STAAR

STAAR ALGEBRA I
REFERENCE MATERIALS

State of Texas
Assessments of
Academic Readiness

FACTORING
a2 + 2ab + b2 = (a + b)2

Perfect square trinomials

a2 2ab + b2 = (a b)2
a2 b2 = (a b)(a + b)

Difference of squares

PROPERTIES OF EXPONENTS

am an = a(m + n)

Product of powers

01

am

Quotient of powers

an

(am)n = amn

Power of a power

Rational exponent

LINEAR EQUATIONS

15

Standard form

an =

Negative exponent

= a(m n)

am

1
an

Ax + By = C
y = mx + b

Point-slope form

y y1 = m(x x1)

Slope of a line

m =

20

Slope-intercept form

y2 y1

x2 x1

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

Standard form

f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c

Vertex form

f ( x) = a( x h)2 + k

Quadratic formula

x =

Axis of symmetry

x =

b 4 ac
2a

b
2a