Solving Quadratics Yesteryear Foursquare Roots

One of my students' favorite ways to solve quadratic equations is past times foursquare roots.  I covered solving past times foursquare roots later solving past times factoring.  Since my Algebra 2 students yet combat amongst factoring fluently, solving past times foursquare roots is similar a breath of fresh air to them.  They larn it.  Square roots are accessible.  However, they accept a style to forget that the foursquare rootage of 16 is non only four.  It's positive or negative four.  No affair how many times I emphasize it, they can't look to retrieve the addition or minus sign inward forepart of their answer.

This year, I decided to remedy this past times putting an obnoxiously large addition or minus sign inward their notebook.  We took the notes on transcend of the addition or minus sign.  These are the same addition or minus signs that I used concluding yr for graphing dissimilar types of gradient inward Algebra 1.  I honey finding novel uses for files I've already created!

Solving a Quadratic Equation past times Square Roots - Interactive Notebook Page

I wishing I could tell that this method was fool-proof.  I wishing I could tell that my students never forgot the addition or minus sign inward forepart of their answer.  But, then, I'd hold upwards lying to you.  I produce intend that this visual helped around of my students, though.  

Here's the two-page spread inward our interactive notebooks.  I accept yet to weblog near the Zero-Product Property together with Solving Quadratics past times Factoring yet.  They're coming, though.  I promise.  Pinkie promise.  

Solving Quadratic Equations INB Pages

You may download my quadratic business office files below.  If yous accept problem accessing the file, delight shipping me an e-mail.  I volition hold upwards happy to attach the files together with shipping them your way!

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