Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of Sarangani
DIVISION MATHEMATICS OLYMPICS

INDIVIDUAL QUIZ - Grade 8 Mathematics

January 2017

Name:___________________________________________ School:______________________ Score:________

DIRECTION: Write the answer on the blank before the number. If the equation of a line is being asked, write your
answer in the form Ax + By + C = 0.

____________________1. What is formed when a horizontal number line and a vertical number line intersect each
other perpendicularly at the origin?
____________________2. In how many point(s) will a vertical line test intersect the graph of a function?
2
x −3 x−18
____________________3. Simplify: x 2 −36
____________________4. If x = – 5, what is y in the equation 3 x+5 y=10 ?
____________________5. If x = 3 and y = 2, find the value of 2x 2 y 3 ?
2 4
12x y
2 2
____________________6. Simplify: 3x y
2 2
____________________7. If a −b =36 and a+b=4 , find the value of a−b .
____________________8. If 4 x =15 , what is the value of ( 2 x +3 ) ( 2 x −3 ) ?
2

____________________9. Solve for x and y : x+ y=9 x− y=5

2
____________________10. The area of a square lot is 9 x −36 x +36 . What is the length of its side?
2
____________________11. What is the value of 993 +3 ( 99 ) +3 ( 99 ) +1 ?
____________________12. Solve for x and y : 7 x−2 y=1 y=3 x
____________________13. At what point does the line described by the equation y=4 x+5 intersect the y-axis?
____________________14. In a game, the score of Ramon is 3 more than twice the score of Robert. What was the
score of Ramon if together they scored 36 points?
____________________15. Mario can paint a certain area of a house in 10 hours. Ben can paint the same area in 15
hours. How long would it take them working together to do the painting?
2
____________________16. What constant must be added to x +6 x to make it a perfect square trinomial?
____________________17. If x+2< 2 x−10 , what are the possible values of x?
____________________18. If 2 kilos of chicos and 3 kilos of lanzones cost P65.00 while 2 kilos of lanzones and 3 kilos of
chicos cost P60.00, how much is 1 kilo of lanzones?
____________________19. Find y if (5,y) is on the graph of f ( x )=3 x−5
____________________20. Determine the median of the given data: 12.5, 0.8, 3.8, 1.7, 10.3, 4.6, 9.1, 14.5, 2.7
____________________21. What is the equation of a line passing through the origin with slope – 4 ?
____________________22. If the x and y intercepts of a line are 2 and – 3 , what is its equation?
5 3 4 5
− =7 − =3
____________________23. Solve for x and y: x y , x y .
____________________24. What is the equation of a line through ( – 3, 2) and perpendicular to y = 4x – 3?
____________________25. What is the equation of the function given by the table below?
x –2 –1 0 1 2
y 1 –2 –3 –2 1
2
____________________26. What is the range of the function y=x −2 x ?
____________________27. The scores of Lyn in 8 quizzes are 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 2, 5, and x. In order to pass, Lyn has to get an
average of 4. What must be her score in the last quiz?
____________________28. What is the mode of – 4 , 10, 5, 3, 10, 3, 4, 2, 5, 3?
____________________29. The average age of group of 140 people is 24. If the average age of the males in the group is
21 and the average age of the females is 28, how many females are in the group?
____________________30. What is the functional notation of the equation 2x – y = 3 + x?
5 x +1
g (x )=
____________________31.Find the domain of the function x−2
____________________32. If the average of 14 numbers is 15, what is the sum of 20 numbers with the same average?
____________________33. If a card is drawn from a complete deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that it is a face
card?
____________________34. A number from 1 to 10 is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is a prime
number?
____________________35. The mean of 25 scores is 5. What is the sum of these scores?
2
____________________36. If f ( x )=x −3 x and g ( x ) =5 x +3 , what is g ( f ( 3 ) ) ?
____________________37. Given Δ ACT , name the sides of the figure in the order of decreasing lengths.
C

830

380 59 0
A T
____________________38. Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle. If each base angle is 9 degrees less than the vertex
angle, find the vertex angle.
l l
In the figures, 1 is parallel to 2 , find x
____________________39. ____________________40.

2 1 350
3 (2 x  15) 0
800
x0
(4 x  35) 0
____________________41. ____________________42.
800
0
3x

x0
2x 0 x0
(3 x  12) 0

____________________43. In Δ JRS , JS=35, JR=31 and RS=52 . What is the largest angle?
B

____________________44. In the figure, ⃗

AC ⊥ ⃗
OB X
⃗
OX bisects ∠ YOB , Y
0
m ∠ XOC=125
what is m∠ AOY ? A O C

____________________45. If a triangle has sides 8 and 10, between what integers what must be the possible values of
the third side?
____________________46. 6. In the figure, x is a whole number. What is the smallest possible value for x ?

x x

15
____________________47. Given: AB≃CB; D is the midpoint of AC . Δ ABD≃Δ CBD because of ______
congruenceA

B C
____________________48. What is the slope of the line perpendicular to 2x + 3y = 5?
____________________49. In the figure, ΔQAU and Δ DUA are right triangles and QA≃DU . ΔQAU ≃Δ DAU .
because of _______ Congruence.
Q D

A U
____________________50. Find the equation of a line containing the points ( – 3, 6) and (1, 2).
 Answer Key

(Grade 8 Mathematics)

1. Cartesian Coordinate Plane

2. one
x +3
3. x +6
4. 5
5. 72
2
6. 4 y
7. 9
8. 6
9. (2,7)
10. 3x – 6
11. 1, 000, 000
12. (1,3)
13. (0,5)
14. 25
15. 6 hours
16. 9
17. x>12
18. P15.00
19. 10
20. 4.6
21. 4x+y=0
22. 3x-2y-6=0
23. x=1/2, y = 1
24. x + 4y-5=0
25. y = x2-3
26. y≥−1
27. 5
28. 3
29. 60
30. f(x) = x – 3
31. all x except 2
32. 300
33. 3/13
34. 2/5
35. 125
36. 3
37. AT, AC, CT
38. 660
39. 25
40. 450
41. 18
42. 28
43. angle J
44. 200
45. 10 and 18
46. 8
47. SSS
48. 3/2
49. SAS
50. 2x+y=0
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XII

Division of Sarangani
DIVISION MATHEMATICS OLYMPICS

INDIVIDUAL QUIZ - Grade 9 Mathematics

January 2017

Name:___________________________________________ School:______________________ Score:________

DIRECTION: Write the answer on the blank before the number. Express quadratic equations in the form Ax 2+ Bx + C =0.
x−5 4
=
____________________1. What is the value of x in x +10 9 ?
____________________2. Given: x : 16 = 28: 14, find the value of x.
____________________3. The square root of 130 is between which two consecutive integers?
____________________4. The length of a rectangle is 3 cm longer than the width. If the area of the rectangle is 70 cm 2,
what is the length?
2
____________________5. What constant should be added to both sides of the equation x +4 x=12 so that it can
be solved by completing the square?
____________________6. Transform y = 2(x – 3)2 + 4 into the form y = Ax2+ Bx + C.
____________________7. The number of hours required to finish a certain job varies inversely with the number of
persons who do the job. If 6 persons require 10 hours to finish certain job, how long
would it take 12 persons to finish the job?
____________________8. The table below shows the values of m and n where m is directly proportional to n. What
are the values of x and y?
m 2 6 y
n 5 x 25
____________________9. If a = – 1, b = – 2 and c = 15, the quadratic equation in its standard form is
−3
( −32 )
0
____________________10. Evaluate (−3 )
3 x5 y2
____________________11. Write in simplest form 25 √ 2
____________________12. What is the simplest form of √ x +√ y ?
____________________13. Solve for x: 1+ x−8=6 √
____________________14. If y varies inversely with x and x = 12 when y = 3, what is the value of y when x = 9?
____________________15. Simplify: 3 √ 8+2 √2−5 √18
10 x+1
____________________16. If 4 =16 , then x = (4)
____________________17. If the sides of a triangle are known, what would you use to determine the measure of the
angles?
____________________18. A ladder 15 ft long leans against a vertical wall and makes an angle of 30 0 on the ground.
How far is the foot of the ladder from the base of the wall?
sin300=0.5 cos300=0.87 tan300=0.58
4

(32 )
3
5
4
____________________19. is equal to (8)
____________________20. The legs of a right triangle are represented by 2 x−1 and 2 x +2 and the hypotenuse
is represented by 3x. What is the sum of the sides of the triangle?
 ( )
−2
22 m 3 n 3 p 4 1
−1 −5 0
____________________21. Remove zero and negative exponents m n p
8 16 8
16 m n p
____________________22. If 4(9a-13b) = 6(a-2b), what is the ratio of a to b? 4:3
2√8
____________________23. Simplify the given expression with rational denominator 5 √2
____________________24. Determine the product of ( 8+3 i ) and ( 8−3i ) 73
____________________25. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are 1 and 5

____________________26.
( )
64
125
−
3
is equal to
____________________27. If the three sides of a right triangle are 6, 8 and 10, then sin θ =
10
6

8
____________________28. The salary (S) of a worker varies directly as the number of days (D). What is his daily rate in
terms of k? k = s/d
____________________29. What variation gives meaning to the relation for x and y such that as x increases, y
decreases? inverse

____________________30. What is the simplified form of

√5 x−9 =3
32 x 5 y 4
4 x 2 y ? 2xy √
3

____________________31. Solve: 2
2
____________________32. In x +4 x=21 , what are the values of x?
____________________33. The measures of the two consecutive angles of a parallelogram are 3 x+ 45 and 6 x . Find
the measures of the four angles.
____________________34. The vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A (0,0), B (3,5), C (1,9) and D ( x, y). Find the
coordinates of D.
3(2 x  3)
Find the value of x and y so that the figure is a parallelogram.
2x 0
3y 0 7 y 1 2(4 y  1)
____________________35. ____________________36.
0
72
84 0 4x  y
____________________37. GEOM is an isosceles trapezoid and TY is the median. If GE is 10 and TY is 13, find MO
____________________38. Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram. If m∠ A=x+40 and m∠ D=2 x +5 ,
find m∠ B−m∠C T
U
CU 9
=
____________________39. In the figure, CT 15 and YE=8 , what is CE?
C

Y
E

____________________40. A boy 1 m tall casts a shadow of 0.5 m. At the same time his Dad 2 m tall also casts a
shadow. How long is his Dad’s shadow?
____________________41. It is a solution of an equation derived from an original equation. However, it cannot make
the original equation true.
____________________42. If the product of two consecutive positive integers is 240, what is the sum of these integers?
2
____________________43. Find the discriminant of 5 x +2 x−9=0 .
2
____________________44. The sum of the roots of 3 x −5 x +2=0 is
____________________45. The square of a positive number exceeds itself by 56. What is the number?
____________________46. The quadrilateral with vertices ( 2,3 ), ( – 4, – 5), ( – 4, – 15) and ( 2, – 7) is a ________
____________________47. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 6 cm, 8 cm, and 10 cm. Find the perimeter of the
similar triangle if the length of the shortest side is 12 cm.
 y=2 x 2−5 x−3 equal to 15?
____________________48. If x = – 2 and y = 15, for what value of x is
2
____________________49. What is the opening of the graph of the parabola y=−4 x +2 x−7 ?
2
____________________50. Given : P( x)=−3 (x−5) +7 . What is the axis of symmetry of P(x)?

Answer Key
(Grade 8 Mathematics)

1. 17
2. 32
3. 11 and 12
4. 10 cm
5. 4
6. y = 2x2 – 12x + 22
7. 5 hours
8. x = 15 , y = 10
9. x2+2x-15=0
10. 1/729
2
x y √ 3x
11. 5
2 √ x−2 √ y 2 ( √ x−√ y )
12. x− y 0r x− y
13. 33
14. 4
15. −7 √ 2
16. x = (4)
17. Cosine Law
18. 13.05 ft
19. 8
20. 21
1
8 16 8
21. 16 m n p
22. 4:3
23. 4/5
24. 73
25. x2 + 4x – 5 = 0.
26. 5/4
27. 3/5
28. k = S/D
29. inverse
30. 2xy
31. 9
32. 3 and – 7
33. 90 0
34. parallelogram
35. x = 42, y = 24
36. x = 6, y = 3
37. 16
38. 100
39. 20
40. 1 m
41. Extraneous root
42. 31
43. 184
44. 5/3
45. 8
46. 24 cm
47. 48 cm
48. 9/2
49. downward
50. x = 5

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII

Division of Sarangani
DIVISION MATHEMATICS OLYMPICS

TEAM QUIZ - Grade 8 Mathematics

January 2017

EASY

2
1. The base of the rectangle is x+3 . If the area is x + x−6 , what is the width? [Answer: x−2 ]
2. What is the equation of the line with a slope of – 2 and y intercept of – 8? Write your answer in the form y = mx + b.
[Answer: y = – 2x – 8]
2
x −1
2
3. Simplify 1−x [Answer: – 1 ]
2 2
4. If m – n = 6 and m + n = – 1, what is m – n ? [Answer: – 6 ]
5. What is the slope of the line 2x−3 y=5 ? [Answer: 2/3 ]
6. The mean of 12 and y is equal to the mean of 12, 6 and 15. Find the value of y. [Answer: 10 ]
7. If 3 x−1=5 , what is the value of 5 x ? [Answer: 10 ]
8. If the range of a set of scores is 15 and the lowest score is 7, what is the highest score? [Answer: 22 ]
2
9. If the area of a square isy −22 y+121 , what is the length of the side of the square? [Answer: y−11 ]
10. At what point does the line 5 x−7 y=28 intersect the y - axis? [Answer: (0, – 4) ]

AVERAGE

1. The quiz score of Greg are 6, 9, 5, 7, 8, x. What must be the value of x so that the mean is 7.5?[Answer: 10 ]
2. If the point with (a – 1, a + 1) lies on the line y = 2x -3, what is the value of a? [Answer: 6 ]
3. The sum of the ages of Albert and his father is 84 years. If the father is 26 years older than Albert, how old is Albert?
[Answer: 29
years old]
4. What is the equation of the line in standard form with y – intercept 3 and slope equal to 2? [Answer: 2x – y = – 3 ]
5. Find the point of intersection of the lines: 7 x−2 y=1 and y=3 x . [Answer: ( 1, 3) ]

DIFFICULT

1. The area of a rectangular garden is 120 m 2 and its perimeter is 46 m. Find the length and width of the garden.
[Answer: length =15 m

width = 8 m]
2. Determine the equation of the line passing through the point (4,3) and parallel to the line whose x and y intercepts
are both equal to 2. [Answer: x + y = 7 ]
3. If x and y are greater than zero, 2 xy=40 and ( x− y)2 =1 , what is x 2 + y 2 ? [Answer: 41]
 5 16−x2
⋅
4. What is the product of x + 4 5 x−20 ? [Answer: – 1 ]
5. The line passing through ( – 2, 5) is perpendicular to the line x + y = 0. What are the coordinates of their point of
intersection? [Answer: – 7/2, 7/2]

CLINCHER
3
1. What is the slope of the line 3 x−7 y+8=0 ? [Answer: 7 ]
2. Find the equation of a line in standard form containing the points (2, – 1) and (5, 2). [Answer: x – y = 3]
3. What is the slope of the line perpendicular to 2x + 3y = 5. [Answer: 3/2 ]
4. Find k if (3,2) is a solution of the equation 2x – ky = 6. [Answer: 0]
5. Lolit bought 25 big and small notebooks worth P550. A big notebook costs P25 while a small notebook cost P20. How
many small notebooks did she buy? [Answer: 15 ]

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII

Division of Sarangani
DIVISION MATHEMATICS OLYMPICS

TEAM QUIZ - Grade 9 Mathematics

January 2017

EASY

2
1. Point (1,0) lies on the graph of y=kx −2 . What is the value of k? [Answer: 2 ]
2 −3 −1 0
2. Find the value of ( 256 a b c ) [Answer: 1 ]
3. MATH is a parallelogram, m∠M = 550, find the measure of ∠H. [Answer: 1250]
2
4. Find the discriminant of x −4 x +8=0 ? [Answer: – 16
2
5. What is the sum of the roots of x + x−12=0 ? [Answer: – 1 ]
6. What is the sum of 7 √ 3a+ √ 3a ? [Answer: 8 √ 3a ]
3x−12
7. What is the simplest form of 5 x−20 ? [Answer: 3/5 ]
8. What is the cube root of the square root of 64? [Answer: 2 ]
9. What is the area of a rhombus whose diagonals measure 8 cm and 10 cm respectively? [Answer: 40 cm2 ]
10. The number of workers varies inversely as the number of days to finish the work. If 8 men can finish a work in 3
days, what is the constant of variation? [Answer: 24 ]

AVERAGE

1. If x varies jointly as y and z and inversely as w and x = 3 when w = 15, y = 1, z = 5, what is the value of the constant of
variation? [Answer: 44 ]
2
2. Find the quadratic equation in standard form whose roots are 2 and – 3 . [Answer: x + x−6=0 ]
3. If 2x + 3 < 3x – 9, what are the possible values of x? [Answer: x > 12 ]
4. The perimeter of a triangle is 60 cm and the lengths of the sides are in the ratio 3:4:5. Find the length of each side.
[Answer:15cm,20cm,

25cm,]
5. If the foot of a ladder 10 meters long is placed 6 meters from a building, how high up the building does the ladder
reach? [Answer: 8m ]
DIFFICULT

2
1. Rewrite y=−4 x +16 x−13 in the form f (x )=a( x−h)2 + k . [Answer:

2
y=−4( x−2) +3 ]
x y x y
2. If 3 +2 =985 and 3 −2 =473 . Find the value of x + y. [Answer: 14 ]
3. The perimeter of two squares are in the ratio 4:9. What is the ratio between the areas of the two squares?
[Answer: 16:81 ]
0 0
4. ABCD is a parallelogram. Angle A = (x + 40) while angle B = (x – 40) . Find the value of x. [Answer: 90 ]
5. The ratio of the numerator and denominator of a fraction is 3:4. If 1 is subtracted to the numerator and 2 is added to
the denominator of the fraction the ratio of the fraction becomes 2:3. Find the original fraction. [Answer: 21/28]

CLINCHER
2
1. What is the discriminant of 3 x −7 x−4=0 ? [Answer: 97 ]
x+1
2. Find the value of x in: 2 =128 [Answer: 6]
2
3. Find the vertex of the x −6 x +9=0 [Answer: (3,0)]
4. The measurement of one angle of two consecutive angles of a parallelogram is 115 0. What is the measure of the
other angle? [Answer: 650]
5. MATH is an isosceles trapezoid. EF is the median. If EF = 28 cm and AT = 26 cm, find MH. [Answer: 30 cm]