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Completing the Square

Author: William Jones

Completing the Square Video Lesson

Solving quadratic equations by completing the square.

Notes on Completing the Square

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Supplemental Resource

Scroll through the Slideshow to check your understanding of the concept and "fill-in" any information you overlooked either in the video or PDF notes.

IXL - Complete the Square

Practice your Completing the Square skills on IXL! Click the links below to work sample problems! 

IXL - BB.6 

IXL - BB.7 

Source: IXL Math

Supplemental Notes & Examples

Follow the notes and examples explored on the linked webpage. You may also want to attempt several of the questions at the bottom of the page.

Fireworks Activity

Read over the attached PDF document. Jot down any information that you found important or that "stood out" to you. We will further discuss this problem in class.

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HEADS UP!

Think about this question ~

Is there a general formula that can be used to find the b term that is used to complete the square? 

...sounds like an exit-slip to me!

Source: Vikram Sivaraja