FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

Grade 8 Mathematics
SY 2015 2016

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.

( 3 x6 )2 ?

1. What is the product of

2
A. ( 9 x + 18 x +36 )

2
B. ( 9 x + 36 x 36 )

2
C. ( 9 x 18 x+36 )

2
D. ( 9 x 36 x+ 36 )

2. For which value of

A.

5x
3 x2

will

3
2

be meaningless?
2
B. 3

2
3

C.

D.

3
2

( x+ 2 ) ( x 22 x+ 4 ) ?

3. What is the product of

A.

x 38

4. One of the factors of

A.

B.

x 3+ 8

C.

x 316

D.

x 3+16

( y 225 ) is ( y5 ) . What is the other factor?

B. ( y5 )

( y +5)

5. Which is the expanded form of

2
A. a +3 a3

C.

( y +20 )

D. ( y20 )

( a+1 ) ( a3 ) ?

2
B. a 3 a+3

2
C. a +2 a3

2
D. a 2a3

6. Which of the special products will help you find the volume of an object with equal sides?
A. Square of a Trinomial
B. Cube of a Trinomial
C. Square of a Binomial
D. Cube of a Binomial
7. Which is the product of
2
A. 2 a 7 a15

( 2 a+3 ) ( a5 ) ?
B.

2 a2 +7 a15

8. Which of the following is the product of

3
A. 64v

3
B. 64+ v

2
C. 2 a 3 a15

2
D. 2 a +3 a15

( 4v ) ( 16+ 4 v +v 2 ) ?
3
C. 6416 v

D.

64+16 v 3

9. What is the volume, in cubic m, of a square container whose one edge measures ( y + 3) m ?
2
3
2
A. y + 6 y+ 9
B. y +9 y + 27 y+ 27
C.

y 3 +27

10. What is the GCF of

D.
3

y 3 +3 y 2+ 9 y+ 9

16 a b8 a y ?
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B. 8 a

A. 8 a
11. What are the factors of
A. ( 2 y+3 )( b+ 1 )

C. 2 ab

2 b+2+3 by +3 y ?

B. ( b+2 ) ( 3 y+ 1 )

12. What are the factors of

D. 4 a

C.

( b+1 ) ( 2+3 y )

D. ( 2 b+1 )( 3 y +b )

( 7298 b6 ) ?

2
2
4
A. ( 92 b ) ( 81+18 b +4 b )

2
2
4
B. ( 92 b ) ( 8118 b + 4 b )

2
2
4
C. ( 9+2 b ) ( 81+18 b + 4 b )

2
2
4
D. ( 9+2 b ) ( 8118 b +4 b )

13. What is the other factor of

( 3 x 2x14 ) if one factor is ( 3 x7 ) ?

A. ( x2 )

B. ( x+ 2 )

14. What must be multiplied to

A. ( ay7 )

C. ( x7 )

D. ( x+7 )

( 8+a ) to get 8 y +ay7 a56 ?

B. ( 7+ay )

C. ( 7+ y )

D. ( y7 )

15. Which of the following DOES NOT have a perfect cube root?
6
3
9
A. 729 b
B. 412 y
C. 27 m
16. What is the remaining factor of
A. ( 5k )

12
D. 8 a

( 125k 3 ) if the other factor is ( 25+5 k k 2 ) ?

B. ( 5+k )

C. ( 10k )

D. ( 10+k )

17. Which of the following is the correct definition for Rational Expressions?
A. It is the sum of two polynomials
B. It is the product of two polynomials
C. It is the difference of two polynomials
D. It is the quotient of two polynomials
18. Which of the following represents a rational expression?
A.

7 x+ 2

B.

19. What is the LCD of

A.

20. What value of

2y 5
,
x 2x

and

9+3 y
4x

B. 2 x
x

A. 4

21. What is the sum of

B. 4

7x
2 x +16

1
7x

56
3 x

D. 8 x

undefined?

C. 8

and

D.

?
C. 4 x

will make the expression

1 1
,
3 x 5x

3 x +2
C. 4 x

3 y+ 9=4

D. 8

?
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A.

15
35 x

B.

8
22. What is 5

multiplied to

35
42 x

C.

D.

10
D. 5

48
C. 5

23. Which of the following is in simplest form?

mn
5 x +15
A. 25 x +10
B. m2n2

3 x +2
C. 7 x

D.

24. Which of the following is a difference of two squares?

2
2
4 3
A. x + 9
B. 2 x +9
C. x y 100

A. 2

ab+a
a2

10 2
D. 4 x y 49

25. Which of the following is a possible value of

cubes?

71
105 x

56 ?

2
B. 5

14
A. 5

52
85 x

to make 8 x 1000 a difference of two

B. 8

C. 15

D. 25

26. Which algebraic expression gives the area of the shaded region of the figure below
b

b
6a

6a
2

A. 36 a +b

B. 36 a b

2
C. ( 6 a+b )

27. Which of the following expressions is equal to

3 m1
53 x
A. 13 m
B. 3 x+ 5

2
D. (6 ab)

1 ?
2
C. ( 6 a+b )

D.

x1
x

28. What is wrong with the solution of the expression below?

2
x
2 4
8
= 2 = 3
4
x x y x y
x2 y

A.

2
x
4

B.

2 4

x x2 y

C.

2
x

D. none of the following

x y
n

29. What value of

will make the equation

2
=25
5

()

true?

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A. 5

B. 4

2
B. ( y 2 )

2
C. ( y 4 )

2
B. ( 5+2 y y )

32. If the area of the square patio is

2
D. ( y 8 )

( 25 y +10 y 25 y 3 ) is 5 y , what then is the remaining

31. If the common monomial factor of

factor?
2
3
A. ( 5 y +2 y y )

D. 2

( y 4 16 ) is ( y 2 +4 ) , what then is the other factor?

30. If one of the factors of

2
A. ( y 1 )

C. 3

2
C. ( 25+10 y5 y )

2
D. ( 20+5 y y )

x 2+ 8 x +16 , what is its length and width?

A. ( x2 )( x2 )

B. ( x4 )( x4 )

C. ( x+ 8 )( x +8 )

D. ( x+ 4 )( x+ 4 )

33. All have the correct factors EXCEPT for which one?
2
2
2
2
A. x 4 x + 4=( x2 )
B. y 6 x +9=( x+3 )
2
C. y 25=( y5 ) ( y +5 )

34. All are factors of

A. 98 a

2
D. 81 a 1=( 9 a+1 ) ( 9 a1 )

72 a

35. Find the product of

EXCEPT for which one?

B. 4 a18
C. 3 a24

x 2+ y 2 + z 2 +2 xy +2 xz +2 yz

C.

x y + z 2 xy +2 x2 yz

6x
9

37. Find the quotient of

A. 2 x

38. Find the product of

A. 2 x ( x1 )

B.

x 2+ y 2 + z 22 xy +2 xz 2 yz

36. Find the difference of

A.

72a

( x y + z )2

A.

D.

5x 1

3 3

B.
5 x3
4

B.
x 21
x

x y + z +2 xy +2 x 2 yz

D.

4x
3

divided by

15 x
8

2 x2
3

and

B. 2 ( x1 )

2x
x +1

C.

5 x1
3

C.

x2
3

D.

5 x1
9

.
D.

x2
6

.
C. ( x1 ) ( x +1 )

D.

x1
x+1

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22 ( 5 9 57 )

39. Evaluate:
A. 4

B. 1

40. Simplify:

A.

3m n
2m

D. 2

9 m10 n
4m

B.

x x
=5
4 3

41. Solve:

C. 0

9 mn2
4

9 m8 n2
4

C.

D.

9 mn
4 m4

A. 12

B. 60

C. 12

D. 60

42. In solving

x
16
=
x4 x4

A. 4

, an extraneous root occurs. Which is this?

C. 2

B. 4

43. Represent the radius of a circle whose circumference is

A.

2
x +1

B.

44. Serena bought

1
x +1

C.

B.

( 45 a69 ab27 )

How much area will he need to hang it?

2
2
A. ( 81 y 27 y3 ) inches
2

C. ( 18 y + 24 y6 ) inches

x +1
2

D.

x+ 1

( 9 a ) per kilo. How much did she

( 45 a263 b+ 12ab )
D.

45. The dimensions of Timothys portrait are

( x+1 ) cm .
C.

( 5 a6 b+3 ) kilos of mangoes for

pay in all?
2
A. ( 45 a 54 ab+27 a )

D. 2

( 9 y +3 ) inches

( 45 a2 +27 ab54 a )
by ( 9 y3 ) inches

2
B. ( 819 y ) inches

D. ( 81 y 9 ) inches

46. Each of rubys parents is twenty-four years older than she. The sum of the three
ages is sixty-six greater than Rubys age. How old are they?
A. 33 yrs . old
B. 40 yrs . old
C. 57 yrs. old
D. 60 yrs . old
47.Working alone; a painter can paint a small apartment in 10 hours . Her helper can
paint the same apartment in 15 hours . How long would it take the painter and her
helper to complete the job if they work together?
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A. 3 hours

B. 12 hours

C. 6 hours

D. 8 hours

48. A filler pipe can fill a tank in 12 hours , while an outlet pipe can empty the tank in
18 hours . How long would it take to fill the empty tank with both pipes operating?
A. 16 hours
17 hours

B. 21 hours

49. How many kilograms of water must be added to

produce a 5 solution?
A. 20 kilograms

B. 10 kilograms

C. 36 hours

20 kilograms

D.

of a 10

C. 8 kilograms

salt solution to

D. 7 kilograms

50. While training for a bicycle race, Charles rode up a mountain road at 12 km/ hr and
1
3 hrs
then back down at 30 km/hr . If the round trip took
, how long did the uphill
2
trip take, and how many kilomete rs was it?
A. 14 kilometers
B. 19 kilometers

C. 25 kilometers

D. 30 kilometers

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