Curated OER
Composite Functions
Students create a poster to explain composite functions. In this composite function worksheet, students explore linear equations and functions. They complete a worksheet and use manipulatives to complete problems.
Curated OER
Students Analyze Data With Scatter Plots
Scatter plot lessons can help students create different types of graphs by hand or with the aid of technology.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Compound Interest
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...
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math:applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: Interest Rate
A set of examples and exercises that cover interest rate problems and how to solve them using exponents and logarithms.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exponential Functions: Growth and Decay
Students can use exponential functions to study growth and decay. Students will solve word problems ranging from population to interest rates.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Comparing Exponentials
In this task, students work with exponential functions in a real-world context involving continuously compounded interest. They will study how the base of the exponential function impacts its growth rate and use logarithms to solve...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le a Valuable Quarter
The context of this task is that a quarter was put into a bank account in 1901 and students are asked to calculate its value in 2013 at two different interest rates. Those amounts are compared to the appreciation rate of a rare and...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Compound Interest: Show Me the Money
This is an activity at the conclusion of the exponential relationship unit where students have experience with equations in the form y=a*b^x. Students use the random integer function on theTI-83 Plus to generate a rate of return for the...