Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
Division of Leyte
BURACAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Buracan, La Paz, Leyte
Name: __________________________________ Year & Section: ______________________
Teacher: ________________________________ Score: ___________________
MATHEMATICS 8
Direction: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number
_____1. What is the mean of 5, 8, 10, 7, and 10?
A. 8 B. 8.5 C. 9 D. 7.5
_____2. The middle number when the data set is arranged in order is called the:
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Range
_____3. Find the mode of the following: 12, 15, 12, 18, 12, 20.
A. 15 B. 12 C. 18 D. 20
_____4. Arrange 14, 9, 12, 11, 16 in ascending order. What is the median?
A. 12 B. 11 C. 14 D. 13
_____5. If the mean of five numbers is 18, what is their total sum?
A. 90 B. 85 C. 95 D. 100
_____6. Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme values?
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. All
_____7. Find the mean of 2, 4, 6, and 8.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8
_____8. The average score of Class A in a quiz is higher than Class B. Which is the better performing class?
A. Class A B. Class B C. Cannot be determined D. Both equal
_____9. In a survey, the median age is 30. What does this tell us?
A. Most are 30 years old
B. Half are older, half are younger than 30
C. All are 30 years old
D. None are 30
_____10. The mean monthly income of 5 families is ₱15,000. If one family earns ₱50,000, what can be concluded?
A. Mean income is reliable
B. Mean is affected by extreme values
C. Median is affected
D. Mode is unaffected
_____11. A dataset has a mode of 8. Which statement is correct?
A. All data are 8
B. 8 appears most frequently
C. The middle value is 8
D. None
_____12. If the mean is 50 but most scores are around 40, what does this indicate?
A. Mean accurately represents data
B. Mean is misleading
C. Median is higher
D. Mode is smaller
_____13. The sales of a store in pesos are: 2000, 2200, 2500, 2100, 2050. Which measure best represents the typical
sale?
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Range
_____14. Translate: "Five more than twice a number x".
A. 5 + x² B. 2x + 5 C. 5x + 2 D. x + 5
_____15. Which is an algebraic expression?
A. 2x + 3 B. 5 = y C. 7 > 2 D. 4 × 5
_____16. Represent: "The quotient of a number y and 3".
A. y + 3 B. y/3 C. 3/y D. y – 3
_____17. Which is the product of m and the sum of n and 4?
A. mn + 4 B. m(n + 4) C. m + n + 4 D. mn – 4
_____18. Which of the following is NOT an algebraic expression?
A. x² – 3x + 2 B. 2a – 5b C. 3p/2q D. 5 × 9
_____19. If x = 3, what is the value of 2x + 7?
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
_____20. Simplify: 3x + 5x
A. 8x B. 15x C. 2x D. x²
_____21. Which terms can be combined?
A. 2x and 3y B. 4x² and 5x² C. x and x² D. 2a and 2b
_____22. Simplify: 7a – 2a
A. 5a B. –5a C. 14a D. 9a
_____23. Simplify: 5m + 3n – 2m
A. 3m + 3n B. 7m + 3n C. 5m – 3n D. 3n – 3m
_____24. Add: 4x² + 5x² – 3x²
A. 6x² B. 7x² C. 8x² D. 9x²
_____25. Simplify: 2x × 5x
A. 10x² B. 10x C. 7x² D. x²
_____26. Simplify: (3a²)(4a³)
A. 12a⁵ B. 12a⁶ C. 7a⁵ D. 7a⁶
_____27. Divide: x⁵ ÷ x³
A. x² B. x⁸ C. x³ D. x⁷
_____28. Simplify: (2m³n²)(3mn)
A. 5m⁴n³ B. 6m⁴n³ C. 6m³n² D. 5m³n²
_____29. Which is true about the product rule?
A. Add exponents when multiplying same bases
B. Subtract exponents when multiplying
C. Multiply exponents
D. None
_____30. Divide: (12x⁷) ÷ (4x³)
A. 3x⁴ B. 8x⁴ C. 3x³ D. 8x³
_____31. Simplify: (2x)(x + 3)
A. 2x² + 6x B. 2x² + 3x C. 2x + 3x D. x² + 6x
_____32. Simplify: (3y)(2y – 4)
A. 6y² – 12y B. 6y² – 4y C. 5y² – 12y D. 6y – 12
_____33. Multiply: (x + 2)(x + 5)
A. x² + 7x + 10 B. x² + 10x + 7 C. x² + 5x + 2 D. x² + 2x + 5
_____34. Multiply: (a – 1)(a² + a + 1)
A. a³ – 1 B. a³ + 1 C. a² – 1 D. a³ – a + 1
_____35. Multiply: (m + n)(m + 2n)
A. m² + 3mn + 2n² B. m² + 2mn + n² C. m² + mn + 2n² D. m² + 3n²
_____36. Multiply: (2p – 3)(p² + p + 1)
A. 2p³ – p² – p – 3 B. 2p4 – p2 – p – 3 C. 2p³ – p² – 3 D. 2p³ – p² – p – 4
_____37. Simplify: (x + 4)²
A. x² + 8x + 16 B. x² + 4x + 16 C. x² + 16x + 4 D. x² + 4x + 4
_____38. Simplify: (a – 5)²
A. a² – 10a + 25 B. a² – 5a + 25 C. a² + 10a + 25D. a² – 25
_____39. Simplify: (x + 7)(x – 7)
A. x² – 49 B. x² + 49 C. x² + 14x + 49 D. x² – 14x + 49
_____40. Which pattern is illustrated by (m + n)²?
A. Square of a sum
B. Square of a difference
C. Product of a sum and difference
D. Cube of a binomial
Prepared by: Checked by:
SHARON M. ROSALIA ARNEL C. BALLON
Teacher III School Head
FIRST QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST IN MATHEMATICS 8
ANSWER KEY
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. D
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21. B
22. A
23. A
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25. A
26. A
27. A
28. B
29. A
30. A
31. A
32. A
33. A
34. A
35. A
36. A
37. A
38. A
39. A Prepared by:
40. A
SHARON M. ROSALIA
Teacher III
Checked by:
ARNEL C. BALLON
School Head
