Unit 4: Working with Quadratic Functions - Standard & Vertex Form

Recall: Graphing Quadratics in Vertex Form

• Sketching Quadratics in Vertex Form
• Graphing Parabolas Using the Step Pattern
• Graphing Quadratics in Vertex Form

• Quadratic Models in Vertex Form

4.1 Vertex Form of a Quadratic Function

• Modelling with Quadratics
• Modelling with Quadratic Relations

4.2 Completing the Square

• Complete the Square to write a quadratic in Vertex Form
• Converting from Standard Form to Vertex Form

4.3 Solving Using the Quadratic Formula

• Use the Quadratic Formula to Solve Quadratic Equations
• Solving Quadratics by Factoring OR by using the Quadratic Formula
• Simplifying Radicals

4.4 Nature of Roots: The Discriminant

• What is The Discriminant
• Discriminant to Determine Roots

4.5/4.6 Application: Solving Using the Quadratic Formula & Vertex Form

• Quadratic Word Problems
• Quadratic Word Problems 2