Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF OLONGAPO CITY
STA. RITA HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 8

General Instructions: Read each question carefully. Shade the letter of the correct
answer on the provided answer sheet.
1. Which of the following is the GCF of 21 m2 n, 42 mn2, and 98 mn ?
A. 7mn B. 7m2n C. 21mn D. 21m2n
2 2 2 3 2
2. Which of the following is the GCF of 12 a b −24 ab +30 a b ?
A. 2ab2 B. 4a3b2 C. 6ab2 D. 12a2b2
10 20
3. Factor completely: 16 c −169 d
A. ( 8 c 5 +13 d 10 ) ( 8 c 5−13 d 10 ) C. ( 4 c 5 +12 d10 ) ( 4 c 5−12 d 10 )
B. ( 4 c 2+ 13 d 2 )( 4 c 5−13 d 10 ) D. ( 4 c 5 +13 d 10) ( 4 c 5−13 d 10 )
4. Factor completely: 5 49 x − y ( 6 4 8
9 )
( 3 2 4
A. 7 x − y 7 x + y
3 )( 3 2 4
3 ) 3
( 1 4
C. 5 7 x − y 7 x + y
3 )(3 1 4
3 )
( 3 2 4
B. 5 6 x − y 6 x + y
3 )( 3 2 4
3 ) 3
( 2 4
D. 5 7 x − y 7 x + y
3 )( 3 2 4
3 )
3 6 3
5. Which of the following are the factors of 8 g h +27 i ?
A. ( 2 gh2−3 i 2 )( 4 g2 h4 −6 gh2 i 2 +9 i 4 ) C. ( 2 gh2+ 3i 2 ) ( 4 g 2 h 4−6 gh2 i 2+ 9i 4 )
B. ( 2 gh2−3 i 2 )( 4 g2 h4 +6 gh2 i 2+ 9i 4 ) D. ( 2 gh2+ 3i 2 ) ( 4 g 2 h 4 +6 gh2 i 2 +9 i 4 )
12
1
6. Which of the following are the factors of 343 r 9− s ?
64

( )( ) ( )( )
4 3 8 4 3 8
1 7 1 1 7 1
A. 7 r 3 + s 49 r 6− r s4 + s C. 7 r 3 − s 49 r 6− r s 4 + s
4 4 16 4 4 16

B. (7 r − s )(49 r + r s + s ) D. (7 r − s )(49 r + r s + s )
4 3 8 4 3 8
1 3 1 16 4 31 76 1 4
4 28 16 4 4 16
7. Factor completely: 25 x 2+ 30 x +9
A. ( 5 x+ 3 )2 B. ( 5 x−3 )2 C. ( x +3 )2 D. ( x−3 )2
8. Factor completely: 4 y 4−16 y 2+16
2 2 2 2
A. ( 2 y 2 +4 ) B. ( 2 y 2−4 ) C. ( 2 y 2 +8 ) D. ( 2 y 2−8 )
9. Identify the missing term in ( 5 z 2+ 6 ) ¿.
A. 30z B. 30z2 C. 11z D. 11z2
10. Identify the missing term in ¿¿ z +121.
A. 81z2 B. 81z C. 9z2 D. 9z
2
11. Identify the value of k in kx −49= (16 x +7 )( 16 x−7 ).
A. 16 B. 32 C. 156 D. 256
12. What is the length of the side (s) of a square if its area (A) is 4 y 2+ 28 y+ 49?
A. 4 y +49 B. ( 4 y +49 )2 C. 2 y +7 D. ( 2 y +7 )2
13. What causes a rational expression to be undefined?
A. The denominator is equal to zero. C. The numerator is equal to zero.
B. The denominator is equal to one. D. The numerator is equal to one.
 z +5
14.Compute 2 when z=5
z −1
10 5 10 2
A. B. C. D.
24 12 25 5
2
a +2 a
15. Express in simplest form:
2 a+4
2
a+2 a a
A. 2a B. C. D.
a+2 2 4
3
b
16. Express in simplest form: 3
5 a−b
b
3
−b
3
1 −1
A. B. C. D.
5a 5a 5a 5a
14 a 5a
17. Solve: +
18 b −18 b
9a −9 a a −a
A. B. C. D.
18 b 18 b 2b 2b
5x 2x
18. Solve: −
y+ 2 y +2
3x 3x 3x −3 x
A. B. C. D.
y+ 4 y−2 y+ 2 y+ 2
−4 a 6 b
19. Solve: ×
6 8
ab −ab 24 ab −24 ab
A. B. C. D.
2 2 48 56
6x 9
20. Solve: ÷
7 y 10
30 x 54 x 60 x 30 y
A. B. C. D.
31 y 70 y 63 y 31 x
21. A boat travels 28km upstream in 7 hours. It travels 48km downstream in 4 hours.
Find the speed of the boat and the speed of the stream.
A. 8km/hr and 4km/hr respectively C. 2km/hr and 1km/hr respectively
B. 4km/hr and 8km/hr respectively D. 1km/hr and 2km/hr respectively
22. How many quadrant/s are there in a rectangular coordinate system?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
23. Which of the following ordered pair is not a solution of x +3 y=8 .
A. (2 , 2) B. (−1 , 3) C. (−2 ,−2) d. (1 ,−3)
24. Find the slope of the line given the pair of points (−2 , 1) and (4 , 6).
5 −5 6 −6
A. m= B. m= C. m= D. m=
6 6 5 5
25. Find the slope of the line given the graph:

−7 7 −4 4
A. m= B. m= C. m= D. m=
4 4 7 7
26. Describe the slope of the line given the equation y=−3 x +12
A. Negative Slope B. Positive Slope C. Zero Slope D. Undefined Slope
27. Write the equation 6 x−2 y=8 in slope – intercept form.
 A. y=3 x + 4 B. y=3 x−4 C. 2 y=6 x−8 D. −2 y=−6 x +8
28. Write the equation y=3 x +1 in standard form.
A. 3 x+ y=1 B. −3 x+ y=1 C. 3 x− y=1 D. 3 x+ y=−1
29. Which of the following is the graph of linear equation given the pair of points (4 , 8)
and (1 , 5) ?
A. B. C. D.

1
30. Which of the following is the graph of linear equation given the m= and b=1 ?
3
A. B. C. D.

31. Describe the trend of graph of linear equation having a positive slope.
A. The line of graph is horizontal. C. The line of graph rises from right to
left.
B. The line of graph is vertical. D. The line of graph rises from left to
right.
32. Which of the following is the equation of the line given (−6 , 0) and (0 , 3)?
1 1
A. y= x +3 B. y= x−3 C. 2 y=x +3 D. 2 y=x−3
2 2
33. Which of the following is the equation of the line given m=6 and b=9
A. 6 x + y=−9 B. 6 x− y =−9 C. 6 x + y=9 D. −6 x− y =9
2
34. Which of the following is the equation of the line given m= and (0 , 6)?
3
2 2 2 2
A. y=6 x + B. y=6 x − C. y= x +6 D. y= x −6
3 3 3 3
35. Shan’s age is thrice the sum of the ages of his two sons. After 5 years, his age will
be twice the sum of the ages of his two sons. Find the age of Shan.
A. 35 years old B. 40 years old C. 45 years old D. 50 years old
36. Which of the following is the solution of linear equations 4 x−3 y=11 and 5 x− y=11
A. (2 , 1) B. (−2 ,−1) C. (−2 , 1) D. (2 ,−1)
37. Which of the following is the graph of linear equations x− y =3 and x + y=5
A. B. C. D.

38. How many solutions are there when the graph is intersecting?
 A. None B. Exactly One C. Two D. Infinite Many
39. When the graph is coinciding, the graph of equation is on?
A. Parallel Lines B. Intersecting lines C. The same line D. Two Lines
40. When the type of system is Inconsistent, the type of graph is?
A. Parallel B. Coinciding C. Intersecting D. Perpendicular

II. PROBLEM SOLVING (Item 41 – 50)

Direction: Answer the given problem. Show your solution.
Solve for the y – intercept of the linear equations x + y=7 and 3 x− y=1 . Complete
the table below, then create a graph. (5 points each)
A) x + y=7 x 0 1 2
y
B) 3 x− y=1 x 0 1 2
y

Rubric (for Items 41-50)

5 4 3 2 1 O
POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINT POINT
The student The student The student The student The student The student
provides provides provides provides exerts effort in shows no
correct correct correct correct accomplishing evidence in
solution solution solution but solution but the task but accomplishing
and answer and incomplete incorrect shows little the task.
with graph. answer. answer. answer. understanding
.

Prepared:

MELVIN C. INOCENCIO
Teacher II

Checked:
ELLEN AME V. FRONDA
HT III – OIC Assistant Principal

Noted:

MARIA CHRISTINA F. BERNAL-JUEGO

Principal I

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF OLONGAPO CITY
STA RITA. HIGH SCHOOL

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 8

Cognitive Process of Dimension

Easy (24) Average (12) Difficult (4)
No. of Hours

No. of Items

Rememberin

Understandi

Evaluating
Analyzing

Learning
Applying

Creating

Competencies/ Code
ng
g

Factors completely 3.75 8 9, 10 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

different types of 4, 7, 8
polynomials
(polynomials with
common monomial
factor, difference of two
squares, sum and
difference of two cubes,
perfect
square trinomials, and
general trinomials)
M8AL - Ia - b -1
Solves problems 8
involving factors of
3.75 11 12
polynomials.
M8AL - Ib - 2
Illustrates rational 8
algebraic expressions. 3.75 13 14
M8AL - Ic - 1
Simplifies rational 3
algebraic expressions. 1.5 15, 16
M8AL - Ic - 2
Performs operations on 3
rational algebraic 17, 18,
1.5
expressions. 19, 20
M8AL - Ic - d - 1
Solves problems 3
involving rational
1.5 21
algebraic expressions.
M8AL - Id - 2
Illustrates the rectangular 3
coordinate system and its
1.5 22
uses.
M8AL - Ie - 1
Illustrates linear 2
equations in two
0.75 23
variables.
M8AL - Ie - 3
Illustrates and finds the 2
slope of a line given two
0.75 26 24, 25
points, equation, and
graph.
Writes the linear 2
equation ax + by = c in
the form y = mx + b 0.75 27, 28
and vice versa.
M8AL - If - 1
Graphs a linear equation 2
given (a) any two points;
(b) the x – and y –
0.75 29, 30
intercepts; (c) the slope
and a point on the line.
M8AL - If - 2
Describes the graph of a 2
linear equation in terms
of its intercepts and 0.75 31
slope.
M8AL - If - 3
Finds the equation of a 0.75 2 32, 33,
line given (a) two points;
(b) the slope and a point;
(c) the slope and its 34
intercepts.
M8AL - Ig - 1
Solves problems 2
involving linear equations
0.75 35
in two variables.
M8AL - Ig - 2
Illustrates a system of 2
linear equations in two
0.75 36
variables.
M8AL - Ih - 1
Graphs a system of linear 2
equations in two
0.75 37
variables.
M8AL - Ih - 2
Categorizes when a given 2
system of linear
equations in two
variables has graphs that 38, 39,
0.75
are parallel, intersecting, 40
and
coinciding.
M8AL - Ih - 3
Solves problems 8
involving systems of
linear equations in two Problem
3.75
variables by (a) graphing; Solving
(b) substitution; (c)
elimination.
22.
Total 50 7 17 8 4 4 0
5

Answer Key
1. A 11. D 21. A 31. D
2. C 12. C 22. D 32. A
3. B 13. A 23. C 33. B
4. D 14. B 24. C 34. C
5. C 15. D 25. D 35. C
6. D 16. D 26. A 36. D
7. A 17. D 27. B 37. D
8. B 18. C 28. B 38. B
9. B 19. B 29. C 39. C
10. A 20. A 30. D 40. A
SUMMARY OF LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 8

LEVEL ITEMS TOTAL

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 22, 23, 26,
Easy 24
27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40
Average 5, 6, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 35 12
Difficult 29, 30, 36, 37 4
HOTS 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 10
TOTAL 50

Prepared by:

MELVIN C. INOCENCIO
Teacher II

Checked by: Noted by:

ELLEN AME V. FRONDA MARIA CHRISTINA F. BERNAL-

JUEGO
HT III OIC-Assistant Principal Principal I