Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
Division of San Carlos City
MALACAÑANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
School Year 2016-2017
Name: ____________________________________Gr. & Section: ________Date: _____________Score: __________
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
GRADE 9 MATHEMATICS
General Direction: Observe honesty, orderliness and neatness of your work.
Strictly follow the instruction.
Part I: Instruction: Choose the best answer..
1. An equation of second degree is called…
a. Linear b. Quadratic c. Cubic d. exponential
2. What must be added to x2 – 10x to make it perfect square trinomial?
a. 5 b. -5 c. 25 d. -25
3. What are the values of a, b and c in the equation 3x=x −1? 2

a. a=−1;b=−1;=3 b. a=1;b=−3;c=−1 c. a=1;b=3;c=1 d. a=−1;b=−3;c=−1

4. Determine the opening of the parabola of the function f(x)=3(x+2)2
a. upward b. downward c. to the right d. to the left
5. What is the first step when solving a quadratic equation by completing the square?
a. take square root of both sides
b. get constant to one side and divide by the coefficient of the squared term
c. solve for x
d. take one half the coefficient of x, square it, and add it to both sides, (This is the second step)
6. What is the product of the roots of the quadratic equation that has roots 2 and -3.
a. -6 b. -1 c. 5 d. 6
7. What is the graph of a quadratic function?
a. Line b. cubic c. parabola d. bar graph
8. Write the equation of the graph given a=2 and vertex (1, 3).
a. y=2(x-1)2+3 b. y=2(x-1)2-3 c. y=2(x+1)2+3 d. y=2(x+1)2-3
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9. b - 4ac is used to
a. find the y-intercept c. find the number of x intercepts or nature of roots
b. determine the direction the graph opens d. determine the x-value of the vertex
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10. In y = 4(x + 3) -6, when transform into standard form, the equation becomes
a. y = x2 + 3x - 6 b. y = 4x2 + 24x + 36 c. y = 4x2 + 6x – 3 d. y = 4x2 + 24x + 30
11. Find the quadratic equation that has roots 2 and -3.
a. y = x2 - x – 6 b. y = 2x2 + x + 6 c. y = x2 + x – 6 d. y = x2 - x + 6
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12. The length of a garden is 5 longer that its width and the area is 14 m . How long is the garden?
a. 9 m b. 7 m c. 5 m d. 2 m
13. The discriminant of a quadratic equation is -8. What is the nature of its roots?
a. imaginary and equal b.. imaginary and unequal c. real and equal d. real and unequal
14. “The graph of f(x) = x2 shifted 3 units upward”, which of the following functions best describes the graph?
a. f(x) = x2-3 b. f(x) = x2+3 c. f(x) = 3x2 d. f(x) = -3x2
15. Identify a possible graph for function f given by f(x) = x – 3 2

a c

b d
16. The statement “The longer the time a candle is lighted, the shorter it becomes”, represents which variation?
a. direct variation b. direct square variation c. inverse variation d. joint variation

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17. Translate “Atmospheric pressure p varies inversely as the altitude h”.
a. p=h b. p= k/h c. k = p/h d. h = kp
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18. The expression (3x) means _________
a. 3  3  3  3 b. x  x  x  x c. 3x  3x  3x  3x d. x 4  x 4  x 4  x 4
19. Find the constant of variation k if y varies directly as x and y = 24 and x = 3.
a. 27 b. 24 c. 8 d. 3
20. “y varies directly as the square of x and y = 6 when x = 2, find y when x = 4
a. 90 b. 35 c. 24 d. 16
21. Find the value of the expression (-5x2y3z10)0.
a. -1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2
7
x
22. 5 is equal to _____. a. x b. x2 c. x12 d. x35
x
23. Write the expression a1/2 as a radical. a. 2a b. n 2 c. a d. a 2
3
24. One of the following is the radical expression of the expression (5 x 2 ) 4 , which is it?
a. 3 (5 x 2 ) 4 b. 4 (5 x 2 ) 3 c. 3 625x 3 d. 4
(125 x 3
25. The simplified form of the expression 5x-3y0
5 5x3 5y
b. b. c. 5x 3 d.
x 3
y x3
26. Simplify  8 a.  2 b.  4 2 c.  2 2 d. 2 2
27. If 3 4 is multiplied by 3 6 , what is the product?
c. 9 24 b. 9 6 c. 9 4(6) d. 18 6
28. Solve for x: x  12
a. 12 b. 12 c. 24 d. 144
29. A Quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite sides parallel is called____?
a. Trapezoid b. Parallelogram c. Triangle d. kite
30. Which of the following conditions is not sufficient to prove that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram?
a. Two pairs of sides are parallel c. Two angles are supplementary
b. Two pairs of opposite sides are congruent d. Two diagonals bisect each other
31. What can you say about the two consecutive angles in a parallelogram?
a. They are always congruent c. They are sometimes complementary
b. They are supplementary d. They are both right angles
32. What condition best guarantees that the figure ROME is a parallelogram?
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a. if both pairs of opposite sides are congruent
b. if both pairs of opposite angles are congruent. 5
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c. if both pairs of consecutive angles are supplementary
d. if diagonals bisect each other. E 7 M
33. What condition best guarantees that the figure KAYE is a parallelogram? K E
a. if both pairs of opposite sides are congruent
b. if both pairs of opposite angles are congruent.
c. if both pairs of consecutive angles are supplementary
d. if diagonals bisect each other. A Y
34. What condition will make parallelogram WXYZ a rectangle?
a. WX  YZ b. WX  YZ c. X is a right triangle d. WX and YZ bisect each other
35. If m:n =4:3, find 3m-2n:3m
a. 2:5 b. 3:6 c. 4:5 d. 4:6

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 36. What similarity concept justifies that FEL ~ QWN ?
E W
a. Right Triangle Proportionality Theorem
b. Triangle Proportionality Theorem 650
9 6 6 650 4
c. SSS Similarity Theorem
d. SAS Similarity Theorem F Q N
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For item 37-38 K E

37. In the rectangle KAYE, YO =18cm, find the length of diagonal.
a. 6cm b. 9cm c. 18cm d. 36cm O
38. Find the length of EO
a. 6cm b. 9cm c. 18cm d. 36cm A Y

39. Two triangles are similar if an angle of one triangle is congruent to an angle of another triangle and the
corresponding sides including those angles are in proportion. What Triangle Similarity is being stated?
a. AAA Triangle Similarity c. SSS Triangle Similarity
a. SAS Triangle Similarity d. Right Angle Similarity
40. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs.
a. Pythagorean Theorem
b. Right Triangle Similarity Theorem
c. Triangle Angle Bisector Theorem
41. In a 450-450-900 Right Triangle, each leg of right triangle is _____
a. 2 times the hypotenuse c. 2 times the hypotenuse
2 2
b. 3 times the hypotenuse d. 1 times the hypotenuse
2 2
42. What is the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle whose shorter leg is 5 inches long?
a. 2 b. 5 c. 10 d. 25
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43. The ratio of opposite side over the hypotenuse.
a. Sine b. cosine c. tangent d. secant
44. The angle between the horizontal line and the line of sight when looking up.
a. Right angle b. angle of depression c. angle of elevation
45. Find the exact value of cos 0 a. 1 b. 0.707 c. 0 d. undefined
46. In ∆ABC, A = 30°, B = 60°, and a = 5. Find b.
A. 8.4 B. 8.5 C. 8.7 D. 8.8
47. What is the measure of angle A in the right triangle at the right?

A. 17° B. 27° C. 17° D. 90°

48. What is the value of x in the figure at the right?
A. 1 B. 9 C. 20 D. 3

49. Find the exact value of cot450 .

a. 0 B. undefined C. 1 D. -1
50. When the angle between the ground and the sun is 45oa flag pole casts a shadow of 40m long. What is the height
of the flagpole?
a. 40 m b. 45m c. 50 m d. 55m

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Grade 9 Diagnostic Test Key answer:
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. a
9. c
10. d
11. c
12. b
13. b
14. b
15. d
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. C
20. C
21. C
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. C
27. D
28. B
29. B
30. C
31. B
32. A
33. D
34. C
35. A
36. D
37. D
38. C
39. C
40. A
41. A
42. C
43. D
44. A
45. D
46. D
47. C
48. D
49. C
50. D

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