Linear and Quadratic Functions: Solving Quadratic Functions

section warm up icon Section Warm-Up

Factoring is an important skill we need to go over before beginning this section. You have factored before but it may have been awhile. Visit each of the pages from the Regents Exam Prep Center website listed below to review factoring. Once you feel comfortable with factoring again, complete the Think & Click.

Click to review factoring trinomials with a leading coefficient of 1.

Click to practice factoring trinomials with a leading coefficient of 1.

Click to review factoring trinomials with a leading coefficient not equal to 1.

Click to practice factoring trinomials with a leading coefficient not equal to 1.

think icon Think & Click: Factoring

Now, you try. Complete the Think & Click activity by looking at each problem below, thinking about it, and then clicking on it to reveal the solution.

Factor x2 – 3x + 2
 
(x – 1)(x – 2)
 
Factor 2x2 – x – 3
 
(2x – 3)(x + 1)