Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Discovering Zero and Negative Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Need a hand with an Algebra II integer exponent instructional activity? This versatile worksheet can be utilized as a instructional activity to supplement instruction. It derives the idea of a negative exponent before practicing a...
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Fractional and Negative Indices

For Students 7th - 10th
Explore how to deal with fractional and negative exponents. Scholars watch a video reviewing fractional, zero, and negative exponents. After the video, they test their skills by completing a worksheet covering the concepts.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Laws of Exponents

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II learning exercise, students use the laws of exponents to solve problems involving zero and negative exponents.  The one page learning exercise contains six multiple choice questions.  Answers are...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Powers with Zero and Negative Exponents

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the properties of exponents. They solve problems with a power of zero and negative integers. There are 7 questions with an answer key.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing by Negative Powers of Ten (B): Two-Digit Facts

For Students 6th - 7th
In this math worksheet, students are given 10 numbers which they are to divide by 1, .1, .01, .001, and .0001. Once the procedure is understood, the answers are easy to find.
Activity
Education Development Center

Extending Patterns with Exponents

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
Don't think negatively about exponents. Young mathematicians dissect a fictional conversation between pupils trying to evaluate an expression with a negative exponent. This allows them to understand the meaning of negative exponents.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing by Multiples of Negative Powers of Ten (E): Single-Digit Facts

For Students 7th - 8th
In this dividing by multiples of negative powers of ten learning exercise, students are given 10 numbers which they are to divide by a given set of numbers which are formatted x, .x, .0x, .00x and .000x.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

8.4 Negative and Zero Exponent

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this negative and zero exponent worksheet, young scholars evaluate given expressions. They write exponents without negative or zero exponents. This one-page worksheet contains 36 multi-step problems.
Workbook
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University of Utah

Integer Exponents, Scientific Notation and Volume

For Students 8th Standards
A one-stop resource for exponents, square and cube roots, scientific notation, and volume formulas guides learners through properties of exponents. As they learn to apply these properties to operations with scientific notation,...
Lesson Plan
Education Development Center

Geography of the Number Line

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
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...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Extending the Definitions of Exponents, Variation 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Scientist work with negative integer exponents all the time. Here, participants will learn how to relate negative exponents to time and to generate equivalent numerical expressions. Learners will apply the properties of integer exponents...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Powers of Ten

For Teachers 7th Standards
Investigate negative exponents of-ten. Pupils use the pattern of increasing powers of 10 to determine negative powers of 10. The scholars write the powers in expanded and product forms and make the connection to exponents using a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing by Negative Powers of Ten (D): 2-Digit Facts

For Students 7th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students are given 10 numbers which they are to divide by 1, .1, .01, .001, and .0001. Once the procedure is understood, the answers are easy to find.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing by Negative Powers of Ten (B): Single-Digit Facts

For Students 7th - 8th
Students are prompted to divide single digit numbers by negative powers of ten in this straightforward worksheet. Prompted to divide ten numbers by 1, .1, .01, .001, and .0001, students can develop a pattern which will ease the...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Multiplying and Dividing Monomials

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Apply the power of mathematics to the power expressions. The lesson gives examples of expressions that utilize each of the exponent rules to simplify. Once seeing the exponent rules individually, scholars combine them to simplify an...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Rational Exponents—What are 2^1/2 and 2^1/3?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are you rooting for your high schoolers to learn about rational exponents? In the third installment of a 35-part module, pupils first learn the meaning of 2^(1/n) by estimating values on the graph of y = 2^x and by using algebraic...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Quiz: Exponents to Numbers and Compare Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th
In this exponent worksheet, students multiply fractions and decimal numbers according to the given power and identify the value as a standard number. The integers contain both negative and positive exponents. This one-page worksheet...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing by Negative Powers of Ten (A): Single-Digit Facts

For Students 7th - 8th
Students are given ten numbers in this drill worksheet, which they are to divide by 1, .1, .01, .001 and .0001. Once the procedure is understood, the answers are easy to find. Teachers can use a version with answers for corrections.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing by Negative Powers of Ten (E): 2-digit

For Students 7th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students are given 10 number which they are to divide by 1, .1, .01, .001 and .0001. Once the procedure is understood, the answers are easy to find.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Divide by Negative Powers of Ten (D): Single-Digit Facts

For Students 7th - 8th
In this math instructional activity, students are given 10 numbers which they are to divide by 1, .1, .01, .001 and .0001. Once the procedure is understood, the answers are easy to find.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Scientific Notation and Significant Figures

For Students 10th - 12th
In this scientific notation learning exercise, students practice calculations using scientific notation and being sure to have the correct number of significant figures. This learning exercise has 17 problems to solve.
Assessment
EngageNY

Mid-Module Assessment Task: Grade 8 Module 1

For Students 8th Standards
Assess your young mathematicians' knowledge and understanding of the properties of exponents. The questions in the seventh lesson of 15 incorporate the properties learned in the first six modules of this series. Individuals use and apply...
Worksheet
Charleston School District

Review Unit 1: Exponents

For Teachers 8th Standards
What will be on the test? The resource provides comprehensive review items for the content of the unit on exponents. The resource divides the sections in the order you present the lessons during the unit. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Positive, Negative and Zero Exponents

For Students 9th
In this exponents activity, 9th graders solve 10 different equations that involve various exponents. First, they simplify the positive, negative and zero exponents. Then, students evaluate the exponents by applying the division property.