Purple Math
Purplemath: Graphing General Polynomials, Radicals, Rationals, and Piecewise Fun
This resource provides an overview of graphing, giving examples of general polynomial, radical, rational, and piecewise functions. Also includes advice on common mistakes made by students.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Quadratic Equations
This lesson introduces students to Activity Center and is intended to help students write systems of equations in standard form in slope intercept form to solve the system using tables and graphs.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: La Function Cuadratica. Parabolas.
This is an interactive activity to explore the second-degree polynomial function. It goes from the simplest case, y=x^2 to different translations.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Quadratic Equations
After defining a quadratic equation, this site shows you what the graphs of quadratics look like and how to use the graphs to determine the numbers of solutions to the quadratic. A brief explanation is included on how graphing...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Equations & Inequalities Word Problems
HSA-CED.A.1: Interactive resource which create equations and inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems. Include equations arising from linear and quadratic functions, and simple rational and exponential functions....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Factorization of Quadratic Expressions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Factor quadratic expressions in which the coefficients a, b, and/or c are negative.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Slope of the Tangent Line (Part2)
In this activity, students graph the cubic and quadratic functions. They also graph the slope values of the tangent lines for each of the function graphs.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparing Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Functions
Linear, quadratic and exponential functions have different graphs, equations, and characteristics. In this tutorial, compare the shape of linear, quadratic, and exponential curves on a graph, and explore how to identify a function as...
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Funciones Elementales
This is an interactive activity to recognize a liner, quadratic or radical function by its algebraic expression or by its graph.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: What Goes Up Must Come Down
In this activity, students use the calculator to solve quadratic equations. They use the quadratic formula to determine the vertex and the x-intercepts of the graph of a quadratic function.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F If, a Rei Springboard Dive
This problem is about the changing height of a diver en route to the water. It gives students experience translating questions about a real-world context into mathematical questions about a quadratic function and then answering those...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F if Throwing Baseballs
In this task about the height of baseballs thrown into the air, students are asked to compare characteristics of two quadratic functions that are each represented differently, one as the graph of a quadratic function and one written out...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Old Mac Donald's Pigpen
In this activity, students solve a standard maximum value problem using the calculator. Students help Old MacDonald build a rectangular pigpen with 40 m fencing that provides maximum area for the pigs. They graph scatter plots, analyze...
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Math 116 Lecture Notes
This site from the Richland Community College provides the detailed lecture notes to a college algebra course, complete with equations and definitions. Content ranges from "functions and their graphs" to "conics and parametric equations."
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Fitting Models to Scatter Plots 7 [Pdf]
Learners use a given scatter plot to identify whether the data can be modeled by a linear, quadratic, or trigonometric function. The math graph is available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Fitting Models to Scatter Plots 8 [Pdf]
Learners use a scatter plot to identify whether the data can be modeled by a linear, quadratic, or trigonometric function. The math graph is available in PDF format.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: General Quadratics, Cubics, and Quartics
This activity explores the characteristics of the graphs of quadratic, cubic, and quartic functions. The graphing calculator will be used to generate graphs and derivatives of these functions.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Algebra: Recognize the Equations of Common Curves
Students recognize and know the sketches of quadratics, cubics and recipricols including the shape of positive and negative functions and the interpretation of their y-intercepts.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Wrapping It All Up
Students recognize the effects of changes in parameters on the graphs of linear, quadratic, and exponential functions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transforming Parabolas
1. Students will be able to review how to find the vertex of a parabola using a graphing calculator. 2. Students will be able to observe the relationship between the values of a, h and k and the graph of a parabola in vertex form. 3....
Integrated Publishing
Integrated Publishing: Maximum and Minimum Points
An explanation of how to find maximum (or minimum) point of a quadratic equation, including graphs to enhance understanding. Includes several examples/exercises, with solutions on the page.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Parabolas
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that investigate the process for graphing parabolas.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Vertical Line Test
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept introduces students to relations and what makes a relation a function.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Algebra Resources
Purplemath contains about 40 different lessons on various algebra topics. The lessons are divided into five different sections: preliminary topics, beginning algebra, intermediate algebra, advanced algebra, and word problems. The lessons...