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Rational Exponents ActivityRational Exponents Activity
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Education Development Center
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Grade
8th - 10th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2016
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Rational Exponents

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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 and roots.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

rational exponents, exponents, fractional exponents

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the related mathematics tasks as part of a homework assignment

Classroom Considerations

  • Teacher guide indicates it's best to use the resource after the class has already learned about negative exponents
  • Young mathematicians should have understanding of exponents as repeated multiplication

Pros

  • Provides an explanation of how mathematical practices apply to the resource
  • Includes student discussion questions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSN-RN.A.1 MP1 MP7

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