Lesson Plan: Solving Exponential Equations Using Logarithms Mathematics • 10th Grade

This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to use logarithms to solve exponential equations.

Objectives

Students will be able to

apply logarithms (using a calculator) to solve exponential equations
- including equations where the exponents are binomials in one variable.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

logarithms as the inverse operation to exponentials,
logarithms with arbitrary bases,
laws of logarithms.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

changing the base of a logarithm.