Clarifications
Clarification 1: Key features are limited to domain; range; intercepts; intervals where the function is increasing, decreasing, positive or negative; constant percent rate of change; end behavior and asymptotes.Clarification 2: Instruction includes representing the domain and range with inequality notation, interval notation or set-builder notation.
Clarification 3: Within the Algebra 1 course, notations for domain and range are limited to inequality and set-builder.
Clarification 4: Within the Algebra 1 course, exponential functions are limited to the forms
, where b is a whole number greater than 1 or a unit fraction or
, where
.
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MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are asked to use technology to graph exponential functions and then to describe the effect on the graph of changing the parameters of the function.
Students are asked to graph an exponential function and to determine if the function is an example of exponential growth or decay, describe any intercepts, and describe the end behavior of the graph.
Students are asked to sketch a graph that depicts the exponential decline in the population of fir trees in a forest.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades 9-12
Learn about exponential functions and how they are different from linear functions by examining real world situations, their graphs and their tables in this interactive tutorial.
Learn about exponential growth in the context of interest earned as money is put in a savings account by examining equations, graphs, and tables in this interactive tutorial.
Learn about exponential decay as you calculate the value of used cars by examining equations, graphs, and tables in this interactive tutorial.
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Learn about exponential decay as you calculate the value of used cars by examining equations, graphs, and tables in this interactive tutorial.
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Learn about exponential growth in the context of interest earned as money is put in a savings account by examining equations, graphs, and tables in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about exponential functions and how they are different from linear functions by examining real world situations, their graphs and their tables in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Tutorial
This tutorial will help you to learn about exponential functions by graphing various equations representing exponential growth and decay.
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