Lesson Plan: Zero and Negative Exponents Mathematics • First Year of Preparatory School
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to simplify and evaluate expressions involving zero and negative indices.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand and use the rule for zero exponents,
- understand and use the rule for negative exponents,
- combine the rules for zero and negative exponents with the other exponent laws to evaluate numerical and algebraic expressions,
- simplify and write zero and negative exponent expressions in terms of positive exponents.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the rules of exponents.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- powers with noninteger exponents.
