A learning module through which students learn about exponentials including exponential functions, growth and decay, and geometric sequences.

An exponential function is a nonlinear function that has the form of y=a*b^x, where a != 0, b > 0. An exponential function with a > 0 and b > 1, like the one above, represents an exponential growth and the graph of an...

Learn with these interactive exercises the concepts of growth and decay of a function and analyze the concepts with elementary functions.

Graph exponential functions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Third graders learn about the interdependence of animals and trees in nature and the cycles of growth and decay. Students also learn about the importance of preserving balance in nature and what happens when we upset that balance. While...

A set of exercises, complete with solutions, covering the basics of exponential functions, from the laws of exponents to exponential growth and decay.

Provides examples of applications of exponential functions involving compound interest and exponential growth and decay, and an example of an application of a logarithm involving earthquake intensity.

Students will learn and reinforce skills for solving for unknowns, manipulating equations while keeping them in balance, using formulas to solve real-world challenges, and working with proportions, radicals and exponents.

Given a table with values of two quantities over time, determine whether the quantities grow linearly or exponentially. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...

Practice analyzing the end behavior of two functions that model similar real-world relationships, where one function is exponential and the other is polynomial. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...

For this task, young scholars examine world population data from 1804 to 2012 and investigate whether an exponential function is appropriate for modeling the relationship between the world population and the year. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.

The site explains exponential functions and characteristics of their graphs.

In Spanish. In this interactive unit learn how to calculate intervals of growth and decay, maximum and minimum value of a function, the intervals of concavity and convexity and the turning points of a function.

Students will use examples and an interactive graph to explore exponential functions such as growth and decay.

This task provides a real-world context for examining the power of exponential growth and decay. Students experiment, at the macro level, using scotch tape to pull a chip of graphite apart into two pieces. They are asked to find about...

An introduction to exponential functions, concentrating on models of exponential growth and decay.

In this lesson, students will use the exponential function equation to solve real-life problems involving exponential growth and decay including the compound interest formula.

This CalculusQuest site provides a basic introduction to exponential functions, covering the laws of exponents and exponential growth and decay. At the bottom of the page are links to exponential equations, exercises, and the...

Students experience how exponential functions are related to the stock market through exponential growth and decay graphs.

Eleven problems present a variety of problems working with various aspects of exponential decay and growth. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click...

Explains, with examples, what compound interest is and how to calculate it using a formula. Also shows how to work backwards to calculate the present value of an investment, how compound interest is calculated for different compounding...

This site from Richland Community College contains specific examples of where logarithmic and exponential formulas are used, including: exponential growth and decay, Gaussian, logistics growth, and logarithmic.

This activity assesses student's knowledge of transformations of exponential functions. Writing exponential functions that model growth and decay are also explored.

Learn about exponential functions by graphing various equations representing exponential growth and decay. Graph these functions by connecting ordered pairs on x-y axes.