Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Batangas
District of Malvar

DON JULIO LEVISTE MEMORIAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bliss San Andres, Malvar, Batangas

SECOND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

in MATHEMATICS 9

I. Multiple Choice: Read and analyze the following questions. Choose the letter that you think best answers the
question.

1. The cost of c varies directly as the number of n pencils is written as:

A. c=kn B. k=cn C. n=k/n D. c=k/n
2. The speed r of a moving object is inversely proportional to the time t travelled is written as
A. r=kt B. r=k/t C. t=kr D. r/k=r
3. Which is an example of a direct variation?
A. xy=10 C. y=5x
B. y=2/x D. 2/y=x
4. A car travels a distance of d kilometers in t hours. The formula that relates d to t is d=kt. What kind of variation
is it?
A. Direct B. Inverse C. Joint D. Combined
5. y varies directly as x and y=32 when x=4. Find the constant of variation.
A. 8 B. 36 C. 28 D. 128
6. Which of the following describes an inverse variation?
A. C.

B. D.

7. What happens to T when h is doubled in the equation T=4h?

A. T is halved B. T is tripled C. T is doubled D. T becomes zero
8. If y varies directly as x and y=12 when x=4, find y when x=12.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 36 D. 48
9. What mathematichal statement describes the graph below?

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 A. lw=36 B. l/w = 36 C. l/36 = w D. w/36 = l

10. If y varies inversely as x and y=1/3 when x=8, find y when x =-4.
A. -2/3 B. 2/3 C. -32/3 D. 32/3
11. What happens to y when x is trippled in the relation y=k/x?
A. y is trippled B. y is doubled C. y is halved D. y is divided by 3
12. w varies directly as the square of x and iniversely as p and q. If w=12 when x=4, p=2 and q=20, find w when
x=3, p=8 and q=5.
A. 10 B. 9 C. 27/4 D. 5
13. If 3 men can do a portion of a job in 8 days, how many men can do the same job in 6 days?
A. 7 B. 6 C. 5 D. 4
14. If y varies inversely as x, and y=1/5 when x=9, find y when x=-3.
A. 5 B. 1/3 C. 3/5 D. -3/5
15. Mackee's income varies directly as the number of days that she works. If she earns Php 8,000.00 in 20 days,
how much will she earn if she worked 3 times as long?
A. Php 26,000 B. Php 24,000 C. Php 20,000 D. Php 16,000
16. If s varies directly as t and inversely as v, then which of the following equatuins describes the relation among
the three variables s, t, and v?
A. s = k/tv B. s = kv/t C. l/s = kt/v D. s = kt/v
17. If (x-4) varies inversely as (y+3) and x=8 when y=2, find x when y=-1.
A. 20 B. 18 C. 16 D. 14
18. The amount of gasoline used by a car varies jointly as the distance travelled and the square root of the speed.
Suppose a car used 25 liters on a 100 km trip at 100kph, about how many liters will use on a 1000km trip at
64kph?
A. 100 L B. 200 L C. 300L D. 400L
19. If y varies directly as the square of x, how is y changed if x is increased by 20%?
A. 44% decrease in y B. 44% increase in y C. 0.44% decrease in y D. 0.44% increase in y
20. If h varies jointly as square of j and I and inversely as g, h=50 when j=2, i=5, and g=1/2, fimd h when j=4, I=10,
and g=1/4.
A. 25 B. 100 C. 800 D. 805
21. The equation y=kx where k is a non zero constant, represents the _________ of the variation.
A. constant B. dependent variable C. independent variable C. none of the above
22. If a varies directly as b, and k is the variation constantthen a=_____.
A. bk B. bc C. kb D. kbc
23. The equation __________ represents inverse variation.
A. y=x/y B. y=k/x C. y=x/k D. y=kx
24. An equation of the form y=kzy, where k is a non zero constant, expresses a/an ____.
A. Direct Variation B. Inverse Variation C. Joint Variation D. Combined Variation
25. An equation of the form ____, where k is a non zero constant, expresses combined variation.
A. y=x/y B. y=kxy C. y=kx/y D. y=kx/z

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 II. MATCHING TYPE. Match the equation in Column A to the Type of variation in Column B. Write only the letter of your
best choice on your answer sheet.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
26. a=∏/b A. direct variation
27. a=b/4 B. inverse variation
28. a=10/b C. joint variation
29. a=3b/c D. combined variation
30. b=(1/4)a
31. b=(1/2)ac
32. b=3�2/
√
�
33. b=88ac
34. A=(1/3)bh
35. A=(1/2)(a+b)(h)

III. FILL IN THE BLANK. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. Choose the best answer from the box below.
5/3 0 9
1 1/81
1/7 3 1/� 𝑛

�^(−𝑛) 1/121
36. Any number, excluding zero, raised to ____ power is equal to 1
37. 9^0 = ____
38. �^(−𝑛) =____, where x is not equal to 0 and n is a counting number.
39. �^𝑛 =____, where x is not equal to 0 and n is a negative integer.
9^(−3)/9^(−4)
40. = ____
41. 9^(−2) = ____
42. 7^0+8^0+9^ =_____
0
43.〖 11 = ____
〗 ^(−2
) 3^(
44. −1) = ____
/5^
45. 7^(−1) = ____
(−1
)

IV. PROBLEM SOLVING. Read and analyze the following situation. Solve and provide the solution in each problem.
46-50. A worker's pay check (P) varies directly as the number of hours (h) worked. For working 20 hours, the
payment is ₱1,000.00. Find the payment for 45 hours of work.
k=? hint: Find the constant first before you find the payment for 45 hours
P=?

51-55. The number of hours (t) required to finish a certain job varies inversely as the number of persons (N) on the
job. If 16 persons require 18 hours to finish the job, how long would it take 64 persons to finish the job?
k=? hint: Find the constant first before you find the number of hours it will take to finish
t=? the job

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 56-60. t varies directly as m and inversely as the square of n. If t=32 when m=16 and n=4, find t when m=24 and
n=6
k=? hint: Find the constant first before you solve for the second t.
t=?

~God Bless~

Prepared by: Checked by:

ANGELO M. TIQUIO JANET D. MONTECER

Math 9 Teacher Math Cordinator

Noted:

RAYMUNDO F. HERMO
Principal I

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Batangas
District of Malvar

DON JULIO LEVISTE MEMORIAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bliss San Andres, Malvar, Batangas

ANSWER KEY FOR FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

in Mathematics 10
Part I
A. Sequence
1. C 6. C 11. D 16. B
2. C 7. D 12. A 17. A
3. A 8. B 13. A 18. C
4. B 9. C 14. C 19. B
5. D 10. A 15. C 20. C
B. Polynomial function
21 26
22 27
23 28
24 29
25 30

Part II
31-50. 7.8mg
36-40. Php10,749.5424
41-45. 729/256
46-47. –5, 7, –7, 0, 2, –3
48-50. 30