Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University

Mid-La Union Campus

College of Technical Education
Laboratory High School Department

GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS
𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
SY 2017-2018

NAME: _____________________________________________________SCORE: _____________

𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Read each item carefully then write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided for. Some items that require solutions are assigned higher credit points. (50 pts)

____1. The slope of this line is ___________. 1

A. slope   , y-intercept  2
4
1
B. slope   , y-intercept  3
4
C. slope  4, y-intercept  4
D. slope  4, y-intercept  4

____4. The graph of a system of linear

equations is shown below. What is the
A. positive solution of the system?
B. negative
C. zero
D. undefined

____2. Find the slope of this line.

A. (0, 0)
B. (2, 2)
A. 3 C. (0, 2)
B. 2 D. (1, 1)
C. 0
D. undefined ____5. The graph of a system of linear
equations is shown below. What is the
____3. What is the slope and y-intercept of the solution of the system?
graph?

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 A. (0, 3) ____11. Which term describes a system with
B. (2, 4) exactly one solution?
C. (0, 6) A. consistent and independent
D. (6, 0) B. consistent and dependent
C. inconsistent
____6. Estimate a solution to the system. D. dependent

____12. What does it mean if (3, 2) is a solution

y  x  1

y  x  5
of  ?
A. (3, 2) makes at least one of the
equations true.
B. (3, 2) makes both equations true.
C. (3, 2) makes neither equation true.
D. (3, 2) makes exactly one of the
equations true.

____13. How many solutions does the system

 y  2x  1

A. (3, 2) 4x  2y  2 have?
B. (2.5, 3.5) A. none
C. (3.5, 2.5) B. exactly two
D. (4, 2) C. exactly one
D. infinitely many
____7. Which ordered pair is a solution to the
given system? ____14. What is the slope of the line
 x  2y  1 represented by the equation 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 1?
 2
y  x A.
3
A. (1, 1) 2
B. −
B. (3, 1) 3
C. (1, 0) 3
C.
D. (0, 1) 2
3
D. − 2
____8. Which ordered pair is a solution of
 x  y  3 ____15. What is the 𝑦 -intercept of the line
 ?
 2x  y  0 represented by the equation 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 1?
1
A. (3, 0) A.
3
B. (1, 2) 1
C. (0, 0) B. − 3
D. (1, 4) C. 3
D. 1
____9. Which ordered pair is a solution of this
1
 4x  y  3 ____16. Rewrite 𝑦 = − 3 𝑥 − 5 into its standard
 ?
3y  6x  6
system:  form.
A. 2, 11) A. 𝑥 − 3𝑦 = −15
B. −𝑥 + 3𝑦 = −15
1 
B.  , 3 C. −𝑥 + 3𝑦 = −15
2  D. 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = −15
C. (1, 1)
 1  ____17. What is the equation of the line with
D.   , 1 slope −2 and 𝑦-intercept 3?
 2 
A. 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 3
____10. Which term describes a system with no B. 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3
solution? C. 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 3
A. consistent D. −2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 3
B. dependent
C. inconsistent ____18. What is the equation of the line with
D. independent slope 2 and passes through the point (1,1)?

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 A. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1  x  y  1
B. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 1 ____23. (5 pts) Solve  using
 x  y  7
C. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3
D. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3 elimination by addition.
A. (4, 3)
____19. The drama club is having a ticket sale B. (3, 4)
as a fundraiser. They sell x red tickets at C. (3, 2)
P5 each and y blue tickets at P8 each. The D. (2, 3)
total sales for 200 tickets is P1,300. Which
system describes this situation? Solution:
𝑥 + 𝑦 = 200 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 200
A C
5𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 200 5𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 1300
𝑥 + 𝑦 = 200 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1300
B D
8𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 1300 8𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 200

____20. Find the solution to the system in #19.

A. 𝑥 = 120, 𝑦 = 80
B. 𝑥 = 50, 𝑦 = 150
C. 𝑥 = 150, 𝑦 = 50 2x  3y  14
D. 𝑥 = 100, 𝑦 = 100 
3x  3y  9
____24. (5 pts) Solve  using
 y  2x Cramer’s rule.
 A. (1, 2)
____21. (5 pts) Solve  y  4x  12 by B. (1, 4)
substitution. C. (1, 4)
A. (4, 8) D. (1, 2)
B. (6, 12)
C. (4, 8) Solution:
D. (6, 12)

Solution:

____25. (10 pts) The sum of Julio’s and

Charles’s ages is 44 years. Seven years
from now, Julio will be twice Charles’s age
now. How old is each one now?
____22. (5 pts) Solve using elimination by (Translate this problem into a system of
subtraction: equations in two variables then solve use
 2x  y  10 any method.)
 .
x  y  2 x=Julio y=Charles’s age
A. (4, 2) x+y=44 x+7=27 x=27, y=17
B. (8, 6)
C. (2, 2) − − − − −𝐸𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑡 − − − − −
D. (1,3)

Solution:
Prepared by: REMALYN QUINAY-CASEM

Checked by: DR. FLORECITA L. NARTATES

𝐿𝐻𝑆 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙

Noted: DR. MA. CLEOFE F. BELLO

𝐶𝑇𝐸𝐷 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛

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