Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Laguna
NICOLAS L. GALVEZ MEMORIAL INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Antonio, Bay Laguna

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 8

S.Y. 2022 - 2023

Name: ___________________________________ Score: _______________

Grade and Section: _________________________ Date: ________________

I. Direction: Multiple Choice. Encircle the correct answer. STRICTLY NO ERASURES.

1. Find the prime factorization of 108.

2 3 2 2 2 3 2
a. 2 ⋅3 b. 1⋅2 ⋅3 c. 2 ⋅3⋅6 d. 2 ⋅3
2. Find the GCF of 21 and 42.
a. 3 b. 7 c. 21 d. 42
3. What is the greatest common monomial factor of the expression −8 xyz−16 xy−24 xz ?
a. −8 x b. −4 x c. 4 xyz d. 16 x

4. Find the missing factor: −105 a b =( 7 ab ) (? )

3 6 2

3 3 3 3 2 4 2 4
a. −112 a b b. −15 a b c. −15 a b d. −25 a b
2
18 c −45 c+9
5. Divide 9
2 2 2
a. 2 c −5 c b. 5 c −2 c +16 c. 2 c −5 c +1 d. 2
3 2
6. Which of the following is not factors of 8x y ?

a. ( 4 xy ) ( 2 x y )2
b. ( 8 x )( y )
3 2
c. ( 2 xy2 )( 4 x 2 y ) d. ( x 3 y 2) ( 8 )
4 2
7. Factor 10 x −5 x
2 2 4 4 4
a. 5 x (2x −1) b. 5 x(2 x −1) c. 5(2 x −1) d. 5 x(2 x −1)
3 2
8. Factor 16 x −56 x + 8 x
3 2
a. 8(2 x −7 x +x ) c. 8 x(2 x 2 −7 x2 +x )
2 3 2
b. 8 x(2x −7 x+1 ) d. 8 x (2 x +7 x +x )
2 2 2 2
9. Trinomials of the forms x +2 xy+ y and x −2 xy+ y are called ____?
a. perfect square trinomial c. cube of binomial
b. difference of binomial d. sum of two squares
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10. Your classmate was asked to square ( 2 x−3 ) , he answered 4 x −9 is his answer correct?
a. Yes, squaring a binomial always produces a binomial product.
b. Yes, because the product rule is correctly applied.
c. No, because squaring a binomial always produce a trinomial product.
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d. No, because the answer must be 4 x + 9
11. The product of the sum and difference of two numbers is the ____ of these two numbers.
a. difference of squares c. square of binomial
a. difference of cubes d. sum of two squares
12. Which of the following is a perfect square trinomial?
x 2 +10 x+24
2 2 2
a. b. 9 x −21 x +49 c. a +6 a+ 9 d. m + 4 m+ 16
2
13. What should be multiplied to ( 3 x−7 ) to get 9 x −49 ?
2 2
a. ( 3 x−7 ) b. ( 3 x+7 ) c. 9 x −21 x +49 d. 9 x −42+49
2
14. Factor 4 x −16 completely.
a. ( 4 x −4 )( 4 x−4 ) b. 4 ( x −2 )( x−2 ) c. ( 2 x−4 )( 2 x−4 ) d. 4 ( x −2 )( x +2 )
15. Which of the following is a sum of two cubes?
 a. m3 +9 3
b. m −9
6
c. m + 9
3
d. m +8
2
16. Find the missing term ( x+__ )( x +__ )=x +10 x +24 .
a. 24,1 b. 12, 2 c. 8, 3 d. 6, 4
2
17. Find the missing term so that 16 x +__+25 forms a perfect square trinomial.
a. 20 x b. 20 x
2
c. 40 x d. 40 x
2

18. Which of the following gives a product of y 2 +4 y−5 ?

a.( y +1 )( y +5 ) b. ( y +5 ) ( y−1 ) c. ( y−5 ) ( y +1 ) d. ( y−1 ) ( y−5 )
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19. Factor a −7 a+ 12 completely.
a. ( a−3 ) ( a−4 ) b. ( a−12 )( a−1 ) c. ( a−1 )( a+12 ) d. ( a+3 )( a+ 4 )
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20. The area of a square is 4 x −12 x+ 9 square units. What expression represents the lengths of the sides?
a. ( 3 x−2 ) sq. units b. ( 2 x−3 ) sq. units c. ( 4 x +9 ) sq. units d. ( 4 x +3 ) sq. units
21. Express ( a−1 )( a−1 ) as a polynomial.
b. 2 a+1
2 2 2
a. a +1 c. a −2 a+1 d. a +2 a−1
3 3
22. The expression x − y is an example of ____?
a. difference of two squares c. square of binomial
b. difference of two cubes d. sum of two cubes

23. Which Mathematical statement is not correct?

2 2
a. ( 2 x− y )( 3 x− y )=6 x −5 xy+ y c. ( 3 x−4 )( 2 x+7 )=6 x 2 −13 x−28
2
b. ( 4 x−5 )( 4 x−5 ) =16 x −40 x+25
2 2
d. (2 x−5) =4 x −20 x +25

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24. Expand ( p−5 )
2 2 2 2
a. p +10 p+5 b.p −10 p+5 c. p −10 p+25 d. p +10 p+25
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25. The expression ( x+ y ) =x 3 +3 x 2 y +3 xy 2 + y 3 is an example of ____?
a. perfect square trinomial c. cube of binomial
b. difference of binomial d. sum of two square

II. Direction: Matching Type. Match the Column A to the corresponding answers in Column B. Write your
answer on the space provided before the number. STRICTLY NO ERASURES.

____26. 4x (3x – 5) A. 6x2y2 + 3xy3 – 3xy2

____27. 3xy2(2x + y – 1) B. x3 – 27
____28. (x + y)(x – y) C. 4x2 – 9
____29. (2x + 3)(2x – 3) D. 4x2 + 12x + 9
____30. (x – 5y)(x + 5y) E. 12x2 – 20x
____31. (x + y)2 F. 6x2 + x – 2
____32. (2x + 3)2 G. ac – ad + bc – bd
____33. (x – 5y) 2
H. mr – nr + ms – ns
____34. (x + 4)(x – 3) I. x2 – y2
____35. (2x – 1)(3x +2) J. 2x2 – x – 10
____36. (x + 2)(2x – 5) K. x2 – 10xy + 25y2
____37. (x – 3)(x2 + 3x + 9) L. x2 + x – 12
____38. (x + 3)(x2 – 3x + 9) M. x3 + 27
____39. (a + b)(c – d) N. x2 + 2xy + y2
____40. (m – n)(r + s) O. x2 – 25y2