Completing the Square

When factoring
x² - 4x + 4 = 20,
what goes in the blank?
(x - __ )² = 20

• 4
• 2
• 8
• 20

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the square.
x² + 6x + ____

• x² + 6x + 9
• x² + 6x - 36
• x² + 6x + 36
• x² + 6x - 9

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the Square
x² + 6x = 5

• (x + 3)² = 5
• (x + 6)² = 9
• (x + 3)² = 14
• (x + 6)² = 14

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the square for
x² + 12x + ____

• x² + 12x + 144
• x² + 12x + 36
• x² + 12x - 36
• x² + +12x - 144

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the square.
x² + 14x + ____

• x² + 14x - 196
• x² + 14x + 49
• x² + 14x - 49
• x² + 14x + 196

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Complete the Square
x² + 10x + ____

• x² + 10x - 100
• x² + 10x + 100
• x² + 10x - 25
• x² + 10x + 25

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

What is one of the solutions to this equation?
(2x - 1)² = 49

• 7
• -7
• -4
• -3

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.2

Solve the equation by completing the square and then finding the roots. 
x²+ 6x - 4 = 36

• x = -7, 7
• x = 4, -10
• x = -4 +- √7
• x = 10, -4

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Solve the following equation by completing the square:
n² - 2n - 3 = 0

• {3 and-1}
• {4 and -4}
• {5 and -3}
• {8 and -7}

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

What do you do to the b value to correctly complete the square?

• square it
• divide it by 2 and square the result
• divide it by 2 and take the square root of the result
• divide it by 2 only

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B