Texas Instruments
Buying Your First New Car!
Learners explore exponential growth and decay using M&M’s in this Algebra II/Pre-calculus lesson. They investigate the cost of a new car by calculating depreciation and payments.
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TI-89 Activities for PreCalculus and AP Calculus
Using the TI-89 calculator, learners explore the statistical, graphical and symbolic capabilities of the TI-89. Students investigate topics such as solving systems of equations, finding inverse functions, summations, parametrics and...
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Paying College Tuition
The investigation of exponential equation in the context of increasing college tuition costs is explored through this lessib. Young scholars write exponential equations based on the percent of change of college tuition and use their...
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Chill Out: How Hot Objects Cool
Teach how to explore exponential equations. In this Algebra II lesson, learners investigate the graph that occurs as a hot liquid cools. Students model the data algebraically.
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Investigation the Derivatives of Some Common Functions
High schoolers investigate the derivative of a function. In this calculus lesson, students explore the derivatives of sine, cosine, natural log, and natural exponential functions. The lesson promotes the idea of the derivative as a...
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NUMB3RS Activity: Exponential Growth
Mathematicians investigate exponential growth by exploring two different options for receiving allowance. Learners use technology to compare a linear function with a constant rate of growth to a function that grows exponentially where...
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Exponential Decay
Students study exponential decay and its application to radiocarbon dating. In this exponential decay lesson, students use candy to model the time it takes for something to decay. Students also graph the data they collect and describe...
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Sequence Graphs
Investigate arithmetic and geometric sequences by using a graphing calculator to determine if a sequence is linear or exponential.
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Exploration Sequence of Bounces
New skills are developed as students use graphing calculators and ranger technology to capture and graph the sequence of bounces a ball makes when dropped. After recording the height of four or more bounces, they use the collected data...
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Approaching Limits
With the assistance of their Ti-84/Ti-83 Plus calculators, students develop a foundation for the limiting process as well as estimate limits from graphs and tables of values. They view how a function behaves as the input approaches a...
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Comparing Exponential and Power Functions
Students compare and contrast exponential and power functions. In this precalculus lesson, students identify the value of x, using the graph as a visual. They compare functions with base of greater than one, to base of less than one.
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NUMB3RS Activity: A Matter of Half-Life and Death
Young scholars investigate exponential decay. Students explore the biological half-life of Cesium-137. Young scholars investigate the Goiania Accident of 1987 which is considered one of the worst incidents in the history of the Atomic...
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More of U.S.
Explore graphical representation of a real-life data set and determine the exponential regression model for the data in your classroom. Learners also compare the estimated value to the given value by determining the percent error.
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NUMB3RS Activity: Financial Futures
High schoolers discuss the calculated risk example in Numb3rs about a businesswoman from a company that made its money trading in futures. They use a formula given by the teacher to compute the estimated value of an investment after...
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The Closer I Get To You
Pupils explore the law of reflection. Through experimentation and problem solving, they collect and analyze data pertaining to reflection. The data is plotted on a graph and formulas for calculating the x and y values are evaluated.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Exponential Rules
Gives 3 different links to properties and examples that deal with exponential functions.Excellent learning tool.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Rules of Exponents
Fifty-two problems present a variety of practice completing, evaluating and simplifying expressions and equations that have exponents in them. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work...
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Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Properties of Exponents
Thirty-seven problems present a variety of practice applying the various properties of exponents in different situations. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the...
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Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Properties of Exponents
Find a quick, concise but complete explanation of the properties of exponents. Examples are given and clearly explained for each property.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Algebra 1 for Ccss
This is a complete, full-year Algebra 1 course with interactivity included in every lesson. Some lessons include videos, and all include interactives and inline questions that offer instant, per-answer feedback. Every lesson also has...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Exponential Functions
In this lesson, discover the meaning of exponential functions, rules, and graphs along with some solved examples and a few practice questions to test your understanding.
Understanding Algebra
Understanding Algebra: Positive Integer Exponents
This is a simplified explanation about exponents along with a few rules for combining numbers with exponents.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Exponent Laws
View a list of laws governing exponents, including special cases. Provides formulas, visuals, references, and citation information.
Windstream
Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Rational Exponents
A basic introduction to rational exponents, beginning with the definition and working up to an application. Includes several examples.