Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
QUARTER 3
Third Periodical Exam
MATHEMATICS 9

Name:________________________________________ Grade & Sec: ___________________________

DIRECTION: Read and understand each question carefully. Choose the LETTER of the correct answer.

1. How do you describe any two opposite angles in a parallelogram?

A. They are always congruent. C. They are supplementary.
B. They are complementary D. They are both right angles.

2. A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides is called

A. square B. rectangle C. trapezoid D. rhombus

3. How many congruent triangles are formed when a diagonal of a parallelogram is drawn?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
4. Two consecutive angles of a parallelogram have measures (x + 30)° and {2(x – 30)}°.
What is the measure of the smaller angle?
A. 30° B. 80° C. 100° D. 140°
5. 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 pairs of opposite sides are congruent.
B. Two angles are supplementary. D. Two diagonals bisect each other.

6. Which of the following statements could be false?

A. The diagonals of a rectangle are congruent.
B. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
C. The diagonals of a square are perpendicular and bisect each other.
D. The diagonals of a rhombus are congruent and perpendicular to each other.

7. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Every square is a rectangle. C. Every rectangle is a square.
B. Every rhombus is a rectangle. D. Every parallelogram is a rhombus.

8. In the figure at the right, what is the measure of angle x in rhombus LOVE?
A. 67° C. 113°
B. 90° D. 180°

9. What condition will make parallelogram WXYZ a rectangle?

A. 𝑊𝑋 ̅̅̅̅̅̅ ≅ 𝑌𝑍 ̅̅̅̅̅ B. 𝑊𝑋 ̅̅̅̅̅̅ II 𝑌𝑍 ̅̅̅̅̅ C. X is a right-angle D. 𝑊𝑋 ̅̅̅̅̅̅ and 𝑌𝑍 ̅̅̅̅̅ bisect each other

10. In the picture at the right, segment OP is a midsegment of triangle XYZ. If OP is parallel
to XZ and XZ has a length of 30 inches, how long is OP?
A. 30 inches C. 15 inches
B. 60 inches D. 10 inches
11. A cross section of a water trough is in the shape of a trapezoid with bases measuring
2 m and 6 m. what is the length of the median of the trapezoid?
A. 2 m B. 4 m C. 5 m D. 8 m
12. Which of the following statements is true?
A. A trapezoid can have four equal sides.
B. A trapezoid can have three right angles.
C. The base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.
D. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid bisect each other.

13. Which of the following statements is/are true about trapezoids?

A. The diagonals are congruent. C. Both a and b
B. The median is parallel to the bases. D. Neither a nor b

14. Which of the following statements is true?

A. A kite has a congruent opposite side.
B. A kite has two pairs of congruent angles.
C. The diagonals of a kite are perpendicular.
D. The diagonals of a kite form four congruent triangles.

15. In a parallelogram, any two opposite sides are congruent.

A. True B. False

16. The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid are represented by 4x – 47 and 2x + 31.

What is the value of x?
A. 37 B. 39 C. 107 D. 10

17. In the figure, DC = 20 cm, and AB = 36 cm, what is FE?

A. 16 cm C. 28 cm
B. 46 cm D. 56 cm

18. In rectangle KAYE, YO = 18 cm. Find the length of diagonal.

A. 6 cm C. 9 cm
B. 18 cm D.36cm

19. What is a proportion?

A. When two ratios can be simplified.
B. When two ratios are equivalent and show the same value.
C. When two ratios can be multiplied by 2.
D. When two ratios have the exact same numbers.

20. What is the value of x in the equation 36 = 4𝑥 ?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

21. The scale drawing of Sala is 8 inches wide by 12 inches long. If the actual Sala is
12 feet wide, what is the length of the Sala?
A. 8 feet B. 10 feet C. 16 feet D. 18 feet

22. A model of a lighthouse has a diameter of 8 inches and height of 18 inches. If the actual
diameter of the lighthouse is 20 feet, what is its actual height?
A. 30 feet B. 45 feet C. 50 feet D. 35 feet

23. The ratio of the sides of the original triangle to its enlarged version is 1:3. The enlarged
triangle is expected to have
A. sides that are thrice as long as the original
B. an area that is thrice as large as the original
C. sides that are one-third the lengths of the original
D. angles that are thrice the measurement of the original

24. Which of the following pairs of triangles CANNOT be proved similar?

25. Which of the following triangles are always similar?
A. Right triangle B. Obtuse triangle C. Isosceles triangle D. Equilateral triangle

26. What is true of angles of similar triangles?

A. Opposite angles are congruent. C. Corresponding angles are congruent.
B. Corresponding angles are 90 degrees. D. Corresponding angles are parallel.

27. It is a triangle formed by self-similar triangles.

A. Right Triangle B. Isosceles Triangle C. Sierpinski Triangle D. Obtuse Triangle

28. This theorem states that the two triangles are similar if the corresponding sides of two
triangles are in proportion.
A. SSS B. AAA C. SAS D. SSA
29. In a 45-45-90 right triangle; each leg is √22 times the hypotenuse; and the hypotenuse is
_______ times each leg.
A. 12 B. √3 C. √2 D. √33

30. What is the best way to solve problems involving triangle similarity?
A. Pythagorean Theorem C. Solving for similar triangles
B. Special Right Triangles D. Ratio and proportion

31. How to determine whether two triangles are similar using SAS similarity?
A. If the three angles of one triangle are congruent to three angles of another triangle,
then the two triangles are similar.
B. If the two sides of two triangles are proportional and the included angles are
congruent, then the triangles are similar.
C. If the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, then the two triangles
are similar.
D. If a segment bisects an angle of a triangle, then it divides the opposite side into
segments proportional to the other two sides.

32. A cake is triangular and each side measures 12 inches. If the cake is subdivided equally
into two by slicing from one corner perpendicular to the opposite side, how long is that
edge where the cake is sliced?
A. 12 inches B. 6 inches C. 6√3 inches D. 6√2 inches

33. What similarity concept justifies the Δ 𝐹𝐸𝐿~Δ𝑄𝑊𝑁?

A. Right Triangle Proportionality Theorem
B. SAS Similarity Theorem
C. SSS Similarity Theorem
D. Triangle Proportionality Theorem
34. Which theorems can be used to prove that these two triangles are similar?

A. AA B. SAS C. SSS D. SSA

35. This theorem states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal
to the sum of the squares of the legs.
 A. Pythagorean C. Triangle Angle-Bisector
B. Triangle Proportionality D. Right Triangle Similarity
36. Which of the following shapes can the Pythagorean theorem apply to?
A. Any triangle C. Any shape with a right angle
B. Any right triangle D. Any obtuse triangle
37. What is the first step in solving word problems involving similar triangles?
A. Use the scaling ratio to calculate the length of the unknowns.
B. Create a simple diagram to visually represent similar triangles.
C. Label the diagram.
D. Use a pair of corresponding sides to determine the scaling ratio between
similar triangles.

38. In a right triangle ABC, AB = 12 cm, BC = 10 cm and angle ABC = 90 degrees. What is
the measure of angle ACB?
A. 39.8 degrees B. 33. 6 degrees C. 56.4 degrees D. 50.2 degrees

39. Refer to the figure below. Find the value of x.

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8

40. The perimeter of a parallelogram is 34 cm. if a diagonal is 1 cm less than its length
and 8 cm more than its width, what are the dimensions of this parallelogram?
A. 4 cm x 13 cm B. 5 cm x 12 cm C. 6 cm x 11 cm D. 7 cm x 10 cm

41. The two sides of one of the similar triangles are 8 cm and 21cm. If in the other triangle,
the side that corresponds to the 8cm side is 40cm, how long is the side that corresponds
to the 21cm side?
A. 24 cm B. 36cm C. 48cm D. 105cm

42-44. A quadrilateral has sides 6cm, 10cm, 18cm, a cm. A quadrilateral is similar to this,
the corresponding sides are b,c, 36 cm, and 48 cm. Find a.
A. 16 cm B. 14cm C. 20 cm D. 24cm

43. From item 42, what is the value of b?

A. 12cm B. 20cm C. 22cm D. 24cm

44. From item 42, what is the value of c?

A. 12cm B. 20cm C. 36cm D. 24cm

45. Photocopies can reduce or enlarge an item being copied. The scale factor of the copy to the original size is
expressed as a percent. If you want the original to be one-fourth the size of the copy, at what percent will you
set the copier?
A. 15% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%

II. Determine whether the given pair of figures are similar. If they are similar, write a similarity statement and
find the scale factor.

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48. 6cm __________________________________________

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II. Problem Solving

Direction: Use the Pythagorean theorem to find each missing length. All measurements are
in centimeters. Show your solution.

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