Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VII-CENTRAL VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SIQUIJOR
MARIA INTEGRATED SCHOOL

FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS 8
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. Which theorem states that if one side of a triangle is longer than a second side, then
the angle opposite the first side is larger than the angle opposite the second side?
A. Triangle Inequality Theorem
B. Angle-Side Relationship Theorem
C. Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem
D. Hinge Theorem or SAS Inequality Theorem

2. In Triangle Inequality Theorem, which of the following describes the relationship of the
sum of its two sides to its third length?
A. greater than C. less than
B. greater than or equal to D. less than or equal to

3. Which of the following theorems on triangle inequalities states that the measure of an
exterior angle of a triangle is greater than the measure of remote interior angle?
A. Triangle Inequality Theorem
B. Angle-Side Relationship Theorem
C. Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem
D. Hinge Theorem or SAS Inequality Theorem

4. Which of the following theorems deals with the two triangles whose two corresponding
sides are congruent and whose included angle are unequal?
A. SAS Inequality Theorem C. Angle-Side Relationship Theorem
B. SSS Inequality Theorem D. Exterior Nagle Inequality Theorem

5. Which of the following could NOT be used as the length of the sides of a triangle?
A. 3, 3, 3 B. 4, 5, 10 C. 5, 7, 9 D. 10, 20, 20

6. Which numbers could represent the lengths of the sides of a triangle?

A. 5, 9, 14 B. 7, 7, 15 C. 1, 2, 4 D. 3, 6, 8

7. Phil is cutting a triangular piece of tile. If the triangle is scalene, which set of numbers
could represent the lengths of the sides?
A. 5, 6, 7 B. 6, 8, 14 C. 7, 7, 14 D. 8, 8, 10

8. Which set of numbers could be the lengths of the sides of an isosceles triangle?
A. {1,1,2} B. {3,3,5} C. {3,4,5} D. {4,4,9}
9. Sara is building a triangular pen for her pet rabbit. If two of the sides measure 8 feet
and 15 feet, what could be the length of the third side?
A. 3 ft B. 7 ft C. 13 ft D. 23 ft
10. What is the range of the possible values of the diagonal d of a parallelogram if
adjacent sides are 8 cm and 12 cm?
A. 4 ≤d ≤ 20 B. 5 ¿ d ¿ 22 C. 5 ≤d ≤ 22 D. 4 ¿ d ¿ 20
11. Which of the following statements is true about the figure?

A. m∠6 = m∠3
B. m∠5 < m∠3
C. m∠5>m∠1
D. m∠4>m∠2

12. Study the figure in item 11. Notice that 𝑚∠5>𝑚∠3 and 𝑚∠5>𝑚∠1. Which theorem
justifies these observations?
A. Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem
B. Triangle Inequality Theorem 1 (Ss→Aa)
C. Triangle Inequality Theorem 2 (Aa→Ss)
D. Triangle Inequality Theorem 3 (S1 + S2 > S3)

13. In Δ𝑃𝐴𝑌, if |𝑃𝐴|=4 𝑐𝑚, |𝐴𝑌|=5 𝑐𝑚, and |𝑃𝑌|=3 𝑐𝑚, which statement is true?
A. 𝑚∠𝐴>𝑚∠𝑌. B. 𝑚∠𝑌>𝑚∠𝑃. C. 𝑚∠𝐴>𝑚∠𝑃. D. 𝑚∠𝑃>𝑚∠𝐴.

14. Which theorem justifies the statement/answer in item 13?

A. Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem
B. Triangle Inequality Theorem 1 (Ss→Aa)
C. Triangle Inequality Theorem 2 (Aa→Ss)
D. Triangle Inequality Theorem 3 (S1 + S2 > S3)

15. After a home study session, Khen and Khai went home heading different directions
from Chris’ house. Khen to the east and Khai to the west. After both have walked 30
meters, Khen turned right at 700 and Khai to her right at 500. After another 40-meter
walk, they both arrived at their respective homes. Who is farther from Chris’ house? What
theorem supports your answer?
A. Khai, Hinge Theorem
B. Khen, Converse of Hinge Theorem
C. Khen, Triangle Inequality Theorem 1 (Ss→Aa)
D. Khai, Triangle Inequality Theorem 3 (S1 + S2 > S3)

For numbers 16 – 20, refer to the figure at the right.

Given: 𝒖∥𝒗
16. What do you call the line 𝑤?
A. Bisector
B. Base
C. Side
D. Transversal

17. ∠1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠8 called _________.

A. Vertical angles C. Alternate exterior angles
B. Corresponding angles D. Alternate interior angles

18. ∠6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠2 are called _________.

A. Alternate Exterior Angles C. Corresponding angles
B. Alternate Interior Angles D. Vertical Angles

19. If the 𝑚∠1=40°, what is the measure of ∠7?

A. 40° B. 50° C. 130° D. 140°

20. Which pair of angles are supplementary?

A. ∠1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠4 B. ∠3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠5 C. ∠4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠8 D. ∠6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠7

21. The symbol used to indicate parallelism is _____.

A. ⊥ B. ∥ C. ≅ D. ↔
22. Lines that intersect to form right angles are said to be _____.
A. coinciding B. intersecting C. parallel D. perpendicular

For items 23 - 24, refer to the figure at the right.

23. If w ⊥ z , all the following statements are true EXCEPT:
A. m ∠ 1=90 ° C. m ∠ 1+ m∠ 2=180 °
B. m ∠ 2=90 ° D. m ∠ 3+m∠ 4=200 °

24. If w ⊥ z , m ∠ 1=20 x+ 2 y and m ∠ 2=25 x−2 y , find the values of x and y .

A. x=2 ° , y =4 ° C. x=4 ° , y =5°
B. x=3 ° , y=5 ° D. x=4 ° , y =7 °

25. In the figure at the right, which of the following guarantees that a ∥ b ?
A. ∠ 1 and ∠ 2 are congruent.
B. ∠ 2 and ∠ 5 are supplementary.
C. ∠ 3 and ∠ 7 form a linear pair.
D. ∠ 4 and ∠ 8 are supplementary.

26. In how many ways can a prime number turn up in rolling a die once?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

27. When you roll a die thrice, how many possible outcomes are there?
A. 100 B. 156 C. 200 D. 216

28. How many possible outcomes are there in tossing three coins simultaneously?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 16

29. In playing a snake and ladder game, you hope to get a number 5 in rolling a die once
to win a game. Which of the following describes the phrase “get a number 5”?
A. Event B. Experiment C. Sample Point D. Sample Space

30. In a bag, there are 3 white balls, 2 brown balls and 4 gray balls. How many possible
outcomes when one ball is chosen randomly from the bag?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9

31. The set of possible outcomes of getting composite number from the counting numbers
5 to 10 is S = {6,8,9,10}. Which of the following terms describes this set of outcomes?
A. Event B. Experiment C. Sample Point D. Sample Space

32. A newlywed couple plans to have 3 children of their own. Here is the list of possible
genders of their children: {BBB, BBG, BGB, BGG, GBB, GBG, GGB, GGG}. How do we call
this method of counting the number of occurrences of the genders of their would-be
children?
A. Fundamental Counting Principle C. Tabular
B. Systematic listing D. Tree diagram

33. What technique of counting possible outcomes is illustrated below?

A. Fundamental Counting Principle C. Tabular

B. Systematic listing D. Tree diagram

34. Which method is best to use in counting the number of 5-digit numbers that can be
formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9?
A. Fundamental Counting Principle C. Tabular
B. Systematic listing D. Tree diagram
35. How many outfits are possible with 5 pairs of jeans, 8 t-shirts and 2 pairs of shoes?
A. 15 B. 40 C. 80 D. 100

36. A coin is tossed once, and a die is rolled once. Which of the following could not be an
outcome?
A. (H, 6) B. (T, 5) C. (T, T) D. (T, 1)

7
37. There is chance of rain today. How is this probability written in decimal form?
10
A. 0.007 B. 0.07 C. 0.7 D. 7.0

38. If the spinner at the right is spun once, what is the probability that it will land
not on B?
3 5
A. B. C. 3 D. 5
8 8

39. A module reproduction team has 9 male and 6 female members. If every member is
equally likely to be elected as the chairperson of the team, what is the probability of
electing a male?
3 2 2 5
A. B. C. D.
5 5 3 2

40. A fair die is rolled once. What is the probability that the number turning up is not
divisible by 3?
5 1 1 2
A. B. C. D.
6 6 3 3

41. Teacher Mae is a grade 8 adviser. She conducted a survey on the preferred learning
modalities which the students can choose from which are (a) Online learning, (b) Modular,
(c) face to face, and (d) blended learning. There were 50 students who responded in the
survey. The probability that a randomly chosen student prefers modular learning modality
3
is . What does this mean?
5
A. There are 15 students in the class who prefer modular learning modality.
B. There are 30 students in the class who prefer modular learning modality.
C. Modular learning modality is the least preferred from among the options.
D. There are more students who prefer the other learning modalities.
42. Only Grade 10, 11, or 12 students can represent Manila High School in the National
Press Conference. Four out of the 5 slots have been filled. The remaining slot is to be filled
by a randomly chosen student from those grade levels. If the ratio of the number of Grade
10 students to the total number students in the said grade levels is 81:250, and the ratio
of the number of Grade 11 students to the total number students in the said grade levels
is 20:50, from which grade level does the student to fill the fifth slot have the greatest
chance to be chosen?
A. Grade 10 C. Grade 12
B. Grade 11 D. All grades levels are equally likely.
43. Which of the following is true about theoretical probability?
A. It is the relative approximation of probability of an event.
B. Experiment needs to be done to get the probability of an event.
C. It is the probability of the event that a person is expecting to happen.
D. It is an approach that bases the probability on the possible chances of an event
to happen.
44. Which of the following illustrates experimental probability?
1
A. In rolling a die once, the probability of getting a 6 is .
6
 B. In flipping a coin once, the probability of getting a head is ½.
3
C. The probability of drawing a non-spade card from a deck of 52 cards is .
4
D. In tossing a coin 500 times, head turned up 235 times, then the probability of
265
the tail turning up is .
500
45. How does experimental probability differ from theoretical probability?
A. There is no difference between experimental probability and theoretical
probability of an event.
B. Experimental probability is observation-based probability while theoretical
probability is expected probability.
C. Experimental probability is based on the expected outcome while
theoretical probability is based on the observations in the experiment.
D. Experimental probability is the ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the
total number of possible outcomes while theoretical probability is the ratio of the
number of times the event occurred to the total number of trials.

46. A number cube is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a number that is less than
3?
A. 2/3 B. 1/6 C. 1/3 D. 1

47. What is the probability of selecting at random a prime number from the numbers 8, 9,
20, 19, 3, and 15?
A. 1/3 B. 0 C. 1 D. 1/10

48. A bag contains 6 white marbles, 9 black marbles, and 10 red marbles. If a marble is
chosen at random from the bag, what is the probability that it is red?
A. 6/25 B. 9/25 C. 3/5 D. 2/5
Answer Key:
1. B 25. B
2. A 26. C
3. C 27. D
4. A 28. B
5. B 29. A
6. D 30. D
7. A 31. A
8. B 32. B
9. C 33. C
10. D 34. A
11. C 35. C
12. A 36. C
13. D 37. C
14. B 38. B
15. A 39. A
16. D 40. D
17. C 41. B
18. C 42. B
19. D 43. D
20. B 44. D
21. B 45. B
22. D 46. C
23. D 47. A
24. C 48. D