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Quadratic inequalities worksheet for Algebra 1

Algebra 1 meets quadratic inequalities as an extension of solving quadratics by factoring. Find the two zeros, decide whether the answer lies between them or outside them, and write it in interval notation. Graphing y < or y > a parabola uses a dashed or solid curve and shading.

Also taught in Algebra 2 and Precalculus, each at its own level and with its own examples.

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Quadratic Inequalities

Date Period

Solve or graph each inequality. Give solutions in interval notation.

  1. Solve quadratic inequalities

    (x−2)(x+3)≥0
  2. (x−2)(x+2)>0
  3. (x−1)(x+5)≤0
  4. (x+2)(x+5)<0
  5. (x−4)(x−2)>0
  6. (x+3)(x+5)>0
  7. (x−2)(x+4)<0
  8. (x−3)(x−1)≤0
  9. (x+2)(x+5)≥0
  10. (x+4)(x+5)≤0

  1. Graph a quadratic inequality

    Graph y≤(x−3)2−1−10−10−5−5551010
  2. Graph y≥−(x−2)2−5−10−10−5−5551010
  3. Graph y≤−(x−3)2+4−10−10−5−5551010
  4. Graph y≤−x2−3−10−10−5−5551010
  5. Graph y≥(x−2)2−4−10−10−5−5551010
  6. Graph y≥−(x+3)2+3−10−10−5−5551010
  7. Graph y≤(x−1)2−10−10−5−5551010
  8. Graph y≥(x+2)2−3−10−10−5−5551010
  9. Graph y≥−(x−3)2−10−10−5−5551010
  10. Graph y≤−(x−2)2−5−10−10−5−5551010

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Quadratic InequalitiesAnswer keyVersion 2

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Solve or graph each inequality. Give solutions in interval notation.

  1. Solve quadratic inequalities

    (x−2)(x+3)≥0(−∞,−3]∪[2,∞)
  2. (x−2)(x+2)>0(−∞,−2)∪(2,∞)
  3. (x−1)(x+5)≤0[−5,1]
  4. (x+2)(x+5)<0(−5,−2)
  5. (x−4)(x−2)>0(−∞,2)∪(4,∞)
  6. (x+3)(x+5)>0(−∞,−5)∪(−3,∞)
  7. (x−2)(x+4)<0(−4,2)
  8. (x−3)(x−1)≤0[1,3]
  9. (x+2)(x+5)≥0(−∞,−5]∪[−2,∞)
  10. (x+4)(x+5)≤0[−5,−4]

  1. Graph a quadratic inequality

    Graph y≤(x−3)2−1−10−10−5−5551010Solid parabola, vertex (3,−1), shade below
  2. Graph y≥−(x−2)2−5−10−10−5−5551010Solid parabola, vertex (2,−5), shade above
  3. Graph y≤−(x−3)2+4−10−5−551010−105Solid parabola, vertex (3,4), shade below
  4. Graph y≤−x2−3−10−10−5551010−5Solid parabola, vertex (0,−3), shade below
  5. Graph y≥(x−2)2−4−10−10−5−5510105Solid parabola, vertex (2,−4), shade above
  6. Graph y≥−(x+3)2+3−10−10−5551010−5Solid parabola, vertex (−3,3), shade above
  7. Graph y≤(x−1)2−10−10−5−5551010Solid parabola, vertex (1,0), shade below
  8. Graph y≥(x+2)2−3−10−10−5−5551010Solid parabola, vertex (−2,−3), shade above
  9. Graph y≥−(x−3)2−10−10−5−5551010Solid parabola, vertex (3,0), shade above
  10. Graph y≤−(x−2)2−5−10−10−5−5551010Solid parabola, vertex (2,−5), shade below

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How to do these

x2−x−6≤0

  1. Factor: (x - 3)(x + 2) ≤ 0.
  2. The zeros are 3 and -2.
  3. The parabola opens up, so it is at or below zero between them.

The answer is [−2,3].

Where students go wrong

Forgetting that ≤ includes the zeros. With ≤ or ≥ the endpoints belong in the answer, so use square brackets or a closed dot, not parentheses or an open dot.

Also called solving quadratic inequalities or parabola above the axis.

What you can put on this worksheet

Quadratic inequalities
(x−3)(x−1)<0 → (1,3)
Graph y < ax² + bx + c
Graph y≥x2−3 → Solid parabola, vertex (0,−3), shade above
Name a point that works
Name one point that satisfies y<x2+x+1 → e.g. (0,−3)

Questions about these worksheets

Yes. Every quadratic inequalities sheet is free to print and free to download as a PDF. There is no account to make, no email to hand over and no limit on how many you take.

Yes. The answer key prints on a second page, and you can choose whether it shows each question beside its answer or just the answers in a list.

Yes. Print straight from the page, or download the PDF and print that. The sheet is laid out for paper rather than squeezed off a screen, so there is room to work under each question, and the answer key comes out on its own page.

Algebra 1 is usually taken around 8th or 9th grade, though schools vary and plenty of students meet it earlier or later. Pick the difficulty rather than the grade: the easy level suits a first lesson on it, the hard level suits review before a test.

Yes, as many as you like. The questions are built fresh each time rather than picked from a fixed set of files, so pressing Generate gives a new sheet. That is what you want for a second class, a retake, or two students sitting next to each other.

That is the closest comparison, and Kuta Software is good software. It is also paid software you install on a computer. These worksheets run in a browser tab for free, with no account and nothing to install. Like Kuta, the quadratic inequalities questions are generated when you ask for them rather than pulled from a fixed set of files, so two classes never get the same sheet, and the answer key comes with it.

Yes. There are three levels, and you can tick more than one for a sheet that mixes them, in which case the questions come out easiest first. The harder levels are not just larger numbers: they ask for something the easy ones do not.

You pick from 3: quadratic inequalities, graph y < ax² + bx + c and name a point that works. Tick as many as you want and set how many of each, or let it spread them evenly.

Writing the answer as one interval between the roots when the inequality wants the outside. Sketch the parabola: above the axis is the two outer pieces, below is the middle one.