STAAR Passport Review

What is the Gold Formula?

What is the Linear Parent Function?

Quadratic Parent Function

Nicknames for y:

• y-Intercept

  Range

  Function

  Output

  Dependent

• Solutions

  x-Intercepts

  Zeros

  Roots

  Independent

• Axis of Symmetry

• Slope

Nicknames for x:

• Range

  y-Intercept

  Function

  Output

  Dependent

• Solutions

  x-Intercepts

  Roots

  Zeros

  Independent

• Slope

• Vertex

Perpendicular Lines

• Same Slopes

• Opposite Slopes

• Reciprocals Slopes

• Opposite/

  Reciprocal Slopes

Parallel Lines:

• Opposite Slopes

• Same Slopes

• Reciprocal Slopes

• Opposite/

  Reciprocal Slopes

Axis of Symmetry

• The line that cuts the parabola in half

• The Highest or lowest point of the parabola

• The points where the parabola crosses or touches the x-axis

• The invisible line the exponential function never touches

Vertex

• The line that cuts the parabola in half

• The Highest (max) or lowest (min) point of the parabola

• The points where the parabola crosses or touches the x-axis

• The invisible line the exponential function never touches

Solutions

• The line that cuts the parabola in half

• The Highest (max) or lowest (min) point of the parabola

• The points where the parabola crosses or touches the x-axis

• The invisible line the exponential function never touches