PRE-TEST IN MATHEMATICS 8

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Mr. Cadigal will get the average grade of his students in Math for the Fourth Grading Period.
He added all the grades and divides it to the number of his students. What measure of Central
Tendency did he apply?
A. Mean B. median C. mode D. Variance
2. The following are the scores of randomly selected Grade VII-STE students in their Math
Quiz:
10,5,10,10,9,8 and 7. What is the mode?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 5 D. 7
3. A boy has 4x – 5 red marbles, 3x + 8 yellow marbles and 6 + 5x green marbles. How many
marbles does he have in all?
A. 13x + 8 C. 13x – 8
B. 12x + 9 D. 12x – 9
2
4. Find the product of (2y – 1) and (4y + 2y + 1).
A. 8y3 – 1 C. –8y3 – 1
3
B. 8y + 1 D. –8y3 + 1
5. Which of the following is a system of linear equations in two variables?
A. 2x – 7y = 8 C. x + 9y = 2
B. 3x + 5y = -2 2x – 3y > 12
x – 4y = 9 D. 4x + 1 = 8
6. It refers to the steepness of the line.
A. Domain B. Slope C. Range D. y-intercept
7. Which of the following is the equation of a line with a slope of 0 and passing through the
point ( 4, 6)?
A. x = -6 B. x = -4 C. x = 4 D. x = 6
8. Find the slope of the line passing through (3, 4) and (8, -1).
A. -1 B.0 C. 2 D. 1
9. Which of the following expressions is the Greatest Common Monomial Factor of the
binomial 12x² + 4x?
a . 2x b. x c. 6x d. 4x
10. Which of the following is the product of (2x+5) (2x-5)?
a 4x² +25 b. 4x²-25 c.4x² +20x-25 d. 4x²+20x+25
11. What are the factors of the trinomial m² - 4m + 4?
a (m-2)2 b.(m-4)2 c.(m+2 )2 d. (m+4)
12. Which of the following products of two binomials result to x 2 + 9x + 14?
a.(x+2) (x+7) b.(x+14) (x+1) c.(x+7) (x-2) d.(x-7) (x-2)
13. Find the product of (x+5) (x+5).
a. x2-10x+25 b. x2+10x+25 c. x2-10x-25 d. x2+10x-25
2
14. What is the factor of p +5p+6?
a. (p+2) (p+3) b. (p+6)(p+1) c. (p-2)(p-3) d. (p-6)(p-1)

a. 𝑥 − 2 b. 𝑥 2 – 2 c. 𝑥 2 – 2 2
15. If one factor of the difference of two squares is x + 2, what is the other factor?
d. (𝑥 − 2)2
16. The area of a rectangular garden is 9t 2 – 64 square units. If one side is 3t – 8, what is the
other side?
a. 3t – 8 b. 3t + 8 c. t- 8 d. t+ 8
17. What is the result when you square a binomial?
a. binomial c. difference of two squares
b. sum of two squares d. perfect square trinomial
 18. Which of the following is the expanded form of (𝑥 − 5)2?
a. x 2−25 b. x 2−5 x−25 c. x 2−10 x+ 25 d. x 2+ 10 x +25
19. If one factor of x 2−5 x−24 is x + 3, what is the other factor?
a. x – 3 b. x + 8 c. x – 8 d. 2x – 8
20. Which of the following is considered a rational algebraic expression?
2
2 3 n−9 −2
2 x −7 x 3
a. b. 3 c. d. y
√x n −2 x−2 5
P
21. In a rational algebraic expression written in the form where P and Q are polynomials,
Q
the polynomial Q should not be equal to ____.
a. -1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2
7x 8 x+5
22. If you will add ∧¿ what will you get
3 x+1 3 x+1
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
2
2x
23.Solve: 2
−¿ y2
x x
2 2 2
2x y 2x−y xy
a. 2
b. 2
c. 2
d. 2 x− y 2
x x x
4
3x 9x
24. ÷
( x +3) 10
3 3 3 3
10 x 10 x 5x 5x
a. b. c. d.
4 3 x +9 6 7
25. Arithmetic sequence is a sequence such that the difference between the consecutive
terms is constant. The following describes an arithmetic sequence EXCEPT
a. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, … c. 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, …
b. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, … d. 11, 7, 3, -1, -5, -9, …
26.What is the fifth term of the geometric sequence sequence 3 , 6, 12,… ?
a.2 b.3 c. 15 d.48
27. What is the point called where the x-axis and y-axis intersect?
a. Origin b. Quadrant c. Coordinate d. Axis
28. What is the name of the system that uses two perpendicular number lines to locate points
in a plane?
a. Polar coordinate system c. Geographic coordinate system
b. Cartesian plane d. Cylindrical coordinate system

A. ∠T B. ∠I C. ∠N D. ∠ITN
29. Which is the largest angle?

30. In ΔGHI, ∠G=60°, ∠H=75°, ∠I=45°. What is the shortest side?

A. GH B. HI C. GI D. IH
31. Given the angle at the right, which order of sides is arranged increasingly.
A. YZ, XY, XZ B. XZ, XY, YZ C. YZ, XZ, XY D. XZ, YZ, XY
32. The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the
hypotenuse is equal to:
a) the difference of the squares of the other two sides
b) the sum of the squares of the other two sides
c) the product of the squares of the other two sides
d) the sum of the lengths of the other two sides
33. If the lengths of the two shorter sides of a right triangle are 6 and 8, what is the length of
the hypotenuse?
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 100
34. If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 15 and one of the legs is 9, what is the length of the
other leg?
a) 6 b) 12 c) 18 d) 24

35. A rectangular pyramid has a length of 8 cm, width of a 6 cm and a height of 5 cm. What is
its volume?
a. 240 cubic cm b. 80 cubic cm c. 160 cubic cm d. 120 cubic cm
36.A cone has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 7 cm. What is its volume?
a. 65.94 cm³ b.197.82 cm³ c. 18π cm³ d. 63π cm³
37. The local weather forecaster said there is a 30% chance of rain tomorrow. What is the
probability that it will not rain tomorrow?
A. 30 B. 0.3 C. 70 D. 0.7
38. Ann got coins from her pocket which accidentally rolled on the floor. If there were 8
probable outcomes, how many coins fell on the floor?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16
39. Suppose you toss a pair of coins four times, how many possible outcomes are there?
A. 32 B. 16 C. 8 D. 4
40. Which of the following illustrates a theoretical probability?
A. Peter has three 10-peso coins, four 5-peso coins and five 1-peso coins. He repeatedly
picked a coin from her pocket and listed down the outcomes
B. Peter asked her 40 classmates if they are left-handed, so he estimated that there are
only 8 left-handed students from the class
C. Peter tossed a coin and listed the number of occurrences for heads and tails
D. Peter rolled a die several times and recorded his observation
41. Alex has been observing the types of vehicles passing through an intersection. Of the 40
vehicles, 16 were tricycles, 18 were buses and 6 were trucks. What is the probability that the
next vehicle passes through the intersection is a tricycle?
A. 0.2 B. 0.4 C. 0.6 D. 0.8
42.In the given plane below, which point shows the coordinates (3,−5)

A. S
B. T
C. U
D. V
43. What kind of graph is formed in the linear equations {2 x +4 y=10 x+ 2 y =5 ?
A. Coinciding Lines C.Intersecting Lines
B. Dashed Lines D. Parallel Lines

44. In HEN at the right, which of the following statements is the CORRECT order of angles from largest

∠E, ∠H, ∠N C. ∠N, ∠E, ∠H

∠E, ∠N, ∠H D. ∠N, ∠H, ∠E
A.

∠T = 73°, m∠W = 64°, and m∠O = 43°, which is the shortest side?
B.
45. In TWO, if m
A . WO B. OT C. TW D. cannot be determined
46. Two sides of a triangle measure 7 and 15 respectively. Find the range of the possible
measures of the third side.
A. 8 < x < 22 B. 8 < x > 22 C. 8 > x < 22 D. 8 > x > 22
47. What is the probability of rolling an odd number on one toss of a number cube?
A. 2/3 B. 3/5 C. ½ D. ¼
48. What is the probability of an impossible event?
A. 1/3 B. 1/2 C. 0 D. 1
49. The following are methods of counting the number of possible outcomes of an
experiment. Which of the following is NOT belong to the group?
A. Mapping diagram C. Table
 B. Systematic listing D. Tree diagram
50. If you choose a number from 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 17, 24, 29, 33, 45, and 47 at random, what is
the probability of picking an odd number?
A. 5 out of 11 B. 6 out of 11 C. 8 out of 11 D. 4 out of 11