FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST

MATHEMATICS 8
S.Y. 2020-2021
Date: October 19-23, 2020

Name: _______________________________________________ Score: ________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Read the following carefully. Choose the correct answer and on the space
provided, write the letter only.
1. What is the greatest common factor of 6n2 – 18n4?
A. 6 B. 6n C. 6n2 D. 6n3
2. What is the factored form of m2 + 5m + 6?
A. (m + 2)(m + 3) C. (m + 1)(m +6)
B. (m - 2)(m - 3) D. ( m - 1)(m - 6)
3. Which of the following are the factors of c2 + 12c + 36?
A. (c + 2)2 B. (c + 3)2 C. (c + 6)2 D. (c + 12)2
4. What is the factored form of y2 – z2?
A. (y + z)(y + z) C. (y – z)(y – z)
B. (y + z)(y – z) D. (z – y )(y + z)
5. What will you multiply to (p + 3) to have a product of sum of 2 cubes?
A. p2 – 6p + 9 C. p2 + 3p + 9
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B. p + 6p + 9 D. p2 - 3p + 9
6. Which of the following expressions CANNOT be factored?
A. v3 – 27 C. 3b + 5c
B. 11n – 22p D. c2 + 7c
7. Which of the following is the factored form of 18w2x – 27w2y?
A. 9 (w2x - 3w2y ) C. 9w (2wx – 3wy )
B. 9 w2(x – 3y) D. 9w2( 2x – 3y)
8. Which factoring technique will be used to factor 5m2+2m-3?
A. Factoring the general trinomial C. Factoring the sum of two cubes
B. Factoring the difference of two squares D. Factoring the perfect square trinomial
9. The area of a rectangular wall is (x2-64) square meters and its width is (x-8) meters. What is its length?
A. x - 4 B. x + 4 C. x + 8 D. n + 16
10. The length of a whiteboard in the classroom is nine more than its width. If the area of the floor is 36
square feet. What measure of the length of the whiteboard?
A. 3 ft B. 6 ft C. 9 ft D. 12 ft
11. Which of the following expressions is a rational algebraic expression?
x− y 5p
A. m−5 +n−2 B. C. D.
xy r−r
10
√ a+2
(c +3)(c−3)
12. What is the simplified form of the area of the lot expressed as square meters?
( c+3)
A. c2 + 5 B. c – 3 C. c + 3 D. c
−6 w
13. Which is true about reducing ?
6w
A. It cannot be reduced. C. The reduced form is 0.
B. The reduced form is 1. D. The reduced form is -1.
15 9
14. What is the simplified form of the given: − ?
y y
−6 −5 6 5
A. B. C. D.
y y y y
3 12
15. What is the quotient when is divided by ?
n+2 n+2
1 1
A. 3 B. C.4 D.
4 3

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16. What is the product when is multiplied by ?
xy w
14 4 35 −4
A. B. C. D.
wxy wxy wxy wxy
a 8
17. What is the sum when is added to ?
ab ab
12 4 4 12
A. B. C. D.
a2 b2 ( ab )2 ab ab
18. Helen can complete his performance task in x hours. What part of the job can be completed by her
after 8 hours?
x 8
A. B. C. x - 8 D. x + 8
8 x
19. Alan and Rex can finish painting a room together within certain number of hours (x). How will you
represent algebraically, in simplest form, the job done by the two if Alan (a) and Rex (r) worked together?
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A. − = B. × = C. + = D. ÷ =
a r x a r x a r x a r x
20. Marie and Ana are making their projects. Marie, make the project alone can complete it in 2 hours.
Ana can complete the same project in 5 hours. How long would it take them to complete the project
working together?
7 10
A. hours B. hours C. 7 hours D. 3 hours
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21. In what quadrant does the point (5, -1) belong in the Cartesian plane?
A. Quadrant I C. Quadrant II
B. Quadrant III D. Quadrant IV
22. What is the Rectangular Coordinate System?
A. It is used for naming points in a plane.
B. It is a two-dimensional plane which is divided by the axes into four regions.
C. It is a plane used for graphing linear functions.
D. It is used to determine the location of a point by using a single number.
23. Which of the following illustrates linear equation in two variables?
A. x < y + 3 C. y + 7 = 0
B. x2= y – 5 D. 12 + y = x
24. What is the slope of the line in the equation y = - 4x + 9?
A. 0 B. 1 C. -4 D. 9
25. What is the slope- intercept form y = mx + b of the equation 3x + y = -7?
A. y = 3x + 7 B. y = -3x - 7 C. y = 3x - 7 D. y = -3x + 7
26. What is the trend of the graph if the slope is zero?
A. The graph is increasing from left to right
B. The graph is decreasing from left to right
C. The graph is a horizontal line
D. The graph is a vertical line
27. Which of the following is the linear function with slope 4 and y – intercept of -11?
A. y = 11x + 4 B. y = 4x + 11 C. y = -4x - 11 D. y = -4x + 11

28. Which of the following shows the graph of the equation y = x – 3 ?

A. B. C. D.

Refer to the problem below to answer item 29 and 30.

To help his family, David sells bottle water in the morning. He gets Php3 per bottled water
sold and a Php 20 a day tip from the supplier.

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29. Which linear function represents the given problem if x is the number of bottled water sold and y is the
amount he earn?
A. y = 20 x + 3 B. y = 3x + 20 C. 3y = x + 20 D. 20y = x + 3
30. How much does he earn if he sells 25 bottled water in one day?
A, Php 65 B.Php 75 C. Php 85 D. Php 95