Power of a Power

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GR. 6-8

Skill:

Use rules of exponents to simplify numeric and algebraic expressions.

Power of a Power

Discover a pattern when taking an exponent to another exponent to form a rule.

Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Open-ended question 1

What changes when you move the parentheses on the left?

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Open-ended question 2

What changes when you move the parentheses on the right?

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Open-ended question 3

How do the exponents relate to the number of repeated multiplications?

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Open-ended question 4

How do the exponents relate to the number of sets of parentheses?

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