Sharon's Problem Solving

This review resource offers valuable practice and problem solving with quadratic factoring when a = 1. Factoring is a necessary skill for future math courses such as simplifying rational equations in order to identify vertical asymptotes and holes or finding limits. There are five practice sets included along with a factoring puzzle and two color by number activities. Answer keys are included.

This summer review resource offers valuable practice and problem solving with quadratic factoring when a = 1. Factoring is a necessary skill for future math courses such as simplifying rational equations in order to identify vertical asymptotes and holes or finding limits. There are five practice sets included along with a factoring puzzle and two color by number activities. You may also like... Summer Review of Quadratics: Puzzles and Activities | TpT (teacherspayteachers.com)The topics include

The resource offers students the opportunity to practice quadratic techniques over the summer months. Answer keys are provided. Topics included:Completing the Square Writing and Solving Quadratic Word Problems Finding a Quadratic Equation using a System of Equations.

Complete the Square Activities: Practice the Process includes illustrated directions to use Algebra Tiles for equations that are perfect squares and those that are not. Practice problems are included along with two process related activities. A challenge problem requires students to complete the square for the general case. Answer keys are included for all problems and activities.

The collection includes a pattern/function exploration that provides an introduction to piece-wise defined functions and sequences. Additional problems ask students to write piecewise functions from graphs. Other topics included are discrete and continuous data. Graphing calculator instructions for sequences are included.

The Pizza Problem: Quadratic Investigations offers students the opportunity to create a quadratic pattern through an activity. Students will then use quadratic procedures to further analyze the pattern. Topics included:Finite differences System of equations Quadratic Formula Graphing quadratics Quadratic inequality Transformations and Translations Line of Symmetry An answer key and rubric have been provided.

The Vertex Word Problem activity includes a scoring rubric and answer key that can be used by the teacher and/or student. The problem asks students to compare three equations for their maximum height and distance between x-intercepts. The activity can be used as a formative or summative assessment. The Vertex Form Matching activity includes a pdf version with an answer bank. The answer key is included. The topics included in the problem: Vertex formStandard formVertexy-interceptQuadratic formu

The Vertex Form Matching activity offers students the opportunity to match the components of standard and vertex forms to the graphs of specific equations. Students are given detailed instructions and an answer key. The activity also includes two challenge problems and The Vertex Problem Word Problem, Answer Key, and Rubric.

The Simplifying Rational Expressions Problem gives students an opportunity to find the reduced form of a rational expression. Students can use problem solving techniques to find the solutions to the accompanying questions. The problem includes a rubric and answer key. The matching activity that asks students to find the factors and simplified form of the expressions. The problem can be used as a formative assessment, activity, or homework. It can be completed cooperatively or independently. The

The Simplifying Rational Expressions activity provides skill practice in a problem solving setting. Students must identify the factor tiles and slide them to find the reduced form of the expression. It includes an answer key. The Simplifying Rational Expressions Word Problem includes a rubric and an answer key. The activities can be used as a warm-up, formative assessment, cooperative learning activity, or homework.

The Complete the Square Activity offers students the opportunities to complete a hands-on activity online. Students will be asked to create perfect squares by "completing the square". Students will connect the process of completing the square to vertex form. Slides are self-correcting. Additional self-correcting Complete the Square slides have been added so that students can move tiles into the correct order from the beginning equations to their solutions. A new addition to this resource asks

The Quadratic Word Problems: Decode the Message activity asks students to set up equations, factor, and solve them. Students must then check their work by solving the puzzle. Additional Quadratic Word Problems and answer keys have been added including The Pizza Problem which includes a rubric. Topics addressed:Quadratic word problems Factoring quadratics Solving quadratics Vertex Domain and range Graphing quadratics System of Equations Quadratic formula Quadratic inequality Transformations and

The activity asks students to play the traditional Simon Says game following their teacher's direction. The students use their arms to model basic positive and negative linear, quadratic, cubic, quartic, exponential equations as well as those that are constant. There are four versions of the activity. An accompanying quiz and three equation naming activity worksheets are included. Both the quiz and the activities have answer keys. This activity teaches students the shape of basic parent function

The Algebra through Geometry Problems ask students to investigate two challenging geometric pattern problems by building quadratic and cubic equations. Students will derive the equations after going through a few guided steps. The rubrics and answer keys can be used by the students and/or teacher. There are three supporting activities that compliment the challenge problems. Topics covered in the problems and activities: Analyze patternsMake charts and tablesFind quadratic equationsUse the cubic

The Orchard Problem offers a comprehensive review of linear and quadratic methods. It can be assigned in part or in its entirety as a review of problem solving procedures. Students are asked to choose their preferred strategies in all sections of the problem except C, D, or E. Topics covered in problem: Square numbersx and y-interceptsSquare rootsPatterns and functionsFinite DifferencesPoint-slope formSlope-intercept formGraphingSystems of equationsQuadratic formulaCompleting the squareFunction