Exponential Functions
Teacher Facts
Real World Quadratics
Quadratic Features
Unit 5:
Exponential Func
Unit 6/7:
Quadratic Func
100

The graph shows the yearly balance, in dollars, in an investment account.

What is the initial balance in the account?

$1000

100

How many daughters does Mrs. Gribble have?

2
100

The height of a baseball, in feet, is modeled by the function h given by the equation

h(t)=3+60t-16t^2

 h(t)=3+60t-16t2. The graph of the function is shown.

About how high is the maximum height of the baseball?

About 60 feet high

100

A quadratic function f is defined by f(x)=(x-7)(x+3).

Without graphing, identify the x-intercepts of the graph of f.

(7,0) and (-3,0)

100

What is the percent increase/decrease represented by this equation:

y=200(1.42)^x


42% growth

100

Does the function below have a minimum or maximum?

y=-2x^2+5x-3

Maximum

200

A population of ants is 10,000 at the start of April. Since then, it triples each month.

Write a function to model the growth of the ant population.

f(x)=10,000*(3)^x

200

In what city did Mrs. Gribble grow up in?

Bowie
200

The height of a baseball, in feet, is modeled by the function h given by the equation

h(t)=3+60t-16t^2

The graph of the function is shown.

About when does the baseball reach its maximum height?

At about 2 seconds or a little under 2 seconds

200

What is the y-intercept for the graph of the equation:

y=x^2+3x-2

(0,-2)

200

Your grandma left you a diamond necklace.  It is worth $9000 and its value increase 1.5% every year.  How much is it worth after a decade?

9000(1.015)^10=10444.87

200

Solve.

y=x^2-5x+6

x = 2, 3

300

A piece of paper is folded into thirds multiple times. The area, A, of the piece of paper in square inches, after n folds, is

A=90*(1/3)^n

What is the value of A when n=0? What does this mean in the situation?

A= 90 square inches 

It is the original size of the paper before you start folding.

300

What is Mrs. Gribble's husband's name?

John

300

The height of a baseball, in feet, is modeled by the function h given by the equation

h(t)=3+60t-16t^2

The graph of the function is shown.

About when does the ball hit the ground?

About 3.75 s or just a bit less than 4 seconds

300

Write an equation in factored form to represent this function:

(x+1)(x-3)

300

What is the value, after 3 years, of $1000 that earns 6% annual interest compounded every three months?

1000(1.015)^12=1195.62

300

Solve. 

 3x^2=243 

x = 9, -9

400

A medicine is applied to a burn on a patient's arm. The area of the burn in square centimeters decreases exponentially and is shown in the graph.

What fraction of the burn area remains each week?


6/8

3/4

400

Name one country that Mrs. Gribble has visited.

Canada, Mexico, Jamaica

400

The expression represents an object’s distance from the ground in meters as a function of time, t, in seconds.

-5t^2+25t+50

 At what height the the object launched from?

50 meters

400

A quadratic function f is defined by f(x)=(x-7)(x+3).

Expand (x-7)(x+3) and use the expanded form to identify the y-intercept of the graph of f.

(0, -21)

400

Write the expression you would use to solve:

You invest $200 into an account that earns 6% annual interest compounded quarterly.  Assume no other deposits or withdrawals are made.  What is your account balance after 3 years?

200(1.015)^12

400

Solve. 

y=9x^2-8x-11

x = -0.75 and 1.64

500

A forest fire has been burning for several days. The burned area, in acres, is given by the equation y=(4,800)⋅2d, where d is the number of days since the area of the fire was first measured.

How much area had the fire burned a week before it measured 4,800 acres?

37.5 acres

Use d=-7 in the equation:

4800*2^-7=37.5

500
When is Mrs. Gribble's birthday?

July 1st

500

The expression represents an object’s distance from the ground in meters as a function of time, t, in seconds.

-5t^2+25t+50

 At what vertical speed was the object launched from?

25 meters per second

500

What is the vertex of the graph of 

f(x)+3

if 

f(x)=-(x-3)^2+6

The vertex of f(x) is

(3,6)

 so the vertex of

f(x)+3

would be shifted up 3 units to

(3, 9)


500

$2500 is invested into an account that earns 2.5% annual interest compounded quarterly.  What is the balance after 12 years?

2500(1.00625)^48=3371.50

500

Which are equivalent to 

(2x-10)(x+4)

A: 2x^2-2x-40

B: 2(x^2-x-20)

C: 2(x-5)(x+4)

All of them!