Exponents and Exponential Functions
Homework Assignments /
By the end of this unit, you will understand the properties of exponents, how situations can be modeled with exponential functions, and how the properties and functions can be used to solve problems. You will be able to answer these questions:
· What are the properties of exponents?
· How can arithmetic and geometric sequences be represented as functions?
· What is an exponential function?
· What is the difference between exponential and linear functions?
8-0 Review of Exponents
Worksheet, 8-0 Practice, Exponents
8-3 Multiplication Properties of Exponents
8-4 More Multiplication Properties of Exponents
Worksheets:
Practice 8-3, Multiplication of Powers with the Same Base
Practice 8-4, MORE Multiplication Properties of Exponents – Power of Powers
8-5 Division Properties of Exponents
Worksheet, Practice 8-5, Division Properties of Exponents
8-1 Zero and Negative Exponents
#2-62 EVENS
8-2 Scientific Notation
#1-22, 28-44
5-7 Describing Number Patterns (Arithmetic Sequences)
#1-41 ODDS
8-6 Geometric Sequences
#1-32, #41, Mixed Review #55-63 ODDS
8-7 Exponential Functions
#1-18, #19-33 ODDS **Graph paper needed!
8-8 Exponential Growth and Decay
#1-15 ODDS, #16-39, #58
Benchmark Study
Chapter Review pages 485-487
#11-24, #27-35, #41-71
Suggested additional practice problems to help you study:
· Go online at www.phschool.com for section quizzes, vocabulary crosswords, and chapter tests. See page xxiii in your book for the secret codes.
· “Quick Check” problems throughout the text
· Checkpoint Quiz 1, pg. 452, Checkpoint Quiz 2, pg. 473
(See “Instant Check Answers” in the back of the book for answers to all Quick Check and Checkpoint Quiz questions.)
· Chapter Review, pg. 485-487, #11-56
· Extra Practice: Skills and Word Problems, pg. 736-737
(See “Selected Answers” in the back of the book for answers to all Chapter Review and some Extra Practice questions.)
Some formulas using exponents:
Body Mass Index: where w is your weight in pounds and h is your height in inches
Future Value of Money where PV is the Present Value, r is the interest rate, and n is the number of periods
Present Value of Money where FV is the Future Value, r is the interest rate, and n is the number of periods
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