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Grade 8 Math
First Periodical Examination
I. Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer before the number.
1) The product of (xy – 1) and (xy + 8) is
a. x2y2 – 8 b. x2y2 – 9xy – 8 c. x2y2 + 7xy – 8 d. x2y2 – 7xy – 8
2) Which statement is correct?
a. The square of a binomial is also a binomial.
b. The product of the sum and difference of two terms is a binomial.
c. The product of a binomial and a trinomial is the square of a binomial.
d. The terms of the cube of a binomial are all positive.
3) Which expression is a perfect square trinomial?
a. a2 – 5x + 4 c. 4a2 – 4a + 1
b. a2 + 2a + 4 d. a2 + 7a + 49
4) Which mathematical statement is correct?
a. (2x – y)(3x – y) = 6x2 – 5x2y2 +y2 c. (3x – 4)(2x + 7) = 6x2 + 13x – 28
b. (4x – 5)(4x – 5)= 16x2 + 25 d. (2x + 5)2 = 4x2 + 25
5) Which of the following products gives a factor of (x + 3)(x + 3)?
a. x2 + 6x + 6 c. x2 + 9x + 9
b. x2 + 6x + 9 d. x2 + 5x + 6
6) Which of the following factors gives a product of x2 + 5x + 4?
a. (x + 1)(x + 4) c. (x + 5)(x – 1)
b. (x + 2)(x + 2) d. (x + 2)2
7) The expression 81x2 – 90x + 25y2 is an example of a
a. sum of two squares c. sum of two cubes
b. difference between 2 squares d. perfect square trinomial
8) Which of the following expressions is a rational algebraic expression?

a. x c. 4y-2 + z-3
√3 y
3 c −3 a−b
b. d.
√(a+1)0 b+ a
9) What is the value of a non – zero polynomial raised to 0?
a. constant c. undefined
b. zero d. cannot be determined
10) Find the greatest common factor of 14x2y4z and 56xy2z3.
a. 56xy2 c. 14x2y4z3
b. 56x2y2z2 d. 14xy2z
11) What is the GCF of 4x2y2, 6xy2 and 12xy3?
a. 2xy2 c. 4xy2
b. 2x2y d. 4x2y2
12) Which is equivalent to – 1?
a. x2 – 4 c. 4x – 6y
2
(2 – x) 6y – 4x
b. x – xy d. 2x – 2y
y–x 2y - x
13) Find the missing term: (x + ___)(3x + ___) = 3x2 + 27x + 24
a. 6, 4 c. 8, 3
b. 4, 6 d. 12, 2
2
14) What are the factors of a – 12a + 27?
a. (a – 3)(2a – 1) c. (a – 3) (a – 9)
b. (a + 3)(a + 9) d. (a + 3)(a – 9)
2
15) Factor of 6a + 1 – 5a.
a. (3a – 1)(2a – 1) c. (3a – 1)(2a + 1)
b. (3a + 1)(2a – 1) d. (3a + 1)(2a + 1)
2
16) One of the factors of 2a + 5a – 12 is a + 4. What is the other factor?
a. 2a – 3 c. 2a – 8
b. 2a + 3 d. 2a + 8
2
17) The area of a square is 4x + 12x + 9 square units. Which expression represents the length of the side?
a. (3x + 2) units c. (4x + 9) units
b. (2x + 3) units d. (4x + 3) units
18) Which of the following values of k will make x2 – 5x + k factorable?
a. 5 b. 12 c. – 10 d. – 14

19) Which of the following is the quotient of 38 ÷ 2 ?

76 19

a. 19 b. 4 c. 9 d. 1
4 19 4 4
2
20) What rational algebraic expression is the same as x −1 ?
x−1
a. x + 1 b. x – 1 c. 1 d. -1
2
21) What is the simplest form of 15 p q ?
48 pq
a. 5p b. 5 c. 5 p d. 5 p
16 16 p 6 16 q

22) What is the LCD of 5 , 3y , 2 ?

y+ 5 2 y +10 y+ 5
a. 2(y+5) c. y+10
b. y + 5 d. 2y + 50
23) Your classmate was asked to square (2x – 3), he answered 4x2 – 9. Is his answer correct?
a. Yes, because squaring a binomial always produces a binomial product.
b. Yes, because product rule is correctly applied.
c. No, because squaring a binomial always produces a trinomial product.
d. No, because the answer must be 4x2 + 9.
24) Which value for x will make the largest area of the square with a side of 3x + 2?
a. -3/4 b. 0.4 c. -1/3 d. -0.15
2
25) Expression A: 4x – 81
Expression B: (2x – 9)(2x + 9)
If x = 2, which statement is true about the given expressions?
a. A > B b. A < B c. A = B d. A ≠ B
26) Angelo can complete his school project in x hours . What part of the job can be completed by Angelo
after three hours?
a. x +3 c. x d. 3
b. x−3 3 3
 2
a −1
27) Aaron was asked by his teacher to simplify on the board. He wrote his solution on the board this way:
( a2−a )
2
a −1 (a+ 1)( a−1)
= =1
( a2−a ) a ( a−1 )
Did he arrive at the correct answer?
a. Yes. The expressions that he crossed out are all common factors.
b. Yes. The LCD must be eliminated to simplify the expression.
c. No. a2 must be cancelled out so that the answer is 1a.
d. No. a is not a common factor of numerator
28) Your sister plans to remodel her closet. She hired a carpenter to do the task. What should your sister do
so that the carpenter can accomplish the task according to what she wants?
a. Show a replica of a closet. c. Leave everything to the carpenter.
b. Download a picture from the internet. d. Provide the lay out drawn to scale
29) Which of the following standards would best apply in checking the carpenter’s work in item number 27?
a. accuracy of measurements and wise utilization of materials
b. accuracy of measurements and workmanship
c. workmanship and artistic design
d. workmanship and wise utilization of materials
30) The city mayor asked you to prepare a floor plan of the proposed day care center in your barangay. The
center must have a small recreational corner. As head of the city engineering office, what will you
consider in preparing the plan?
a. Feasibility and budget. c. Design and Feasibility
b. Design and budget d. Budget and lot area
31) Suppose there is a harvest shortage in your farm. What will you do to ensure a bountiful harvest in your
farmland?
a. Hire lot of workers to spread fertilizers in the farmland.
b. Buy numerous sacks of fertilizers and spread it in his farmland.
c. Find the area of the farmland and buy proportionate number of fertilizers.
d. Solve for the number of fertilizers proportionate to the number of workers.
32) The Punong Barangay in your place noticed that garbage is not properly disposed because of the small
bins. As the chairman of health committee, you were tasked to prepare a garbage bins which can hold
24 ft3 of garbage. However, the spot where the garbage bins will be placed is limited, how will you
maximize the area?
a. Find the dimensions of the planned bin according to the capacity given.
b. Make a trial and error bins until the desired volume is achieved
c. Solve for the factors of the volume and use it in creating bins.
d. Find the area of the location of the bins
33) As head of the marketing department of a certain construction firm, you are tasked to create a new
packaging box for the soap products. What criteria will you consider in creating the box?
a. Appropriateness and the resources used.
b. Resources used and uniqueness
c. Appropriateness and uniqueness
d. Appropriateness and capacity
−3 8
What is the value of the expression x y c when x is 2, y is 3 and c is -2?
2 −2 7
x y c
a. - 27 b. 27 c. 32 d. - 32
16 16 27 27
34) Your father, a tricycle driver, asked you regarding the best motorcycle to buy. What will you do to help
your father?
a. Look for the fastest motorcycle. c. Find an imitated brand of motorcycle.
b. Canvass for the cheapest motorcycle. d. Search for fuel-efficient type of motorcycle.
35) The manager of So-In Clothesline Corp. asked you, as Human Resource Officers, to hire more tailors to
meet the production target of the year. What will you look in hiring a tailor?
a. speed & efficiency c. time conscious & personality
b. speed & accuracy d. experience & personality
36) You own three hectares of land and you want to mow it for farming. What will you do to finish it at a
very least time?
a. Rent a small mower b. Hire 3 efficient laborers. c. Do kaingin. d. Use germicide.
37) Your friend asked you to make a floor plan. As an engineer, what aspects should you consider in doing
the plan?
a. precise & realistic b. layout & cost c. logical & sufficient d. creative & economical
38) Your SK Chairman planned to construct a basketball court. As a contractor, what will you do to realize
the project?
a. Show a budget proposal. c. Present a feasibility study.
b. Make a budget plan. d. Give a financial statement.
39) As a contractor in number 39, what is the best action to do in order to complete the project on or
before the deadline but still on the budget plan?
a. All laborers must be trained workers. c. Add least charge equipment and machines.
b. Rent more equipment and machines. d. Trained and amateur workers must be proportionate.

USE THE DATA BELOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

40) A driver asked you to create a utility box with no top from a 12 in by 10 in piece of metal by cutting
identical squares from each corner and turning up the sides. The box must have a capacity of 96 in 3. If
you are the driver, what are the standards you will look into the box?
I. Appropriateness of the dimension
II. Artistic
III. Durability
IV. Innovations
a. I & II b. III & IV c. I & III d. II & IV
41) Which of the following is the appropriate thing to do to ensure that the correct dimension of the box
will be obtained?
a. Find a model for the box and measure it.
b. Measure the sides of the squares thoroughly to create a box.
c. Make a trial and error until the desired capacity is obtained.
d. Find the dimension of the square to be cut through factoring and scale drawing.
42) As finance officer of RTN plantation, you were asked by the company to prepare a budget to fence 120
hectares of your company’s lot. What will you do to minimize the use of fencing materials, knowing that
the length is 1 hectare less than twice the width?
a. Estimate the dimension of the lot.
b. Measure the dimension of the lot manually.
c. Solve the dimension of the lot.
d. Hire an engineer to survey the lot.
43) Which of the following algebraic expressions could not be considered as rational algebraic expression?
a. √ 50 x
 b. 1 c. 4 y 2−9 z 2
2
5x
d. a−b
b+ a
3 0
44) What is the rational algebraic expression equivalent to
( 8 kp ) ?
−2 −3
4k p
a. 4 k 2 p 3 k2 p3
c.
b. 2 k 2 p 3 4
5 5
d. k p
4
−3 8
45) What is the value of the expression x yc
when x=2 , y =3 ,∧c =−2?
27 −2
x y c
a. −27 b. 27 c. 32 d. −32
16 16 27 27
46) The area of the rectangle is x −3 x−10. What is the length of the rectangle if the width is x +2?
2

a. ( x +5 ) ( x −2 )
c. x+5
x−2

b. ( x+5 )( x−2 )
x−2
2
47) x−5 James were asked to simplify x +2 x−8 . His solution is presented below.
2
x −4
x +2 x−8 ( x+ 4 )( x−2 ) ( x+ 4 ) 4
2
= = = =2
2
x −4 ( x +2 ) ( x−2 ) ( x +2 ) 2
What makes the solution of James wrong?
a. Cancelling 4 c. x2 – 4 being factored out
b. Crossing out (x – 2) d. dividing out the variable x

II. Find the integers that satisfy the following conclusions.

No. SUM PRODUCT INTEGERS
1 -14 33
2 -3 -40
3 10 -75
4 5 -36
5 -1 -42
6 -18 72
7 1 -30
8 -15 56
9 -2 -63
10 -15 36