Department of Education

National Capital Region

SCHOOL DIVISION OF PASIG CITY

GENERAL MATHEMATICS
First Quarter Examination
SY 2022-2023

Direction: Read each statement carefully and choose the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.
1. Which of the following sets of ordered pairs is not a function?
A. {(Mrs. Perez, College Algebra), (Mrs. Santos, Trigonometry), (Mrs. Perez, Pre- Calculus)}
B. {(A123, BMW), (B123, Chevrolet), (C123, Jaguar) }
C. {(Maine, 86), (Elaine, 90), (Dwyane, 86)}
D. {(85, Math), (75, English), (90, Science)}
2. Which of the following relationships is not an example of a real-life function?
A. parents and their firstborn children C. people and their mother
B. people and their father D. people and their sibling
3. Why is the relationship between an employer and an employee an example of
a one-to-many correspondence?
A. An employer can have many employees C. An employee can have many employers
B. An employer can only have one employee D. Employers can have the same employee
4. If we evaluate a function f(x) at x = 0, the
resulting value of f(x) is denoted by:
A. f(0) B. f(-1) C. f(1) D. f(2)
5. Which of the following equations best describes the relationship between the X Y
corresponding values of x and y shown in the table? -2 - 12
A. y = x – 10 B. y = 2x – 8 C. y = 3x – 6 D. y = x2 – 8 0 -6
1 -3
6. How do we evaluate a function?
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A. By graphing the function on a Cartesian plane
B. By finding the value to be substituted to the variable
C. By substituting the given value of the variable and simplifying
D. By solving for the value of the variable that will make the function equal to 0
7. Suppose f(x) = x2 + 3 and g(x) = x−2. Which of the following is a formula for (f –g)(x)?
A. (f –g) (x) = x2 −x + 1 C. (f –g) (x) = x2 −4x + 7
B. (f –g) (x) = x + 2x + 3x−2
3 2 D. (f –g) (x) = x2 −x + 5
8. Which of the following expressions does not represent the difference of two
functions f(x) and g(x)?
A. g(x) – f(x) B. (g-f) (x) C. (f-g) (x) D. g(f(- x)
9. What is the area of rectangle whose length
is (5x +4) and width is (2x-7)?
A. 10x2 + 27x -28 B. 10x2- 27x -28 C. 10x2- 33x -28 D. 10x2- 33x + 28
10. What is the height of parallelogram whose length is 4x and area is 16x2 +4x cm?
A. 4x + 1 B. 3x – 1 C. -2x +5 D. x +3

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 11. Elaine bought a cake-making kit. She sells one-pound cakes for ₱ 75 each. Write a
function C that shows how much she earns selling p pounds of cake.
A. C(p) = 75p C. C(p) = 75p + 150
B. C(p) = 75 + p D. C(p) = 75p + 150 + p
12. The distance from Manila to Baguio is around 250 kilometers. How long will it
take you to get to Baguio if your speed is 25 kilometers per hour?
A. 2.5 hrs. B. 5 hrs. C. 10 hrs. D. 25 hrs.
13. The computer shop charges Php 30.00 per hour (or a fraction of an hour) for the
first two hours and additional Php 20.00 per hour for each succeeding hour. How
much would you pay if you used their computer for 240 minutes?
A. Php 80.00 B. Php 100.00 C. Php 120.00 D. Php 150.00
14. Which of the following is an example of
rational function?
5𝑥 5𝑥−2 2 5𝑥
A. 𝑥−1 = 3 B. 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥−1 C. 𝑥−1 > 2 D. 𝑥−3 < −4
𝑥 2 +1
15. What makes 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑒𝑥 − 2𝑥 not a rational function?
A. The expression x2 + 1 is no longer factorable
B. The symbol e in the denominator is a constant
C. The denominator has a variable in the exponent
D. The numerator and denominator have no common factor
16. Why is f(x) = x3 – 8 a rational function?
A. because the denominator is 1 which is also a polynomial
B. because the two terms are both perfect cube
C. because it has no denominator
D. because it can be factored
17. Which of the following is not a rational equation?
√2 1 𝑥2 1
A. = 6𝑥 2 B. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 = −2 C. = 2𝑥 D. 𝑥+1 = 𝑥
𝑥 𝑥
√

18. Which of the following is a rational function?

1−𝑥 𝑥 2 +1 −4𝑥 −1 𝑥 2 +1
A. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = B. 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = C. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = D. 𝑓(𝑥 ) =
1.267𝑥 √−2+𝑥 𝑥2 0

19. In the class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5. If there are 27 boys, what is the
number of girls?
A. 35 B. 40 C. 45 D. 50
20. Suppose that the weekly sales S (in thousands of unit) of certain tablet computer t weeks after
40𝑡
it is introduced to the market is given by 𝑠(𝑡) = 𝑡 2 −25. When will the sales of mobile phones be
less than or equal to 3,000 units per week?
A. after 15 weeks C. before the 15th week
B. before the 5th week D. within 5 to 15 weeks
𝒙𝟐 𝒙+𝟐
21. Which is NOT correct in solving = 𝟐𝒙−𝟓 ?
𝐱−𝟑
A. Solve the equation. C. Equate one side of the equation to zero.
B. Check your solution. D. Multiply both sides of the equation by the LCD.
3 2 4
22. Which is the solution set of +  1− ?
x x x
A. (0, 9) B. (0, 9] C. [0, 9) D. [0, 9]

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 23. Which of the following is composed of values of x and f(x) or y that satisfy a given function?
A. graph B. asymptote C. equation D. table of values
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24. Which of the following tables of values describes the rational function 𝑦 = 𝑥+2?
A. x -2 -1 0 1 2 C.
x -2 -1 0 1 2
1 1 1
y ∞ -1 − − − y ∞ -1 -2 -3 -4
2 3 4
D.
B. x -2 -1 0 1 2 x -2 -1 0 1 2
1 1 1
y ∞ 1 y ∞ 1 2 3 4
2 3 4

25. Which of the following values are excluded from the domain of a rational function?
A. values that make the numerator zero
B. values that make the denominator zero
C. values that make the numerator negative
D. values that make the denominator negative
26. Which of the following is the range of 9 ?
y=
x −5
A. {y | y  ℝ, y ≠ 5} C. {y | y  ℝ, y ≠ -5}
B. {y | y  ℝ, y ≠ 0} D. {y | y  ℝ}
x −1
27. Which of the following is the domain of f ( x) = ?
x + x − 12
2

A. {xℝ | x  -3 and 4} C. {xℝ | -3 < x < 4}

B. {xℝ | x  3 and -4} D. {xℝ | -4 < x < 3}
28. If the polynomial in the numerator has a lower degree than the polynomial in the
denominator, what is the horizontal asymptote?
A. y = -1 B. y = 0 C. y = 1 D. none
29. Which is/are correct about the intercepts of a rational function?
I. The x-intercepts are the values of x that will make the function zero.
II. The y-intercept is equal to f(0).
A. I only B. II only C. I and II D. none of these
30. Which of the following statements is NOT correct in finding the vertical asymptote of
𝑥−3
𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 3𝑥−9 ?
A. Equate the denominator to zero. C. The vertical asymptote is x = 3.
B. Solve for x in the equation 3x – 9 = 0 D. There is no vertical asymptote.
31. The numerator of a fraction is six less than its denominator. If both the numerator and the
denominator of the fraction are increased by three, the resulting fraction is more than 2 .
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Which of the following inequalities represents the problem.
𝑥+3 2 𝑥+3 2 𝑥−3 2 𝑥−3 2
A. 𝑥−3 > 5 B. 𝑥−6 > 5 C. 𝑥+3 > 5 D. >5
𝑥−6

32. Refer to question 31: What is the solution set in interval notation?
A. (-∞, -3)  (7, ∞) C. (-∞, -3)  7, ∞)
B. (-∞, -3  (7, ∞) D. (-∞, -3  7, ∞)

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 33. If the ordered pairs of a function g are the ordered pairs of the function f written in
reversed order, what is g in relation to f?
A. inverse function C. piecewise function
B. rational function D. composite function
34. Let x represent the factory price of a shirt and let f(x) represent the retail price of the
same shirt. Suppose that a markup of 12% is applied, which implies that the retail price of the
shirt is described by f(x)=1.12x. What does the variable x represent in the inverse
function f−1(x)?
A. retail price C. markup price
B. factory price D. discounted price
35. What is the inverse of the function f ( x) = 2 x + 1 ?
−1 x2
A. f ( x) = x 2 − 1 C. f −1 ( x) = −1
2
1 −1 x2 −1
B. f −1 ( x) = x 2 − D. f ( x) =
2 2

36. What is the correct order in finding the inverse of a function f(x)?
I. Replace y with f-1 (x).
II. Replace f(x) with y.
III. Solve for y in terms of x.
IV. Interchange the variables x and y.
A. I, II, III, IV C. IV, II, III, I
B. II, IV, III, I D. IV, III, II, I
37. Which of the following CANNOT be used to represent inverse functions?
A. a set of ordered pairs C. an inequality
B. a table of values D. a graph

38. Consider the function f(x) = 2x + 5. Which of the following is the correct table of
values for f-1(x)?

A. C.

B. D.

39. The inverse of the function described by the set of ordered pairs
{(0, -2), (1, 0), (2, 2), (3, 4), (4, 6)} is {(-2, 0), (0, 1), (2, 2), (4, 3), (6, 4)}. What is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
in connection with the inverse function?
A. It is the domain of the original function.
B. It is the range of the original function.
C. It is the domain of the inverse function.
D. It is the range of the inverse function.

40. What is the domain of the of the inverse of the function f(x) = x3 + 1?
A. (-∞, -1) B. (-∞, 1) C. (1, ∞) D. (-∞, ∞)

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