Original PromptLesson goal Students will write and evaluate expressions involdig powers and expoents 8th grade supplemental learning support
This resource is an introductory lesson on exponents, designed to help students understand how to represent repeated factors as a power. The lesson covers the definition of exponents, including the base and the exponent itself. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to rewrite repeated multiplication using exponents, with examples and practice problems. Students learn to evaluate powers through examples and are given opportunities to practice both rewriting expressions in exponential form and calculating the value of powers. Additionally, there is a challenge question that encourages critical thinking by comparing two exponential values.