Otters help learners increase fluency with exponents. Given four options, pupils determine which one would make a given equation involving exponents true. The faster individuals answer, the faster their otter races around the track in the online game. Scholars experience problems with unknown bases or unknown exponents.

Concepts

exponential expressions, exponents, exponential notation, exponent of 2, exponent of 3

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide opportunities to gain fluency in evaluating numerical expressions with exponents of 0, 1, 2, and 3

Classroom Considerations

• Presents the problems in forms of equations to find the value of the variable
• May be played as a single player or multi-players

Pros

• Shows missed questions with the correct answer
• Allows for teachers to track progress by signing up the class

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.EE.A.1