Using the quadratic formula is another method of solving quadratic equations that will not factorise. You will need to learn this formula, as well as understanding how to use it. The first ...

The quadratic equation is an ancient staple of mathematics that dates back to ancient Babylonians in 2000 BC. It was originally devised as a way to help calculate problems involving rectangles ...

Revise solving quadratic equations for your maths GCSE foundation and higher exams with Bitesize interactive practice quizzes covering feedback and common errors.

The quadratic equation has frustrated math students for millenniums. But a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh may have come up with a better way of solving it. “When I ...

Jørgen Cherly, Luis Gallardo, Leonid Vaserstein, Ethel Wheland, SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS OVER POLYNOMIAL RINGS OF CHARACTERISTIC TWO, Publicacions Matemàtiques, Vol. 42, No. 1 (1998), pp. 131-142 ...

But algebraic thinking, and the ability to solve what we recognize as linear and quadratic equations, developed slowly over the preceding millennia. In the 16th century, algebraic equations were still ...