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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Change of Base: River Logs

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Using the answers to the challenge questions, class members work through simplifying a complex logarithmic expression that requires changing bases. Pupils drag values to fill in the steps to arrive at a numerical equivalent expression.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Changing the Base

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
I can't calculate a base-2 logarithm since my calculator doesn't have a base-2 log key. Young mathematicians use the change of base formula to extend the properties of logarithms to all bases. Among these bases is the natural log base,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Change of Base Formula: Logarithms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this logarithms worksheet, students solve 25 short answer problems.  Students use the change of base formula to solve each logarithmic expression in the calculator.
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Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering

Common and Natural Logarithms and Solving Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Log some practice with logarithms. A PowerPoint presentation provides a tutorial on the change of base formula involving natural logarithms and solving exponential equations with logarithms in the fourth installment of a seven-part...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Logarithms

For Teachers 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders solve logarithmic problems using the properties of logs. They condense and expand logs using the correct properties. There are 78 problems with an answer key.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Solving Logarithmic Equations

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Pupils follow a chain of reasoning in deconstructing a logarithmic equation step by step. Using their knowledge of logarithms, learners compare the solutions of logarithmic equations when the bases are changed.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Graph of the Natural Logarithm Function

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
If two is company and three's a crowd, then what's e? Scholars observe how changes in the base affect the graph of a logarithmic function. They then graph the natural logarithm function and learn that all logarithmic functions can be...
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Handout
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Shoreline Community College

Properties of Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Use a straightforward approach to understanding logarithmic properties and their role in solving exponential and logarithmic equations to your math class. The lesson begins with an overview of a logarithmic function and its connection to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Change of Base Rule

For Students 9th - 12th
In this change of base rule instructional activity, high schoolers rewrite 6 logarithm problems as a single logarithm using the change of base rule.  Students rewrite division of logarithms with the same base as a single logarithm.
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Unit Plan
Virginia Tech

Unit Plan: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
A six-day unit for algebra II on exponential and logarithmic functions builds upon Chapter 12 of Merrill Algebra II with Trigonometry; Applications and Connections. The text provides assistance in the depth of instruction and homework...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Base 10 and Scientific Notation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Use a resource on which you can base your instructional activity on base 10 and scientific notation. The second installment of a 35-part module presents scholars with a review of scientific notation. After getting comfortable with...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Logarithmic Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve exponential functions. For this algebra lesson, students identify the properties of logarithmic and exponential functions. They graph their functions and solve using change of base formula.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Logarithmic Functions as Inverses

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
In this algebra worksheet, students solve logarithmic functions. They graph their solution using log properties. There are 6 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exponential Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High Schoolers explore the concept of exponential reflections. They use their Ti-Nspire to reflect the natural logarithm function over the line y=x. Students repeat the process using different exponential functions using a slider.
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Lesson Plan
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Fractional Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Wow! Here is a handout packed full of tips and worked-out solutions to supplement instruction on fractional exponents. The lesson introduces and thoroughly explains the Algebra II concept, and closes with a variety of example problems,...
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Lesson Plan
Project Maths

Introduction to e

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
First there was pi and now there's e. A discovery-based lesson helps learners find a pattern in compound interest as the compounding period changes. Their investigation results in the discovery of the number e. The lesson is the first in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Algebra Worksheet 2.6

For Students 5th - 7th
For this intermediate algebra worksheet, students solve logarithms, write equations in exponential, logarithm, and exponential form.. They find the sum and difference of logarithms and solve answers to three decimal places.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Graphing Functions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this graphing functions instructional activity, students write functions in logarithmic and exponential forms.  They evaluate logarithms and determine the inverse of a function.  Students graph functions.  This six-page instructional...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exponential Functions

For Teachers 11th
Analyze functions by their shape and equation and identify decay and growth based on the equation given. Learners graph their exponential functions and differentiate it using the logarithmic versus the exponential function.
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eBook
Rice University

Calculus Volume 1

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Differentiate between calculus concepts. The beginning of a helpful calculus resource begins with a short review of functions and moves right into limits to define derivatives. The six-chapter resource continues with applications of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exponential Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the natural log function through the investigation of inverse of the exponential functions by plotting the inverse of the exponential solution points.  Students examine the results to determine that the inverse is the natural log...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra II: Exponential Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate, describe, and predict the effects of parameter changes on the graphs of exponential functions; describe limitations on the domains and ranges of these functions; and examine asymptotic behavior.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Charging Up, Charging Down

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners collect and analyze voltage data. Then, they investigate exponential functions using the TI and a Voltage Probe and graph their data and analyze it using a table.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classifying Functions

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders sort different types of functions including rational, periodic, exponential, polynomial, quadratic, logarithmic and linear using "function cards." The functions are displayed in multiple representations including...