Constant of Perfect Square Trinomials

Complete the square for the expression shown by drawing your missing boxes.

What do you do to the b value to correctly complete the square?

• square it

• divide it by 2 and square the result

• divide it by 2 and take the square root of the result

• divide it by 2 only

numbers or expressions that are

the product of a number or expression multiplied to itself

• Perfect Triangle Trinomials

• Perfect Square Trinomials

• Perfect Cube Trinomials

• Perfect Circle Trinomials

25x² + 60x + 36

• (5x + 6)²

• (5x - 6)²

• (5x + 18)²

• Not a Perfect Square Trinomial

In the quadratic function x² - 6x + c what value of c would make q(x) a perfect square trinomial?

• 6

• 3

• 36

• 9

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

• A
• B
• C
• D

A trinomial that is the square of a binomial

• Difference of Two Squares

• Perfect Square Trinomials

• Prime Polynomial

• Quadratic Expression

A value that does not change

• Like terms

• Constant

• Coefficient

• Quartic

Factor: x² + 24x + 144

• (x + 12)²

• (x + 9)²

• (x + 15)²

• (x + 13)²