Key takeaways
The key characteristics of a quadratic expression
Finding the Factors of a term
Understanding when you may need to find the 'sum of' or 'the product of'
Host: Tas is a Qualified Secondary Teacher specialising in Maths with a background of Accounting and Finance. She has worked in several schools over a period of 5 years - including as a numeracy co-ordinator, working with pupils aged 11-16 with gifted and talented, SEN and EAL pupils. Tas has also worked as a private Tutor with GCSE and KS3 pupils helping them to increase their grades as much as 3 steps over a space of 2 years.A solid understanding of quadratics is key to achieving the best results in Maths exams or teacher assessments.
In this class, students will look at the difference between factorising into a single bracket and a double bracket and will cover the characteristics of a quadratic expression. Students will also look at quadratics where one of the numbers is a square number.
This is a great class either to revise the topic or to get ahead and understand the topic before it is covered in alternative education.
Related Classes:If you found this class useful, have a look at our other Maths Classes aimed at students in Years 7-9/S1-3.
Safeguarding reminder:The safety of your child is of the utmost importance. All of our classes are pre-recorded to remove any concerns around live participation. For reruns of our past live classes, students' webcams and microphones were disabled and only the chat history, if participation was requested, is visible.
Suitable for:
This class is suitable for higher ability pupils in Year 8 who want to push themselves, or pupils in Year 9, who have a firm knowledge of Algebra and want to progress.
Class requirements:
You will need a laptop or device with internet connection to watch the class, as well as a pen and notepad for taking notes.
What to expect:
- This class will take place online via a Zoom webinar.
- For live classes, please arrive promptly. Students' cameras and microphones are disabled by default.
- For on demand classes, students will be watching a recording of a previous live class.
- Once you have signed up, you will be taken to your dashboard where you can view details of the class, and re-watch it in the future.
- Students will be sent confirmation of the class to their email address if provided.