CHAPTER 3:

QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS

Subtopic 1.1:
Quadratic Functions
and their graphs
 Learning Objective

Students will be taught to:

-Understand the concept of
quadratic functions and their
graphs.
 Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

Recognise shapes of graphs
of quadratic functions.
 Prior knowledge
-students can recognise quadratic functions (
) f ( x)  ax 2  bx  c

Teaching aids
-Autograph, worksheet and exercise
 Introduction
The shapes of graphs of quadratic functions
can be identify by using Autograph. There
are two shapes of graphs which are:

Open upwards(  ) whena  0

Open downwards ( ) when a  0
 Instruction:
1. Execute the Autograph program and maximize
the windows.
2. Click at Equation_Enter equation
3. A box will appear. Then, key in the equation
y  ax and
2
bx  click
c OK.
4. Lastly, the graph will be appear on the screen.
Use zoom in or zoom out if you can not see
clearly.
 Example: f ( x)  x  2 x  5
2

Step 1: Execute the Autograph program and

maximize the windows.
Step 2: Click at Equation_Enter equation
Step 3: A box will appear. Then, key in the
equation y  x  2and
2
x  5click OK.
Step 4: The graph will be appear on the screen. But we can not
see the graph. So, use zoom out to make the range smaller.
Workshe
et
Teacher’s
scheme
EXERCISES
The end