Education Development Center
Extending Patterns with Exponents
Don't think negatively about exponents. Young mathematicians dissect a fictional conversation between pupils trying to evaluate an expression with a negative exponent. This allows them to understand the meaning of negative exponents.
Education Development Center
Rational Exponents
It's rational to root for your class to learn about exponents. Scholars study rational exponents by reading a fictional dialogue between classmates. They analyze the conversation to understand the connection between rational exponents...
Education Development Center
Geography of the Number Line
It's more than just numbers on a line, its an organizational, mental math machine to help learners understand the value of numbers. The tool is handy when introducing positive and negative integers to see their values and...
Curated OER
Newton's Law of Cooling
Your Algebra learners analyze and solve an exponential equation in this popular, real-life model of the cooling of a liquid.
Teach Engineering
Bouncing Balls
How high will it bounce? Groups determine the height different balls bounce off of different surfaces. By performing the necessary calculations, they determine the initial and final momentum of the balls. The included worksheet provides...
Math.com
Math.com: The Basics of Algebra: Exponents
Students learn about the laws of exponents through this algebra resource. A learning tutorial and practice problems to check for comprehension of the math concepts are included.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Power to a Power
Use these examples to learn the power to a power exponent rule. The steps are easy to follow and will help students remember the laws of exponents.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Exponents
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains many topics related to exponents, including the product rule, power rule, and quotient rule. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: "N^0"
"Why is any number raised to the zero power equal to one?" A good question and an even better answer
Other
Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Putting Exponent Rules #1 4 Together
This prealgebra lesson explains how to do exponent problems using more than one of the exponent rules.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Exponents Rule #4
An algebra tutorial that explains the fourth rule of exponents.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Exponents Rule #6
Explore this algebra tutorial for the sixth rule of exponents.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Positive, Negative, and Zero Exponents
At this site from Oswego City School District, students are shown the basic laws which govern simplifying positive, negative, and zero exponents. Examples are provided during the explanations, and then practice problems (and their...
Wyzant
Wyzant: Exponents
Review the concept of exponents and what it means to take a number "to a power." This is a good resource for a beginning unit on exponents. An online practice worksheet is available.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Logarithms and Exponential Functions
This tutorial contains 13 lessons on logarithms and exponential functions including exponential shortcuts and rules, graphs and rules of logarithms, and many more.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Multiplying Powers
Several examples of equations are used to demonstrate the exponent rule of multiplying powers at this site.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Millionaire Radicals
In a format like TV's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," students answer math questions about radicals to earn points and help their group win the game. Teachers need to create their own question bank, which allows this game to be used for...
Math2
Math 2: Exponential Identities and Logarithms
Exponential identities and logarithms that are commonly used are listed on this page.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Rules of Logarithms
A thorough treatment of the laws of logarithms, how they relate to the laws of exponents, and examples of each.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Powers of Products
This lesson will teach you how to apply the Power of Products rule to exponential expressions. The variety of examples will help you use this rule for similar problems.