FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 9

NAME:________________________ YEAR & SECTION:______________ SCORE:________

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each question carefully and choose the letter of the best
answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
_____1. It is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in the form a x 2+ bx
+c
= 0, where a, b, and c are real numbers and a ≠ 0.
A. Linear Equation C. Quadratic Equation
B. Linear Inequality D. Quadratic Inequality
_____2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?
A. 3 x 2+ 5r – 1 B. 5t – 8 = 9 C. x 2 + 4x -6 =0 D. 4 x 2– 6x ≤ 2
_____3.In the quadratic equation 2 x 2 + 6x – 3 = 0, which is the quadratic term?
A. x 2 B. 6x C. 2 x 2 D. -3
2
_____4. What is a in the quadratic equation 2 x + 8x + 10 = 0?
A. 8x B. 2 C. 2 x 2 D. 2x
2
_____5. What is the value of b in the equation 6 + 2 x = 6x?
A. 6 B. -6 C. 2 D. -2
_____6. What is the most convenient method in solving the quadratic equation (x−2)2 = 1?
A. extracting square roots C. completing the square
B. factoring D. quadratic formula

form 𝑎 x 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0?
_____7. Which of the following methods can be used in solving quadratic equation of the

I. Extracting Square Roots

II. Factoring
III. Completing the Square
IV. Quadratic Formula

A. I, II and III B. I, III and IV

C. II, III and IV D.I, II, III and IV
2
_____8. What are the roots/ solutions of this x −100=0
A. 10, - 10 B. 10 C. 100 D. -100
2
_____9. What is missing to make the quadratic equation x +12 x+ ___ =0 perfect square?
A. 12 B. 24 C. 36 D. 48
2
_____10. What is missing to make the quadratic equation x +32 x+ ___ =0 perfect
square?
A. 24 B. 124 C. 200 D. 256
2
_____11. Find the values of a, b and c in the in the quadratic equation s + 6 s +24=0
A. a= 2, b= 6, c=24 C. a= -2, b= 6, c=24
B. a= 1, b= 6, c=24 D. a= -1, b= -6, c=-24
2
_____12. Find the a, b and c in the x +14=0
A. a= 1, b= 14, c=0 C. a= 0, b= 0, c=14
B. a= 1, b= 1, c=4 D. a= 1, b= 0, c=14
_____13. Which of the following is true?
I. If k > 0, then x = has two real solutions or roots: x = ±√ k
II. If k = 0, then x= has one real solution or root: x =0 .
III. If k < 0, then x = has no real solutions or roots.
A.I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III
2
_____14. What is the correct expression when we expand (x +2) ?
A. x 2 + 2𝑥 + 4 B. x 2+ 2𝑥 + 2 = 0 C. x 2+ 4𝑥 + 4 D. x 2
+ 4𝑥 + 2 = 0
_____15. The following equations can be transformed to quadratic equations EXCEPT
A. ¿+( x +4 )2 = 20 C. (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 7) = 0
2 2
B. x − 5 = x + 2𝑥 + 5 D. (𝑥 + 1)2 − 4 = 9
_____16. The equation 𝑥(𝑥 − 5) = 4𝑥 can be solved using which method/s?
I. Extracting square root III. Completing the square
II. Factoring IV. Quadratic formula

_____17. What are the roots of the equation 𝑥(𝑥 + 10) + 20 = −5?
A. II only B. IV only C. II, III and IV D. I, II, III, IV

A. −5, −5 B. 5, 5 C. 10, 2 D. −10, −2

2
_____18. One of the roots of the equation (x +2) = 2(𝑥 + 6) is 2. What is the other root?
A. −2 B. 2 C. −4 D. 4

A. (x−4)2 − 9 = 0 B. 𝑥(2𝑥 + 5) = 8 C. x 2 + 3𝑥 = −6 D. (𝑥 + 1 ¿ ¿2 +(𝑥 − 3 ¿ ¿2 = 16

_____19. What quadratic equation can be solved using factoring?

_____20. The sum of squares of two consecutive even numbers is 340. Find the numbers.
A.12 &14 B. 13 & 15 C. 16 & 18 D. 20 & 22
_____21. The sum of two numbers is 27 and their product is 50. Find the numbers.
A.20 & 2 B. 25 & 2 C. 30 & 2 D. 35 & 2
_____22. If a number is added to its square, the result is 110. Find the number.
A.10 B. 9 C.8 D. 7
_____23. What is the value of x if a number less its reciprocal is 8/3?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
2 4 3 5
_____24. Yna’s brother is 4 years more than twice as old as her. The product of their ages
in
years is 3. How old is Yna?
A.1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
_____25. If a number is added to its square, the sum is 20. Find the number.
A.3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
_____26.The following are quadratic inequalities EXCEPT
A. (𝑥 + 2)(2𝑥 − 1) ≥ 0 B. m2(3𝑚 − 2) ≤ 7C. a 2 − 14𝑎 < 49 D. 9 d 2 < 30𝑑 – 2
_____27. Which of the following is the standard form of the quadratic inequality 2𝑥 +4 ≥

+𝑥?
−3 x 2

A. 3 x 2 + 2𝑥 + 𝑥 + 4 ≥ 0 C. 3 x 2 + 𝑥 + 4 ≥ 0
B. −3 x 2+ 2𝑥 + 4 ≥ 0 D. −3 x 2 + 𝑥 + 4 ≥ 0

A. 𝑦 ≥ ( x +1)2 (2𝑥 + 3) B. 𝑦 < 𝑥(2𝑥 + 3) C. 2 x 2 + 𝑦 > 𝑥

_____28. The following are quadratic inequalities in two variables EXCEPT

𝑦
D. 2 x 2 + 3𝑥 − 4 ≤

_____29. What is the mathematical translation of this verbal statement: “When fifteen is
multiplied by twice a number and deducted from nine, it results to greater than or
equal
to seven”?
A. 15 (2𝑥) − 9 ≥ 7 B. 9 − 15 (2𝑥) ≥ 7 C. 15 (2𝑥) − 9 ≤ 7 D. 9

_____30. The following points satisfy the quadratic inequality 𝑦 ≥ − x 2 + 𝑥 + 5 EXCEPT

− 15 (2𝑥) ≤ 7

_____31. Which of the following value of 𝑎 will satisfy a + 8𝑎 + 15 > 0?

A. (0, 5) B. (4, −1) C. (−2, 0) D. (0, 0)
2

A. −2 B. −3 C. −4 D. −5
_____32. Which of the following statement is true about quadratic function?
I. Defined by equation y = a x 2 + bx + c, where a, b, and c are real numbers and
a≠0.
II. The highest degree of the variable is 2.
III. The equal differences in x lead to equal second difference in y.
IV. The graph of the function is a parabola.

A. I, II and III B. I, III and IV C. I, II, and IV D. II, III and IV

_____33. Which of the following equations represents a quadratic function?
A. y = (x +3)2 B. 2y + 1 = x C. y 2 = 2x – 4 D. 0.5x + 0.2y =
0.3
_____34. Which of the following equations is NOT a quadratic function?
A. y = 5 x 2 B. y = -3(x-2)(x-1) C. 6x (x+3) = y D. y = 2(x+5)

_____35. Which graph represents a quadratic function?

_____36. Which table of values represents graph the function y =-2 (x+ 1 ¿ ¿2+ 10.

_____37. Which of the following table of values represents the function y = -2 x 2-5x –3?

A. f(x) = 3 x 2 -3 B. f(x) = -3 x 2+x+3 C. f(x) = -3 x 2 +3 D. f(x) =3 x 2

-2x+3
_____38. Which of the following represents a perfect square trinomial?
A. x 2 + 8𝑥 + 4 B. x 2− 14𝑥 − 49 C. 4 x 2 − 12𝑥 + 9 D. 16 x 2 + 20𝑥 + 25

A. 𝑦 = 𝑎 x 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 B. 𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑥 + c ¿ ¿2 + 𝑘 . C. 𝑦 − 𝑐 = 𝑏 D. 𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑥
_____39. Which of the following quadratic functions is in the vertex form?

− h¿¿ + 𝑘
2

For item numbers 40 and 41, consider the given graph at the right.
_____40. Which of the following is the vertex of the given graph located?
A. (1, 2) B. (−1, −2) C. (2, 1) D. (−2, −1)

C. 𝑥 = −1 D. 𝑥 = −2
_____41. What is the equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph?

For item numbers 42– 43, refer to the quadratic function f(𝑥) = 3 x 2+ 5.
A. = 1 B. = 2

_____42. Where is the vertex of the function located?

A. (0, 5) B. (5, 0) C. (3, 5) D. (5, 3)

A. x = 0 B. 𝑥 = 5 C. 𝑦 = 0 D. 𝑦 = 5
_____43. What is the equation of the axis of symmetry?

_____44. Which of the following is a quadratic function?

A. 2r 2 + 4r - 1 B. 3t - 7 = 2 C. s2+5s – 4 = 0 D. 2 x 2 - 7x ≥ 3
_____45. Determine the quadratic function whose graph y = x 2 shifted 3 units upward and
2
units to the left.
A. y = (x – 2 ¿ ¿2- 3 B. y = (x + 2 ¿ ¿2+ 3 C. y = (x + 2 ¿ ¿2- 3 D. y = (x
−2 ¿ ¿ + 3
2

_____46. What is the vertex of the graph below?

 A. (2, 0) B. (0,2) C. (2,6) D. (-2, 6)

HOTS-SOLO BASED ASSESSMENT ITEMS (SUPER ITEMS)

47. Refer to figure in number 46. What is the equation of the quadratic function?

48. Solve for the real roots of the quadratic equation x 2+5x+7= 0 using quadratic
formula.

49. What is 2x ( x - 6) = 10 in standard form of quadratic equation?

2
50. Calculate the roots/ solutions of the quadratic equation x +9 x +14=0 by factoring

2
51. Solve for the roots/ solutions of the quadratic equation x −7 x+6=0 by factoring

y 4
52. Transform the rational algebraic equation − =1 to quadratic equation in standard
2 y
form.

53. Identify the roots of the equation in #52?

54. Mario bought a 320m2 rectangular house lot at Lamo, Dupax del Norte.The length is
4m longer than its width. What is the length of the house lot?

55. One number is 2 greater than another number. If the sum of their squares is100,
what are the numbers?

56. Which of the following is a solution of 𝑦 < − x 2 + 6𝑥 − 3?

57. Which of the following functions represents the table given below?
58. What is the y-intercept of the quadratic function f(𝑥) = 3 x 2+ 5.

3 −1
59. Find the quadratic function whose zeros are and .
2 3

60. Determine the quadratic function whose zeros is -3.