General Santos Hope Christian School

Block 8, Dadiangas Heights

General Santos City
First Quarter Examination
Mathematics 9
Grade 9 Psalms and Proverbs
SY: 2016 2017
Name: ____________________________
Teacher: Rogelio B. Pontejo
I.

Score: _________

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Identify the choice that best complete the statement.
Write the letter of your choice on the space provided before each item.

______ 1. When deriving the quadratic formula, a student starts with

0 ax 2 bx c
then solves
. Why?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The student wants to determine the y-intercept of its graph

The student wants to determine the x-intercept(s) of its graph
Quadratic equations always equal zero
Zero is easier to work with than any other number

______ 2. Given the equation

A.

y ax 2 bx c

B.

x 2 25 0

, then x is equal to:

C.

5i

______ 3. Solve 8p2 + 8p = 7p2 3p + 14 by factoring.

A.
p= ,p=
B.
p= ,p=
C.
p= ,p=
D.
p= ,p=
_______ 4. Solve 3x2 + 4x + 1 = 0 using the quadratic formula.
A.
x = 1, x =
B.
x = 1, x =

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D.

5i

C.
x = 1, x =
D.
x = 1, x =
_______ 5.
A.
B.

C.
D.

_______ 6.
A.
B.

C.
D.

_______ 7. Solve by factoring.

A

=0

B. 8, 4

C. 8, 1

D.

8, 2

1, 2

_______ 8.
A.

B.

7,

C.
D.

_______ 9. Find the missing value to complete the square.

A. 2

B. 1

C. 4

D. 8

_______10.
6

A.
B.

C.
D.
4

II.

EVALUATION : (5 Quad + 5Paralle + 10Radical)

III.

PROBLEM : (10Quad + 10similar)

IV.

DISCUSSION : (10rational exp + 10ratio & pro)

5 ft

8 ft

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32 ft

A. 25ft.

B. 205ft

C. 15ft

D. 10ft

_________48. At the same time of day, a trees shadow is 32 feet long. What is the
height of the tree?
A. 20 feet

B. 24 feet

C. 29 feet

D. 51 feet X
?

_________49. Pentagon JKLMN is similar to pentagon VWXYZ.

What is the measurement of angle X?
A. 30

C. 150

A. 600

D. 1200

L
60

K 150

_______50. Triangle LMN is similar to triangle XYZ.

L
Z
24 feet

18
fe
et

8 feet

Y
N

12 feet

YX

What is the length of

A. 2 feet

B. 3 feet

C. 4 feet

D. 6 feet

______51. Triangle PQR is similar to triangle DEF as shown.

E
Q
6 cm
4 cm
P

6 cm

9 cm

Which describes the relationship between the corresponding sides of the

two triangles?

A.

PQ 4

DE 6

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B.

PQ 6

DE 4

C.

PQ 4

EF 9

D.

PR 6

DE 6

_______52. A six-foot-tall person is standing next to a flagpole. The person is casting a

1
2

shadow
feet in length, while the flagpole is casting a shadow 5 feet in
length. How tall is the flagpole?
A. 30 ft

B. 25 ft

C. 20 ft

D.

15 ft

A. 21 cm
B. 63 cm
C. 105 cm
D. 126 cm
_______54. The shadow cast by a one-foot ruler is 8 inches long. At the same time, the
shadow cast by a pine tree is 24 feet long.
What is the height, in feet, of the pine tree?
3 feet

C. 36 feet

B. 16 feet

D. 192 feet

1 foot

A.

8 inches

_______ 55. If triangles ADE and ABC shown in the figure

to the right are similar, what is the value of x?
A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

24 feet

12

D. 8

D4
2

A
________56. In the figure to the right, the two triangles
are similar. What is the value of x?
A. 12.4

B. 13.2

C. 14

9
6

D. 18.6
x

11
19.8

_______ 57.Mr. Smith is having some photos enlarged for his studio. He wants to
enlarge a photo that is 5 inches by 7 inches so the dimensions are 3 times

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larger than the original. How many times larger than the original photo will
the area of the new photo be?
A. 3

B. 6

C. 9

D. 30
X

_______58. ABC is similar to XYZ.

8 cm

10 cm

Y
What is the length of segment

BC

Z
12 cm

A
A. 5 cm

B. 7.5 cm

C 8 cm

D. 9 cm

6 cm
B

________ 59. HIJ is similar to STR.

H
4
I

What is the perimeter of STR?

A. 32

C. 40

B. 37

D. 42

J
S

10

12
R

______ 60. Alanis is moving and needs to pack two mirrors. The largest mirror fits in a
box that is 18 inches wide by 20 inches long. Her smaller mirror is similar in
proportion to the larger mirror. Alanis determines that the width of the
smaller box needs to be a minimum of 9 inches.
What should be the minimum length of the box to hold the smaller mirror?
A. 2 inches

V.

B. 6 inches

C. 9 inches

PROBLEM SOLVING

61 65. Solve the simultaneous equations.

y = x2 - 1
y = 5 - x . Show all solutions.

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D. 10 inches

66 67. In quadrilateral ABCD below,

BCD

mECD

is a right angle. If

mBCE

= 27, find

.
A

68 - 69. Find the length of each side of the isosceles trapezoid below.
D

x+3

16 - 3x

3x + 4

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70 71. Use the figure below to find the value of each variable. The figure is a square.
y+1
x+1
2x

72 73. Use the figure below to find the value of each variable. The figure is a rectangle.
2x
x

4y - 1

3 - 2y

74 75. Use the figure below to find the value of each variable. The figure is a rectangle.

2y
5x

y + 23

3x - 11

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GOD BLESS

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