HOLY TRINITY UNIVERSITY

Puerto Princesa City, 5300

Integrated Basic Education Department
SY 2017 - 2018

ACHIEVEMENT TEST IN MATHEMATICS 8

(Grade 8 - Faith)

“The only permanent thing in this world is change.

What you own today may not be yours in the future. What is true today may not be true tomorrow.
Where you are staying at the moment may not be where you are after a while.
- Gladys Glo H. Marcelo, Basic Calculus

Name: ______________________ Date: _____________ Score: _____________

Directions: Read and understand each question very carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the space provided before each number. STRICTLY NO ERASURES. USE OF ANY CORRECTION FLUID
OR CORRECTION TAPE IS NOT ALLOWED.

_______1. What is the degree of any real numbers?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

_______2. What is the term that has exactly the same variable and same exponents?
A. Different Terms B. Dissimilar Terms
C. Same Terms D. Similar Terms

_______3. Which of the following is an example of polynomial?

A. 21/2 + 3x1/3 B. 2√3𝑥 + x2 – 1
C. 6x-4 + x-2 – x D. 5

_______4. What do you call a polynomial with one term?

A. Binomial B. Monomial
C. Multinomial D. Trinomial

_______5. What is the highest degree among the degrees of the terms in the polynomials?
A. Degree of a constant B. Degree of a number
C. Degree of a Polynomial D. Degree of a Term

_______6. Any number raise to zero is equal to what value?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

_______7. What do you call a polynomial with three terms?

A. Binomial B. Monomial
C. Multinomial D. Trinomial

_______8. What is the derivative of any constant?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

_______9. How many degrees the quartic polynomial had?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

_______10. What do you call a polynomial in the 4th degree?

A. Cubic B. Quadratic C. Quartic D. Quintic
_______11. What is the square root of 144?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13

_______12. What is the common practice in mathematics in writing polynomials?

A. It is to write polynomials according to their coefficient.
B. It is to write polynomials in the ascending powers of the variables.
C. It is to write polynomials according to number of terms.
D. It is to write polynomials in the descending powers of the variables.

_______13. What is the largest number or integer that a set of numbers or polynomials have in
common?
A. CMF B. GCF B. LCD C.. LCM

_______14. What is the reverse process of multiplication?

A. Adding B. Dividing C. Factoring D. Subtracting

_______15. What is the set of all ordinate in a function?

A. Domain of a Relation B. Range of a Relation
C. Domain of a Function D. Range of a Function

_______16. What is the leading coefficient in the polynomial, 3x4 – 14x3 + x2 + 26x + 8?
A. 3 B. 4 C. – 14 d. 26

_______17. Who introduced to us the words abscissa, ordinate and coordinate?

A. Diophantus B. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
C. Leonardo Fibonacci D. Rene Descartes

_______18. How can you determine the degree of a polynomial?

A. By the number of terms
B. By the sum of all the exponents
C. By the highest coefficient of a variable
D. By the highest exponent of a variable

_______19. Who is the Father of Algebra?

B. Diophantus B. Isaac Newton
C. Leonardo Fibonacci D. Rene Descartes

_______20. What is the mechanical way of solving systems of linear equations?

A. Using Determinants B. Using Elimination
C. Using Graph D, Using Substitution

_______21. What is the major contribution of Gabriel Cramer in the field of Mathematics?
A. Cramer’s Equation B. Cramer’s Plane
C. Cramer’s Rule D. Cramer’s Sign

_______22. What must be added to x2 + 36 to make it a perfect square trinomial?

A. 12x B. 6x C. 3x D. x

_______23. What is the set of all abscissa in a function?

B. Domain of a Relation B. Range of a Relation
C. Domain of a Function D. Range of a Function
_______24. Which of the following is the square of 4x – 3?
A. 16x2 – 12x + 9 B. 16x2 – 24x + 9
C. 16x2 – 9 D. 16x2 + 9

_______25. Who is the Father of Analytic Geometry?

A. Diophantus B. Isaac Newton
C. Leonardo Fibonacci D. Rene Descartes

_______26. What do you call the regions in the coordinate system?

A. Abscissa B. Intercepts C. Ordinate D. Quadrant

_______27. What is the meaning of the symbol of the slope (m)?

A. Mass B. Map C. Median D. Mountain

_______28. In which quadrant do points lie if both their abscissa and ordinate are positive?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV

_______29. In which quadrant do points lie if both their abscissa and ordinate are negative?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV

_______30. In which quadrant do points lie if both their abscissa and ordinate are positive?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV

_______31. What is the factor of a2 + 2a + 1?

A. (a + 1)2 B. (a + 2)2 C. (2a+1)2 D. (2a+2)2

_______32. In which quadrant do points lie if their abscissa is positive and their ordinate is
negative?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV

_______33. What is the factor of x2 – 3x – 18?

A. (x + 3)(x – 6) B. (x – 3)(x + 6)
C. (x + 3)(x + 6) D. (x – 3)(x – 6)

_______34. In which quadrant do points lie if their abscissa is negative and their ordinate is
positive?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV

_______35. What is the equation of a line in standard form with x-intercept 8 and y-intercept – 4?
A. x – 2y = 8 B. x + 2y = 8
C. x – 4y = 8 D. x + 4y = 8

_______36. The line y = ax + 3 passes through the point (5, 6). What is the value of a?
1 2 3 4
A. B. 5 C. 5 D. 5
5

_______37. In which quadrant do points lie if their abscissa is zero?

A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV
_______38. What is the y-intercept of the line 7x + 4y = 28?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

_______39. In which quadrant do points lie if their ordinate is a negative real number?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV

_______40. Which of the following is NOT a perfect square trinomial?

A. 4 + 4a + a2 B. 4b2 + 6b + 9
C. c2 – 2cd + d2 D. 16e4 – 24e2 + 9

_______41. In which quadrant do points lie if their abscissa is a positive real number?
A. Quadrant I B. Quadrant II
C. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV

_______42. The line y = 3x + b passes through the point (2, 4). What is the value of b?
A. 21 B. 22 C. 23 D. 24

_______43. What is the x intercept of the line whose equation is 3x + 5y = 15?

A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20

_______44. What is the y intercept of the line whose equation is 3x + 5y = 15?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

_______45. What do you call a point that lie on the same line and have only one slope?
A. Coherent Point B. Collinear Points
C. Same Point D. Slope Point

_______46. What is the measure of the steepness of a line?

A. Intercept of a Line B. Median of a Line
C. Slope of a Line D. Transversal of a Line

_______47. What is the square root of 100a2b4?

A. 10ab B. 10ab2 C. 10ab3 D. 10a2b4

_______48. What is the set of one or more ordered pairs?

A. Abscissa B. Function C. Ordinate D. Relation

_______49. What is the factor of c2 – 6c – 7?

A. (c – 7)(c + 1) B. (c + 7)(c – 1)
C. (c + 7)(c + 1) D. (c – 7)(c – 1)

_______50. What is the equation that can be written in the form Ax + By = C?

A. Cubic Equation B. Linear Equation
C. Quadratic Equation D. Polynomial Equation

_______51. How do you describe the line that passes through the points (5, - 6) and (- 9, - 6)?
A. The line is pointing upward to the right.
B. The line is pointing downward to the right.
C. The line is pointing upward to the left.
D. The line is pointing downward to the left.
_______52. What is the factor of 9a2 – 1?
A. (3a + 1)(3a – 1) B. (9a + 1)(a – 1)
C. (3a – 1)(3a + 1) D. (9a – 1)(a + 1)

_______53. What is the set of all abscissa in a relation?

A. Domain of a Relation B. Range of a Relation
C. Domain of a Function D. Range of a Function

_______54. What is the factor of 17v2 – 68 ?

A. (17v + 2)(v – 2) B. 17(v + 2)(v – 2)
C. (17v – 2)(v + 2) D. 17(v – 2)(v + 2)

_______55. What is the slope of a line with x-intercept of 3 and y-intercept of – 9?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

_______56. It states that two points determine a line.

A. Line Corollary B. Line Postulate
C. Line Theorem D. Segment Theorem

_______57. What is the set of all ordinate in a relation?

A. Domain of a Relation B. Range of a Relation
C. Domain of a Function D. Range of a Function

_______58. The sum of three consecutive integers is – 54. What is the largest integer?
A. – 19 B. – 18 C. – 17 D. – 16

_______59. What is the line that has the same slope and will never intersects?
A. Intersecting Lines B. Parallel Lines
C. Perpendicular Line D. Straight Line

_______60. What is the line that the slope is the negative reciprocal of each other and a pair of line
intersects at 90 degrees?
A. Intersecting Lines B. Parallel Lines
C. Perpendicular Line D. Straight Line

GOOD LUCK! BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Prepared by:

MR. DIONEL R. RIZO

Subject Teacher