Complete the Square

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

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

What value of c would make this a perfect sqaure trinomial?
x² +8x + c

• 4
• 16
• 64
• -16

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

What value of c would make this a perfect square trinomial?
x² + 2x + c

• 2
• 4
• -2
• 1

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

What value of c would make this a perfect square trinomial?
x² - 12x + c

• 36
• 24
• 144
• -36

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

Find the missing value "c" to create a perfect square trinomial:
x² + 26x + ___ 

• 13
• 136
• 169
• 26

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

Complete the square.
x² + 6x + ____

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

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

Is this a perfect square trinomial?
x² + 18x + 9

• Yes
• No

What is the constant that should be added to the expression to complete the square: x²+16x

• 16
• 8
• 64
• 32

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

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

• 4
• 2
• 8
• 20

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.B.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

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

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSA.REI.A.2