Quadratic Equation Practice

This is a collection of activities, resources, games, and quizzes to support your teaching of factoring quadratics, solving quadratic equations where a=1 and where a does not equal 1, the Quadratic Formula, completing the square and graphing.

You can read more about each activity below and go to each resource by clicking on the images and the links below.

The resources below are ideal as review activities. I find them really useful to get students to re-engage with a topic without them getting bored. They can be a nice way to finish off a unit before the more formal unit test.

These activities are designed as fun and engaging activities to add to your lessons. I hope you enjoy them!

Factoring Quadratics (where a=1)

Factoring Quadratics (where the leading coefficient is 1) Bingo

This is a fun activity that the students really get into by using bingo as a competitive game with questions on factoring quadratics where the coefficient a = 1.

The quadratic expressions are displayed from the included PowerPoint. The order of flow of the questions can be rearranged to suit the ability of your class.

The bingo cards come as printable sheets with enough individualized bingo cards to cover as many as thirty-six students. It is possible to also go print free with the necessary resources and instructions to do this.

How to play the factoring simple quadratics bingo activity

If a question is displayed that they have the solution to then they cross it off their answer grid. The first student to achieve a complete set of answers to all the factorized quadratics must call out bingo! I usually motivate my students by offering a small reward for the first student to achieve bingo.s

Factoring Quadratics (where a is not 1)

Factoring Quadratics (where the leading coefficient is not 1) Bingo activity

This is a fun activity that the students really get into by using bingo as a competitive game with questions on factoring quadratics where the coefficient ‘a’ > 1 or where there is a difference of squares term.

Using the included PowerPoint, the quadratic expressions are displayed to your students. The questions are differentiated, and the sequence of the slides can be altered to your own preference.

The bingo cards are included as a printable pdf sheet as part of this factoring quadratic expressions resource. There are enough bingo cards for classes of up to thirty-six students. If you would prefer not to print the questions can be projected from one slide and students can copy their selection of questions onto a grid in their workbooks.

How to play this factoring quadratics game

I find this as a great way to involve students in a review activity and it is so much more fun than simply handing out a worksheet on factorizing quadratics!

Factoring Trinomials Puzzle

Factoring Quadratic Trinomials Puzzle Activity

Here is an enjoyable way for your students to practice factorizing trinomials. The questions are differentiated with some of the trinomials having a leading coefficient of a=1 and some where a does not equal 1.

The resource also includes an extra worksheet requiring your students to pair their factors with sporting terms. This prevents students from ‘cheating’ and solving the puzzle by multiplying out the binomial solutions instead of factorizing the quadratic.

The puzzle pieces for this factoring trinomials puzzle are provided as a printable pdf. Students can cut out the puzzle pieces themselves to save you the work. There are a total of 18 questions.

This factoring puzzle comes complete with an answer key.

Quadratic Formula code-breaker puzzle

Quadratic Formula Code Breaker Activity

This is an engaging way to review the quadratic formula fun with your students. To make the quadratic formula fun to practice, this activity is set up as a code-breaker game. Your students are required to solve quadratic equations by using the quadratic formula to generate a code. This is an excellent review activity.

The solution code is random to prevent students from attempting to shortcut the process by working out a pattern in the code instead of solving the quadratic problems.

Motivate your students by rewarding the first student(s) to complete the puzzle with a prize.

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Solving Quadratic Equations Bingo Game

Solving Quadratic Equations Bingo! game

This is the perfect review activity for your students to practice finding the solutions to quadratic equations by factoring. It is created as a bingo game and my students love this as a way to review a topic.

The resource includes a PowerPoint (ppt) presentation to display each question. These questions can be re-ordered to suit your class’ ability.

To play the solving quadratic equations by factoring game, students are given pdf printable bingo cards and there are sufficient cards for up to thirty-six students in your class.

You can choose not to print the bingo cards and follow the instructions for a no-print version of the game.

Each question comes with its own answer key provided on the slide.

Rules to the Solving Quadratic Equations Bingo Game

Students must mark-off any solutions that align with their bingo cards. The first student(s) to completely match all their answers on the card must call out bingo!

I usually create a little more ‘buzz’ by offering a prize to the winner!

Using the Quadratic Formula to solve quadratic equations code-breaker puzzle

Solving Quadratic Equations Puzzle Activity

This solving quadratic equations puzzle has a range of differentiated quadratic equations to be solved with the quadratic formula. The puzzle pieces are supplied as a printable pdf. Students can cut out the puzzle pieces themselves to save you this task and they then arrange the pieces by matching the questions with their solutions.

The solving quadratic equations activity is supplied with its answer key.

This is a fun and engaging way to have your students practice using the quadratic formula.

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Completing the Square Game

A project resource to engage students in practicing completing the square for quadratic expressions. The resource includes a set of cards that work on matching quadratic equations in standard and vertex format with their corresponding graphs. There are 12 sets for a total of 36 cards. Each set has a graph, a standard quadratic equation, and a vertex form equation. These are intended to be cut out and used as a matching activity.

The numbers on the cards are for easy checking by matching the numbers in groups of three. An answer key is included.

Graph Transformations practice

Quadratic Graph Transformations Activity

A puzzle to match transformations of graphs.

This activity is a quadratic graph transformation pdf printable. Your students can use it to practice graph transformations in a fun and engaging way. The activity is based on three core quadratic graphs: f(x), g(x), h(x).

How to do the quadratic graph transformations puzzle

Students are given puzzle pieces where they must find the transformations of the core functions that correspond with the graphs. e.g. y=3f(x), y=f(x+2), y=g(3x), etc.

Students are given the pdf printable and can cut out the shapes themselves. By finding corresponding functions and graphs students create the hexagon shape of the puzzle.

This quadratic graph transformation pdf also comes with an answer key.

This review activity has thirty problems to solve to finish the puzzle in its entirety.

Quadratic Equations Review Activity

Quadratic Equations and Graphs practice

This is a review of student’s comprehension of sketching the graphs of quadratic equations by using the following methods:

Factoring
Roots (zeroes)
Intercepts
Maximum and Minimum points
No real roots (complex number solutions)

In this algebra 2 activity, your class will receive 9 quadratic equations and 12 clues. Students must draw each quadratic, identify the key points on the graph, and draw their sketch in the correct position on the grid according to the clues given.

Students may undertake this algebra 2 review in ones, pairs or larger groups.

A reward for the first team to finish can make this graphing review more competitive.

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