SUMMATIVE TEST

MATHEMATICS 8
QUARTER 1 (WEEK 1-4)
ANSWER SHEET I. MULTIPLE CHOICES:
Shade the letter of the correct answer
in the answer sheet provided. DO NOT
SHADE THE ROLL NO.
1. What is the GCF of 16 and 48?
a.2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 16
2. What is the GCF of 12x2, 4x4, and
6x?
a.2 b. x c. 2x d. 2x2
3. What is the other factor of 3a2b3 +
6a3b4 if one factor is 3a2b3?
a.(1 + 3ab) b. (1 + 2ab)
c (3 + 2ab) d. (2 + 3ab)
4. What should be the last term of the
polynomial 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + ___ to make it a
perfect square trinomial?
a.1 b. -1 c. 2 d. -2
5. Which of the following expressions
has factors (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 − 𝑦)?
a.𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 b. 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2
c. 2𝑥 + 2𝑦
2 2 d. 2𝑥 2 − 2𝑦 2
6. Which of the following is the
complete factored form of the cubic
polynomial?
Start shading here! x3 + 8?
a.(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 4)
b. (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 4)
c.(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 4)
d. (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 4)
7. Which of the following is the
expanded form of (𝑥 − 2)2 ?
a.𝑥 2 − 4
b. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 4
c. 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4
d. 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
8. What are the two numbers whose
sum is 9 and whose product is -36?
a.12 , 3
b. 12 , -3
c. -12 , 3
d. -12 , -3
9. What is the complete factored form
of 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 30?
a.(𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 + 5)
b. (𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 − 5)
c. (𝑥 + 6(𝑥 − 5) d. (𝑥 + 6)(𝑥 + 5)
10. The rectangle has an area of 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 − 45. If the length is represented by
(x-15), find the binomial that represents the width of the rectangle?
a. (x+3) b. (x - 3) c. (-x – 3) d. (-x + 3)
11. The square of a number decreased by 25 is zero. What is the number?
a. 5 b. 15 c. 25 d. 35
12. The area of a square lot is 49m2. What is the length of the side?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
13. The area of a rug is 36cm . The width is 9cm less than its length. What is the length of
2

the rug?
a. 12 cm b. 3 cm c. 6 cm d. 4 cm
14. Which of the following is a rational algebraic expression?
1
2+𝑥 2 8+ 1+𝑦
a. b. c. 𝑥
d.
3𝑥−5 √𝑥+1 1+𝑦 8+√𝑥
2+𝑥
15. What is the value of the rational algebraic expression when x=2?
3𝑥−5
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
16. Which of the following represents a ratio of two polynomials?
2𝑥+5
a. c. (𝑥 + 3) + (2𝑥 + 5)
𝑥+3
b. (𝑥 + 3)(2𝑥 + 5) d. (𝑥 + 3) − (2𝑥 + 5)
6𝑥
17. What is the value of x that will make the expression undefined?
2𝑥−4
a. 0 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
18. Which of the following is a rational algebraic expression that illustrates binomial in
numerator and trinomial in denominator?
𝑥+1 𝑥+1 𝑥+1 𝑥 2 +𝑥+3
a. b. 2 c. 2 d. 2
𝑥+2 𝑥 +2 𝑥 +2𝑥+2 𝑥 +2𝑥+2
19. Which of the following represents the phrase “The sum of a number n and nine”?
a. n-9 b. n+9 c. 9n+n d. 9n-n
20. Which the following expressions is NOT a polynomial?
a. x+3 b. 1+√𝑦 c. 2d d. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 3
21. When is a rational algebraic expression in lowest term?
a. If the numerator and denominator are both of degree 1.
b. If either the numerator or the denominator is factored completely.
c. If the numerator and denominator have no common factor other than 1.
d. If the numerator and denominator have no common factor other than -1.
2𝑥+6
22. Which of the following is the simplified form of ?
𝑥+3
a. 2 b. x+2 c. x+3 d. 2x
28𝑥³
23. What is the simplest form of the rational algebraic expression ?
7𝑥⁴
a. x/4 b. 4/x c. 7/x d. x/7
3𝑥 8
24. What is the product of ∗ ?
4 9
a. 3/2 b. x/3 c. 2x/3 d. 3/2x
𝑥+6 𝑥+6
25. What is the quotient of ÷ ?
5 3
a. 5/3 b. 3/5 c. 5/(x+6) d. 3/(x+6)