Enduring Understandings (Know these concepts to do well on the test!)
 The Laws of Exponents make sense of very large & very small numbers

Scientific Notation is a compact way of writing numbers that are very large or very small
Vocabulary (Make flash cards)
 Exponential notation

Base
 Exponent
 Power

Integer
 Whole number
 Expanded form (of decimals numbers)

Square of a number
 Cube of a number
 Equivalent fractions

Scientific Notation
 Order of Magnitude
Equations & Key Ideas (Make flash cards)
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Product of Powers Property: 𝑎 𝑚 ∗ 𝑎 𝑛 = 𝑎 𝑚+𝑛
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Power of a Power Property: (𝑎 𝑚 ) 𝑛 = 𝑎 𝑚𝑛
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Power of a Product Property: (𝑎𝑏) 𝑚 = 𝑎 𝑚 𝑏 𝑚
 ( 𝑥 𝑦
) 𝑛 = 𝑥 𝑛 𝑦 𝑛

Quotient of Powers Property: 𝑎 𝑚 𝑎 𝑛

Zero Exponents: 𝑎 0 = 1
= 𝑎 𝑚−𝑛
 Negative Exponents: 𝑎 −𝑛 =
1 𝑎 𝑛
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https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-8-mathematics-module-1
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Module 1

Big Ideas: www.bigideasmath.com
 Click on the green circle that says “students”
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Scroll to the bottom of the page. Find “Choose program for access”: o COMMON CORE 2014 and click GO
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Click the REGULAR PATHWAYS BLUE edition Big Ideas Math book o Chapter 10: Exponents & Scientific Notation
Other Websites for help:
Khan Academy: www.khanacademy.org
and search for:
 Scientific Notation

Computer with Scientific Notation

Exponent Properties

Positive and Zero Exponents
 Exponents with Negative Bases
Learn Zillion: www.learnzillion.com
and type this (the standard numbers that we are working on) into the search bar:
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8.EE.1 (3 videos)
 8.EE.3 (1 video)
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8.EE.4 (1 video)
(Complete these practice problems and understand the objectives to do well on the test!)
45 minutes of homework at home. If you have WORKED for 45 minutes at home and have not finished your homework, please have your parents sign your homework with a short note saying you worked, and it will be counted as COMPLETE for 5 points.
Lesson started on
Homework due on
Lesson
Lesson 10.1:
Exponents
Lesson 10.2:
Product of Powers
Property
Objective

Write expressions using integer exponents

Evaluate expressions involving integer exponents

Multiply powers with the same base

Find a power of a power

Find a power of a product
Homework
Page 414 #1, 3-19
Page 415 #21-26
Page 420 #3-23, pg 421 #25-27

Lesson 10.3:
Quotient of
Powers Property
Lesson 10.4: Zero and Negative
Exponents

Divide powers with the same base

Simplify expressions involving the quotient of powers

Evaluate expressions involving numbers with zero as an exponent
 Evaluate expressions involving negative integer exponents
Page 426 #3-21,
Pg 427 #23-28,
#33-36
Page 432 #5-27 all
Open note quiz, yes calculators allowed
Work on page 435 #1-18 all to prepare for this quiz
Lesson 10.5:
Reading Scientific
Notation
Lesson 10.6:
Writing Scientific
Notation
 Identify numbers written in scientific notation

Write numbers in standard form

Compare numbers in scientific notation

Write large and small numbers in scientific notation
 Perform operations with numbers written in scientific notation
Lesson 10.7:
Operations in
Scientific Noations

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers written in scientific notation
Open note quiz, yes calculators allowed
Work on page 454 #1-14 all to prepare for this quiz
Chapter Review Day
Chapter 10 Test: No notes, yes calculators
Pg 440 #3-23
Page 446 #3-23
Page 452 #7-24