Exponents and Fairness in Education Equity Quiz

What does an exponent tell us?

How many times a number is added to itself

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How many times a number is multiplied by itself

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How many times a number is divided by another number

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How big the number looks on a graph

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Which expression shows “10 doubled three times”?

10 × 2³

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10 + 2³

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10 × 3²

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10 − 2³

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In the lesson, School A adds 10 books each year and School B doubles its books each year. After 3 years, which school has more books?

School A

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School B

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Both have the same number of books

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Neither gains any books

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What does the expression 10 × 3³ mean?

The school adds 3 books three times

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The school triples its books three times

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The school adds 9 books

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The school divides its books by 3

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What does 2³ equal?

5

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6

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8

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9

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If one school’s growth is “exponential” while another’s is “linear,” what does that mean?

The exponential school’s resources grow faster over time

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The linear school’s resources stay the same

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Both schools grow at the same rate

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The exponential school’s resources shrink

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Why can exponential growth lead to unfairness in education?

Because math errors can happen

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Because small differences at the start can grow into much bigger gaps later

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Because all schools grow at the same rate

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Because exponents are hard to calculate

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What does fairness mean in the context of this lesson?

All schools start and grow at exactly the same rate

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Schools with fewer resources grow slowly forever

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All schools have an equal chance to grow and succeed

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Only schools with the highest growth are supported

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In your own words:
How does using exponents help us see how small differences in school support can grow into big differences over time?

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Think about fairness:
If one school’s resources grow exponentially while another’s stay the same, what could communities or leaders do to make growth more balanced and fair?

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