If you’re reading this right now, chances are you are currently teaching or about to be teaching the laws of exponents. In my experience, simplifying expressions can get very redundant. Many students get discouraged and check out early on. Your best chance for getting everyone involved is to spice things up a bit – check… Read More »Practice Using the Properties of Exponents Through Games
It has been while since I have written! I am hoping to get myself back in a schedule and share more and more for you all. I wanted to highlight all that is about 'Exponent Rules' in my store. Exponent Rules were some of my early creations. I started there because when I was teaching, this was the area I struggled with trying to find resources for. I found an abundance of activities that combined rules, but had a hard time finding activities that focused on one or two rules at a time. So that is why and how my larger bundle of Exponent Rules came about. Below, I break down each of the rules I have activities for, highlight combined rules activities and share the bundles if you are interested in picking part of the activities are all of them! I created all of these activities with making sure they were quality problems with variety! There are so many ways to utilize all of these resources, depends on how you want to use them with your students. Any of these activities could be used as stations, partner activities or individual work! →→Notes←← Layered Notes Bookmark Notes →→Product Rule←← Color By Number Task Cards →→Power Rule←← Cut and Paste Task Cards Head on over to my blog post that highlights tips on utilizing task cards in the classroom! →→Quotient Rule←← Task Cards Maze Activity →→Negative Exponent Rule←← Domino Activity Riddle Activity →→Zero Exponent Rule←← Riddle Activity Color By Number →→ALL Exponent Activities←← Puzzle Activity OR check it out in a Google Slides Version! Chain Reaction Color By Number Hole Punch Game Want to check out part of the activities? I have 2 parts available ... OR you can snag ALL of the resources (except the Google Slides activity) HERE! I hope you were able to find something above that can work for you and your students! If you are on the hunt for ANY other type of activity you would like to see added to this bundle, please do not hesitate to reach out and let me know! Happy Teaching!
I develop curriculum for middle school math. I focus on using critical-thinking skills in my content so the math makes sense to the students.
Check out 10 great properties of exponents activities! Includes FREE rules of exponents student reference sheet, perfect for the interactive notebook and FREE practice chart students will love.
Once your students have mastered the basics of exponents, moving on to Exponent Rules can be a fun activity for your students. This is because, if they understand exponents, the exponent rules are fairly intuitive.
Looking for the perfect activity to teach exponent rules or laws of exponents? Here are 9 exponent rules activities that I have used with my own math students
Help your middle school math students master exponents by understanding exponent rules. These teaching tips will make that an easy task!
Are you looking for a no-prep exponents quotient rule activity that is more engaging than a plain worksheet? This maze is a fun way to practice! Students will know whether their answers are correct or incorrect as they work their way through the maze from start to finish. This product includes: - One printable maze - Answer key Terms of Use: This product is for individual single classroom use only. Copying, altering, redistributing, editing, or re-selling anything from this product is strictly forbidden. Use in multiple classrooms require the purchase of additional licenses.
Once your students have mastered the basics of exponents, moving on to Exponent Rules can be a fun activity for your students. This is because, if they understand exponents, the exponent rules are fairly intuitive.
Are you looking for an engaging exponent rules digital activity? This picture puzzle is a fun way to practice! As students simplify each expression, they will drag and drop the corresponding puzzle piece onto their answer, creating a beautiful picture. Problem types include product rule, power rule, and quotient rule. This product includes: - Three Google Slides (Two with problems and one with puzzle pieces) - Answer key Terms of Use: This product is for individual single classroom use only. Copying, altering, redistributing, editing, or re-selling anything from this product is strictly forbidden. Use in multiple classrooms require the purchase of additional licenses.
I develop curriculum for middle school math. I focus on using critical-thinking skills in my content so the math makes sense to the students.
FREE Exponent Rules Worksheet Packet goes over some of the exponent rules used in prealgebra, algebra and beyond. It includes free printable worksheets and an interactive notebook activity.
Check out 10 great properties of exponents activities! Includes FREE rules of exponents student reference sheet, perfect for the interactive notebook and FREE practice chart students will love.
Are you looking for a lesson to explan negative exponents to students? This post explains what a negative exponent means and also zero as an exponent.
This product contains 6 mazes. This self-checking activity can be used as homework, a warm-up, classwork or as part of a sub plan. Four of them contain only one skill: -Product Rule -Quotient Rule -Negative Exponents Rule -Power of a Power Rule There are 2 multi-skill practice mazes: -Product Rule, Quotient Rule, Negative Exponents Rule, Power of a Power Rule -Product Rule, Quotient Rule, Negative Exponents Rule, Power of a Power Rule, and Zero Property Answer keys are included for all 6 mazes!
Once your students have mastered the basics of exponents, moving on to Exponent Rules can be a fun activity for your students. This is because, if they understand exponents, the exponent rules are fairly intuitive.
I used this foldable for my 8th-grade students so they have all the exponent rules in one location. We glue it in our interactive notebooksThe product is two pages, copy them front to back and fold down the middle.I use them as guided notes. These are great to use for students after a discovery acti...
*This set of THREE exponent rules activities will have your students simplifying expressions using laws of exponents like a champ! With three no-prep activities, your students will get all the practice they need!Problems include multiplying & dividing with exponents, rational exponents, powers o...
I just finished my exponents unit in Algebra 1. It was interesting to me that some students that struggle seemed to really excel in this unit. This is really the first unit that didn’t depend heavily on their ability to solve equations - maybe that was part of it. To begin, I made this page to remind students of the information they learned in pre-algebra. This page reviewed the expanding process. Also, it reminded them of the zero exponent rule and the negative exponent rule. Then, we completed this domino activity by Math Dyal. The next day, we talked about the multiplication properties of exponents. We completed this foldable and practice sheet. I’ve started adding practice sheets to a lot of my lessons. I usually have my students do a few at a time with a partner. I hate letting them start their homework during class (only like half of them do!) and I can get more kids to practice this way. Then, we talked about the division properties of exponents. We completed this foldable. There were tons of examples inside the foldable, so I did not include a practice sheet for this lesson. I gave them a sheet with all of the exponent rules summarized on it. I had them try to fill it in themselves before I showed them the completed sheet. The last page we completed was from Scaffolded Math and Science. It is just a worksheet, but I copied it at 80% so that it would fit in their notebooks. Students found the area of familiar shapes and used the exponent rules. Looking back, I would have completed this before the division properties. She has a few other pages like this and I need them all!! During class, we also played speed mathing, did a coloring sheet, and did a couple worksheets. I think I want to include another activity or two in their notebooks for this unit next year.
I've posted on this topic a bunch of times here, here and here, but I'm not tired yet of hammering more nails into this coffin. I think that correctly mastering exponent rules is a gateway skill. Maybe one of the most important gateway skills in algebra. Exponent rules: Formalize the meaning of multiplication and division for algebra. Provide the first forum for students to effectively use reducing in an algebraic context. Introduces students for the first time to how simple algebra definitions (i.e. the definition of an exponent) can be used to prove a multitude of other cool rules that make doing math easier. In other words exponent rules formalize the structure of mathematical logic and proof for students. Is often the first time students see and manipulate algebraic rules represented purely with variables. If students can understand and use exponent rules, it prepares them for using and understanding other rules represented with abstract mathematical language. Set the foundation for a student's understanding of polynomial functions, radical functions, exponential functions, and logarithmic functions. Without a solid understanding of exponents and their properties students will struggle with all of these types of functions later. And I think we can teach the exponent rules well because they're just not that hard to derive, but the level of abstraction is what makes it difficult for students. So in teaching exponent rules, I believe we should focus on teaching students the abstraction, and the rules get learned along the way. That being said, I don't know how to do it but I keep trying. I've updated my lesson on developing the exponent rules. You can find that here and also, I've developed a simple game that I hope helps students cement the rules and learn to play with them. The game involves both strategy, luck and understanding of exponents so I think it's pretty good but it's only had a few trial runs. Materials: You'll need a set of blue cards and a set of green cards. You can download the cards and the rules here. Lay the cards out like so: Object: Combine your starting expression with green cards to create the target expression. Rules: (1) You may use as many green cards as you wish. (2) Cards that look like this: ( )^2 must be applied to your whole expression so far. So if you start with the card “ab" and you grab the green card ( )^2 you will end up with a^2 b^2 (3) If neither player can find the right cards to create the target expression, three more green cards can be put down. (4) Once the target expression is reached by a player, that player gets the blue card and all the green cards they used to make the winning expression. A new blue card is then put down and green cards are added until there are 9 green cards again. (5) Once all the green cards are gone, the game is ended and the player with the most green and blue cards wins. Examples: Here are several examples of how the players in the set-up above could reach the target expression.
This post may contain affiliate links. That means that if you click the links and make a purchase I may receive compensation at no additional cost to you. I do not recommend any companies that I do not persoanlly use and love. Please read our disclaimer for more info. Often, teaching inclusion math in middle school, it is difficult to keep all students moving at the same pace. We faced this challenge recently when teaching our unit on exponent laws. We begin teaching exponent laws by teaching the different laws, product of powers, quotient of powers, power of a power, negative exponent rules, and the power of zero. On the first day, I provide my students who struggle in math with these cheat sheets of the rules, Power of Exponents. Throughout the unit, if anyone else gets our attention, we’ll give them one also. We then spend a few days giving students plenty of practice and reviewing all of the different problems with them. During this time we provide them with individual attention as needed. The Problem Once we feel as though it is time to move on and begin introducing coefficients, we do. But this year there was a snag. We were noticing that while many of the students were ready to move on, some weren’t. To decipher what was happening we gave them a quick, ungraded assessment. I gave the students a six-question quiz to see how they’d do. In one of our classes, the lowest score was a 3, and most students had a 5 out of 6. But, in our other class, the smaller class which usually does better, there were a significant number of ones and twos! Cue to a moment of panic and the realization that we need more time. The Plan We decided that the best way to combat this issue was to have centers. For our class that was doing well, we had six centers that the students rotated through. For our class that had some struggling, we pulled the group that had three or less right on the assessment into a small group for remediation. I took this group to my classroom where we went back to basics. The Centers I had not made enough exponent products that would be useful to us, so we went to Pinterest. In my adventures, I found this bundle, Properties of Exponents Activities and Games. One center was a foldable from this product where the students had to cut out the shape and figure out which rule and example went with which graphic. We also used the mazes from this product as another center where the students could work together to solve each of the mazes. We left them the answer key so that they could check when they were finished. A third center was the puzzle from this product, which I cut out and laminated. Any excuse to laminate is a good thing in my book! We also had a fourth center where the students would watch a YouTube video about the laws, which also introduced the coefficient and how it affected the operations. The fifth center was additional practice with task cards that I made that did not include coefficients. Properties of Powers Exponents. I also laminated these because I LOVE laminating! And the final center was a teacher run station where we could work with them on specific topics based on the needs of the group. The Results The students were engaged in this lesson. My co-teacher and I had been trying to find a way to incorporate centers into our class for a while, and this was our first attempt. We did learn different things about the specific classes and ways that we will do differently in the future. For example, the class where we chose the groups went better than the class where they chose their groups. Even though we gave explicit instructions, there was still a lot of confusion, and we should have put table tents with the instructions at the centers themselves as back up. All in all, it was a great lesson, and the group of students who were pulled for remediation all left asking if we could do that again soon. Which is unexpected for eighth-graders to want to be pulled out of the classroom! See also: Why You Should Be Using Centers in Your Secondary Classroom Using Reference Sheets to Support Your Inclusion Students Get your free IEP summary page! Subscribe to get our latest content by email. Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. First Name Email Address We use this field to detect spam bots. If you fill this in, you will be marked as a spammer. Get your download! We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit
This Printable & Digital Clock Challenge is a perfect end of the year, back to school, math centers, summer camp, or summer school math activity. Exponent rules included (Positive Only): Power Rule, Product Rule, Quotient Rule, and Zero Exponent Rule. Students will solve 12 laws of exponents problems to put them in the correct place on the clock. This resource includes: - The digital version in Google Slides™. - The editable PowerPoint™ version. - The printable version in PDF. - The Answer Key. Click the GREEN STAR at the top of my store to follow me and be informed about my new products and sales. (or >> CLICK HERE) Check out Inspire Math Matematyka for more resources. Math&Art Projects Based Learning Back to School/ First Day End of the Year Activities Drag & Drop Activities Digital Escape Rooms Pixel Art Mysteries Games Scavenger Hunts Treasure Hunts Like me on Facebook for more FREEBIES!!
Use these fun and easy techniques to teach exponents to beginners in fun and engaging ways your students will love.
I love teacherspayteachers. The graphic organizer from all things algebra is the bomb dot com. It was a great asset prior to playing algebra wars. I had a few errors like a missing negative sign, so that needs to be fixed prior to posting it. I cut the foldable so the kids had their chart of squares that they need to remember on the side. If you are like my students and wonder why I skipped 14 squared, I told them I have rarely used it in higher math classes. Using this logic, I probably should have put 20 squared. I play the video by the Ohio school of mathematical magic. Yes, that is not their name, but play one of their songs in class and BAM. Magic! The kids are humming the tune down the hallway. Students look like I have just taught them how to cheat when I show them how to put rational exponents in the calculator. But it gets students saying this is easy. I tell students that radical signs remind me of division symbols. We always divide the number "under the hat" (elementary term) by the number on the outside. This time we call it the index. The only thing I had to push hard was the square root is an exponent of 1/2. These types of questions pop up on the EOC every year. I see kids get overwhelmed by the equation prior to seeing that they can plug it in the calculator. Input major emphasis on these word problems. Colors are key to learning as visual learners. Tomorrow I will take care of my kinesthetic learners taking another example from Math = Love.
This lesson: Gives students time to discover the Power of a Power rule. Let's students discover about their world while they apply the Power of a Power property. Students can read the paragraph or watch the video to learn information on the giant Mukaab in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! An optional link to a resource is provided. The link leads to a copy of google slides for you to guide your lesson time! (There is also a link to the video in these slides) Terms of Use All rights reserved by ⓒtheMathLeague, 2024, all rights reserved. • This product is to be used by the original purchaser only • Intended for classroom and personal use only • Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. • This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.
This Exponent Properties Digital Activity is a great addition for distance learning or incorporating technology to your classroom. This is primarily use for Math 8 or Pre-Algebra classes. Students will engage in a variety of problem types. These range from classifying real number system with Drag N Drop different properties: power rule, product rule, quotient rule, negative exponent rule, zero rule, etc. Students will convert between exponent form, expanded form and numerical answer. They will also determine the correct sequence in simplifying an exponent expression by Drag N Drop. Students will simplify expressions that involve one, two or three properties. And finally students will simplify algebraic exponent expressions that have multiple variables. Assign the slides that are suitable for your students. Problems vary in difficulty from basic to advanced. And problem types include numerical and algebraic. This activity is Common Core aligned. The product includes: A digital activity (Google Slides) Answer Key Directions to Post to Google Classroom I would appreciate it if you leave a Review if you download the activity. It really helps my store! You also receive TPT credit for a future purchases! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can also access my FREE resource on Volume of Cylinder, Cones, and Spheres Digital Activity. You can also access my Distance Learning Resources. Other Digital Activities: Volume of Cylinder Volume of Cone Volume of Sphere Real Number System Solving Equations Function Coordinate Plane & Types of Variables Intro the Systems Graphing Systems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you would like to get updates on NEW products: Follow me on TeachersPayTeachers Follow me on Instagram This product is for one teacher only. Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. This item is bound by copyright laws and redistributing, editing, selling, or posting this item (or any part thereof) on the Internet are all strictly forbidden. If you wish to share with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. The license for this purchase is NON-TRANSFERRABLE. (c) Algebra Maestro, 2020. Thank you for purchasing! I'm happy to help support you and your students!
This Law of Exponents Halloween Bundle of Foldable Notes Bundle & Color by Number Activity is a great approach to review the Exponent Rules, while engaged in a coloring activity. On the cover side of the foldable, you have the review notes and inside is the Halloween Themed Color by Number activity. This is a no-prep ready-print-go activity! It is a fun way to review at this time of year, to spiral back, or reteach/review. They can fold the activity when finished and glue/tape it to their notebook! Suggested for grades 8-9. This resource reviews the following: All the Laws of Exponents: Product rule, Quotient rule, Power or a Product rule, Power of a Power rule, Power of a Quotient rule, Zero Exponent rule, and Negative Exponent rule. Differentiated: The Pumpkin & Cauldron and the Ghost theme are easier to complete, as the CBN colors give hints for students to figure out (a good practice of life skills). While the Halloween Candies theme is more challenging and doesn't leave many hints for students to figure out the answers. Included in each of these 3 resources: Review Notes (outside part of the foldable) for Exponent Rules Color by Number activity (inside the foldable) with 9 exercises with multiple choices. Printable foldable activity with instructions Two versions of the answer key in the pdf + 4 png to display on smartboard. Suggested use for this resource: This activity can be used as an early finishers activity, substitute assignment or quick review before testing or season filler. If having several of these of different topics, it can be used as station activities, where you or your students choose which topics they should be reviewing before the end of year testing. Note: All my Laws of Exponents - Exponent Rules Foldable Notes & Color by Number Activity contain different exercises and themes from one another, ensuring that students can’t copy the answers from one another, from other groups or grades. Other Laws of Exponent - Exponent Rules resources: Laws of Exponents Foldable Notes & Hot Air Balloon Color by Number Activity Laws of Exponents - Rules Foldable Notes & Camping Color by Number Activity Laws of Exponents - Rules Foldable Notes & Butterfly Color by Number Activity Laws of Exponents - Rules Foldable Notes & Winter Color by Number Activity Laws of Exponents - Rules Foldable Notes & Butterfly Color by Number Activity Thanks for visiting my store! © All in a Teacup
Use this printable & digital inquiry activity to introduce Exponent Rules ( Product Rule, Quotient Rule, Power Rule, Power of a Product Rule, Power of a Quotient Rule, Negative Exponent Rule) by having students explore them. Students work in groups to find a pattern and discover their rule. Inquiry-based learning helps students take ownership of their learning. Their curiosity helps them engage and gain a deeper understanding of topics and content, instead of just memorizing rules or formulas. Exponent rules included: • Product Rule • Quotient Rule • Power Rule • Power of a Product Rule • Power of a Quotient Rule • Negative Exponent Rule This resource includes: - The digital version in Google Slides™. - The editable PowerPoint™ version. - The printable version in PDF. - The Answer Key. ***All images used in this resource come from Pixabay. Click the GREEN STAR at the top of my store to follow me and be informed about my new products and sales. (or >> CLICK HERE) Check out Inspire Math Matematyka for more resources. Math&Art Projects Based Learning Back to School/ First Day End of the Year Activities Drag & Drop Activities Digital Escape Rooms Pixel Art Mysteries Games Scavenger Hunts Treasure Hunts Like me on Facebook for more FREEBIES!!
Exponents, Power Rule, Quotient Rule, Zero Rule, Negative Rule, How to use the exponent rules, How to simplify expressions with rules of exponents, How to evaluate expressions with negative exponents, Grade 7 math, with video lessons, examples and step-by-step solutions.
Full Lesson! See description below. Thumbnails do not show the entire product. Contents: · Lesson Plan · Review Powers and Exponents – notes for before the activity · Activity – 6 pages · Rules Sheet – to be used throughout activity or at the end · KEY Rules Sheet · KEY Review Powers and Exponents · KEY Activity Lesson Plan: This activity has students work in groups to discover the integer exponent rules—product, quotient, power, and zero power rules, as well as negative exponents. This is a multi-day lesson! It takes time for students to discover but it pays off in the end! Needed Background information: The first set of notes helps students review or learn some background information needed to make this activity work. That includes knowing vocabulary for powers—power, exponent, base—and some forms of numbers—exponential form, expanded form, standard form. Please read through the bullet points: Helpful notes throughout the lesson plan! Including what is purposely written in the activity and why, and some common mistakes or supports for students. Start with the review notes to give them the proper background information. After instructing on the different forms, I have them fill out the table by themselves. Organize students into groups. You can mix students up with varying levels so that each group can get through the tasks pretty much on their own, or you can group by level so that students who excel can get through it more quickly and you can work more with the students who need more support. Have students read directions and work through the pages together. Monitor students as they move through the packet. You should be facilitating—walking around listening to what they are discussing or encouraging them to talk to each other and not leave anyone behind. You need to make sure they are doing what is expected and not doing a bunch of the rows incorrectly—it will be frustrating to students if they have to erase a lot. Students tend to need help coming up with the rules. For the product rule, a lot of times they want to put —I will then ask them “what does it mean when 2 variables are right next to each other without an operation?” (sometimes I have to ask about it with a number a variable right next to each other). They will say “multiply” and I ask them if that’s what they are to do with the exponents and they should say “no, you add them” and I help them write the expression by asking “how can you write that?” When most all students are done with one part, I usually pull them together and go over it briefly, having students help explain the rule they discovered and why it makes sense. The “why it makes sense” part is the most important. We need students to be able to explain the rules in words. When I still have them together, I will shift to the Notes and have them fill in that rule including the algebra and the words. Continue this through the parts. Product contains more details on specific parts of the lesson plan.
This nearpod activity made in google slides is a perfect activity for both IN CLASS and AT HOME learning. Students can login from any device wherever they are! This is a review of the rules of exponents including: multiplication rule division rule power to a power rule negative exponent rule zero exponent rule Students will join your nearpod with a code and review exponents through the following activities: Think - Collaborate board, Rule matching game Play - Time to Climb 10 question exponent review Reflect - Collaborate board, Exit Poll
I created this Exponent Rules Review Worksheet to work through with the students on an overhead. You can download it by clicking the link...
After creating a foldable book of exponent rules, my students needed some practice problems. This was the perfect time to pull out an exponent rules card sort
Students will practice simplifying expressions using the exponent rules with this coloring activity. There are 20 problems total, separated into two columns. Negative exponents included along with some challenging multi-step problems. Students simplify each expression, then look for matching answers between the columns. They color the heart according to their matching answers. This could also used as a partner activity in which Partner A does the left side and Partner B does the right side. Use for Valentine's Day, or any time of the year! :) This resource is included in the following bundle(s): Pre-Algebra Activities Bundle Exponent Rules Activities Bundle Algebra 1 Curriculum (with Activities) Algebra 1 Activities Bundle Heart designed by Art by Jenny K LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at [email protected]. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
Do your students need extra practice on exponent rules and adding, subtracting, and multiplying polynomials? This ✅ No Prep, Instant Fun Might Be Perfect for You! Say goodbye to hours of preparation! This Solve and Shade activity is ready to go, allowing you to focus on teaching rather than planning. Simply print and distribute - it's that easy! Turn a mundane practice session, into an engaging experience. As students successfully simplify each expression they'll reveal portions of the answer to the riddle. This mystery element motivates them to persevere through each problem, turning an ordinary homework assignment into an enjoyable challenge! To be successful on this activity, students should be familiar with: Simplifying Monomials Adding and Subtracting Polynomials The Distributive Property Binomial x Binomial Binomial x Trinomial Square a Binomial This activity is perfect for: Extra practice Test Review Days when you have a Sub Intervention Tutoring HomeSchool
