Things to Learn

  • Discover that 3x = x + x + x is not the same thing as x3, which is x · x · x.
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  • Explore that a base number can be represented with a positive whole number, positive fraction, or positive decimal and that for any number a, am is defined as the product of m factors of a. The number a is the base, and is called the exponent or power of a.

Warm-up Math Practice

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