Grade 10 Quadratic Word Problems - number problems and open topped boxes
Channel: Ms Havrot's Canadian University Math Prerequisites
Date: 2020-05-21

Setting up word problems and solving using the quadratic formula.  Some problems ask you to solve for a value, others ask you to find a minimum, or maximum.  You should understand the difference in what is being asked and know whether you are trying to find the zeros (or x-intercepts), or if you are finding the x coordinate of the vertex. 
1.  3 x the square of an integer is 432, Find the two numbers.
2.  the product of 2 consecutive even numbers is 288, what are the numbers
3.  The sum of 2 numbers is 26.  The sum of their squares is a minimum.
4.  Find the length of a square cut out of an open topped box given the area of its base.
5.  Find the length of the sides of a right triangle given the hypotenuse and that one side is 2 m longer than the other.