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Grade 8 Mathematics
SY 2015 2016
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.
( 3 x6 )2 ?
2
B. ( 9 x + 36 x 36 )
2
C. ( 9 x 18 x+36 )
2
D. ( 9 x 36 x+ 36 )
A.
5x
3 x2
will
3
2
be meaningless?
2
B. 3
2
3
C.
D.
3
2
( x+ 2 ) ( x 22 x+ 4 ) ?
x 38
B.
x 3+ 8
C.
x 316
D.
x 3+16
( y +5)
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
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
D.
3
y 3 +3 y 2+ 9 y+ 9
16 a b8 a y ?
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2
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 )
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 )
A. ( x2 )
B. ( x+ 2 )
C. ( x7 )
D. ( x+7 )
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
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.
2y 5
,
x 2x
and
9+3 y
4x
B. 2 x
x
A. 4
B. 4
7x
2 x +16
1
7x
56
3 x
D. 8 x
undefined?
C. 8
and
D.
?
C. 4 x
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
3 x +2
C. 7 x
D.
A. 2
ab+a
a2
10 2
D. 4 x y 49
71
105 x
56 ?
2
B. 5
14
A. 5
52
85 x
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 )
2
D. (6 ab)
1 ?
2
C. ( 6 a+b )
D.
x1
x
A.
2
x
4
B.
2 4
x x2 y
C.
2
x
x y
n
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 )
2
D. ( y 8 )
D. 2
C. 3
2
C. ( 25+10 y5 y )
2
D. ( 20+5 y y )
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 )
2
D. 81 a 1=( 9 a+1 ) ( 9 a1 )
72 a
x 2+ y 2 + z 2 +2 xy +2 xz +2 yz
C.
x y + z 2 xy +2 x2 yz
6x
9
A. 2 x
B.
x 2+ y 2 + z 22 xy +2 xz 2 yz
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
B. 4
2
x +1
B.
1
x +1
C.
B.
( 45 a69 ab27 )
C. ( 18 y + 24 y6 ) inches
x +1
2
D.
x+ 1
( 45 a263 b+ 12ab )
D.
( x+1 ) cm .
C.
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
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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