Solving Quadratics Using Square Roots

Lesson Prep

Lesson Details

• Duration: 50 minutes

• Learning Goal: Develop procedural fluency with solving quadratics using square roots.

Answer Keys

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Classwork

• Estimation – Progreso Pier

• Warm Up

• Practice

  • Back page from Algebra by Example

• Spiraling Practice

Standards

Common Core

• HSA.REI.B.4.B – Solve quadratic equations by inspection (e.g., for x² = 49), taking square roots, completing the square, the quadratic formula and factoring, as appropriate to the initial form of the equation. Recognize when the quadratic formula gives complex solutions and write them as a ± bi for real numbers a and b.

TEKS

• A.8(A) – solve quadratic equations having real solutions by factoring, taking square roots, completing the square, and applying the quadratic formula