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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if a Sse Modeling London's Population

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are shown a table of population data for the city of London and are asked to explore whether a linear, quadratic, or exponential function would be appropriate to model relationships within the data. They are next...
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Exponential & Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The connection between exponential and logarithmic functions is made clear through examples and practice exercises.
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Richland Community College

Richland Community College: Math 116 Lecture Notes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Richland Community College provides the detailed lecture notes to a college algebra course, complete with equations and definitions. Content ranges from "functions and their graphs" to "conics and parametric equations."
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Anne Arundel Community College

Anne Arundel Community College: Math 131: Basic Graphs and Properties

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The tutorial examines basic exponential graphs and their properties. Students learn about the mathematics concepts through examples with detailed solutions.
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Anne Arundel Community College

Anne Arundel Community College: Math 131: More Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The tutorial examines exponential graphs and their properties. Students learn about the mathematics concepts through examples with detailed solutions.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: One Grain of Rice Mathematical Project

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the mathematical tale about Raja, one grain of rice, and how quickly it grows. It includes a mathematical project using a spreadsheet to examine exponential growth and a calculus-based extension that explores area under a curve.
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Curated OER

Zona Land: Transform of F(x) = 2^x

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A java applet that lets you manipulate the function f(x) = 2^x and see the effects on the graph.
Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Radioactive Decay 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for radioactive decay -- with hints and solutions! Find the half-life.
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Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Common Graphs Practice Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this section we will do a very quick review of many of the most common functions and their graphs that typically show up in a Calculus class.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Compound Interest

For Students 6th - 9th
This algebra lesson explains how compound interest works and where the formula comes from.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Calculus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson has links to the various topics dealing with calculus. The student just needs to find the topic then click to go to it.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Depreciation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students perform computations involving depreciation of assets. They will study methods such as straight line depreciation, sum of the digits method and double declining balance depreciation.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: From Tables to Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to generate a table of values showing the accumulated amounts of a sum of money compounded over n periods. They graph these values and learn how to determine the accumulated amount corresponding to any given period.
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Math2

Math2.org: Series Expansions

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough review of calculus series. Links direct the student to the basic properties of series, as well as to explanations and examples of convergence tests in series. The expansions for exponential, logarithmic, and root functions and...
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Math2

Compound Interest and Exponential Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the compound interest equation, simplified compound interest equation,continuous compound interest equation, a demonstration of various compounding, and a review of loan balance.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Ti Navigator: Compound Interest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students' to Activity Center. In this lesson, students will explore the effect of compound interest on the amount of an investment over time. Students will work in small groups (or individually) to calculate...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The purpose of this task is to introduce the idea of exponential growth and then connect that growth to expressions involving exponents. It illustrates well how fast exponential expressions grow. Students who are just learning about...
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University College London

University College London: Hyperbolic Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a good site from the University College London with links to the various sections on hyperbolics.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating, Variation 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task on exponential decay, students calculate what the amount of Carbon 14 left in a preserved plant will be as time passes and when one microgram will be all that is left. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.
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Other

Humboldt State University: Natural Logarithm

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Wonderful natural logarithm site from the Humboldt State University with example problems.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Compound Interest 1 Practice

For Students 6th - 9th
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for money and compound interest with solutions! Find the final amount when a given amount of money is invested.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Glencoe Algebra 1: Graphing Calculator Investigation Curve

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will make scatter plots and find the appropriate regression equations that best fit the data.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Slide Into the Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners will be introduced to the slide rule through A brief history on its use. They will practice simple calculations (multiplying and finding values of trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions) using a virtual slide rule.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Sequence of Bounces

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will explore the rebound heights of a ball and develop a sequence that will predict the rebound height of subsequent bounces. They will also find the total distance that the ball travels.