Let the young mathematician within you take a stroll to this printable compilation quadratic word puzzles and discover the important role quadratic equations play in a variety real-life situations! Quadratic equations are important in every aspect of life, from finding the area of your playroom to calculating cruise speed, and everything in between. This simple question will help you answer: Alan is two years older than Clara. If the product of both Allans and Claras ages is 168, how old is Clara? This equation will make sense immediately after you’ve read it. x(x + 2x – 168 = 0. Rewrite the equation to get x2+2x -168 = 0. This equation will give you their ages. This problem assumes that Clara is twelve years old and Alan is fourteen years old. You can now print our worksheet pdfs that are only for high school students. These worksheets will help you solve 15 similar word problem. Each word problem is a challenge. You need to read it, create a quadratic equation and then solve the unknown. To find your answers, you can use any one of the following methods: factoring or square roots, completing quads, or quadratic equations