Math 8
Math 8
Multiple Choice
Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. When adding a negative number and negative number your result will be..
2. If you are adding two integers and the signs are the same you…
a. Subtract the smaller value from the larger value
b. Add the values and keep the sign
c. Add the values and take the opposite of the sign
d. Subtract the larger value from the smaller value
3. Simplify: 1001
a. 0 b. 1
c. 100 d.1000
9. What is the middle operator in the product of the sum and difference of two binomials?
a. addition b. subtraction
c. division d. multiplication
10. Which of the following is equal to the following expression, “twice the product of x
and y”?
a. (x+y)2 b. 2(x+y)
c. 2(x-y) d. 2xy
17. If one of the factors of the expression x2 – 15x + 50 is x – 10, what is the other factor?
a. x-5 b. x-2
c. x+5 d. x-10
19. We cannot factor using the difference of two square expressions (4x2 – 21). Why?
a. Because 21 is not a perfect square number
b. Because 4 is not a perfect square number
c. Because 21 is not a perfect cubed number
d. Because x2 and y2 are not a perfect square
20. Which of the following is the correct mathematical symbol for, “square root of x
squared”?
a. √ x 2 b. √ x
c. √ ( x )
2 2
d. x2
23. Which of the following could not be the value of x, of the given rational expression
x+3
?
x+1
a. -1 b. 1
c. 2 d. -2
6−x
24. Determine the value/s of the variable for which the rational expressions is
14−2 x
undefined.
a. -7 b. 7
c. -14 d. 14
2−x
25. Evaluate for x = 3
1−2 x
1 1
a. b.
−5 5
1 1
c. d.
6 −6
26. Which of the following could not be the value of x, of the given rational expression
x+3
?
x+1
a. -1 b. 1
c. 2 d. -2
3 x −4
28. What value of x will make the expression undefined?
x +2
a. 0 b. -1
c. -2 d. -3
x2 −100
29. The rational expression 2 is the same as..
x −100
x+ 10 x−10
a. b.
x−10 x+ 10
x−10
c. d. 1
x−10
3 4
24 x y
30. What is the equivalent expression of ?
12 xy
a. 2x2y3 b. x2y3
c. 3xy d. 2x3y2
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