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Handout
Mt. San Antonio Collage

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Start with the basics and move up the exponential ladder to master a variety of problem-solving and application problems. The problems are heavy on exponential growth and decay, compound interest, and natural log.  
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Activity
Firelands Local Schools

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How can you safely model exponential growth and decay? A hands-on activity uses candies to model not only exponential decay, but also exponential growth. Exponential equations are fitted by hand and by use of a calculator to the data...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Exponential Growth and Decay Functions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students differentiate between exponential growth and decay. For this algebra lesson, students solve exponential equations using properties of exponents. They use the Ti calculator to graph and analyze their functions.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Geometric Sequences and Exponential Growth and Decay

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Connect geometric sequences to exponential functions. The 26th installment of a 35-part module has scholars model situations using geometric sequences. Writing recursive and explicit formulas allow scholars to solve problems in context.
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Worksheet
University of Kansas

Exponential and Logarithm Problems

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
This worksheet manages to provide both fun and serious work solving exponential and logarithmic application problems in engaging story lines and real-life situations. A strong emphasis on science applications and numbers pulled straight...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Money and Spreading the Flu!

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Paper folding, flu spreading in a school, bacteria growth, and continuously compounded interest all provide excellent models to study exponential functions. This is a comprehensive resource that looks at many different aspects of these...
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Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Writing Exponential Functions Based on Data

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Give your class a concrete example of exponential growth and decay using this hands-on activity. These Algebra II lessons allow for the exploration of exponential growth and decay models, as well as the discovery of the patterns of each....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Differential Equations Representing Growth and Decay: Rice Legend

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
The legend of a wise man who asks a king for rice as a reward presents a context to study exponential solutions to differential equations. Pupils move quantities of rice to a chessboard and calculate the amount of rice for each day. To...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra activity, students solve word problems. They identify the graph as exponential growth or decay. There are 7 questions with an answer key.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders solve verbal problems that involve exponential growth or decay.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of seven multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are provided. 
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Instructional Video20:30
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Flipped Math

Exponential Decay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The values keep getting smaller—quickly! Pupils watch a video that contrasts exponential decay with exponential growth from the first lesson in the unit. Learners identify exponential functions that are decaying and create graphs of...
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Lesson Plan
Howard County Schools

Exponential Decay Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
How can you model exponential decay? Explore different situations involving exponential decay functions and decreasing linear functions by performing activities with MandM candy, popcorn kernels, and number cubes.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Lab Sheet: Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 8th - 9th
In this exponential activity, students gather information from an experiment and plot the data in a scatter plot. Using given formulas, they plot an equation of a line and then compare the graphs. Students observe exponential growth...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Penny Toss - Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 10th
In this penny toss worksheet, students collect statistical data by tossing pennies and then create a scatter plot of the data. They use formulas for exponential growth and decay and then plot the function. This two-page document...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 11th
For this algebra worksheet, students investigate growth and decay. They analyze the population of Winchester, Virginia to see what year had the most or least growth or decay. There are 4 word problems.
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Worksheet
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Curated OER

Integrated Algebra/Math B Regents Questions: Exponential Equations

For Students 9th - 12th
For this exponential equations worksheet, students solve 11 word problems in short answer and multiple choice format. Students write and solve exponential growth and decay problems given a word problem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Infestation to Extermination

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students solve problems with exponential growth and decay. In this calculus lesson, students relate exponential functions to infestation and extermination. They take the derivative to find their answer.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Six Exponential Decay Problems

For Students 10th - 11th
In this exponential model worksheet, students solve six exponential decay multiple choice questions and one free-response half life question.  The solutions are provided..
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Himalayan Herds: Fractional Exponential Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve problems by identifying exponential growth and decay and differentiating between patterns, relation and functions. For this algebra lesson, students apply concepts of exponential growth to solve problems.
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Worksheet
Shmoop

Functions Worksheet 5

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
To the point and deeper thinking are both types of questions included in the learning exercise. Begin the practice of solving quadratics and then finish with five questions asking quadratic and exponential application problems. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Twenty-Nine Various Exponential Function Problems

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this exponential growth and decay worksheet, students identify equations as growth or decay, find balance in an account, find half-life, identify interest rate, identify the initial amount, and identify the growth factor. 
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Worksheet
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Flipped Math

Unit 7 Review: Exponential Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Take a break from learning new information and take time to review. Scholars review the unit by completing some practice problems. They rewrite expressions using exponents, solve exponential equations, graph exponential functions,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Algebra 1: Unit 5 Review

For Students 6th
In this problem solving learning exercise, 6th graders determine if 4 functions are exponential growth or decay, sketch 4 graphs and compare 2 sets of functions. Students write the rule, linear or exponential, for 4 tables.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Integrated Algebra Practice: Exponential Growth

For Students 9th - 12th
In this exponential growth worksheet, students solve 4 short answer and multiple choice problems. Students determine the population of a city after a given amount of time.