Integrated Mathematics II Lesson 1.

5 Day 2: Radicals and Rational Exponents

Essential Question: How can you write and evaluate an nth root of a number?
Lesson Objective(s): Students will find nth roots.
Students will evaluate expressions with rational exponents.
Students will solve real-life problems involving rational exponents.
Previous Learning: Students learned the properties of exponents in the previous lesson.
New Vocabulary: nth root of a, radical, index of a radical
Previous Vocabulary: square root
Materials for Teacher: none
Materials for Students: calculators, whiteboards
Pacing: Day 2 45 minutes
INTRODUCTION (5 minutes)

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Warm Up
Have students answer Warm Up questions. Review the answers as a class.
Review previously assigned homework, if necessary.

EXAMPLE 2 (7 minutes)

Start Thinking, Warm

Up, and Cumulative Review
Warm Up
Homework Check

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Evaluating nth Root Expressions

In this example, students evaluate nth root expressions.

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Work through each part of the example.

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Lauries Notes
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Focus on Mathematical Practices: Attend to Precision

3 8 and 3 8 correctly and understand why the solutions are the same. Ask the
4 16 and 416 are also equivalent.

Make sure students read

students if

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EXAMPLE 3 (8 minutes)

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Core Concept Rational Exponents

In this Core Concept, students learn about rational exponents.

Write the Core Concept.

Ask a volunteer to provide another example using numbers.

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Evaluating Expressions with Rational Exponents

In this example, students evaluate expressions with rational exponents.

Write4 the
expression in Example 3(a). Explain that you can rewrite the exponent as
EXAMPLE
(8 minutes)

1
4

, but it is usually

easier to evaluate the root first.

Focus
on
Mathematical
Practices:
Sense
of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them
Have
students complete
partMake
(b) with
a partner.

Haveif students
independently
to answer
Progress
Questionand
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6. students
Then have
neighbors
checkwith
Ask students
they can work
use the
photo in Example
4 to Monitoring
estimate the
radius. Discuss
work
the problem
partners. each other's work.
Review the answers together, with students presenting their work to the class.
Solving a Real-Life Problem
Thumbs Up: Have students give a Thumbs Up self-assessment to indicate their confidence in evaluating
expressions
withuse
rational
exponents.
In this example,
students
the Four-Step
Approach to Problem Solving to solve a real-life problem.

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Have the students work with a partner.

The solution calls for a calculator, but without a calculator you could simplify 339 12.56 26.99 and estimate
that

3 26.99 3

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EXAMPLE 5 (10 minutes)

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Solving a Real-Life Problem

In this example, students apply real nth roots to a real-life problem.

Discuss inflation rate.

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Lesson Tutorials

Ask for a Thumbs Up self-assessment at this point.

Have students work in pairs to answer Monitoring Progress Questions 7 and 8.
Review the answers together, with students presenting their work to the class.

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Closure (as time permits)

2/ 5
2/ 3
Whiteboarding: Evaluate 32
and 27 .

1, 2, 12 44 even, 57 60

Suggestions for Leveling

Basic: 1, 2, 11 29 odd, 37, 40, 41, 44, 57 60
Advanced: 1, 2, 12, 16 44 even, 45 60

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Mini-Assessment
Extra Practice (A and B)
Dynamic Assessment &
Progress Monitoring Tool

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Homework Assignment

Lauries Notes

Have students work Example 5 and share as a class.

ASSESS (7 minutes)

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