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LESSON NO. 4: SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS BY COMPLETING THE
SQUARE

CONTENT STANDARD:
 demonstrates understanding of the four fundamental
operations involving fractions and decimals
LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
 solves quadratic equations by:
(a) extracting square roots;
(b) factoring;
(c) completing the square; and
(d) using the quadratic formula.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
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Activity 1: How Many Solutions Do I Have?

Directions: Find the solution/s of each of the following equations. Answer
the questions that follow.

3 1
1. x+12=17 6. x - =
4 2

7. x  10  36
2
2. s+15

3. r-25=12 8. (w-9)2=12

5 1 2 9
4. x- =3 9. ( k + ) =
6 2 16

4 3 1
5. t+ = 5 10. (h - )2 =
7 5 2
Questions:
a. How did you find the solution(s) of each equation?

b. Which of the equations has only one solution? Why?

c. Which of the equations has two solutions? Why?

d. Which of the equations has solutions that are irrational? Why?

e. Were you able to simplify those solutions that are irrational? Why?

f. How did you write those irrational solutions?

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8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
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MARYKNOLL SCHOOL OF STO. TOMAS, INC.
Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com
MARYKNOLL SCHOOL OF STO. TOMAS, INC.
Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com
MARYKNOLL SCHOOL OF STO. TOMAS, INC.
Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com
MARYKNOLL SCHOOL OF STO. TOMAS, INC.
Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com
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Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com

Hence, x-3 = ± √50 is the same as x-3 = ± 5 √2 .

Solve the resulting linear equations.

Check the solutions obtained against the equation

x2-6x-41=0
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MARYKNOLL SCHOOL OF STO. TOMAS, INC.
Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com
MARYKNOLL SCHOOL OF STO. TOMAS, INC.
Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com
MARYKNOLL SCHOOL OF STO. TOMAS, INC.
Fd. Road 3, Brgy. Tibal-og
8112 Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte
Telephone :084-829-0249
email: maryknoll.sto.tomas@gmail.com

Rubric for the activity

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Telephone :084-829-0249
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REFERENCE:
Villamayor, A. C. (2017). Math for life 6, Manila:
Rex Book Store Inc.
Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC, Mathematics – Grade 9 Learner’s
Material First Edition, 2014