JHS2 Mathematics · Term 1, Week 10

Number Operations

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Curriculum details

Strand
Number (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Number Operations (1.2)
Content standard
B8.1.2.3 - Demonstrate understanding and the use of the laws of indices in solving problems (including real life problems) involving powers of natural numbers
Indicator
B8.1.2.3.2 - Apply the laws of indices to simplify and evaluate numbers involving powers of numbers. (PEDMAS)
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 10 (Week 10 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
Mathematics, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 100

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

E.g.1 Use the laws of indices to solve problems involving powers of number.
i) Simplify 2 5 × 16 2
ii) Simplify 27 3 2
iii) Simplify y = x a-b × x b-c × x c-a × x -a-b
iv) Simplify and evaluate ( 16 ) - 3 4 81
v) Evaluate (5 2 ) 3