Tutorials: Algebra – Quadratic Eqns.

Review exercise

Solve the following equations:

3x + 8 = 33 − 2x

3x − 8 = 20 − x
Example - Solving Word Problems
Jamie and Holly both had the same amount of credit on
their mobile phones.
Jamie sent 18 texts and has £1.40 credit left.
Holly sent 12 texts and has £2 credit left.
They both pay the same amount for one text.
a Find the cost of one text message.
b How much credit did Jamie and Holly start with?
The perimeter of this rectangle
is 28 cm.
a. Write down an expression
for the perimeter.
b. Write down and solve an
equation for x.
c. Find the area of the
rectangle.
Solve these equations:

1. 5 (2x + 3) = 75

2. 10 (3a + 6) = 180

3. 4(x+6) + 3x = 38

4. 5(x + 4) = 3(2x – 8)

5. 6 (2x - 5) = 3(x + 2)
There are 54 people on a coach trip to a theme park.
There are 30 adults on the coach trip. A child’s ticket
cost £25 less than an adult’s.
The total cost of the tickets is £1560.
How much is a child’s ticket for the trip?
Mr. MacDonald has 120 animals on his farm.
He has hens, cows and sheep. The number of cows is c.
The number of hens is 20 more than the number of
cows.
He has twice as many sheep as hens.
a Write this information as an equation for c.
b How many cows are there on the farm?
c How many hens and sheep are there
Laws of Indices
Simplify these expressions:
Quadratic Equation

Quadratics can be defined as a polynomial equation of a

second degree, which implies that it comprises a
minimum of one term that is squared.

The general form of quadratic equation is:

ax2 + bx + c = 0

Quadratic formula:

−b± b2 −4ac
x=
2a
How to Solve Quadratic Equations
 Factoring
 Completing the square
 Using Quadratic formula
Quadratic Formula
Identify the values of a, b , and c of the following
equations:
y = 2x2 + 3x +6

y = x2 - 6x +11

y = 2x2 + x
Solve x2 + 4x -2=0 give your solutions in surd
form and in 1 dp
Solve 2x2 + 4x +2 =0 give your solutions in
surd form and in 1 dp
Factorising
Solve x2 + 5x = 0

Solve x2 + 3x + 2 = 0
Solve x2 – 6x + 9 =0

Solve x2 – 25 = 0
Completing the Square
2
Re-write the expression x2 +6x+5 in the form (x+a) −b
Completing the Square
2
Re-write the expression x2 −20x+11 in the form (x+a) −b
Completing the Square
2
Write these quadratic expressions in the form (x+a) −b

1. x2 +14x

2. x2 +6x+19

3. x2 + 8x+6
Completing the Square
Solve the following equation by completing the square.
x2 +24x−6=0
Completing the Square
Solve the following equation by completing the square.
x2 −6x−9=0
Completing the Square where a ≠ 1
Solve the following equation by completing the square.

2x2 -6x-3=0

3x2 +5x-2=0

4x2 +8x-21=0