Vocabulary
Different Forms
Zeros/X-Intercepts
Find the Vertex
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100

Every quadratic equation has a U-shaped graph called this.

What is parabola?

100

x2 - 3x + 1 = 0 is in ___________ form.

What is standard form?

100
Name the x-intercepts. y=2(x-2)(x+6)
What is (2,0) and (-6,0)?
100

Name the vertex y= (x-3)2 +4

What is (3, 4)?

100

The solutions to the equation x2 = 9.

What are x=-3 and x=3?

200
The highest or lowest point on a parabola.
What is the vertex?
200

y = 2 (x - 5)² + 6 is in __________ form.

What is Vertex form?

200
Name the x-intercepts Y=(x)(x-2)
What is (0,0) and (2,0)?
200

y= (x+1)2 - 8

What is (-1, -8)?

200

A rock is thrown upward. Its height can be modeled by the function h(t) = -16t2 + 16t + 5. The initial velocity of the rock is _______ feet per second.

What is 16?

300

When a quadratic equation is written in this form y = ax2 +bx + c

What is the standard form?

300

y = 2(x-1)(x+7) is in __________ form.

What is factored form?

300

Name the x-intercepts. y=x2 - 4

What is (-2,0) and (2,0)?

300
y=(x+4)(x-4)
What is (0,-16)?
300

A rock is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 16 ft/s from an initial height of 5 ft. Its height can be modeled by the function h(t) = -16t2 + 16t + 5.

The maximum height the rock will reach is __________ feet.

What is 9?

400

This is the number before the x2 that determines whether a parabola opens up or down.

What is the leading coefficient?

400

Convert the equation to factored form.

y = x2 - x - 42

What is y = (x + 6)(x - 7) ?

400

Name the x-intercepts y=x2 - x - 2

What is (-1,0) and (2,0)?

400

Name the vertex x2 - 4x - 5 = 0

What is (2,-9)?

400

Janet is adding fencing for a dog pen. One side of the pen is against the fencing for the yard, so she only needs to enclose 3 sides of the the rectangle. Janet will use 150 ft of fencing for the enclosure. Let x represent the length of the sides that touch the existing fence. Name the expression that represents the length of the 3rd side.

What is 150-2x?

500
The line that runs through the vertex and divides the parabola in half.
What is axis of symmetry?
500

Convert to standard form.

y = 2(x + 5 )2 + 11

What is 2x2 + 20x + 61?

500

Name the x-intercepts. y= (x-1)2 + 1


What is None?

Daily Double. (It's worth 1,000 points.)


500

Name the vertex 2x2 + 4x - 6 = 0?

What is (-1,-8)?

500

What is the average rate of change from x=2 to x=6. 

x2 + 2x + 4

What is 10?