Number and exponents (10 lessons)

In this sequence of 10 lessons, students develop their understanding of exponent laws, learn how to apply them, and interpret and solve errors in measurement.

Additional details

Year level(s) Year 9
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Questioning, Mathematics investigation, Worked examples, Explicit teaching
Keywords summative assessment, measurements error, scientific notation, timescales, exponent laws, order of operations, percentages, decimals, fractions, real numbers

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Number, Measurement
Topics Operating with number, Properties of number, Using units of measurement
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M9M04
Calculate and interpret absolute, relative and percentage errors in measurements, recognising that all measurements are estimates

AC9M9N01
Recognise that the real number system includes the rational numbers and the irrational numbers, and solve problems involving real numbers using digital tools

Numeracy progression Interpreting fractions (P9)
Number and place value (P10)
Understanding units of measurement (P10)
Proportional thinking (P6)

Copyright details

Organisation

Victoria State Government Department of Education

Copyright

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