Graph transformations: Vertex Form
Constructing functions by transformations of
f(x)=x2

This task involves constructing functions by performing transformations on the basic quadratic function f(x) = x². Use the Transformations of f(x)=x² tool for help.

Construct functions with the properties specified below by applying transformations to the function f(x) = x².
  • Try to do it in more than one way. Record the processes you used and the correspondence rules that resulted.


  • A function whose graph intersects the x-axis at points (2,0) and (-2,0), and the y-axis at point (0,16).
  • A function whose graph passes through the origin and whose vertex is (2,8).
  • A function whose graph passes through the origin and through points (2,0) and (3,9).
  • A function whose graph intersects the x-axis at points (1,0) and (3,0) and the y-axis at point (0,9).
  • A function whose vertex is at point (3,14) and whose graph intersects the y-axis at point (0,5).






  • Translations
    Stretching
    Transformations of
    f(x)=x²
    The Vertex Form

    Transforming one function to another
    Changing a function
    Families of functions
    Product Form and transformations
    Constructing functions by transformations
    Transformations of
    f(x)=x2

    Vertex Form
    Constructing correspondence rules
    Converting to Vertex Form
    Pizza prices
    Tag

    Exercise 1
    Exercise 2
    Exercise 3