Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II – Cagayan Valley
Division of Cauayan City
Pinoma National High School
Pinoma, Cauayan City, Isabela
SECOND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION
GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS
Name: _____________________________________________ Grade & Section: ______________________ Score:
_______
GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Write your answers on the answer sheet provided. DO NOT WRITE
ANYTHING on
the test questionnaire.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read, analyze and/or solve each item carefully then select the letter that corresponds
to
the best answer.
_____1. What do you call the graph of a linear equation?
A. ellipse B. line C. hyperbola D. parabola
C. slope and a point D. 𝑥 and 𝑦- intercepts
_____2. The following methods can be used in graphing a linear equation EXCEPT:
A. slope B. two points
_____3. What does the graph look like when points (2, −3) and (−4,1) are plotted and connected on the
Cartesian Plane?
A. B. C. D.
_____4. Which of the following is the graph of the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 3?
A. B. C. D.
A. 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 4 B. 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 4 C. 𝑦 = −𝑥 + 4 D. 𝑦 = −𝑥 – 4
_____5. Which line passes through the points (1,3) and (−1,5)?
Use the graph at the right to answer questions 6 – 9.
A. line 𝑎 B. line b C. line c
_____6. Which line has a positive slope?
D. line d
A. line 𝑎 B. line b C. line c
_____7. Which line has a negative slope?
D. line d
A. line 𝑎 B. line b C. line c
_____8. Which line has a zero slope?
D. line d
A. line 𝑎 B. line b C. line c
_____9. Which line has an undefined slope?
D. line d
_____10. Nel was asked to describe the trend of the graph of an
equation whose slope is 2. He answered, “it is increasing
from
left to right”. Is Nel’s answer correct?
A. No, because the graph should be horizontal.
B. No, because the graph should be a vertical line.
C. Yes, because the graph is a slanting line.
D. Yes, because the equation whose slope is positive should be increasing from left to right.
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II – Cagayan Valley
Division of Cauayan City
Pinoma National High School
Pinoma, Cauayan City, Isabela
_____11. What is the standard form of the equation 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 1?
A. 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 1 B. −2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1 C. 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1 D. −2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 1
_____12. What is the slope of a line if it contains the points (1, −2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3, −4)?
A. − 3 B.−1 C. 1 D. 3
_____13. What is the equation of a line that passes through the points (1, 3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−2, 5)?
A. −2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 11 B. 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 11 C. 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 11 D. 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 11
_____14. The line passes through the point (0,3) and has a slope of 2. What is the equation of a line in
A. 𝑦 = ½ x C. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3 D. 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 2
slope-intercept form?
B. y = 3
A. (3,4) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (5, −2) B. (4,2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−2,5) C. (2,5) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (4, −2) D. (−2,2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (4,5)
_____15. Which of the following pair of points have a slope of −3?
For items 16– 18, refer to the situation below:
Mang Kardo earns P400 per day and additional P100 for every hour overtime as technician.
_____16. What equation shall best represent the earnings of Mang Kardo when he rendered overtime
services
A. 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 400 B. 𝑦 = 2(𝑥 + 400) C. 𝑦 = 400𝑥 + 100 D. 𝑦 = 100𝑥 + 400
as a technician?
_____17. What is the amount earned by Mang Kardo when he rendered 3 hours of overtime?
A. P400 B. P500 C. P600 D. P700
every 𝑥 number of hours, how much will Mang Kardo earn
_____18. If the equation in item 16 represents the amount paid for the labor in repairing computer units for
after 6 hours?
A. P800 B. P900 C. P1,000 D. P1,100
_____19. Which of the following is NOT a system of linear equations in two variables?
A. B. C. D.
_____20. Is 𝑥 + 𝑦2 = 5 and 𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 6 a system of linear equation in two variables?
A. Yes, because it has two variables, 𝑥 and 𝑦.
B. No, because the degree in one of the equations is not 1.
C. Yes, because it is written in standard form and in general form.
D. No, because the constants A, B, and C are all real numbers, but A and B are not both zero.
_____21. Jayda was tasked by her teacher to verify if the ordered pair (−1, 2) will satisfy to the system
. Her solution is shown below.
A. Yes, because she substituted the values of the variable x = 1and 𝑦 = -2.
Was her solution correct?
B. Yes, because she followed the process of evaluating the system of linear equations.
C. No, because the point (-1, 2) is not a common point of the given system of linear equations in
two
variables.
D. No, because she is supposed to make two false statements that makes a solution of the system
of
linear equations.
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II – Cagayan Valley
Division of Cauayan City
Pinoma National High School
Pinoma, Cauayan City, Isabela
_____22. What do you call the graph of a system of linear equations in two variables which shows only one
solution?
A. coinciding B. intersecting C. parallel D. none of these
_____23. How do you describe the graphs of the system of linear equations in two variables which has no
solution?
A. coinciding B. intersecting C. parallel D. none of these
_____24. How many solutions does a system of linear equations in two variables have if the graphs are
intersecting?
A. one B. two C. no solution D. infinitely many
_____25. Jane was asked by her Mathematics teacher to graph a system of linear equations in two
variables.
After following all the steps in solving linear equations by graphing, she was able to draw lines that
are parallel to each other. Which of the following can Jane conclude about the solutions of the
system?
A. It has no solution. C. It has two solutions.
B. It has one solution. D. It has infinitely many solutions.
_____26. Ruel says that the system has exactly one solution. Which of the following reasons
would support his statement?
I. The graph of the system intersects at (3,7).
II. The graph of the system shows intersecting lines.
III. The graph of the system shows coinciding lines.
IV. The graph of the system shows parallel lines.
A. I only B. I and II C. III D. IV
_____27. Determine which coordinates satisfy the system .
A. (−4, 6) B. (4, −2) C. (2, 4) D. (6, 4)
_____28. Using the elimination method, what is the value of variable 𝑥 in this system of
A. 𝑥 = −6 B. 𝑥 = 3 C. 𝑥 = 9 D. 𝑥 = 18
linear equations ?
_____29. Which ordered pair is the solution to this system of linear equations
A. (−11, 3) B. (11, −3) C. (−1, 3) D. (3, −11
_____30. A farm-to-market road (FMR) is soon to be constructed in one of the secluded barangays of
Surigao del Sur. To ensure the maximum number of farmers to benefit the project, the Department
of
barangay mapped the area where the road will be constructed. They mapped Road 𝐴 to be on the
Agricultural (DA) in coordination with the Local Government Unit (LGU) and the residents of the
line 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4 and Road 𝐵 on the line –𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6. The two roads will cross at the existing
What are the coordinates of the intersection of Roads 𝐴 and 𝐵?
barangay road.
A. (5, −1) B. (1, 5) C. (−1, 5) D. (1, 5)
Prepared: Noted:
RYAN C. ENRIQUEZ EDDIE C. REYES
Subject Teacher Principal I
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