What is that fraction doing as an exponent? Fun math games prompt learners to practice evaluating radical expressions and expressions containing rational exponents, both in groups and individually.

Concepts

rational exponents, radical expressions, simplifying expressions, properties of exponents

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Divide your class into partners or groups to avoid anyone feeling singled out in the first game
• Play the games as review activities
• Assign the attached handout in class or as homework
• Use the second game as a way to divide a class into groups

Classroom Considerations

• You'll need to print the cards onto cardstock to make them sturdy enough for the game

Pros

• Engaging approach to solving radical expressions
• Includes a journal prompt and independent practice handout
• Comes with ideas for differentiation

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSA-REI.A.2