Pre-Test for 2nd Semester

Grade 9 Mathematics

Name: ______________________________________________ Section: ___________________________

Direction: Choose the best answer for each of the following items. Write the letter of your chosen answer before each
number.
1
_____ 1. What is the simplified form of 40 x 5-2 x 6-1 x 1000 x −1 ?
2
1 1 1
A. 1 B. C. D.
75 150 6000
_____ 2. Which of the following is true?
1 −2
22
2 1
(3 )
1 2 3
D. 4 =
1 1 9
A. 5 +5 =552 3 B. 1
=2 C. 3 2
3
2 3 4
_____ 3. What is the equivalent of √
3
4 + √ 2 using exponential notation?
5

1 1 1
A. 4 3 +2 5 B. 4 3 +25 C. 6 8 D. 6 8
_____4. What is the equivalent of √
3
4 + √ 2 using exponential notation?
5

1 1 1
A. 4 3 +25 B. 4 3 +2 5 C. 6 8 D. 6 8
_____ 5. Any number raised to zero is equal to _____.
A. zero B. one C. undefined D. none of the above
_____ 6. An expression with a negative exponent _____ be written as an expression with a positive exponent.
A. can B. cannot C. never D. always
−3
_____ 7. Which is equivalent to 2 ?
1 1
A .−6 B. −8 C. D.
6 8
_____ 8. Which property can be used to simplify expressions with rational exponents?
A. property of quadratic B. property of exponent C. property of algebra D. none of the above
1
_____ 9. The exponential expression 1 is the same as
( x )2
1 −1
A. x 2 B. x 2 C. x 2 D. x−2
_____ 10. Exponential expressions with zero based should have _____ exponents only.
A. real number B. integer C. positive D. negative
_____ 11. In a n where a is negative, n should be a _____.
A. any real B. negative C. odd D. even
n
_____ 12. In a m where a is negative, m should be a _____.
A. positive B. negative C. odd D. even
_____13. Which is an expression with rational exponent if a , m , and n are greater than zero?
m
A.a
n
B. a−n C. a n D. none of the above
4
_____14. 3 5 can be written in radical form as
A. √3 4 5 B. √ 54
3
C. √ 35
4
D. √ 34
5

_____15. A rationalized radical expression does not have radical sign on _____.
A. parenthesis B. numerator C. denominator D. exponent
_____16. The simplified form of a radical expression would require;
I. NO prime factor of a radicand that has an exponent equal to or greater than the index.
 II. N0 radicand contains a fraction.
III. NO denominator contains a radical sign.
A. I only B. I and II only C. I and III only D. I, II and III
_____17. Similar radicals have the same radicand and _____.
A. index B. exponent C. radicand D. factors
_____18. Which is NOT a radical equation?
A. √ x=8 B. 5 √ 2 x=24 C. 3 √ 4=x D. √ x−2=10
_____19. How do you describe any two opposite angles in a parallelogram?
A. They are always congruent. C. They are supplementary.
B. They are complementary. D. They are both right angles.
_____20. What can you say about any two consecutive angles in a parallelogram?
A. They are always congruent. C. They are always supplementary.
B. They are sometimes complementary. D. They are both right angles.
_____21. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Everysquare is a rectangle. C. Every rectangle is a square.
B. Every rhombus is a rectangle. D. Every parallelogram is a rhombus.

_____22. Which of the following quadrilaterals has diagonals that do not bisect each other?
A. Square B. Rectangle C. Rhombus D. trapezoid
_____23. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are represented by 4x - 47 and 2x + 31. What is the value of x?
A. 37 B. 39 C. 107 D. 109
_____24. The ratio of the volumes of two similar rectangular prisms is 125 : 64. What is the ratio of their base areas?
A. 25:16 B. 25:4 C. 4:5 D. 5:4
_____25. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 6 cm, 10 cm, and 13 cm.What kind of a triangle is it?
A. Regular Tiiangle B. Acute Tiiangle C. Right Tiiangle D. Obtuse Tiiangle
_____26. What is the perimeter of a 30-60-90 triangle whose shorter leg is 5 inches long?
A. 5 √ 3 cm B. 15+5 √ 3 cm C. 15+ √ 3 cm D. 10+5 √ 3 cm
_____27. A map is drawn to the scale of 1 cm : 150 m. If the distance between towns A and B measures 8. 5 cm on the
map, determine the approximate distance between these towns.
A. 2175 m B. 1725m C. 1275m D. 2715m
_____28. The length of the shadow of your one-and-a-half-meter height is 2.4 meters at a certain time in the morning.
How high is a tree in your backyard if the length of its shadow is 16 meters?
A. 25.6 m B. 10 m C. 38.4 m D. 24m

For items 29 – 43, use ABC on the figure:

_____29. Which side is opposite of A?
A. k B. l C. m D. B
_____30. Which side is adjacent to A? (Use the choices on #29)
_____31. What do you call AB as a side of the triangle?
A. base B. leg C. hypotenuse D. radius
_____32. What ratio gives Sin A?
m m k k
A. B. C. D.
l k l m
_____33. Which ratio gives Cos A? (Use the choices on #32)
_____34. What ratio equal to Tan A? (Use the choices on #32)
_____35. Sec A is equal to which of the following ratio?
l l k k
A. B. C. D.
m k l m
_____36. Which of the following is Csc A? (Use the choices on #35)
_____37. Which is the same as Cot A? (Use the choices on #35)
_____38. What ratio gives Sin B?
 m m k k
A. B. C. D.
l k l m
_____39. Which ratio gives Cos B? (Use the choices on #38)
_____40. What ratio equal to Tan B? (Use the choices on #38)
_____41. Sec B is equal to which of the following ratio?
l l k k
A. B. C. D.
m k l m
_____42. Which of the following is Csc B? (Use the choices on #41)
_____43. Which is the same as Cot B?
m l k m
A. B. C. D.
l k l k
For items 44 – 46, use the figure of ABC on the right:
(Use Sin 65 = 0.91; Cos 65 = 0.42; Tan 65 = 2.14)
_____44. Which is the measure of B?
A. 20 B. 25 C. 30 D. 35
_____45. Which is the measure of g?
A. 2.1 B. 2.34 C. 4.55 D. 5.49
_____46. Which is the length of h? (Use the choices on #45)

For items 47 – 50, use the figure of XYZ on the right:

(Use Sin 30 = 0.5; Cos 30 = 0.8660; Tan 30 = 0.5774;
Sin 60 = 0.8660; Cos 60 = 0.5; Tan 60 = 1.7321)
_____47. Which can be use to solve for XZ ?
A. Sine ratio B. Cosine ratio C. Tangent ratio D. Pythagorean theorem
_____48. How long is XZ ?
A. 15 B. √ 15 C. 5 √ 5 D. 5 √ 3
_____49. Which is the measure of X?
A. 30 B. 45 C. 60 D. 90
_____50. Which is the measure of Y? (Use the choices on #49)

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