PERFORMANCE TASK in Math9
PERFORMANCE TASK in Math9
PERFORMANCE TASK in Math9
Mr Bonifacio cuts different sizes of rectangular plywood to be used in the furniture that he makes.
Some of these rectangular plywood is described below.
Plywood 1: The length of the plywood is twice its width and the area is 4.5 square feet.
Plywood 2: The length of the plywood is 1.4 feet less than twice its width and the area is 16 square feet.
Plywood 3: The perimeter of the plywood is 10 feet and its area is 6 square feet.
QUESTIONS:
1. What quadratic equation represents the area of each piece of plywood? Write the equation in terms of
the width of the plywood.
Quadratic Equation
Plywood 1
Plywood 2
Plywood 3
2. Write each quadratic equation formulated in item 1 in standard form. Then determine the values of a,
b, and c.
Standard Form a b c
Plywood 1
Plywood 2
Plywood 3
3. Solve each quadratic equation using the quadratic formula. (Show your solution in good form at the
back of your paper)