TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR GRADE 10 HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

(FIRST QUARTER)
No.
No. of Percentage Index of Level of Test
Learning Competencies of
Days of Items Difficulty Cognition Placement
Items
LO 1. Prepare ingredients according to recipe 1
2
Easy Remembering 3
3 6 12.5
Average Understanding 4
5
6
1.1 explain the characteristics of effective purchasing steps 7
and procedures 8
Easy Remembering 9
5 7 14.6 Average Applying 10
Difficult Analyzing 11
12
13
1.2 determine the food quantity with the right price of goods 14
15
Easy Remembering
16
5 6 12.5 Average Applying
17
Difficult Analyzing
18
19
1.3 develop skills in purchasing goods and products 20
21
22
Easy Remembering
2 7 14.6 23
Average Understanding
24
25
26
1.4 demonstrate safety handling procedures 27
28
Easy Understanding 29
4 6 12.5
Average Applying 30
31
32
1. Types of stain 33
34
35
36
6 9 18.8 37
38
39
40
41
42
2. Procedure and techniques in removing stains on Easy Understanding 43
furniture Average Applying 44
Difficult Evaluating 45
7 7 14.6
46
47
48
TOTAL 32 48 100
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Mandaue City
MANDAUE CITY SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN GRADE NINE MATHEMATICS

Name: ___________________________ Section: _______Date: ________ Score: _______
Multiples Choice. Directions: Choose the correct answer by encircling the letter of your choice.
1. What is a polynomial equation of degree two that can be written in a form of ax 2  bx  c  0 , where
a, b, c are real numbers and a  0 .
A. Linear Equation B. Linear Inequality C. Quadratic Equation D. Quadratic
Inequality

2. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?

A. 2 x 2  4r  1 B. 3t  7  2 C. s 2  5s  4  0 D. 2 x 2  7 x  3

3. In the quadratic equation 3x 2  7 x  4  0 , which is the quadratic term?

A. 3 x 2 B. 7 x C. x 2 D.  4

4. One of the roots of the quadratic equation 4 x 2  16 is 2, what is the other root?
A. -4 B. -2 C. 2 D. 4

5. What is the value of c in the quadratic equation x 2  4 x  c  0 that will make it a perfect square
trinomial?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16

6. One of the roots of the quadratic equation x 2  4 x  3  0 is - 3, what is the other root?
A. - 3 B. – 1 C. 1 D. 3

7. Which of the following equations can be solved easily by extracting square roots?
A. r 2  12r  6  0 B. r 2  6r  8  0 C. 3r 2  8  0 D. r 2  5r  12

8. What is the value of a in the quadratic equation 2m 2  m  3  0 ?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

9. Which value of x will make the equation x 2  7 x  18  0 true?

i. -9 ii. 2 iii. 9
A. i and ii B. ii and iii C. i and iii D. i, ii, and iii

10. Which formula can be used to determine the nature of the roots?
b 4ac  b 2 d
A. B. C. D. b 2  4ac
2a 4a a

11. What kind of roots does the quadratic equation have when the value of b 2  4ac is 0?
A. rational and equal C. rational and not equal
B. irrational and equal D. irrational and not equal

12. What kind of roots does the quadratic equation have when the value of b 2  4ac is negative?
A. rational and equal C. rational and not equal
B. irrational and equal D. no real roots

13. What is the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation x 2  5 x  7  0 ?

A. -7 B. -5 C. 1 D. 5
14. What is the product of the roots of the quadratic equation x 2  5 x  7  0 ?
A. -7 B. -5 C. 1 D. 5

15. Which quadratic equation has 4 as the sum of its roots?

A. x 2  4 x  4  0 B. x 2  4 x  4  0 C. x 2  4 x  4  0 D. x 2  4 x  0

16. Which equation is transformable to quadratic equation?

A. 3(x + 2) = 4 B. n (n + 1) = 4 C. 3 = t2 (2 – t)   
D. z 2  1 z 2  8  0

1 1
17. What is 2
 in standard form?
x 16
A. x 2  16 B. x 2  16 C. x 2  16  0 D. x 2  16  0

18. What is (m  3) 2  0 in standard form?

A. m 2  9  0 B. m 2  9  0 C. m 2  6m  9  0 D. m 2  6m  9  0

s2 s 1
19. What is the solution of the rational algebraic equation   ?
2s 4 2
A. 2 and -2 B. -2 and 4 C. -4 and -2 D. -4 and 4

20. Which of the following quadratic equations will have (x-3)(x+2) = 0 as its factored form?
A. x2 – 5x – 6 = 0 B. x2 – x + 6 = 0 C. x2 – x – 6 =0 D. x2 + x – 6 = 0

21. Which rational algebraic equation is transformable to a quadratic equation?

w 1 w  2 2 3 2q  1 1 3q 3 4 7
A.  7 B.  5 C.   D.  
2 4 p p 1 3 2 4 m2 m2 m

22. Mrs. Jacinto asked a carpenter to construct a rectangular bulletin board for her classroom. She told
the carpenter that the board’s area must be 18 ft.2 suppose the length of the board is 7 ft. longer
than its width. What mathematical statement would represent the area of the board?
A. x  7 x  18 B. x  7 x  18 C. x  7 x  18 D. x  7 x  18
2 2

23. Rey has an assignment. He needs to solve the equation x 2  9 x  8 by factoring. In order for him
to
do his task which arrangement of the steps should he follow?
1. x 2  9 x  8  0
2. x  1  0; x  8  0
3. x  1x  8  0
4. x = -1; x = - 8
A. 1-2-3-4 B. 1-3-2-4 C. 1-2-4-3 D. 4-3-2-1

Use the situation below to answer numbers 26 and 27.

DJ threw a basketball ball from a point 2 feet above the ground level. The height of the ball above the
ground level is h, in feet, after t seconds is given the formula h = t 2 – 2t -2.

24. At what time the ball reaches the height of 6 meters?

A. 3 seconds B. 4 seconds C. 5 seconds D. 6 seconds

25. What is the height of the ball after 5 seconds?

A. 10 feet B. 11 feet C. 12 feet D. 13 feet

26. It takes Mary 3 hours more to bake Bibingka than it takes Jane. If they work together, they can finish
the same job in 2 hours. How long would it take Mary to finish the job alone?
A. 3 hours B. 5 hours C. 6 hours D. 8 hours
27. Samson Electronics Company would like to come up with a LED TV such that its screen is 560 square
inches larger than the present ones. Suppose the length of the screen of the larger TV is 6 inches longer
than its width and the area of the smaller TV is 520 square inches. What is the length of the screen of
the larger LED TV?
A. 26 inches B. 30 inches C. 33 inches D. 36 inches

28. Which mathematical statement is a quadratic inequality?

A. 5t 2  3t  20  0 B. 4 x 2  2 x  2  0 C. 9h  18  0 D. m 2  9m  15  0

29. How many solution/s does a quadratic inequality have?

A. none B. 1 C. 2 D. infinite

30. Which point satisfies the inequality y < 2 x 2  5 x  1 ?

A. (- 3, 2) B. (- 2, 9) C. (1, 6) D. (3, 1)

31. What is the solution set of quadratic inequality x 2  7 x  12 > 0?

A. x < - 4 B. x > - 3 C. – 3 > x > - 4 D. x < - 4 or x > - 3

32. What is the solution set of quadratic inequality x  7 x  12 < 0?

2

A. x < - 4 B. x > - 3 C. – 3 > x > - 4 D. x < - 4 or x > - 3

33. A large open match box is to be formed out of a rectangular piece of cardboard whose length is 10
cm longer than its width and its height is 5 cm. If the box is to hold at most 1900 cm 3 , what
mathematical statement would represent the area of the base?
A. x 2  10 x  380 B. x 2  10 x  380 C. x 2  10 x  380 D. x 2  10 x  380

34. The figure on the right shows the graph of y < 2x2 – 3x + 4. Which of the following is true about the
solution set of the inequality?

I. The coordinates of all points on the

shaded region belong to the solution
set of the inequality.
II. The coordinates of all points along the
parabola as shown by the broken line
belong to the solution set of the inequality.
III. The coordinates of all points along the
parabola as shown by the broken line do
not belong to the solution set of the inequality.
A. I and II C. II and III
B. I and III D. I, II and III

35. The floor of a classroom can be covered completely with tiles. Its length is 36 ft. longer than its
width. The area of the floor is less than 1000 square feet. What are the possible dimensions of the floor?
A. 20 ft. x 56 ft. B. 19 ft. x 55 ft. C. 19 ft. x 52 ft. D. 18 ft. x 54 ft.

36. Alden Richards predicted that the number of mango trees, x, planted in a farm could yield
y  2 x 2  280 x mangoes per year. How many mangoes could be harvested if the farm has 3 mango
trees?
A. 876 B. 858 C. 840 D. 822

37. Refer to number 36. If in a farm, there are 10 mango trees, how many mangoes could be yielded?
A. 2,600 B. 2,700 C. 2,800 D. 2, 900
38. Which of the following graph represents a quadratic function?
A. B. C. D.

39. Which table of values represents a function?

A. X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 C. X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 y 2 -1 -2 -1 2 4 15

D. X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
B. X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 y 5 0 -3 -4 -3 0 5

40. What is the vertex form of y  3x  12 x  10 ?

2

A. y  3( x  2) 2  22 B. y  3( x  2) 2  22 C. y  3( x  2) 2  22 D. y  3( x  2) 2  22

41. What is the equation of the graph of the quadratic function below?

A. y  2x  3  2 C. y  2x  3  2
2 2

B. y  2x  3  2 D. y  2x  3  2
2 2

42. What is the vertex of the graph of y  4 x 2 ?

A. (4, 0) B. (0, 0) C. (0, 4) D. (1, 1)

43. What is the axis of symmetry of the graph of y  2 x 2 ?

A. x = 4 B. x = 1 C. x = 0 D. x = - 1

44. What would you do to the graph of y  ( x  2) to obtain the graph of y  ( x  2)  3 ?

2 2

A. moves 3 units downward C. moves 3 units to the right

B. moves 3 units upward D. moves 3 units to the left

45. What function is described by the table of values below?

X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 9 4 1 0 1 4 9
A. y  x 2 B. y  x 2  1 C. y  x 2  x  1 D. y  2x 2

For items 46 – 48, refer to the situation below.

The batter hits the softball and it follows a path in which the height h is given by
h(t )  2t 2  8t  3 , where t is the time in seconds s elapsed since the ball was pitched.

46. What is the height of the ball after 1 second?

A. 6m B. 7m C. 8m D. 9m

47. When the ball reaches 11 meters, what is the time elapsed?
A. 1sec. B. 2sec. C. 3 sec. D. 4 sec.

48. What is the maximum height reached by the ball?

 A. 11m B. 12m C. 13m D. 14m

ANSWER KEY
1. C. Quadratic Equation 48. A. 11m
2. C. s 2  5s  4  0
3. A. 3x 2
4. B. -2
5. B. 4
6. B. – 1
7. C. 3r 2  8  0
8. C. 2
9. A. i and ii
10. D. b 2  4ac
11. A. rational and equal
12. D. no real roots
13. B. -5
14. A. -7
15. B. x 2  4 x  4  0
16. B. n (n + 1) = 4
17. D. x 2  16  0
18. C. m 2  6m  9  0
19. A. 2 and -2
20. C. x2 – x – 6 =0
2 3
21. B.  5
p p 1
22. A. x  7 x  18
2

23. B. 1-3-2-4
24. B. 4 seconds
25. D. 13 feet
26. A. 3 hours
27. D. 36 inches
28. B. 4 x 2  2 x  2  0
29. D. infinite
30. D. (3, 1)
31. D. x < - 4 or x > - 3
32. C. – 3 > x > - 4
33. C. x 2  10 x  380
34. B. I and III
35. D. 18 ft. x 54 ft.
36. D. 822
37. A. 2,600
38. C.

D. X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
39.
y 5 0 -3 -4 -3 0 5
40. B. y  3( x  2) 2  22
41. B. y  2x  3  2
2

42. B. (0, 0)
43. C. x = 0
44. A. moves 3 units downward
45. A. y  x 2
46. D. 9m
47. B. 2sec.