1B Completing the Square Practice

What is the first step to solving THIS equation by completing the square?
a² + 10a + 21 = 0

• Set the equation equal to zero
• Divide 10 by 2 and add the result to both sides
• Add a² and 10a together
• Subtract the 21

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

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

• 4
• 2
• 8
• 20

When do you use the plus or minus symbol?
±

• After taking the square root of both sides
• After adding the square to both sides
• After taking half of b
• After setting the equation equal to zero

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

• 7
• -7
• -4
• -3

Write the following quadratic expression in completed square form...

x² + 6x = 5

• (x + 3)² = 5

• (x + 6)² = 9

• (x + 3)² = 14

• (x + 6)² = 14

Write the following quadratic expression in completed square form...

x² + 4x + 10

• (x + 4)² + 6

• (x + 2)² + 6

• (x + 4)² - 6

• (x + 2)² - 6

Solve the following quadratics equation by completing the square...

x² - 10x - 5 = 0

• x = -5 ± √30

• x = 5 ± √30

• x = 30 ± √5

• x = -30 ± √5

Solve the following quadratics equation by completing the square...

x² + 6x - 3 = 0

• $-3\pm2\sqrt{3}$

• $3\pm2\sqrt{3}$

• $12\pm\sqrt{3}$

• $-12\pm\sqrt{3}$

Solve by completing the square.
x² +12x = 5

• X = 6 + √41 or  6 − √41
• X= 35 or 47
• X = −6 + √41 or  −6 − √41
• X = √35 or √47