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<strong>Worksheet</strong>: <strong>Completing</strong> <strong>Square</strong><br />

<strong>1.</strong> <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> <strong>of</strong> b <strong>makes</strong> <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 + bx + 4 a perfect square?<br />

a) 0<br />

b) 1<br />

c) 2<br />

d) 4<br />

2. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> <strong>of</strong> b <strong>makes</strong> <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 + bx + 169 a perfect square?<br />

a) 0<br />

b) 13<br />

c) 26<br />

d) 169<br />

3. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> <strong>of</strong> c <strong>makes</strong> <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 + 6x + c a perfect square?<br />

a) 0<br />

b) 9<br />

c) 36<br />

d) 144<br />

4. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> <strong>of</strong> c <strong>makes</strong> <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 – 22x + c a perfect square?<br />

a) 121<br />

b) –484<br />

c) 484<br />

d) 1936<br />

2<br />

5. <strong>What</strong> is <strong>the</strong> maximum <strong>value</strong> <strong>of</strong> y in <strong>the</strong> relation y = – 3 (x – 5) 2 + 11?<br />

a) –11<br />

b) –5<br />

c) 5<br />

d) 11<br />

6. <strong>What</strong> is <strong>the</strong> minimum <strong>value</strong> <strong>of</strong> y in <strong>the</strong> relation y = 7(x – 6) 2 – 19?<br />

a) –19<br />

b) –16<br />

c) 16<br />

d) 19


7. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> must be added to <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 + 12x to make it a perfect square?<br />

a) 6<br />

b) 12<br />

c) 36<br />

d) 144<br />

8. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> must be added to <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 – 10x to make it a perfect square?<br />

a) –25<br />

b) –5<br />

c) 5<br />

d) 25<br />

9. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> must be added to <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 + 22x + 97 to make it a perfect square?<br />

a) 22<br />

b) 24<br />

c) 97<br />

d) 121<br />

10. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong> <strong>of</strong> k <strong>makes</strong> x 2 – 28x – 100 = (x – 14) 2 + k true?<br />

a) k = –296<br />

b) k = – 196<br />

c) k = –96<br />

d) k = 96<br />

1<strong>1.</strong> <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong>s <strong>of</strong> b make <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 + bx + 100 a perfect square?<br />

12. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong>s <strong>of</strong> b make <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 + bx + <strong>1.</strong>44 a perfect square?<br />

13. <strong>What</strong> <strong>value</strong>s <strong>of</strong> c make <strong>the</strong> expression x 2 – 32x + c a perfect square?<br />

14. Write y = 3x 2 + 12x in vertex form.


15. Write y = –7x 2 + 42x – 3 in vertex form.<br />

16. Write y = 0.6x 2 – 9x + 3.5 in vertex form.<br />

17. A ball is kicked from <strong>the</strong> ground into <strong>the</strong> air. The height <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ball, h, in metres,<br />

after t seconds is modelled by h = 30t – 5t 2 . How long is <strong>the</strong> ball in <strong>the</strong> air?<br />

18. A ball is kicked from <strong>the</strong> ground into <strong>the</strong> air. The height <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ball h, in metres, after<br />

t seconds is modelled by h = 30t – 5t 2 . Find <strong>the</strong> greatest height <strong>the</strong> ball reaches.<br />

19. Describe a method to find <strong>the</strong> coordinates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vertex <strong>of</strong> y = 5(x – 4)(x + 7).<br />

20. List <strong>the</strong> transformations applied to <strong>the</strong> graph <strong>of</strong> y = x 2 to produce a graph that can be<br />

modelled by y = –3x 2 + 24x + 17?

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