Unit 3. Growing, Growing, Growing. Investigation 1: Exponential Growth. Lesson 1: Making Ballots (Introducing Exponential Functions)

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1 Unit 3 Growing, Growing, Growing Investigation 1: Exponential Growth I can recognize and express exponential patterns in equations, tables and graphs.. Investigation 1 Lesson 1: Making Ballots (Introducing Exponential Functions) Lesson 2: Requesting a Reward (Representing Exponential Functions) Practice Problems #1, 3, 4 Lesson 3: Making an Offer (Growth Factors) #13, 14, 15 In this Investigation, you will explore exponential growth. You will cut paper in half over and over to experience exponential growth. You will read a story about the land of Montarek. That story shows how exponential growth can be used. Finally, you will explore exponential patterns and compare them to linear growth patterns with tables, graphs, and equations. Lesson 1: Making Ballots (Introducing Exponential Functions) I can recognize and express exponential patterns in equations, tables, and graphs. Chen is the secretary of the Student Government Association. He is making ballots for a meeting. Chen starts by cutting a sheet of paper in half. Then, he stacks the two pieces and cuts them in half again. With four pieces now, he stacks them and cuts them in half. By repeating this process, he makes smaller and smaller paper ballots.

2 After each cut, Chen counts the ballots and records the results in a table. He wants to predict the number of ballots after any number of cuts. This Investigation will help you anwer the following question: Describe the pattern of change. How many ballots are there after n cuts? Problem 1.1 A. Make a table to show the number of ballots after each of the first 5 cuts. 1. Look for a pattern in the way the number of ballots change with each cut. Use your observations to extend your table to show the number of ballots for up to 10 cuts. B. Graph the data and write an equation that represents the relationship between the number of ballots and the number of cuts.

3 1. How does the growth pattern show up in the graph and the equation? 2. Is this relationship a linear function? Explain. C. Suppose Chen could make 20 cuts. How many ballots would he have? How many ballots would he have if he could make 40 cuts? 1. How many cuts would it take to make 500 ballots? Lesson 2: Requesting a Reward (Representing Exponential Functions) I can recognize and express exponential patterns in equations, tables, and graphs. When you found the number of ballots after 10, 20, and 40 cuts, you may have multiplied long strings of 2s. Instead of writing long product strings of the same factor, you can use form, such as. You can write 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 as, which is read 2 to the fifth power. In the expression 2 5, 5 is the and 2 is the. When you evaluate 2 5, you get

4 Since there are two ways to write 2 5, we call 32 the form and 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 the form of 2 5. Stella used her calculator in Problem 1.1 to compute the number of ballots after 40 cuts. Calculators use shorthand for displaying very large numbers. The number x is written in. This notation can be expanded as follows: The number 1,099,511,628,000 is the standard form for the number x written in scientific notation. The calculator above has approximated 2 40 as accurately as it can with the number of digits it can store. A number written in scientific notation must be in the form: As you explore the king s dilemma below, you can use scientific notation to express large numbers. One day in the ancient kingdom of Montarek, a peasant saved the life of the king s daughter. The king was so grateful he told the peasant she could have any reward she desired. The peasant, the kingdom s chess champion, made an unusual request: Plan 1- The Peasant s Plan I would like you to place 1 ruba on the first square of my chessboard, 2 ruba on the second square, 4 on the third square, 8 on the fourth square, and so on. Continue this pattern until you have covered all 64 squares. Each square should have twice as many rubas as the previous square.

5 The king replied, Rubas are the least valuable coin in the kingdom. Surely you can think of a better reward. But the peasant insisted, so the king agreed to her request. Did the peasant make a wise choice? Explain. Problem 1.2 A. Make a table showing the number of rubas the king will place on squares 1 through 10 of the chessboard. 1. Graph the points (number of square, number of rubas) for squares 1 to Write an equation for the relationship between the number of the square n and the number of rubas r. B. How does the number of rubas change from one square to the next? 1. How does the pattern of change you observed in the table show up in the graph? How does it show up in the equation? C. Which square will have 2 30 rubas? Explain.

6 1. Which is the first square on which the king will place at least one million rubas? How many rubas will be on this square? 2. Larissa uses a calculator to compute the number of rubas on a square. When is the first time the answer is displayed in scientific notation? D. Compare the growth pattern to the growth pattern in Problem 1.1. Lesson 3: Making an Offer (Growth Factors) I can recognize and express exponential patterns in equations, tables, and graphs. The patterns of change in the number of ballots in Problem 1.1 and in the number of rubas in Problem 1.2 show. In each case, you can find the value for any cut or square by multiplying the previous value by a fixed number. This fixed number is the. These relationships are called. In these last two problems what was the independent variable? In these last two problems what was the dependent variable? What are the growth factors for Problems 1.1 and 1.2?

7 The king told the queen about the reward he promised the peasant. The queen said, You have promised her more money than the entire royal treasury! You must convince her to accept a different reward. Plan 2- The King s New Plan After much thought, the king came up with Plan 2. He would make a new board with only 16 squares. Then he would place 1 ruba on the first square and 3 rubas on the second. He drew a graph to show the number of rubas on the first five squares. He would continue this pattern until all 16 squares were filled. Plan 3- The Queen s Plan The queen was unconvinced about the king s new plan. She devised Plan 3. Using a board with 12 squares, she would place 1 ruba on the first square. She would use the equation r = 4 n-1 to figure out how many rubas to put on each square. In the equation, r is the number of rubas on square n. Problem 1.3 A. In the table to the right, Plan 1 is the reward the peasant requested. Plan 2 is the king s new plan. Plan 3 is the queen s plan. Extend the table to show the number of rubas on squares 1 to 10 for each plan.

8 1. What are the independent and dependent variables in each plan? a. How are the patterns of change in the number of rubas under Plans 2 and 3 similar to Plan 1? How are the different from Plan 1? 2. Do the growth patterns for Plan 2 and 3 represent exponential functions? If so, what is the growth factor for each? Explain. B. Write an equation for the relationship between the number of the square n and the number of rubas r for Plan Make a graph of plan 3 for n= 1 to 10. How does your graph compare to the graphs for Plans 1 and 2? 1. How is the growth factor represented in the equation and graphs for Plans 2 and 3?

9 C. The king s financial advisor said that either Plan 2 or Plan 3 would devastate the royal treasury. She proposed a fourth plan. Plan 4- The Financial Advisor s Plan The king would put 20 rubas on the first square, 25 on the second, 30 on the third, and so on. He would increase the number of rubas by 5 for each square. He would continue this pattern until 64 squares are covered. 1. Compare the growth pattern of Plan 4 to Plans 1, 2, and 3. Is the pattern in Plan 4 an exponential function? Explain. 2. Write an equation that represents the relationship in Plan 4. D. For each plan, how many rubas are on the final square? List them from least to greatest.