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...

It's more than just numbers on a line, its an organizational, mental math machine to help learners understand the value of numbers. The tool is handy when introducing positive and negative integers to see their values and...

Learners are given a logarithmic function and its inverse exponential function. The task, which is to graph both compositions of the two functions, uses the inverse nature of exponents and logarithms to generalize about the properties of...

Sometimes what seems like the easiest problem is really the most difficult. Your class is first going to reach for their calculators, but will realize the number is too large to evaluate. Now what? This is where the fun and the...

Your young microbiologists will interpret and solve exponential equations in this real-world context task set in a hospital research scenario. Learners think in terms of the functions as well as their rates of change. 

This activity consists of three exercises in which learners sketch the graphs of various power functions on the same axes. They use their sketches to make comparisons and observations which lead to generalizations about the graphs...

The mathematics tutorial consists of notes and examples that investigate positive and negative integer exponents.

Along with the definition of an exponent, this site also presents the properties of exponents. Several examples are used to demonstrate the properties. A summary of the laws of exponents is included for quick reference.

Review the concept of exponents and what it means to take a number "to a power." This is a good resource for a beginning unit on exponents. An online practice worksheet is available.

This site explains how to evaluate exponents of positive and negative numbers. The site provides games and exercises to practice the skill.

The Product of a Power and Power to a Power laws of exponents are introduced. Examples are included to demonstrate how to simply expressions with these laws.

At this site from Oswego City School District, students are shown the basic laws which govern simplifying positive, negative, and zero exponents. Examples are provided during the explanations, and then practice problems (and their...

Order of operations goes beyond the traditional basic four operations to include positive and negative exponents and parenthesizes.

A math web site on the binomial theorem. Find the binomial formulas for both positive integer exponents and negative integer exponents with this site.

Practice using your graphing calculator for integer problems. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each problem.