Quadratic Formula Activities

What will your students think when you pass out this fake IRS tax form which is actually the quadratic formula in disguise??

When you show them the actual quadratic formula, they might actually thank you instead of being terrified.

Back when I did interactive notebooks with my Algebra 2 students, I created a fun quadratic formula tangram puzzle for students to put together in order to discover the quadratic formula for the first time.

Mark Kaercher offers a helpful illustration of how the Desmos Scientific Calculator can be used to illustrate solving problems involving the quadratic formula.

Are your students struggling with setting up the quadratic formula correctly? Download this dry erase template to help your students structure their work.

This can easily be slid into a dry erase pocket or heavy duty sheet protector and used again and again!

Andy Lutwyche shares an excellent Quadratic Formula Faded Worksheet where students work through a series of problems where different information is given each time. Sometimes students are given the equation and asked to find the solutions. Other times, they are given the quadratic formula and asked to figure out what the original equation was.

This worksheet has excellent scaffolding, and I’m really impressed with how it is set up. It is a free download from TES.

Katrina Newell offers a quadratic formula cut and paste activity as a free download on her blog. Students have to cut and paste the intermediate quadratic formula step as well as the final solution next to each quadratic equation.

This Quadratic Formula Foldable will walk your students through solving three different quadratic equations using the quadratic formula. A template is included with each question to help your students set up the quadratic formula correctly.

This Discriminant Foldable from Nora at Simplifying Radicals will explain to students what the discriminant is and why it is useful. This was always a favorite page in my Algebra 2 interactive notebooks.