Conic sections

Parabola, ellipse and hyperbola: foci, axes, eccentricity, asymptotes and standard equation

The Conic sections unit belongs to the Geometry and trigonometry section of Math Mental and has 16 lessons: parabola, ellipse and hyperbola: foci, axes, eccentricity, asymptotes and standard equation.

Lessons in this unit

  1. Parabola: focus and directrix Lesson, 8 questions
  2. Parabola: elements from the equation Lesson, 8 questions
  3. Parabola with vertex off the origin Lesson, 8 questions
  4. Ellipse: equation from the axes Lesson, 8 questions
  5. Ellipse: focal distance Lesson, 8 questions
  6. Ellipse: eccentricity Lesson, 8 questions
  7. Ellipse from foci and vertices Lesson, 8 questions
  8. Practice: parabola and ellipse Practice, 12 questions
  9. Hyperbola: focal distance Lesson, 8 questions
  10. Hyperbola: asymptotes Lesson, 8 questions
  11. Hyperbola: eccentricity Lesson, 8 questions
  12. Hyperbola from foci and vertices Lesson, 8 questions
  13. Which conic? By the squares Lesson, 8 questions
  14. Which conic? By the discriminant Lesson, 8 questions
  15. Review: hyperbola and classification Practice, 12 questions
  16. Conic sections test Unit test, 15 questions

This unit in numbers

13 lessons, 2 practices, and 1 test, with 143 questions in total.

It starts with “Parabola: focus and directrix” and ends with “Which conic? By the discriminant”.

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