Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
COMILLAS HIGH SCHOOL
La Paz, Tarlac

2nd PERIODICAL TEST

MATHEMATICS 9
Name:___________________________ Date:____________
Yr & Sec.:________________________

I. Direction: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer
_____1. Which is an example of direct variation?
2 2
a. xy = 10 b. y = 𝑥 c. y = 5x d. 𝑦 =x
_____2. What happens to T when h is doubled in the equation T= 4h?
a. T is halved b. T is tripled c. T is doubled d. T becomes zero
_____3. If y varies directly as x and y=12 when x=4, find y when x= 12
a. 3 b. 4 c. 36 d. 48
_____4. Which of the following describes an inverse variation?
x 2 3 4 5
x 1 2 3 4
y 5 10 5 2
y 5 10 15 10
3 2

x 40 30 20 10 x 4 8 10 12
y 8 6 4 2 y 2 4 5 6
_____5. A car travels a distance of d km in t hours. The formula that relates d to t is d=kt. What kind of
variation is it? a. direct b. inverse c. joint d. combined
1
_____6. If y varies inversely as x and y= when x=8, find y when x=-4
3
−2 2 −32 32
a. 3
b. 3 c. 3
d. 3
𝑘
_____7. What happens to y when x is tripled in the relation y=
𝑥
a. y is tripled b. y is doubled c. y is halved d. y is divided by 3
_____8. W varies directly as the square of x and inversely as p and q. If w=12 when x=4, p=2 and q=20, find w
when x=3, p-8 and q=5
27 −3
a. 10 b. 9 c. 4 d. 5
_____9. If 3 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days, how many men can do the same job in 6 days?
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4
____10. “ y varies directly as x” may be translated as
a. y=kx b. y=k/x c. x=ky d. x=k/y
____11. “ An increase in speed produces a decrease in time in travelling”, this is an example of’
a. direct variation b. inverse variation c. joint variation d. Combined variation
____12.The statement “a varies jointly as b and c”, this is an example
a. direct variation b. inverse variation c. joint variation d. Combined variation
____13. T varies directly as a and inversely as b, this can be translated in mathematical equation
𝑘𝑏 𝑘𝑎 𝑘 𝑎𝑏
a. T= b. T= c. T= d.T=
𝑎 𝑏 𝑎𝑏 𝑘
𝑘𝑥
____14. The statement t varies directly as x and inversely as y means t= 𝑦
is an example of
a. direct variation b. inverse variation c. joint variation d. Combined variation
____15. For two quantities x and y, an increase in x causes a decrease in y, this is true in
a. direct variation b. inverse variation c. joint variation d. Combined variation
____16. Any number raised to zero will always be equal to
a. 0 b. 1 c. -1 d. none of these
𝑎𝑚
____17. The expression 𝑎𝑛 is equal to
1 1
a. 𝑎𝑚+𝑛 b. . 𝑎𝑚−𝑛 c. 𝑎𝑚−𝑛 d. 𝑎𝑚+𝑛
____18. It is a number that says how many times the base is to be multiplied to itself.
a. radical b. exponent b. power d. rationalization
𝑛
____19. It is an expression in the form of √𝑎, where n is a positive integer and a is an element of the real
number system.
a. radical b. exponent b. power d. rationalization

____20. Which of the following is true?

a. 51/2 + 51/3= 55 b.
____21. What is the simplified form of of 405-26-11000
1 1 1
a. 1 b. 75 c. 50 d. 6000
√3
____22. What is the simplified form of
∜3
a.√3 b. ∜3 c. √27 d. ∛27
𝑘
____23. An encoder can type n words in t hours. The formula that relates n to t is n= 𝑡 . What kind of variation
is it? a. direct b. inverse c. joint d. combined
____24. In the symbol ∛7, 3 is called the
a. radicand b. index c. power d. radical expression
_____25. In the given in no. 24, 7 is the
a. radicand b. index c. power d. radical expression

II. MATCHING TYPE: Match Column A from Column B. Write your answer on the space provided

COLUMN B
COLUMN A
a. 5
_________1. 491/2
b. 7
_________2. 1251/3
c. 1
_________3. ( -32)1/5
d. -4
_________4.304-2
e. -2
_________5. (-64)1/3
1
_________6. 10001/3 f. 16

_________7.Direct variation g. a=kbc

𝑘𝑥
_________8.Combined Variation h. t = 𝑦
_________9. Joint Variation
i. c= kw
_________10. Inverse Variation 𝑘
j. m= 𝑛

III. AGREE OR DISAGREE: Read each statement, then write A if you agree with the statement; otherwise,
write D

_____1. Any number raised to zero is equal to one

1
_____2. 2-3 is equal to 8
_____3. Laws of exponent can be used in simplifying expressions with rational exponents
______4.An expression with negative exponent CANNOT be written into an expression with a positive
exponent.
1
_____5. (3) -2 = 9
1
_____6. 3-240 =
9
1
_____7. 32𝑥3 can be written as 32x3
_____8. (-16)2/3 = -16
1
_____9. The exponential expression (𝑥+10)2/3 is equivalent to 𝑥 1/2+ 101/2
____10. 32 . 40 + 11/2 . 50 = 11
____11. 32/3 is the same with ∛9
____12. No prime factor of a radicand that has an exponent equal to or greater than the index.
𝑎
_____13. (𝑏 )m is equal to am + bm
10𝑚6
_____14. 2𝑚10 is equivalent to 5m4
_____15. (-16)2/3 = -16

Prepared by: Checked by Noted:

MICHELLE O. MATIAS DONNA B. EMATA DR. ARLENE P. APOSTOL

Subject Teacher Subject Coordinator Principal I