Lesson 1 Problem-Solving Practice Powers and Exponents 1. Mr. Daniels is building a clubhouse for his children. He 2. The Nikkei 225 is a stock market index that records has decided that the floor will be a square with an area the progress of 225 Japanese companies. Write this of 64 square feet. Write this number using a power number using a power greater than 1 and a lesser base. greater than 1 and a lesser base. 3. A is a very large number expressed as . Ms. 4. A scientist is studying bacterial growth in the googol Rogers asked her students to determine which number laboratory. She starts her experiment with 1 bacterium is larger, a googol or . Explain how her students might and then counts the bacteria at regular intervals and use the idea of repeated factors in order to find the records them in the table below. If the pattern solution. continues, how long will it take to have over 1000 bacteria? 5. Haley's math teacher drew the square shown below. 6. A storage unit is cubical in shape. Each side measures What is the area of the square? 9 meters in length. Use the formula = 6 to find the SA surface area of the storage unit.
Lesson 1 Problem-Solving Practice Powers and Exponents 1. Mr. Daniels is building a clubhouse for his children. He has decided that the floor will be a square with an area of 64 square feet. Write this number using a power greater than 1 and a lesser base. 2. The Nikkei 225 is a stock market index that records the progress of 225 Japanese companies. Write this number using a power greater than 1 and a lesser base. 3. A googol is a very large number expressed as . Ms. Rogers asked her students to determine which number is larger, a googol or . Explain how her students might use the idea of repeated factors in order to find the solution. 4. A scientist is studying bacterial growth in the laboratory. She starts her experiment with 1 bacterium and then counts the bacteria at regular intervals and records them in the table below. If the pattern continues, how long will it take to have over 1000 bacteria? 5. Haley's math teacher drew the square shown below. What is the area of the square? 6. A storage unit is cubical in shape. Each side measures 9 meters in length. Use the formula SA = 6 to find the surface area of the storage unit.
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