exponents

This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to:

• Interpret a situation and represent the constraints and variables mathematically.
• Select appropriate mathematical methods to use.
• Make sensible estimates and assumptions.
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This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to:

• Use the properties of exponents, including rational exponents and manipulate algebraic statements involving radicals.
• Discriminate between equations and identities.

In this lesson...

This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students working with square numbers are able to:

• Choose an appropriate, systematic way to collect and organize data, examining the data for patterns.
• Describe and explain findings clearly and effectively.
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This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to:

• Recall and use the properties of exponents to generate equivalent numeric expressions.
• Identify the appropriate property to use and apply it correctly.
• Check the numerical value of an
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This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to:

• Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, recognizing and applying the conventional order of operations.
• Write and evaluate numerical expressions from
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Students imagine that they have been approved for a car loan, given that they have a cosigner. They will start by researching a used car they would like to purchase. They are instructed to consider their monthly income (or imagined income) when selecting a car.

Given three loan...