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The Quadratic Equations Generator
Natalia Budinski
1
, Novta Miroslav
2
, Djurdjica Takaci
3
 
1
Osnovna skola i gimnazija ”Petro Kuzmjak”, Ruski Krstur
2
MicronasNIT, Novi Sad
3
Departman za matematiku i informatiku , Prirodno matematicki fakultet, Novi Sad
ABSTRACT
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This paper is the result of a master these about types of questionnaires inmathematical education
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It contains Generator of questionnaires which provides generating differentquestionnaire for each pupil
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Generating questionnaire is based on the basic methodical principles of teachingQuadratic equations in high school.
INTRODUCTION
Among the themes in high school mathematic Quadratic equations is one with greatimportance. Proper knowledge of solving these types of equations and being familiarwith their characteristics are the base of the further mathematical education. To check pupils’ knowledge we need to have proper mean of measure their knowledge. TheQuestionnaires are providing quick and efficient information how the pupils overcomethe theme to the teacher.This paper comprehends The Generator of Questionnaire. It is designed for the teacherswho can create each questionnaire for each pupil. For example, having 20 pupils- teachercan generate 20 different questionnaires.The questionnaire is made in Word format, easy for printing. The generator providessolutions to the teacher for each pupil`s questionnaire, therefore, it is easy to check theresults.The types of the questions are:
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solving quadratic equations,
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applying Viet`s formula in quadratic equations,
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solving quadratic equations using discriminants
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biquadrate equations,
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system of equations which include applying quadratic equations.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
The questions are chosen in a way to be easy for generating and making numerousdifferent questionnaires with the same quality.The Questionnaire Generator provides questionnaires with problems which solutions arecalled among pupils as “nice”. The nice solution implies numbers that are notcomplicated ratios, irrational numbers, or numbers with decimal point, easy for “manualsolving”. The manual solving of equations is important in order to accept solvingtechniques and developing mathematical skills of pupils.
 
The generator provides the solution for each questionnaire; therefore it is easy to check the pupils’ results. It is developed in C# for .NET 2.0 Framework. The questionnaires canbe easy printed and saved by Word.
The question: Solving quadratic equation
It is very important that pupils know how to solve the quadratic equation using theformula which is derived from the process of completing the square, and is formallystated as:For,0
2
=++
cbxax
 ,0
≠
a
the value of 
 x
is given by
aacbb x
24
22,1
−±−=
.The pupils have to apply formula for their equations, make sure that they did not drop thesquare root or the
±
sign, as they sometimes do. One common mistake is miscount
2
b
,forgetting that it means “square = of all b, including the sign”. The Generator also dealswith incomplete quadratic equation, which can be solved both by formula and factoring.Applying formula, pupils must consider which one coefficient is missing, linear or freeterm to apply formula properly. On the other hand, if pupil decides to solve equation byfactoring it will imply his previous knowledge.The pupils can apply solving quadratic equations in themes like: finding the x- interceptsof the graph of the quadratic function, or in application in higher degree equation.
The question: applying Viete`s formula in quadratic equations
The Viete`s formulae give a simple relation between the roots of a quadratic equationand its coefficients. The pupils need to know that a sum of roots of reduced quadraticequation
 
0
2
=++
q px x
is equal to coefficient at the first power of unknown, taken witha back sign, i.e.
 p x x
−=+
21
 
and a product of the roots is equal to a free term, i.e.
 
q x x
=
21
.
 The Generator makes task where is needed to determine the quadratic equation knowingthe solutions. The generated solutions are the ratio numbers. This task can be solved byusing the Viete`s formulae.
The question:
 
solving quadratic equations using discriminants
When a quadratic equation is in standard form,
0
2
=++
cbxax
, theexpression,
acb
4
2
−
, that is found under the square root part of the quadratic formula iscalled the discriminant. Knowing characteristics of the discriminant pupils can tell howmany solutions there are going to be and if the solutions are real numbers or compleximaginary numbers.The generator provides tasks in which is needed to determine the parameter m, to providereal solutions of quadratic equation. The pupils would plug in values of the coefficient a,b, c in the discriminant formula, and solve the received equation which is linear equation.With this task a teacher is reconsidering the previous skill of solving linear equation.
 
 
The question: the
 
biquadrate equations
To solve the biquadrate equations, pupils have to know how to transform it to thequadratic equation.Biquadrate equation may be quadratic in form, such as:0
24
=++
cbxax
 which can be written as0
2
=++
cbuau
 where
2
 xu
=
 It is needed for pupils to note that the highest exponent is twice the value of the exponentof the middle term. If they are familiar with that they will be able to resolve the equationdirectly or with a simple substitution, using the methods that are available for thequadratic.
The question:
 
the
 
system of equations which include applying quadratic equations
 The generator is running with a system of two equations which solving includes applyingquadratic equation.The system is in the form of:
b y xa xy
=+=
 The easiest way to find the solution is to solve one of the variables in the linear equation,than to substitute that variable in the “xy “ equation, and solve the resulting equationwhich is quadratic. After calculating the values for e.g. the x, pupil need to find thecorresponding values for y. It can be calculated by substituting each value of x in to thelinear equation. Finally, pupils have to specify the solution set for the system. Thegenerator modulates the equations which are not complicated for simplifying.The system can be also solved by applying the Viete`s formulae. The importance of thistype of system is that they can be applied in real situation tasks, like e. g. : Of whichnumbers is sum -12, and product is 35?The questionnaire contains the basics characteristics of a good questionnaire:
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Questions are worded simply and clearly, not ambiguous or vague
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Attractive in appearance (questions spaced out, and neatly arranged
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An introduction is written to the questionnaire
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Questions are in order of easiness and logical sequence
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Questionnaire is easy to complete
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Phrase questions are the same for all pupils
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