Characteristic of Quadratics

Does the quadratic have a max/min vertex, and does the graph open up/down?

• max/ opens down

• min/ opens up

• max/ opens up

• min/ opens down

What do we call the highest or lowest point of a quadratic?

• parabola

• vertex

• graph

• point

Does this graph have a maximum or minimum value?

• maximum

• minimum

• neither

• both

The axis of symmetry of this parabola is...

• y = 4

• y = -4

• x = 4

• x = -4

What is the vertex of this quadratic equation?  
y = 2(x - 2)²  +  5

• (-2,5)

• (2,5)

• (5,-2)

• (-5,-2)

What piece of information does c identify in the following equation?
y=ax²+bx+c

• Zeroes

• Axis of Symmetry

• Direction

• y-intercept

What is the axis of symmetry for the following equation? (hint: x = -b/2a)
y=4x²-8x+9

• x=-8

• x=1

• x=-1

• x=4

When will the graph of y = ax² open downward?

• a is a fraction

• a is a decimal

• a is a negative number

• a is a number greater than 1

Which statement is TRUE?

• This function has a Maximum

• This function has a Minimum

• This is a constant function

What are the x- intercepts?

• x= 0 and x= -4

• x= 0 and x= 4

• y= 0

• x= 2