Quick Quiz
Quick Quiz
A group of neighbors is working on their plans for a community garden. They started with square
plots, but some of the families found that their garden was too big for them to care for, and others
found that they wanted a bigger garden so they could produce more vegetables. Each family can
adjust their plot as they choose. Each of the functions below represents the area of a new garden
plot for one of the families. is the area of the new garden in square feet and represents the
previous length of their garden in feet. (Think of the area of the original garden as .)
Factor each function and use the factored form to answer the problems about the garden.
1.
Factored form:
How do the dimensions of the new garden compare to the original garden?
2.
Factored form:
How do the dimensions of the new garden compare to the original garden?
Is the total area of the new garden more or less than the area of the original garden? Explain.
3.
Factored form:
If the original garden was , what are the dimensions of the new garden?
4.
Factored form:
Graph the equation on the coordinate grid. (Include at least two points on each side of the line of
symmetry along with the vertex.)
5.
6.
7. Let represent the area of a room. Write an equivalent expression to reveal the
length and the width of the room and create one representation.