GENERAL MATHEMATICS

Exponential Functions
ACTIVITY
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I.
Materials: One 2 – meter string and scissor (by pair)

STEP 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Number of Strings 1

(a) At step 0, there is one string.

(b) At step 1, fold the string into two equal parts and then cut at the middle. How many strings of equal
length do you have? Enter your answer in the table above.
(c) At step 2, again fold the strings equally and then cut. How many strings of equal length do you have?
Enter your answer in the table above.
(d) Continue the process until the table is completely filled up.

Question 1: What pattern can be observed from the data?

Question 2: Define a formula from the number of strings as a function of the step number.

II. Complete a table of values for x = −3 ,−2,−1 ,0 , 1 , 2, 3 for the given exponential functions.

x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3

()
x
1
y=
3
x
y=10

y= ( 0.8 )x

Prepared By:

Jessa May A. Marcos

Subject Teacher