What if students actually understood using common factors to simplify complex division expressions? In this episode Pam and Kim divide exponents without reciting a rule.
Talking Points:
- Thinking versus reasoning
- Problem String Dividing Exponents
- "Canceling" vs "Dividing out to equal 1"
- Focus on left over factors vs mimicking a rule
- Why start with smaller bases?
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