What's the Difference?
A Standard Affair
Turning Points
Expand Your Horizons
Parabola Glow Up
100

If we want to see if a data set is quadratic, which differences need to be the same?

2nd differences
100

In ax2+bx+c form, what does the C value give us?

Y-intercept

100

How can we find the vertex of y=a(x-h)2+k ?

(h, k)

100

What are the two methods we can use to multiply binomials?

FOIL and the Box Method

100

What does changing the 'h' value do?

Horizontal shift left or right

200

What does the word difference mean in math?

Subtraction

200

What does the sign of the 'a' value tell us?

Direction of opening

200
For y= -(x-2)2+4, what is the vertex?

(2,4)

200

Expand y=(x+3)2

y=x2+6x+9

200

What does changing the 'k' value do?

Vertical shift up or down

300

What are the 3 possible option that we can get when we are looking at 1st and 2nd differences?

Linear, quadratic, or neither.

300

What is the 'a' value of y=-2x2-6 ?

-2

300

What does the 'a' value control?

Direction of opening and stretch/compression

300

Convert the following from vertex to standard form:

y=2(x-4)2+1

y=2x2-16x+33

300

Describe the transformations between y=x2 and 

y=(x-3)2+2

Horizontal shift right 3

Vertical shift up 2.

400

How can we use differences to tell if a data set is linear?

First differences are the same.

400

What is the y-intercept of y=3x2+3x+5?

(0,-5)

400

In y=2(x+1)2-3, what is the vertex and direction of opening?

(-1,-3), opens upwards

400

Convert the following from vertex to standard form:

y=-(x+2)2+5

y= -x2-4x+1

400

Describe the transformations between y=x2 and 

y= -2(x-1)2

Reflected over the x-axis (opens downwards)

Horizontal shift right by 1.

500

Is this linear, quadratic, or neither?

Quadratic

500

What is the minimum/maximum of y=2x2+4x-5 ?

Minimum of -7

500

For y=3x2-2, what is the equation of the axis of symmetry?

x=0

500

Convert the following from vertex to standard form:

y=0.5(x-6)2-2

y=0.5x2-6x+16

500

Describe the transformations between y=x2 and 

y=0.5(x-4)2-5

Compressed by factor of 0.5

Horizontal shift right 4

Vertical shift down 5