Madden Quadratics Basics

What are the solutions?

• 0 and 8

• -2 and -4

• 3 and -1

• 2 and 4

What is the axis of symmetry?

• the slope of the graph

• the dividing line for a parabola

• a way to spin my pencil

• the x-axis

Standard form of a quadratic equation

• y=x²

• y=ax²+bx+c

• y=mx+b

• y=x

Which graph is generated by this equation?

y=x²+2x+1

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Which letter determines if a parabola opens up or down?

• a

• h

• k

Is this a max or min?

• max

• min

• cannot be determined

The axis of symmetry of this parabola is...

• y=4

• y=-4

• x=4

• x=-4

What are the x- intercepts?

• x= 0 and x= -4

• x= 0 and x= 4

• y= 0

• x= 2

How many zeros does this parabola have? 

• 3

• 2

• 0

• 1

Does the following quadratic equation have a maximum or minimum value? How can you tell?
y=x²+2x-3

• Minimum value, because the a value is positive

• Maximum value, because the b value is positive

• Maximum value, because the a value is positive

• Minimum value, because the c value is negative