Simplifying Radicals
Square Roots
Completing the Square
Quadratic Formula
Word Problems
100

Simplify the square root of 32

4 Root 2

100

Solve the following quadratic equation by using square roots: x2 = 4

x = 2 x = -2

100

Solve the following quadratic equation by completing the square: x2 + 6x = -8

x = -2 x = -4

100

What is the quadratic formula?

x = -b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)/2a

100

If the dimensions of a rectangle are w=x and l=x-5 and the area is 36cm, what is w and l?

The width of the rectangle is 9cm and the length is 4cm

200

Simplify the square root of 120

2 Root 30

200

Solve the following quadratic equation by using square roots: x2 = 121

+11 or -11

200

Solve the following quadratic equation by completing the square: x2 - 6x = -5

x = 1 x = 5

200

Solve the following quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula: x2 + 6x + 5 = 0

x = -1 x = -5

200

The length of a rectangular pool is 5m longer than its width. The area of the pool is 50m2. What are the dimensions of the pool?

The width of the pool is 5m and the length of the pool is 10m

300

Simplify the square root of a2b5

abroot b

300

Solve the following quadratic equation by using square roots: 4x2 = 400

x = 10 x = -10

300

Solve the following quadratic equation by completing the square: x2 - 2x - 24 = 0

x = -4 x = 6

300

Solve the following quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula: x2 - 9x + 20 = 0

x = 5 x = 4

300

The area of the front cover of a daily journal is 273 cm2 and the length is 8 cm greater than the width. What are the dimensions of the cover?

The width of the front cover of the journal is 13cm and the length of the front cover is 21cm

400

Simplify the square root of -9

3i

400

Solve the following quadratic equation by using square roots: x2 -9 = -8

1 or -1

400

Solve the following quadratic equation by completing the square: x2 + 10x +16 = 0

x = -2 x = -8

400

Solve the following quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula: 2x2 + 9x + 4 = 0

x = -1/2 x = -4

400

A rectangular lawn measuring 8m by 4m is surrounded by a flower bed of uniform width. The combined area of the lawn and the flower bed is 165 m2. What is the width of the flower bed?

The width of the flower bed is 3.5m

500

Simplify:  - sqrt -11

-i root 11

500

Solve the following quadratic equation by using square roots: 5x2 + 3 = 128

x = 5 x = -5

500

Solve the following quadratic equation by completing the square: 2x2 - 8x = 10

x = 5 x = -1

500

Solve the following quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula: 4x2 - 17x - 15 = 0

x = 5 x = -3/4

500

Adding 19 to the square of the number of provinces in South Africa gives the square of the number of provinces in Canada. How many provinces are there in South Africa?

There are 9 provinces in South Africa *there are 10 provinces in Canada