CP Algebra 2

Unit 2-1:
Factoring and Solving Quadratics
WORKSHEET PACKET

Name:__________________Period______

Learning Targets:
0. I can add, subtract and multiply polynomial expressions

1. I can factor using GCF.

2. I can factor by grouping.

Factoring 3. I can factor when a is one.

Quadratic
Expressions 4. I can factor when a is not equal to one.

5. I can factor perfect square trinomials.

6. I can factor using difference of squares.

7. I can solve by factoring.

8. I can solve by taking the square root.

9. I can perform operations with imaginary numbers.

Solving
Quadratic 10. I can solve by completing the square.
Equations

11. I can solve equations using the quadratic formula (with rationalized denominators).

12. I can use the discriminant to determine the number and type of solutions.

13. I can write quadratic equations given the real solutions.

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LT 0 Unit 2-1 CPA2 Name __________________ Pd _______
I can add, subtract and multiply polynomial expressions
Use and attach another sheet of paper for work.
Write the polynomial in standard form. Then state it’s degree.
2 5
17. 14 + x + 13x2 18. x − x2 19. -1 +x2 + 6x3
3 3

20. x3 + 5x – 2x2 + 2 € 21. -3x2 + 3 - x3 22. -4x3 +6x2 – 19x + 18

Perform the indicated operation.

23. (6x2 + 1) + (5x2 – 4) 24. (2x3 + 11x + 2) – (x3 - 2x + 7)

25. (x2 – 3x + 3) – (x2 + x – 1) 26. (14 – 16x) + (10x – 5)

27. (8x3 – 1) – (20x3 + 2x2 – x – 5) 28. 6x – (22x + 3 – 36x2 + x3)

29. (4x2 – 15x + 16) + (2x - 20) 30. (7x3 – 2 + x2 + 13x) – (4x3 + 10)

31. (-3x3 + 4x – 9) – (2x3 + x2 – x) 32.(6x2- 18x + 3) – (14x2 – 12x + 9)

33. (15 – 10x3 – 2x2 + x) – (x2 + 7x) 34. (50x – 3) – (8x3 + 9x2 + 2x + 4)

35. (4x – 33 + 9x2) +(20x3 – 19x + 3) 36. (12x3 – 5x2 – 70x +1)+(-17x3 + 56x)

37. x(x2 + 9x – 5) 38. 12x2(x – 8) 39. -2x(x + 4)

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LT 0 I can add, subtract and multiply polynomial expressions
Perform the indicated operation.
40. 2x(3x2 - x + 6) 41. (x - 2)(x - 4) 42. (x + 8)(x – 1)

43. (x+ 3)(x2 –x - 2) 44. (x+9)(x2 - 6x + 4) 45. (2x – 1)(3x3 – x + 3)

46. (6x + 2)(2x2 + x + 1) 47. (x+9)(x2 – 2x + 6) 48. (2x- 3)(4x2 – 3x + 3)

Write the polynomial in standard form. Show work!

49. (x+9)(x-9) 50. (x+2)(x-2) 51.(x + 5)2 52. (x – 3)2

53. (x – 4)3 54. (x + 6)3 55. (x+1)3 56. (3x+ 4)2

5 2 2 3 2
17 – 56 even 18) − x + x, 2 20) x − 2x + 5x + 2 , 3
3 3
3 2 3
22) −4x + 6x − 19x + 18 , 3 24) x + 13x − 5
26) –6x + 9 28) –x + 36x – 16x – 3 30) 3x3 + x2 + 13x –12
3 2

32) –8x – 6x – 634) –8x3 – 9x2 + 48x – 7

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36) –5x3 – 5x2 – 14x + 1
38) 12x3 – 96x2 40) 6x3 – 2x2 + 12x 42) x2 + 7x – 8 44) x3 + 3x2 – 50x + 36
3 2 3 2
46) 12x + 10x + 8x + 2 48) 8x – 18x + 15x – 9 50) x2 – 4
52) x2 – 6x + 9 54) x3 + 18x2 + 108x + 216 56) 9x2 + 24x + 16

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.LT 1 I can factor using GCF. Name_____________________________
Factoring by pulling out the Greatest Common Factor
Factor completely. Write PRIME is the polynomial does not factor:

1) 5ax – 5a 2) 5xz + 2xy – 3yz

3) 24ab4 + 12ab3 − 18ab2 4) 3n2 + 9

5) x(x +y) – y(x+y) 6) 25k3 + 20k2 + 10k

7) 8x2 + 5x – 7 8) 7ab5 – 56ab

9) mnx2 – nx2 + m3x 10) x2(x2 – 5) + 6(x2 – 5)

11) 6k3 – 18k2 12) 12m7 – 8m5 + 20m3

13) 6xy – 6xz – 6x 14) 3x4 + 12x2 – 33

15) 8a4b4 – 28a3b3 + 4a2b2 16) 4k2 + 18k3 − 6k4

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LT 2 I can factor by grouping. Factoring by Grouping
17) x 2 + 3x + xk + 3k 18) a 2 − 2a + ad − 2d

19) uv + 5u + v2 + 5v 20) m3 + m2n + mn2 + n3

21) 2ab + 14a + b + 7 22) 5x2y + x2 – 10y – 2

23) 2br + 8b – 3r – 12 24) x2 + 3x – xy – 3y

25) ac – ad + bc – bd 26) 3x2 + 6x – y + 3

27) x4 + x3 – 7x – 7 28) y3 + 3y2 + 3y + 9

29) y3 + y2 + 2y + 2 30) 10a + 10b + xa + xb

Answers Scrambled Look for the answer you have & lightly cross it out.
prime 6ab2 ( 4b2 + 2b - 3)
2k2(2 + 9k - 3k2) 4a2b2 (2a2b2 - 7ab + 1)
7ab(b4 - 8) 5k( 5k2 + 4k + 2)
6k2(k - 3)
(x + y)(x - y) (x+3)(x-y) (a+b)(c-d)
prime prime (a+d)(a-2)
3(x4 + 4x2 - 11) (2b-3)(r+4) (m2+n2)(m+n)
3(n2 + 3) (x+3)(x+k) (5y+1)(x2-2)
6x(y - z - 1) (10+x)(a+b) (y+3)(y2+3)
x(mnx - nx + m3) (2a+1)(b+7)
5a(x - 1) (v+5)(u+v)
4m3(3m4 - 2m2 + 5) (y+1)(y2+2) (x2 - 5)(x2 + 6) (x+1)(x3-7)

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LT 6 I can factor using difference of squares. Name___________________________
Factoring the Difference of Squares
1) x2 – 25 = ( )( ) 2) x2 – 144 = ( )( )

3) 9x2 – y2 = 4) 9 – x2

5) 2x2 – 32 6) 2x3 – 18x

7) x2 – 1 8) 15a3b3 – 18a5b2 + 24ab4

9) 16x2 – 9 10) x2 + 4

11) 64x2 – 81 12) 625 – x4

13) 4x2 – 9 14) 2x(3x + 1) – (3x + 1)

15) 5x2 – 125 16) 49x2y2–25z2

17) 30x2y – 24xy2 + 36x3y 18) 25x4 – 4

19) x4 – 81 20) x2 + 2x + 7x + 14

21) x2y2z2 – 36 22) x2 – y2

23) 9x2 – 1 24) (2z – 3)2 – (x + 7y)2

25) (x + y)2 – z2 26) 6x + xy + 6y + y2

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LT 6 I can factor using difference of squares.
27) (x – y)2 – (y – 8)2 28) (a + b)2 – (c + 5)2

29) x3 + x2y – xy2 – y3 30) (x – 5)2 – y2

31) x2 – (y + 2)2 32) 16x2 + 49y2

33) (x – 6)2 – 9y2 34) (3x + y)2 – (2x + 5)2

35) 169 – 49x2 36) 100 – (x + 9y)2

37) –x2 + 25 38) 2x3 – 6x2 + 3x – 9

39) – x2 + 100 40) x2 + 1

ANSWERS SCRAMBLED
(3x+1)(2x–1) (x–6+3y)(x–6–3y) (x+5)(x–5)
(x2+9)(x+3)(x–3) (5+x)(5–x) 5(x+5)(x–5)
(2z–3+x+7y)(2z–3–x–7y) (6+y)(x+y) (x+y+z)(x+y–z)
prime (4x+3)(4x–3) (x+1)(x–1)
6xy(5x–4y+6x2) (x–8)(x–2y+8) prime
2x(x+3)(x–3) (2x+3)(2x–3) (10+x)(10–x)
3ab2(5a2b–6a4+8b2) (10+x+9y)(10–x–9y) (5x2+2)(5x2–2)
(x+y)(x–y) (x+2)(x+7) (xyz+6)(xyz–6)
(x–5+y)(x–5–y) (3x+y)(3x–y) (3x+1)(3x–1)
(8x+9)(8x–9) 2(x+4)(x–4) (x+y)(x+y)(x–y)
(x+y+2)(x–y–2) (13–7x)(13+7x) (7xy+5z)(7xy–5z)
(x+12)(x–12) prime (5x+y+5)(x+y–5)
(25+x2)(5+x)(5–x) (x–3)(2x2+3) (a+b+c+5)(a+b–c–5)
(3+x)(3–x) (x+3)(x-y)
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Factoring TRINOMIALS Name__________________________
LT 3 and 4 . I can factor when a is one and I can factor when a is not equal to one.
1) X 2 − X − 42 2) X 2 + 4X − 21

3) X 2 − 2X − 63 4) X 2 − 11X + 18

5) 2X 2 + 9X − 18 6) 3X 2 + 10X − 8

7) X 2 − 18X + 72 8) X 2 − 7X + 6

9) X 2 − 9X + 18 10) 6X 2 − X − 15

11) 3X 2 + 5X + 2 12) 2X 2 − X − 15

13) 4X 2 − 17X − 15 14) 8X 2 − 25X + 3

15) 8X 2 − 6X − 5 16) 8X 2 + 10X − 3

17) 6X 2 + 19X + 3 18) 6X 2 + X − 2

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LT 3 and 4 . I can factor when a is one and I can factor when a is not equal to one.
19) 6X 2 − 17X − 3 20) 8X 2 − 2X − 15

21) 3X 2 − 15X + 18 22) 7X 2 + 2X + 1

23) X 3 + 11X 2 + 10X 24) 8X 3 − 18X

25) 5X 3 − 40X 2 + 60X 26) 4X 2 + 8X − 60

27) X 6 + 8X 4 − 20X 2 28) 10X 3 Y 2 − 25X 2 Y 2 − 35XY 2

29) 3X 3 Y − 10X 2 Y + 8XY 30) 15X 2 Y − 10XY − 25 Y

MIXED-UP ANSWERS
(x - 6) (x - 1) (6x + 1) (x + 3) (2x - 3) (x + 6)
5x (x - 6) (x - 2) 4(x + 5) (x - 3) x2 (x2 + 10) (x2 - 2)
(6x +1) (x - 3) prime (4x + 3) (x - 5)
(x - 7) (x + 6) xy (3x - 4) (x - 2) 5y (3x - 5) (x + 1)
3(x - 3) (x - 2) (4x - 1) (2x + 3) (3x - 5) (2x + 3)
(3x + 2) (x + 1) x (x + 10) (x + 1) (3x + 2) (2x - 1)
5xy2 (2x - 7) (x + 1) (x - 9) (x - 2) 2x (2x + 3) (2x - 3)
(3x - 2) (x + 4) (4x + 5) (2x - 3) (x - 6) (x - 3)
(2x + 5) (x - 3) (8x - 1) (x - 3) (x - 9) (x + 7)
(2x + 1) (4x - 5) (x - 6) (x - 12) (x + 7) (x - 3)

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LT 1-6 Mixed Factoring Name ___________________ Pd _______
Use and attach another sheet of paper for work.
Factor completely with respect to the integers.
15. 9x2 – 4 16. 3x2 – 48 21. 200x2 -50

27. x3 – 2x2 + 4x – 8 28. 30x3 + 40x2 + 3x + 4 29. x3 + 2x2 + 5x + 10

30. x3 – 2x2 + 4x – 8 31. 9x3 + 18x2 +7x + 14 32. -2x3 – 4x2 – 3x – 6

33. 2x3+ 4x2 + 4x + 8 34. 18x3 + 30x2 +3x + 5 35. 2x3 - 2x2 + 5x - 5

36. 2x3 + 3x2 -32x - 48 37. 5x3 -20x2 +3x – 12 38. 18x3 - 2x2 + 27x - 3

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LT 1-6 Mixed Factoring
39. 7x3 + 14x2 + 7x 40. 3x2 - 24x + 48

41. 2x3 - 4x2 -3x + 6 42. 6x3 -18x2 – 2x + 6

45. 3x4 - 300x2 46. 28x3 – 7x

47. 3x4 + 3x3 + 6x2 + 6x 48. x4 + 12x3 + 4x2 + 48x

49. 10x3 - 20x2 - 2x + 4 50. 18x3 - 9x2 – 18x + 9

15 – 50 even 16) 3(x+4)(x–4) 28) (10x2+1)(3x+4) 30) (x2+4)(x–2)

32) (–2x2–3)(x+2) or –1(2x2+3)(x+2) 34) (6x2+1)(3x+5) 36) (x+4)(x–4)(2x+3)
2 2
38) (2x +3)(9x–1) 40) 3(x–4) 42) 2(3x2–1)(x-3) 46) 7x(2x+1)(2x–1)
48) x(x2+4)(x+12) 50) 9(x+1)(x–1)(2x–1)
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CP Algebra 2 Name___________________________
LT 1-6 Review of Factoring

Simplify Completely:
( ) (
1) x 4 + 3x 2 − 2x + 1 + 2x 3 − x 2 + x − 6 ) 2) (3x − 6)(2x + 5 )

3) (4x + 3)3 4) (2x − 3)2

Factor Completely. Write PRIME if it can't be factored:

5) 3a2b + 6ab 6) x 2 − 16

8) x 2 − x − 12 9) 5x 2 + x − 4

11) a 3 + 3a 2 + 5a + 15 12) 16x 2 − 49

13) x 3 + 12x 2 + 16x 14) 4x 3 + 8x 2 − 3x − 6

LT 1-6 Review of Factoring

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15) xw + xy + xz 16) x 4 − x 2 − 30

17) x 2 − (2y + 3z )2 18) 5x 3 − 45x

20) 6x 2 + 8x − 3x − 4 21) x 8 − 1

22) 2y 4 − y3 + 16y − 8 23) x 4 + 2x 2 − 3

24) 4x 3 − 12x 2 − 40x 25) (a + 2b)2 − (2a − 3b)2

26) (2m − 5n)2 − (4m + 3n)2

ANSWERS:
1) x 4 + 2x 3 + 2x 2 − x − 5 2) 6x 2 + 3x − 30 3) 64 x 3 + 144 x 2 + 108 x + 27 4) 4 x 2 − 12 x + 9
5) 3ab(a + 2) 6) (x − 4)(x + 4) 8) (x − 4)(x + 3) 9) (5x − 4)(x + 1) 11)
2 2
(a + 5)(a + 3) 12) (4x + 7)(4x - 7) 13) x(x + 12x + 16) 14) (4x2 – 3)(x + 2)
2 2
15) x(w + y + z) 16) (x +5)(x - 6) 17) (x+2y+3z)(x–2y–3z) 18) 5x(x + 3)(x - 3)
20) (2x - 1)(3x +4) 21) (x4 + 1)(x2 + 1)(x - 1)(x + 1) 22) (y + 2)(y2 – 2y + 4)(2y - 1)
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23) (x+1)((x-1)(x + 3) 24) 4x(x – 5)(x + 2) 25) (3a – b)(-a + 5b)
26) 4(3m - n)(-m - 4n) or –4(3m - n)(m + 4n)

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CP Algebra 2 - Name___________________________
LT 1-6 Review of Factoring
Simplify Completely:
( ) (
1) 6x 3 − 4x 2 + 5 − 2x 3 + 6x 2 − 7 ) (
2) − 6x3 4x2 − 3x + 5 )

(
3) (2x + 3) (4x 2 − 6x + 1 ) 4) (x − 2)3

Factor Completely. Write PRIME if it can't be factored:

5) 4x 3 y2 − 2x 2 y 6) 25 − x 2

8) x 2 − 7x + 10 9) 8x 2 + 26x + 15

11) x 4 − x 3 y − 4x + 4 y 12) 25x 2 + 16

13) x 3 − 13x 2 − 36x 14) 9y 4 − 6y2 + 12y2 − 8

15) 2ax − 2ay − 2az 16) (x + y)2 − z 2

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LT 1-6 Review of Factoring
17) 3x 3 − 48x 19) 3xy − 9x + y − 3

20) x 4 − 81 21) x 4 + 3x 3 − 27x − 81

22) x 4 − 2x 2 − 8 23) 3x 3 + 9x 2 − 12x

24) (3x + 2y )2 − (5x − 4 y )2

ANSWERS
3 2
1) 4 x − 10x + 12 2) −24x 5 + 18x 4 − 30x 3 3) 8x 3 − 16x + 3
4) x 3 − 6x 2 + 12x − 8 5) 2x2y(2x - 1) 6) (5 + x)(5 - x)
8) (x - 5)(x - 2) 9) (4x +3 )(2x + 5) 11) (x3 – 4)(x – y)
12) prime 13) x(x2 – 13x – 36) 14) (3y2 + 4) (3y2 - 2) 15) 2a(x – y – z)
16) (x + y + z)(x + y – z) 17) 3x(x + 4)(x – 4) 19) (y – 3)(3x + 1)
20) (x2 + 9)(x + 3)(x - 3) 21) (x+3)(x-3)(x2+3x+ 9) 22) (x-2)(x+2)(x2+2)
23) 3x(x + 4)(x - 1) 24) 4(4x – y)(-x+3y) or -4(4x – y)(x-3y)

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Unit 1 LT 3 I can simplify square roots Name_______________
Simplify each square root
1) 8 = • 2) 45
=

3) 50 4) 12

5) 98 6) 48

7) 125 8) 20

9) 72 10) 63

11) 144 12) 32

13) 75 14) 200

ANSWERS SCRAMBLED
7 2 3 7 5 5 6 2 2 2 10 2
5 2 4 2 4 3 2 5 2 3 12
3 5 5 3

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Unit 1 LT 3 I can simplify square roots
15) 5 18 = 5 • 16) 3 28
=

17) 2 1000 18) 1,000,000

19) 3 128 20) 8 27

21) 4 80 22) −3 54

23) −7 40 24) −8 121

25) 2 500 26) −4 24

27) 3 175 28) 5 108

ANSWERS SCRAMBLED

6 7 24 3 24 2 15 2 16 5 1000
20 10 −8 6 30 3 −14 10 20 5 15 7
−9 6 −88

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LT 1 – 6 Name ____________________ Class Date
Practice 5-4Factoring Quadratic Expressions - Factor each expression completely.

1. x2 + 4x + 4 2. x2 – 7x + 10 3. x2 + 7x – 8

4. x2 – 6x 5. 2x2 – 9x + 4 6. x2 + 2x – 35

7. x2 + 6x + 5 8. x2 – 9 9. x2 – 13x – 48

10. x2 – 4 11. 4x2 + x 12. x2 – 29x + 100

13. x2 – x – 6 14. 9x2 – 1 15. 3x2 – 2x

16. x2 – 64 17. x2 – 25 18. x2 – 81

19. x2 – 36 20. x2 – 100 21. x2 – 1

22. 4x2 – 1 23. 4x2 – 36 24. 9x2 – 4

25. x2 – 7x – 8 26. x2 + 13x + 36 27. x2 – 5x + 6

28. x2 + 5x + 4 29. x2 – 21x – 22 30. x2 + 13x + 40

31. 2x2 – 5x – 3 32. x2 + 10x – 11 33. x2 – 14x + 24

34. 5x2 + 4x – 12 35. 2x2 – 5x – 7 36. 2x2 + 13x + 15

37. 3x2 – 7x – 6 38. 3x2 + 16x + 21 39. x2 + 5x – 24

40. x2 + 34x – 72 41. x2 – 11x 42. 3x2 + 21x

43. x2 + 8x + 12 44. x2 – 10x + 24 45. x2 + 7x – 30

46. x2 – 2x – 168 47. x2 – x – 72 48. 4x2 – 25

49. x2 – 121 50. x2 + 17x + 16 51. 10x2 – 17x + 3

52. 4x2 + 12x + 9 53. 4x2 – 4x – 15 54. 9x2 – 4

55. x2 + 6x – 40 56. 2x2 – 8 57. x2 + 18x + 77

58. 2x2 – 98 59. x2 + 21x + 98 60. x2 + 20x + 84

61. 9x2 + 30x + 16 62. 8x2 – 6x – 27 63. x2 – 3x – 54

64. x2 – 169 65. 25x2 – 9 66. 7x2 + 49

67. 2x2 – 10x – 28 68. x2 + 8x + 12 69. x2 – 2x – 35

70. x2 + 2x – 63 71. 20x2 – 11x – 3 72. 12x2 + 4x – 5

73. 4x2 – 5x – 6 74. 8x2 + 22x – 21 75. 3x2 – 3x – 168

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LT7. I can solve by factoring. LT 8. I can solve by taking the square root. Name ____________________

Practice 5-5 Quadratic Equations Solve each equation by factoring, by taking square roots, or by graphing.
When necessary, round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
1. x2 – 18x – 40 = 0 2. 16x2 = 56x 3. 5x2 = 15x

4. x2 – 6x – 7 = 0 5. x2 – 49 = 0 6. x2 + 2x + 1 = 0

7. x2 – 1 = 0 8. x2 – 3x – 4 = 0 9. x2 + 9x2 + 20 = 0

10. 6x2 + 9 = –55x 11. (x + 5)2 = 36 12. 2x2 – 3x = 0

13. 2x2 + x – 10 = 0 14. –4x2 + 3x = –1 15. 5x2 – 6x + 1 = 0

16. 3x2 + 1 = –4x 17. –2x2 + 2 = –3x 18. 6x2 + 1 = 5x

19. –2x2 – x + 1 = 0 20. 3x2 + 5x = 2 21. x2 – 6x = –8

22. x2 + 6 = –7x 23. 6x2 + 18x = 0 24. 2x2 + 5 = 11x

25. 3x2 – 7x + 2 = 0 26. 2x2 – 3x = –1 27. 2x2 – x = 6

28. x2 – 144 = 0 29. 4x2 + 2 = 6x 30. 5x2 + 2 = –7x

31. 7x2 + 6x – 1 = 0 32. 2x2 – 6x = –4 33. 11x2 – 12x + 1 = 0

34. 7x2 + 1 = –8x 35. x2 + 9 = –10x 36. (x – 2)2 = 18

37. x2 – 8x + 7 = 0 38. x2 – 16 = 0 39. x2 + 6x = –8

40. x2 + 3 = 4x 41. 2x2 + 6 = –7x 42. 6x2 + 2 = 7x

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43. (x + 7)2 = 44. 9x2 – 8x = 1 45. 10x2 + 7x + 1 = 0
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46. 4x2 + 2 = –9x 47. 3x2 + 4 = 8x 48. 4x2 + 5 + 9x = 0

49. 9x2 + 10x = –1 50. 2x2 + 9x + 4 = 0 51. 2x2 + 6x = –4

52. 11x2 – 1 = –10x 53. 4x2 = 1 54. 6x2 = 12x

55. 25x2 – 9 = 0 56. 2x2 + 11x = 6 57. 8x2 – 6x + 1 = 0

58. x2 + 11 = –12x 59. 6x2 + 2 = 13x 60. x2 = 121

61. 4x2 – 11x = 3 62. 8x2 + 6x + 1 = 0 63. x2 + 9x + 8 = 0

64. x2 + 8x = –12 65. x2 + 6x = 40 66. 2x2 = 8

67. x2 = x + 6 68. x2 + 2x – 6 = 0 69. x2 – 12 = 0

70. 3x2 + 4x = 6 71. 7x2 – 105 = 0 72. 16x2 = 81

73. x2 + 5x + 4 = 0 74. x2 + 36 = –13x 75. x2 + 6 = 5x

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LT 8. I can solve by taking the square root. LT 9. I can perform operations with imaginary numbers.

Practice 5-6 Complex Numbers Name __________________________

LT 9. I can perform operations with imaginary numbers

Simplify each expression.

26. 40 27. −88 28. − −36

29. (1 + 5i) + (1 – 5i) 30. (3 + 2i) – (3 + 2i) 31. 4 – −25

32. (2 + 6i) – (7 + 9i) 33. (1 + 5i)(1 – 5i) 34. (1 + 5i)(6 – 3i)

35. (5 – 6i)(6 – 2i) 36. (3 + 4i)(3 + 4i) 37. (2 + 3i)(2 – 3i)

38. (2 + 2i)(2 – 2i) 39. (–3 – 2i)(1 – 3i) 40. (3 + 3i) – (4 – 3i)

41. −48 42. −300 43. −75

44. −16 + 2 45. (4 – i)(4 – i) 46. (4 + 2i)(1 – 7i)

47. (1 + 3i)(1 – 7i) 48. (2 + 4i)(–3 – 2i) 49. (11 – 12i)(11 + 12i)

50. (2 + 3i) + (–4 + 5i) 51. (5 + 14i) – (10 – 2i) 52. (5 + 12i)(5 – 12i)

53. (3 + 4i)(1 – 2i) 54. (6 + 2i)(1 – 2i) 55. (5 – 13i)(5 – 13i)

56. −44 57. − −63 58. −8

59. (2 + 3i)(4 + 5i) 60. (5 + 4i) – (–1 – 2i) 61. (1 + 2i)(–1 – 2i)

62. (–1 + 4i)(1 – 2i) 63. (6 + 2i) + (1 – 2i) 64. (3 + 2i)(3 + 2i)

65. (–2 + 3i) + (4 + 5i) 66. (5 + 4i)(1 + 2i) 67. (–1 – 5i)(–1 + 5i)

LT 8. I can solve by taking the square root.

Solve each equation.
68. x2 + 80 = 0 69. 5x2 + 500 = 0 70. 2x2 + 40 = 0 71. 3x2 + 36 = 0

72. 3x2 + 75 = 0 73. 2x2 + 144 = 0 74. 4x2 + 1600 = 0 75. 4x2 + 1 = 0

76. 2x2 + 10 = 0 77. 4x2 + 100 = 0 78. x2 + 9 = 0 79. 9x2 + 90 = 0

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LT10. I can solve by completing the square. Name _____________
Practice 5-7 Completing the Square
Complete the square.
1. x2 + 6x + ! 2. x2 – 7x + ! 3. x2 + 12x + ! 4. x2 + 3x + !
5. x2 – 8x + ! 6. x2 + 16x + ! 7. x2 + 21x + ! 8. x2 – 2x + !

Solve each quadratic equation by completing the square.

24. x2 + 12x + 4 = 0 25. x2 – x – 5 = 0 26. 3x2 = –12x – 3

27. x2 – x – 1 = 0 28. 4x2 – 8x + 1 = 0 29. 5x2 = 8x – 6

30. 2x2 – 4x – 3 = 0 31. x2 + 11x = 0 32. x2 = 5x + 14

33. 2x2 + x – 1 = 0 34. 2x2 + 6x – 7 = 0 35. 2x2 = –8x + 45

36. x2 = –3x – 3 37. 4x2 = –2x + 1 38. 3x2 = –6x + 9

39. x2 = 7x + 12 40. x2 = 3x + 7 41. 3x2 = 6x – 9

42. x2 = –3x + 2 43. x2 = –7x – 1 44. 4x2 = –3x + 2

45. 2x2 = 4x – 5 46. 2x2 = 5x + 5 47. 2x2 = 6x + 5

48. x2 = 3x 49. x2 = 8x 50. 4x2 = –2x – 3

51. 2x2 = –2x + 5 52. 2x2 = –5x – 5 53. 3x2 = –5x + 1

54. 2x2 = 2x + 4 55. 3x2 = 7x + 8 56. 2x2 = –6x + 4

57. x2 = –7x – 9 58. 2x2 = 5x 59. 3x2 = –42x

60. 2x2 = –4x + 5 61. 4x2 = –x + 5 62. 3x2 = –3x + 1

63. x2 = 3x + 4 64. 2x2 = 2x + 8 65. 3x2 = x + 4

Solve each equation.

66. x2 + 2x + 1 = 9 67. 3x2 – 18x + 27 = 125 68. x2 – 4x + 4 = 5

9 13 9 15 9 41
69. x2 + 3x+ = 70. x2 + 3x+ = − 71. x2 + 3x+ =
4 4 4 4 4 4

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LT 12. I can use the discriminant to determine the number and type of solutions.
LT 11. I can solve equations using the quadratic formula (with rationalized denominators).
Name ____________________ Class _____________ Date __________
Practice 5-8 The Quadratic Formula
LT 12. I can use the discriminant to determine the number and type of solutions.
Evaluate the discriminant of each equation. Tell how many solutions each equation has and whether the
solutions are real or imaginary.
1 y = x2 + 10x – 25 2. y = x2 + 10x + 10 3. y = 9x2 – 24x
4. y = 4x2 – 4x + 1 5. y = 4x2 – 5x + 1 6. y = 4x2 – 3x + 1
7. y = x2 + 3x + 4 8. y = x2 + 7x – 3 9. y = –2x2 + 3x – 5
10. y = x2 – 5x + 4 11. y = x2 + 12x + 36 12. y = x2 + 2x + 3
13. y = 2x2 – 13x – 7 14. y = –5x2 + 6x – 4 15. y = –4x2 – 4x – 1

LT 11. I can solve equations using the quadratic formula (with rationalized denominators).
Solve each equation using the Quadratic Formula.
16. x2 + 6x + 9 = 0 17. x2 – 15x + 56 = 0 18. 3x2 – 5x + 2 = 0
19. 2x2 + 3x + 5 = 0 20. 10x2 – 23x + 12 = 0 21. 4x2 + x – 5 = 0
22. x2 + 8x + 15 = 0 23. 3x2 + 2x + 1 = 0 24. 4x2 + x + 5 = 0
25. x2 – 4x – 12 = 0 26. x2 = 3x + 2 27. 2x2 – 5x + 2 = 0
28. x2 + 6x – 4 = 0 29. x2 = 2x – 5 30. 3x2 + 7 = –6x
31. 2x2 + 6x + 3 = 0 32. x2 = –18x – 80 33. x2 + 9x – 13 = 0
34. x2 – 8x + 25 = 0 35. 4x2 + 13x = 12 36. 3x2 – 5x = –12
37. 3x2 + 4x + 5 = 0 38. 2x2 = 3x – 7 39. 5x2 + 2x + 1 = 0
40. 5x2 + x + 3 = 0 41. 5x2 + x = 3 42. 5x2 – 2x + 7 = 0
43. x2 – 2x + 3 = 0 44. –2x2 + 3x = 24 45. 4x2 = 5x – 6
46. x2 + 6x + 5 = 0 47. x2 – 6x = –8 48. x2 – 6x = –6
Solve: 49. A model of the daily profits p of a gas station based on the price per gallon g is p = -
2
15,000g + 34,500g – 16,800. Use the discriminant to find whether the station can profit $4000 per day.
Explain.
Solve each equation using the Quadratic Formula. Find the exact solutions. Then approximate any radical
solutions. Round to the nearest hundredth.
50. x2 – 2x – 3 = 0 51. x2 + 5x + 4 = 0 52. x2 – 2x – 8 = 0
53. 7x2 – 12x + 3 = 0 54. 5x2 + 5x – 1 = 0 55. 4x2 + 5x + 1 = 0
56. 6x2 + 5x – 4 = 0 57. x2 + x = 6 58. x2 – 13x = 48
59. 2x2 + 5x = 0 60. x2 + 3x – 3 = 0 61. x2 – 4x + 1 = 0
62. 9x2 – 6x – 7 = 0 63. x2 – 35 = 2x 64. x2 + 7x + 10 = 0

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LT 12. I can use the discriminant to determine the number and type of solutions.
CP Algebra 2 5.8 Name ________________
Discriminant

Fill in the chart:

Equation Standard Discriminant Number and type of

Form Roots

1.
6x2 + 3x + 4 = 0

2. x2 = -6x - 9

3. 3x2 – 6 = -5x

4. 2x2 – x = -4

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Review LT 7-13 Name___________________

1. Solve the following equations by the square root method. Solve for all solutions, including
imaginary numbers.

a. 8x 2 − 70 = 11x 2 + 5 b. 9x 2 −13 = 0

2. Solve the following quadratic equations by factoring.

a. 4x 2 +16x +12 = 0 b. 3x 2 −10x + 8 = 0 c. x 2 − 64 = 0

5. Rewrite each number in the standard form for complex numbers, a + bi . Reduce fractions and
simplify radicals.

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a. −11 ( ) (
b. −3−10i + −6 − 5i ) c.
6

d. i 3
(5+ 2i )
e. i 42 ( )(
f. 1− 2i −4 + 3i ) g.
(2 − 3i )

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Review LT 7-13
6. Use the Quadratic Formula to solve x 2 + x +1 = 0

7. Use “completing the square” to solve the following equation.

2x 2 +10x − 3 = 0

8. Solve the following equations for real solutions only.

a. −5x 2 = −125 b. −3y 2 +11 = 95

9. Find the discriminant of the following quadratic equations and put it on the first blank. On the
second blank, state the number of real solutions for the equation.

a. 3x 2 − 4x + 5 = 2x + 3 ___________ ________ real solutions

b. 2x 2 + 8x + 8 = 0 ___________ ________ real solutions

13. Solve the following equations for real or imaginary solutions using the method indicated.
Carefully show all of the work and simplify your answers as much as possible to simplified radical
form and/or the standard form for complex numbers.

a. x 2 + 20x + 80 = 0 completing the square a. _______________

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c. 2x − 9x 2 = 3x + 2 −10x 2 Quadratic Formula c. _______________

d. 5x 2 + 2x + 3 = 0 Quadratic Formula d. _______________

15. Find the approximate real roots (or real zeros) of the following quadratic equation, rounded to
the nearest hundredth.

y = 3x 2 + 2x − 6

a) no real roots b) -1.75, 1.15 c) 1.08, -1.85 d) 1.12, -1.79

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CP Algebra 2 Name___________________________________
LT 7. I can solve by factoring.
LT 10. I can solve by completing the square.

Factor if possible. Use completing the square for those that don’t factor.

1) X 2 + 10X − 24 = 0 2) X 2 + 12X = 28

=0

Ans. X = _____ or X = _____

3) X 2 + 18X + 56 = 0 4) X 2 − 6X = 5

5) X 2 − 9X + 20 = 0 6) X 2 − 5 X = 50

7) X 2 = 8X − 15 8) X2 − X = 1

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LT 7. I can solve by factoring.
LT 10. I can solve by completing the square.

Steps to solve a quadratic equation by Completing the Square:

1) Make sure the coefficient of X 2 is 1. (If it isn’t, divide by the number!)

2) Put the constant on the right side.

1
3) Take of the coefficient of X, square it, and add it to both sides.
2
4) Factor & Solve

Solve by completing the square:

9) 4X 2 + 8X − 12 = 0 10) 2X 2 − 4X − 8 = 0

11) 2X 2 − 6X − 10 = 0 12) 2X 2 + X − 6 = 0

ANSWERS: 1) 2, − 12 2) 2, − 14 3) −4, − 14 4) 3 ± 14
1± 5
5) 5, 4 6) −5, 10 7) 5, 3 8)
2
3 ± 29 3
9) 1, − 3 10) 1 ± 5 11) 12) , − 2
2 2
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LT 7,8,10,11 Solving Equations Name _____________________________
Solve for x:
1) x2 + 7x + 10 = 0 2) x2 − 8x + 12 = 0 3) x2 − 49 = 0

x = ______, ______

4) x2 + 5x − 6 = 0 5) x2 − 7x − 18 = 0 6) x2 − 5x = 0

7) 2x2 + 5x − 3 = 0 8) 3x2 − 8x + 4 = 0 9) 2x2 − 3x − 5 = 0

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LT 7,8,10,11 Solving Equations
10) 3x2 + x − 10 = 0 11) 4x2 − 25 = 0 12) 2x2 + 7x = 0

13) 5x2 + 29x + 20 = 0 14) 6x2 − 19x + 15 = 0

Answers Scrambled (+2 that don’t match anything!)

⎧ 3 ⎫ ⎧ 3 5 ⎫ ⎧ 7 ⎫ ⎧ 4 ⎫
⎨ , −1⎬ {2,6} ⎨ , ⎬ {−2, −5} ⎨0, − ⎬ {−6,1} ⎨− , −5 ⎬ {0,5}
⎩ 5 ⎭ ⎩ 2 3 ⎭ ⎩ 2 ⎭ ⎩ 5 ⎭
⎧ 5 5 ⎫ ⎧ 5 ⎫ ⎧ 5 ⎫ ⎧ 3 5 ⎫ ⎧ 2 ⎫ ⎧ 1 ⎫
⎨ , − ⎬ ⎨ , −1⎬ ⎨ , −2 ⎬ {7, −7} ⎨ , ⎬ ⎨ ,2 ⎬ ⎨ , −3 ⎬ {−2,9}
⎩ 2 2 ⎭ ⎩ 2 ⎭ ⎩ 3 ⎭ ⎩ 2 2 ⎭ ⎩ 3 ⎭ ⎩ 2 ⎭

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NAME________________________ LT 7,8,10,11 Solving Equations
I. Solve using the square root method.

(1) (2)

Don’t
Forget
± Symbol!
x = __________ x = __________

II. Solve by completing the square.

(3) (4)
1)
2) half of b, square it,&
add it to both sides.
3) change trinomial, to
(binomial)
4) square root method
x = __________ x = __________

III. Solve using the quadratic formula.

***Get in standard form first!

(5) (6)

x = __________ x = __________

V. Use the discriminant to determine the number of real solutions.

(+) 2, (0) 1, (−) 0
(8) ___________

VII. Simplify. i0 = 1, i = − 1, i 2 = −1, i3 = −i

10) (18-5i)+(-3+11i) 11) (2+5i)-(3-i) 12) (3+7i)(4-8i)

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Unit 1 LT 3 Did you Hear About.. Rationalizing Radicals in denominators

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LT 8 and 10 D-51 –Square Root method or Completing the Square “Cooking”

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LT 10 D-52 –Completing the Square “Title of the Picture”

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LT 12 D-55 Discriminant and Number of Solutions “Soil Erosion”

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CP Algebra 2 Name___________________________
DO YOU REMEMBER Unit 1?
1) Write an equation of the line through the points (2,-3) and (-1,0).

2) Solve: 2x − 5 = 3 3) Solve: 7x − 3(x − 2) = 2(5 − x)

4) Solve the system : 5) Solve the system:

x − 2y = 16 y = 2x + 7

−2x − y = −2 4x – y = - 3

6) Find the x and y intercepts of the line 3y − x = 4

7) Evaluate: −3x 2 + 4x when x = −2

8) Solve for x: 2(3 - (2x + 4)) - 5(x - 7) = 3x - x2 – 4

ANSWERS
1) y = − x − 1 5) (2,11) 2) x = 4, 1 6)(0, 4/3) (-4,0)
2
3) x = 7) −20 4) (4, -6) 8) x = 9
3

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