DON JUAN DELA CRUZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Alvear St., Lingayen, Pangasinan

School Year 2014 2015
Mathematics Grade 8
THIRD PERIODICAL TEST

Name: _____________________________________
Grade & Section: ____________________________

Score: _______________
Date:________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Read and analyze the questions carefully and choose the
correct answer on each item. Write the letter of your answer on the space
provided for.
1. Any quantity with a fractional exponent represents ________________.
A. an exponential equation
C. a fractional function
B. a radical expression
D. a rational expression
2. What law of exponent is applied in the following expressions,
?
A. Power of a power
C. Quotient of powers
B. Power of a product
D. Product of powers
3. The process of simplifying a fraction into an expression free of radicals in the
denominator is called ____________________.
A. simplifying the denominator
C. division of radicals
B. rationalizing the denominator
D. reciprocal of radicals
4. A system used to express conveniently very large and very small numbers.
A. System of notation
C. Scientific notation
B. Standard notation
D. Exponential notation
5. The number which indicates how many times a certain number is used as a
factor.
A. exponent
C. nth factor
B. base
D. product
6. What term represents the roots of a number?
A. Exponent
C. Scientific notation
B. Square root
D. Radical
7. Which of the following is not a Law/Rule for exponents?
A. Power of a power
C. Product of Powers
B. Power of a monomial
D. Product of a monomial
8. Which of the following expression needs to simplify by rationalizing the
denominator?
A.

B.

C.

D.

9. The repeated factor in a power is the ______________.

A. base
C. product
B. exponent
D. nth factor
10. The mass of the earth is about 5, 975, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000. This mass
in scientific notation is ________________.
A. 5.975 x 1021
C. 5975 x 1018
20
B. 59.75 x 10
D. 0.5975 x 1022
11. The radical obtained when the following expressions are simplified

.
A.
C.
B.
D. 14

12. A number is expressed in scientific notation when it is written in the form

where ___________.
A.
C.
B.
D.
,
13. A number which can be expressed by means of a base and an exponent.
A.
C. exponential expression
B.
D.
14. The number under the radical sign whose root is to be taken.
A. Radical
C. index
B. Radical expression
D. radicand

15. What laws of exponent should be used to simplify the expression

A. Product of powers and Power of a power
B. Power of a power and Quotient of powers
C. Quotient of powers and Power of a product
D. Power of a product and product of powers
II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the terms/ expressions that is being described/ asked by
the following items. Write your answer on the space provided for.
1. The scientific notation of 889 030 000 000 000 000 000 000.
2. The simplest form of
3. The radicand integral of

4. The law of exponent in which

and
,
5. A number expressed as a product of a number having one nonzero
digit to the left of the decimal point and a power of 10.
6. An algebraic expression involving roots.
7. The process of eliminating the radicals in the denominator of a fraction.
8. It names the factor being repeated.
9. The simplest form of (

10. The standard notation of 5.98 x 10 -6.

11. The simplest form of
12. The radicand integral of
13.
14.

____________ .

___________.

15. The law of exponent used in multiplying powers with like bases.

III. TRUE or FALSE. Examine the following statements. Write TRUE if the statement is
correct and FALSE if it is wrong. Record your answer on the space provided for.
1. Variable expressions that contain radicals always represent real numbers.
2. To convert from standard notation to scientific notation, use 10-n if the original
number is larger than 10.
3. (5x3)(4x) = 20x3.
4. Exponential notations can be a considered as mathematical shorthand.

5. Rationalizing the denominator is a process of simplifying exponential

expressions.
6. If

, and

such that

, then

is an

of .

7. Scientific notation enables us to express very large and very small numbers
conveniently and precisely.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12. The scientific notation of 143,020,000,000 is 1.4302 x 10 -11.
13.
14. Let

and

, if

then

15. Radical expression is not considered to be in simplest form if a radical sign

remains in the denominator.
IV. MATCHING TYPE. Examine each mathematical expression in Column A, and then
match the expression to the appropriate mathematical concept it describes in
Column B. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided for.

Column A
1. xn
2.

Column B
A. needs to make the radicand integral
B. Power of a power

C. Exponential notation

3.

D. Scientific notation
E. Standard notation

4.

F. General form of an exponential

5.

expression

6.

G. Power of a product
H. Negative nth root of

7.
8.

is written

9. if

and

is odd.

I. Principal nth root of

J. Rationalizing the denominator
K. Power of a quotient

10. (

V. PROBLEM SOLVING
For items 1-4, simplify each given expression then encircle your final answer. Show
your complete solution.
1.

2. (

3.

4. (

For item 5, analyze first the given problem then solve/ answer what is being
asked. Show your complete solution and encircle your answer.

5. An electric current of 1 ampere will deposit about 0.0011180 grams of

silver each second from a water solution of silver nitrate. About how
many grams of silver will be deposited if the current is 1 x 10 -1 ampere
and the time is one hour and 20 minutes?

PREPARED BY:
TONY A. CERVERA JR.

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