Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visaya
Division of Roxas City

Olotayan Integrated School

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS 9

Name: _____________________ Section: _________________ Score: _______________

Directions: Find out how much you already know. Choose the letter that you think best answers the question. Write your answer on the
space provided before each item.

_____ 1. What is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in a form a𝑥 2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, c are real numbers
and a ≠ 0.
a. Linear Equation b. Linear Inequality c. Quadratic Equation d. Quadratic Inequality
_____ 2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
a. 2𝑥 2 + 4r – 1 b. 3t – 7 = 2 c.𝑠 2 + 5s – 4 = 0 d. 2𝑥 2 – 7 x ≥ 3
2
_____ 3. In the quadratic equation 3𝑥 + 7x – 4 = 0, which is the quadratic term?
a. 𝑥 2 b. 7x c. 3𝑥 2 d. -4
_____ 4. Which of the following equation is NOT a quadratic equation?
a. 2𝑥 2 + 5x – 3 = 0 b. 3x ( x-2 ) = 10 c. ( 2x + 5 ) ( x-1 ) = -6 d. 2x+x+2=0
_____ 5. In a quadratic equation 3𝑥 2 + 7x – 4 = 0, what is the value of a?
a. 3 b. 3x c. 7 d. -4
_____ 6. Refer the equation in no.5, which is the linear term?
a. 𝑥 2 b. 7x c. 3𝑥 2 d. -4
_____ 7. Which of the following quadratic equation is written in standard form?
a. 3x - 2𝑥 2 = 7 b. - 2𝑥 2 – 7 = -3x c. -2𝑥 2 – 7 + 3x = 0 d. -2𝑥 2 + 3x – 7 = 0
_____ 8. Write ( x+3 )( x+4 ) = 0 in standard form of a quadratic equation.
a. 𝑥 2 + 3x + 4 b. 𝑥 2 + 6x + 12 c. 𝑥 2 + 7x + 12 d. 𝑥 2 + x + 12
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_____ 9. Which of the following quadratic equation is in a form a𝑥 + c = 0?
a. 2𝑥 2 + 3x = 0 b. 2𝑥 2 = 3x c. 2𝑥 2 + 3 = 5 d. 2𝑥 2 + 3x + 0
_____10. The following are the values of a, b and c that Edna and Luisa got when they expressed 5 – 3x = 2𝑥 2 in standard form.
( Edna: a = 2, b = 3, c = -5 ; Luisa: a= -2, b= -3; c =5 ) .Who do you think got the correct values of a, b c?
a. Luisa b. Edna c. Both of them are correct d. Both of them are wrong
____ 11. What is √16?
a. 4 b. 4 c. ±4 d. √4
____ 12. How many real roots does √−16 have?
a. no real roots b. zero c. one real root d. two real roots
____ 13. 3ℎ2 – 147 = 0, find for the root.
a. +7, -7 b. -7, -7 c. +7, +7 d. 0, +7
____ 14. Which of the following quadratic equation has two real roots.
a. 𝑥 2 – 16 = 0 b. 𝑥 2 + 16 = 0 c. 𝑥 2 +2 = 2 d. 𝑥 2 +3=3
2
____ 15. Extract: (2𝑠 − 1) = 225
a. 8, -7 b. -8, 7 c. -8,-7 d. 8,7
____17. How many real ?roots does a quadratic equation 𝑥 2 +5x+7=0 have?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
____ 18. Which of the following values of x make the equation 𝑥 2 +7x-18=0 true?
I. -9 II. 2 III. 9
a. I & II b. II & III c. I & III d. I, II, III
____ 19. The roots are -1 and -8, which of the following equations has this roots?
a. 𝑥 2 + 9x = -8 b. 𝑥 2 + 7x = 0 c. 𝑡 2 + 8𝑡 + 16 = 0 d. ℎ2 + 6h = 16
____ 20. Factor: 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 = 0.
a. 7,0 b. -7,0 c. 7,1 d. -7, -1
____ 21. Factor: n2 + 7n + 15 = 5
a. 5, 2 b. -5, 2 c. 5, -2 d.-5, -2
____ 22. Which of the following equations may be solved easily by factoring?
a. 2𝑥 2 = 72 c. 𝑤 2 − 64 = 0
2
b. 𝑡 + 12t + 36 = 0 d. 2𝑠 2 + 8𝑠 − 10 = 0
____23. Rey has an assignment, he needs to solve this equation by factoring: 𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 = −8.
What must he do? Arrange the given below and choose the best answer.
1. 𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 8.
2. (𝑥 + 1) = 0 ; (𝑥 + 8) = 0.
3 (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 8) = 0.
4. 𝑥 = −1 ; 𝑥 = −8.

a. 1-2-3-4 c. 1-2-4-3
b. 1-3-2-4 d. 4-3-2-1

____ 24.What must be the number that should be added to make the equation 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + ______ to make it a perfect square trinomial?
a. 2 b. 4 c.6 d.8
____ 25. Solve: 𝑦 2 + 4𝑦 = 32 by completing the square. What are the roots?
a. y = 4 & y = -8 c. y = -6 , y = -4
b. y =-4 & y = 8 d. y = 6 , y = 4
____ 26. Solve by completing the square: 2𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 10 = 0. What are the roots?
a. 1,5 b. -1,5 c.1,-5 d. -1,-5
____27. Which of the following quadratic equations has no real roots?
 a. 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 = 3 c.3𝑠 2 − 2𝑠 = −5
b. 𝑡 2 − 8𝑡 − 4 = 0 d.−2𝑟 2 + 𝑟 + 7 = 0
____28. One of the roots of 2𝑥 2 − 13𝑥 + 20 = 0 is 4. What is the other root?
2 5 2 5
a. - b.− c. d.
5 2 5 2
____29. Observe the solution given below:
The equation is 𝑦 2 + 4𝑦 − 32 = 0 is to be solved by completing the square.
Observe the solution;
𝑦 2 + 4𝑦 − 32 = 0 1
𝑦 2 + 4𝑦 = 32 2
𝑦 2 + 4𝑦 + 16 = 32 + 16 3
(𝑦 + 4)2 = 48 4
Something is wrong with the solution, which part of the solution?
a. 1 b.2 c.3 d.4

_____31. Find the solutions of the equation 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 = 27 using quadratic formula. What are the roots?
a. -3 and 9⁄2 c. 3 and − 9⁄2
b. -3 and 2⁄9 d. -3 and − 9⁄2

_____ 33. Find the solution of the equation: (2x – 5)2 − 4 = 0 using the quadratic formula.
a. 7⁄2 & 3⁄2 c. − 7⁄2 & 3⁄2

b. − 7⁄2& − 3⁄2 d. 7⁄2&−3⁄2

______34. The roots of a quadratic equation are -5 and 3. Which of the following quadratic equations has these roots?
a. 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 15 = 0 c. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 15 = 0
b. 𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 15 = 0 d. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 15 = 0
______35.What number should be added to the equation 𝑥 2 − 30𝑥+ = 0 to make into perfect square trinomial
a. 30 b. 225 c. 155 d. 255
______36.What is the value of a in the equation 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4 = 0
a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. -2
______37. 𝑥 2 − 9 = 0 is a quadratic equation. What is the value of b?
a. 3 b. 0 c. 5 d. 2
_____38.What is the common factor in the expression 5𝑥 2 − 20𝑥.
a. 5x b. 5 c. x d. 5𝑥 2
_____39.What value of x makes the statement 𝑥 + 6 = 21 true?
a. x= 13 b. x=15 c. x =16 d. x=11
_____40.If k=0 , then 𝑥 2 − 𝑘 has real solution or roots.
a. one b. two c. three d. none of these
_____41.Find the solutions of the equation 𝑥 2 − 16 = 0.by extracting square root.
a. -4,-4 b. 2,4 c. 4,-4 d. none of these
_____42.What is the value of c in the equation 5𝑥 2 − 20𝑥.
a. 20 b. 5 c. 0 d. -20
______43. The square root of 169 is .
a. 13 b. 15 c. 12 d. -13
______44. In trinomial 3x2 – 4x – 2, -2 is called term.
a.Quadratic term b. Linear term c. coefficient d. constant

______45. Standard form of 3𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 = 7

𝑎. −2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 7 = 0 b. 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 7 = 0 c. 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 7 = 0 d. 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 7 = 0
______46.Arrange the steps in completing the square method
1. Divide both sides of the equation by a then simplify
2. Add the square of one-half of the coefficient of x both sides of the equation
3. Solve the resulting linear equations
4. Write the equation such that the terms with variables are on the left side and the constant term is on the right side.
5. Solve the resulting quadratic equation by extracting square root.
6. Express the perfect square trinomial on the left side of the equation as a square of a binomial.
7. Check the solutions obtained against the original equation.

a. 1-4-2-6-5-3-7 c. 1-3-2-4-6-5-7
b. 1-2-4-3-5-6-7 d.4-3-1-2-6-5-7

49. Finding the square root of a perfect square, how many solutions do we have?
a. 1 b. 2 c.3 d.4
50.what is the value of b in the in (𝑥 + 2)2 = 3(𝑥 + 2)
a. 1 b. 2 c.3 d.4

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