Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
Quezon City, Metro Manila
DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN GRADE 9 MATHEMATCS
SY 2014-2015
Directions: Choose the letter which corresponds to your answer from the choices below each question.
Then, write the letter of your choice on your answer sheet.

1. What is the graph of any quadratic function?

A. point
B. line

C. plane

D. parabola

2. A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of opposite sides parallel.

A. Square
B. Trapezoid
C. Rectangle

D. Parallelogram

3. In a 300-600-900 triangle, what is the ratio of the length of the shorter leg to the length of the hypotenuse?
A. 1:2
B. 2:1
C. 2:3
D. 3:2
4. Which of the following mathematical sentences represents the Pythagorean Theorem, given a right
triangle ABC right angled at C?
A. a2 = b2 + c2
B. b2 = c2 + a2
C. c2 = a2 + b2
D. a2 + b2 + c2 = 0
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. All equilateral triangles are isosceles.
B. All isosceles triangles are equilateral.

C. All right triangles are isosceles

D. All isosceles triangles are right.

6. STUV is a rhombus. What is NOT true about segments SU and TV?

A. they are congruent
B. they bisect each other
C. they are perpendicular
D. they bisect the opposite angles
7. Which of the following is the equation of a parabola whose axis of symmetry is x =

5?
A. y = 6(x 5)2

B. y = 5(x 1)2

8. Which of the following is not a function ?

A. 3x 7y = 11

B. y = |3x 7|

C. y = (x + 5)2
C. y =

D. y = 5x2

16 x 2

D. y = x2 + 2

9. In the figure at the right, RST is what kind of angle?

A. acute
R
B. right
C. obtuse
T
D. reflex
S
10. PQRS is a trapezoid with PS = QR. These equal sides are called
a. legs
P
Q
b. bases
c. medians
S
R
d. altitudes
11. What are the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 + 3x + 1 = 0?
A. { - 1, - }
B. { , 1 }
C. { -1, }
12. Find the solution set of the quadratic inequality x2 6x + 5 0.
A. ( 1, 5 )
B. [ 1, 5 ]
C. x < 5

D. { -1/2, 1}
D. x < 1

13. The length of a garden is 5 m longer than its width. If the area is 14 sq m, how long is the garden?
A. 2 m
B. 5 m
C. 7 m
D. 9 m
14. Which of the following represents an inverse variation?
A. xy = k
B. y/x = k
C. x( 1/y ) = k

D. y = x/k

15. MN OP , MOP and NOP are

A. right angles
B. supplementary angles
C. linear pair
D. all of these

16. The statement If m1 = m2 and m2 = m3, then m1 = m3 represents what property?

A. Symmetric Property
B. Reflexive Property
C. Transitive Property
D. Associative Property
17. A pair of opposite angles of a parallelogram measures 750 each. What is the measure of each angle on the
other pair of opposite angles?
A. 850
B. 1000
C. 1050
D. 1250
18. ABCD is a parallelogram with AB = x + 2, CD = 3x 10, and AD = 2x 5. What is the perimeter of
parallelogram ABCD?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 22
D. 30
19. Which of the following radical equations will have x = 6 as the solution?
A. x - 2x + 7 = 0
C. x = 9
B. 2 x 3 = x - 3
D. 3 x = 5
20. What is the line of symmetry of the quadratic function y = x2 6x + 8?
A. x = 3
B. x = 3
C. x = 6

D. x = 6

21. Which of the following is NOT an example of a regular polygon?

A. equilateral triangle
B. square
C. rhombus

D. regular hexagon

22. Consecutive angles of a parallelogram are

A. congruent
B. complementary

D. equal

Figure for numbers 23 - 25:

C. supplementary

Q
U

T
S

23. PQRS is a trapezoid with TU as median. If PQ = 13 and RS = 19, how long is TU?
A. 32
B. 22
C. 18
D. 16
24. If PQRS is isosceles, what must be true about PQRS
i. P = Q
ii. PS = QR
iii. SR = PQ
A. i only
B. ii only
C. i and ii only

D. i, ii, and iii

25. What is the measure of Q in number 29 if P = 580?

A. 220
B. 290
C. 580

D. 1120

26. Find the value of x:

A. 12

4 12

5
x

B. 15

C. 17

D. 18

27. In the adjoining figure, AB = 4 2 cm and AC CB. Find AC.

A. 4 cm.
B. 2 cm.
C. 2 2 cm. D. 4 2 cm.
C

28. The path of an object when it is thrown can be modeled by S(t) = 4 + 8t 16t2 , where S in feet is the
height of the object t seconds after it is released. What is the maximum height reached by the object?
A. 6 ft
B. 5 ft
C. 4 ft
D. 3 ft

29. If the slope of a line is positive, what does it mean?

A. the line is rising from left to right
B. the line is falling from left to right

C. the line is vertical

D. the line is horizontal

30. What is the sum and the product of the roots of 2x2 + 8x 12 = 0
A. 4 , 6
B. 4 , 6
C. 4 , 6
31. The quadratic function f(x) = - 2x2 + 4x 3 has
A. real and unequal zeros
B. real and equal zeros
32. What is the result after simplifying 2
A. 5
B. 5

4 5

D. 4, 6

C. no real zeros
D. unequal and irrational zeros

3 5

C.

?
3 5

D.

33. If three men can do a job in 8 days, how many men can do the same job in 6 days?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6

5 5

D. 7

34. If y varies directly as the square of x, how is y changed if x is increased by 20%?

A. y is decreased by 44%
C. y is decreased by 0.44%
B. y is increased by 44%
D. y is increased by 0.44%
35. What happens to y when x is tripled in the relation y = k/x ?
A. y is tripled
C. y is halved
B. y is doubled
D. y is divided by 3
36. A tree, 4 meters tall, casts a shadow of 6 meters. If the height of a flagpole standing beside the tree is
6 meters, how long is the shadow of the flagpole?
A. 4 m.
B. 6 m.
C. 9 m.
D. 12 m.
37. In quadrilateral RSTW, diagonals RT and SW are perpendicular bisectors of each other. What must be
true of quadrilateral RSTW?
I. Rectangle
II. Rhombus
III. Square
A. I only
B. II only
C. II and III
D. I, II and III
38. The volume (V) of a cylinder is represented by V = r2h, where r is the radius of the base and h is the height
of the cylinder. If the volume of a cylinder is 120 cubic meters and the height is 5 m, what is the radius of
the base in meters?
A. 2.76
B. 8.68
C. 13.82
D. 43.41
39. A quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle. If the diagonals are diameters of the circle, what kind of quadrilateral
is it?
A. square
B. rectangle
C. trapezoid
D. parallelogram
40. Which of the following lines is perpendicular to 3x + 2y =3 and passing through (-1,2)?
A. 3x + 2y = 1
B. 3x + 2y = 7
C. 2x 3y = -4
D. 2x 3y = -8
41. Mark predicted that the number of mango trees x planted in a farm could yield y = 20x2+2800x mangoes
per year. How many trees should be planted to produce the maximum number of mangoes per year?
A. 60
B. 70
C. 80
D. 90
42. What is the range of the quadratic function defined by the equation f(x) = 2x2 3x + 1?
A. [ - 1/8, )
B. ( - 1/8 , )
C. [ 1/8 , )
D. ( 1/8, )
43. What is the vertex of the quadratic function y = x2 12x + 36 ?
A. ( 6, 0 )
B. ( 6, 0 )
C. ( 0, 6 )

D. ( 0, 6)

44. The ratio of the volumes of two similar rectangular prisms is 125 : 64. What is the ratio of their base areas?
A. 25:16
B. 25:4
C. 4:5
D. 5:4
45. A map is drawn to the scale of 1 cm:150 m. If the distance between towns A and B measures 8.5 cm on the
map, what is the approximate distance between these towns?

A. 25.6 m

B. 10 m

C. 38.4 m

D. 24 m

46. A giant swing completes a period in about 15 seconds. Approximately how long is the pendulums arm
using the formula t 2

l
32

time?
( use = 3.14 ) A. 573.25 ft

, where l is the length of the pendulum in feet and t is the amount of

B. 182.56 ft

C. 16.65 ft

D. 4.31 ft

47. Raul walks 5 km due east and 8 km due north. How far is he from the starting point?
A. 13
B. 26
C. 40

D.

89

48. From the top of a barn 7.62 m high, an observer saw a cat on the ground. If the angle of depression of the
cat was 40o, how many meters must the cat walk to reach the ground?
A. 9.08 m
B. 9.80 m
C. 9.81 m
D. 9.18 m
49. A balloon is 50 m high. Its angle of elevation from observer A is 45o and from observer B 30o . What is the
maximum distance between the two observers?
A. 136 m
B. 137 m
C. 138 m
D. 139 m
50. Two ships leave the same port at the same time. One ship sails on a course of 110o at 32 mi per hour. The
other sails on a course of 230o at 40 mi/hr. Find the distance between them after two hours. Express your
answer to the nearest mile.
A. 124 mi
B. 125 mi
C. 126 mi
D. 127 mi

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