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Solving Quadratics - Formula, Decimals: Name: Class/Set

This document provides practice problems for solving quadratics using the quadratic formula. It gives 6 problems in part 1 and 6 problems in part 2 for students to solve, providing the solutions. The problems involve setting a quadratic equation equal to 0 and using the quadratic formula to solve for the roots, rounding answers to 3 significant figures.

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Solving Quadratics - Formula, Decimals: Name: Class/Set

This document provides practice problems for solving quadratics using the quadratic formula. It gives 6 problems in part 1 and 6 problems in part 2 for students to solve, providing the solutions. The problems involve setting a quadratic equation equal to 0 and using the quadratic formula to solve for the roots, rounding answers to 3 significant figures.

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1: Solve
2 using the quadratic formula, giving your answer to 3 sig figs:

a) z2 − 5z − 3 = 0 b) p2 + 8p − 5 = 0 c) s2 − 3s − 1 = 0

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d) v2 − 9v + 5 = 0 e) f 2 + 9f − 4 = 0 f) t2 − 6t + 1 = 0

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Free worksheet created by MATHSprint. Solving Quadratics - Formula, decimals:2  MATHSprint, 2013
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2: Solve
2 using the quadratic formula, giving your answer to 3 sig figs:

a) a2 + 7a − 1 = 0 b) −5h2 − 7h + 3 = 0 c) −2g2 − 10g − 2 = 0

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d) −w2 + 10w − 2 = 0 e) −5k2 − 8k + 2 = 0 f) 4n2 + 5n − 3 = 0

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Answers: Solving Quadratics - Formula,
decimals www..mathsprint.co.uk

1: a) z = 212 ± 12√37 = −0.541, 5.54


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2 b) p = −4 ± √21 = −8.58, 0.583

c) s = 112 ± 12√13 = −0.303, 3.30 d) v = 412 ± 12√61 = 0.595, 8.41

e) f = −4 12 ± 12√97 = −9.42, 0.424 f) t = 3 ± 2√2 = 0.172, 5.83

2: a) a = −3 12 ± 12√53 = −7.14, 0.140


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2 b) h = − 107 ± 101 √109 = −1.74, 0.344

c) g = −2 12 ± 12√21 = −4.79, −0.209 d) w = 5 ± √23 = 0.204, 9.80

e) k = − 45 ± 15√26 = −1.82, 0.220 f) n = − 58 ± 18√73 = −1.69, 0.443

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