STAAR ALGEBRA I STAAR

REFERENCE MATERIALS
State of Texas
Assessments of
Academic Readiness

FACTORING
a2 + 2ab + b2 = (a + b)2
Perfect square trinomials
a2 2ab + b2 = (a b)2

Difference of squares a2 b2 = (a b)(a + b)

PROPERTIES OF EXPONENTS

Product of powers am an = a(m + n)

am
Quotient of powers = a(m n)
an

Power of a power (am)n = amn

m
n
Rational exponent an = am

n 1
Negative exponent a =
an
LINEAR EQUATIONS

Standard form Ax + By = C

Slope-intercept form y = mx + b

Point-slope form y y1 = m(x x1)

y2 y1
Slope of a line m =
x2 x1

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

Standard form f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c

Vertex form f ( x) = a( x h)2 + k

2
b b 4 ac
Quadratic formula x =
2a

b
Axis of symmetry x =
2a