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QUADRATIC EQUATIONS: Completing the Square

Directions: Solve each quadratic equation by completing the square. Color the
corresponding problem numbers with the color under your answer choice.

17, −5 5,17 5,1 −17,1

1 𝑥𝑥 2 − 12𝑥𝑥 − 91 = −6 RED YELLOW BLUE ORANGE

1,11 5,1 {11, −5} −5, −11

2 𝑥𝑥 2 − 6𝑥𝑥 − 49 = 6 BLACK PINK PURPLE GREEN

6,2 −6, −2 2, −6 −2, 6

3 𝑥𝑥 2 + 8𝑥𝑥 + 2 = −10 BROWN ORANGE RED GRAY

−1,5 5,1 −5,1 −5, −1

4 𝑥𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑥 + 3 = −2 AQUA BEIGE WHITE YELLOW

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𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 0,0 1,3
5 𝑥𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑥 + 62 = 5 WHITE
𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠
VIOLET GREEN
DARK RED

5, −13 5,13 −5,13 −13, −5

6 𝑥𝑥 2 + 8𝑥𝑥 − 70 = −5 GREEN YELLOW TEAL PURPLE

−1,7 1,7 −1, −7 1, −7

7 𝑥𝑥 2 − 8𝑥𝑥 + 10 = 3 LIGHT PINK BLACK RED WHITE

14,4 −14,4 −14, −4 −4,14

8 𝑥𝑥 2 + 18𝑥𝑥 + 65 = 9 GRAY GOLD PINK BLUE

−1,3 3,1 −3, −1 −3,1

9 13𝑥𝑥 2 − 39 = −26𝑥𝑥 RED AQUA BLACK LT BLUE

−2,18 18,2 −18, −2 −18,2

10 2𝑥𝑥 2 + 40𝑥𝑥 = −72 PURPLE GRAY DK GREEN LIGHT PINK

4,2 −4, −2 −4,2 4, −2

11 10𝑥𝑥 2 = −20𝑥𝑥 + 80 PINK ORANGE GOLD BROWN

𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 4, −2 −4, −2
12 7𝑥𝑥 2 + 14𝑥𝑥 + 24 = 9 ORANGE
𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠
GREEN VIOLET
BEIGE ©2017 Marie De Los Reyes, “Algebra Accents”

{3,5}
−3,5 {−3, −5}
{3, −5}
13 6𝑥𝑥 2 − 12𝑥𝑥 − 90 = 0 YELLOW DARK RED
YELLOW
WHITE
GREEN

{−1, −3} {3,1} {−3,1} {3, −1}

14 7𝑥𝑥 2 − 28𝑥𝑥 + 17 = −4 BLUE GREEN TEAL PURPLE

{−2, −12} {2, −12} {2,12} {−2,12}

15 2𝑥𝑥 2 + 28𝑥𝑥 + 41 = −7 PURPLE BLACK BROWN PINK

{−5,3} 5,3 −5, −3 {5, −3}

16 13𝑥𝑥 2 − 26𝑥𝑥 − 182 = 13 RED GREEN BLUE SILVER
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