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Index laws
This prompt looks at the product of index numbers with the same base. Students look at the connections between the numbers, make predictions and generalise. The resource includes classroom examples, teacher notes and guided questions.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | product, indicies, index laws, index number |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Indices |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8N02
Establish and apply the exponent laws with positive integer exponents and the zero-exponent, using exponent notation with numbers |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P9)
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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