
7. Which equation is written in slope-intercept form?
a. 2x – y=3 b. x = y + 7 c. y = x + 7 d. x-y+7
8. It is sometimes called the steepness of a line.
a. Slope b. Ordered pair c. Quadrant d. Cartesian Plane
9. What is the slope of the line given the equation y = 2x + 5?
a. x b. 2x c. 2 d. 5
10. The slope of a line that rises right to left is _____.
a. Positive b. negative c. zero d. undefined
11. Which graph has a positive slope?

a. b. c. d.
12. What is the slope of a line given points (0, 2) and (2, 0)?
a. 2 b. -2 c. ½ d. -1/2
13. The equation of a line y = mx + b is in ______ form.
a. Standard form b. slope-intercept form c. two-point form d. intecepts form
14. The slope-intercept form of the equation 2x + y = 5 is _____.
a. y = 2x + 5 b. x = 2y + 5 c. y = -2x + 5 d. 2x + 5 = y
15. The standard form of the equation y = -½x + 6 is _____.
a. 2x + y = 6 b. x + 2y = 6 c. 2x + y = 12 d. x + 2y = 12
16. What is the slope of a line that passes through points (-6, 1) and (4 -4)?
a. 2 b. -2 c. ½ d. -1/2
17. Determine the solution of the system of linear equations,
y = 3x + 7
y=x-9
a. (-1, -10) b. (-17, -8) c. (4, 19) d. (-8, -17)
18. The ratio of the change in the y-coordinates to the corresponding change in the x-coordinates is known
as _____.
a. Slope b. X- intercept c. Y- intercept d. Cartesian plane
19. The graph of a linear equation in two variables is a _____.
a. Line b. Horizontal line c. Vertical line d. Parallel lines
20. Two different lines that have the same slope are _____.
a. Line b. Vertical line c. Horizontal line d. Parallel lines
21. Two different lines whose slopes are negative reciprocals of each other are _____.
a. Parallel b. intersecting lines c. Perpendicular d. coinciding
22. The slope of a line that rises from left to right is _____.
a. Zero b. Positive c. Negative d. Undefined
23. The slope of the line that passes through point (8, 5) and (6, 3) is _____.
a. 1 b. 0 c. -1 d. undefined
24. The Point-slope Form of a line is in the form _____.
x y
a. + =1 b. Ax + By = C c. y = mx + b d. y – y1 = m (x -x1)
a b
25. This formula can be best used when two points of the line are given.
a. Standard form c. Slope-intercept form c. Point-slope form d. Two-Point Formula
26. The point (-2,1) is located at _____.
a. Quadrant I b. Quadrant III c. Quadrant II d. Quadrant IV
27. The equation of the line that passes through (5, 8) and with slope 4 is ____.
a. y = 4x – 27 b. y = 4x – 12 c. 5x + 8y = 4 d. 4x + y = 12
28. The graph of the equation y = -3x + 12 is _____.
a. a vertical line
b. a horizontal line
c. a line that rises from left to right
d. a line that rises from right to left.

29. The slope of a line containing points (-2, 1) and (4, 6) is _____.
a. 5/6 b. 6/5 c. -5/6 d. -6/5
30. Given the standard form of a line 4x + 3y = 12, to determine the slope of a line, rewrite the equation
in _____.
a. Intercepts form b. Point-slope form c. Two-point formula d. Slope- intercept form
31. Refer to the problem above, the slope intercept form of a line is _____.
a. y = 4/3x + 12 b. y = ¾ x + 4 c. y = -4/3x + 4 d. y = -3/4x + 12
32. Refer to the problem above, what is the slope of the given equation of the line.
a. 3/4 b. 4/3 c. -3/4 d. -4/3
33. The point (0, -2) is located at _____.
a. X axis b. Origin c. Y axis d. None of the above
34. It is a pair of numbers used to locate a point in a plane.
a. Cartesian plane b. Ordered pair c. Quadrants d. Equation
35. The mathematician who discovered the Cartesian Plane.
a. John Watson b. Aristotle c. Rene Descartes d. Pyhtagoras
36. The equation of a line that passes through points (8,5) and (6,3) is _____.
a. y= -x – 3 b. y=x+3 c. y=x – 3 d. y= -x + 3
37. The equation of a line that passes through (0, -3) and has a slope of 3 is _____.
a. y= -3x – 3 b. y= 3x – 3 c. y=3x + 3 d. y= -3x + 3
38. Below are linear equations in two variables, except:
a. 5x = 10 + 3y b. y = 4x + 9 c. 8x – 2y = 3 d. 3x2 – y = 9
39. The Intercept Form of a line is in the form _____.
x y
b. + =1 b. Ax + By = C c. y = mx + b d. y – y1 = m (x -x1)
a b
40. The equation of a line that passes through points (-5, -6) and has zero slope is _____.
a. y= -1 b. y= 1 c. y= x – 11 d. y = 0x+1
For items 41 to 45. Identify the quadrant or axis in which it lies.
41. (-1, -2)
a. Quadrant I b. Quadrant II c. Quadrant III d. Quadrant IV
42. (-5, 0 )
a. x axis b. Quadrant II c. Quadrant III d. y axis
43. (0,-5)
a. x axis b. Quadrant II c. Quadrant III d. y axis
44. (1,2)
a. Quadrant I b. Quadrant II c. Quadrant III d. Quadrant IV
45. (2, -8)
a. Quadrant I b. Quadrant II c. Quadrant III d. Quadrant IV

46. Which of the following is the solutions of the system of linear equations {5xx+2−2y=8
y =4
?
 a. (0,4) b. (4,8) c. (2, -3) d. (-4,8)

47. Which of the following is the solutions of the system of linear equations below?
y = 2x + 3
y = 3x + 1
a. (–2, –1) b. (–1, –2) c. (2, 7) d. (–2, –5)
48. Which of the following is the solutions of the system of linear equations below?
y = 4x + 6
y = 2x
a. (–3, –6) b. (3, 6) c. (6, 3) d. (1, 2)
49. Solve the given system by elimination method.
4x-3y=8
7x+3y= - 19
a. (1,4) b. (4,1) c. (-4,1) d. (-1,-4)

50. Solve the given system by substitution method.

4x + y = 14
5x – 3y = 9
a. (-3, 2) b. (-3, -2) c. (3,2) d. (3, -2)
51. The equation of the line containing the point (4,5) and is parallel to the line 2y=x+14 is _____.
a. x + 2y = 8 b. x – 2y + 6 = 0 c. 4x - y = 0 d. 3x + 4y = 6
52. A dependent system is _____.
a. A system with no solutions.
b. A system dependent on a variable.
c. A system that is independent.
d. A system where graphs coincide.
53. An inconsistent system is _____.
a. A system with no solutions.
b. A system dependent on a variable.
c. A system that is independent.
d. A system where graphs coincide.
54. An airplane can travel a distance of 6 000 km in 6 hrs with the wind. The return trip against the wind
takes 7.5 hrs.. The rate of the airplane in still air is ____.
a. 1 000 km/hr c. 994 km/hr
b. 900 km/hr d. 800 km/hr
55. The rate of the wind is _____.
a. 100 km/hr c. 94 km/hr
b. 80 km/hr d. 90 km/hr
56. Substitution method is _____.
a. Any method of solving a system of equations
b. The replacement method
c. Replacing a variable by a number
d. A method of eliminating a variable by substituting one equation into the other
57. Addition Method is _____.
a. Adding expressions
b. Adding the same number to both sides of an equation
c. Eliminating a variable by adding two equations
d. The sum of a number and its reciprocal
58. Twinkle Joy gave the cashier 500 pesos for 3 adult’s ticket and 5 children’s tickets that cost more than
400 pesos. If the adult ticket cost 75 pesos, which of the following could be the cost of a children’s
ticket?
a. 60 c. 45
b. 35 d. 30
59. Tell whether the system of linear equations has no solution, infinitely many solutions.
y=5x – 4
y=5x – 5
a. No Solution c. One Solution
b. Infinitely many solutions d. none of the choices