Completing the Square: Choose Your Own Expression
Choose your own expression and observe the process of completing the square with algebra tiles as a visual model.
Uppgift 1
Putting It All Together
Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.
Uppgift 2
Describe the process of completing the square.
Uppgift 3
Explain how the phrase “complete the square” can be used to describe multiple aspects of this process.
Uppgift 4
If we would like to add 1s to complete the square, we need to also add the same number of negative 1s. Explain why this is the case.
Uppgift 5
Notice how the slider to change the coefficient for the term only allows even integers. What would happen to the figure if the slider allowed for term like ? What would happen to the algebraic expressions?
Uppgift 6
Complete the square for and using the algebra tiles. What do you notice about the result? What do you notice about the coefficients of the original expressions?