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Prerequisites

A2a – Substituting numerical values into formulae and expressions

Plotting graphs using a table of values is a helpful skill for this lesson. This is covered in:

The Gamma exercise and subsequent slides assume knowledge of index laws, transformations of functions, and arithmetic with decimals. These are covered in:

Graphs of exponential functions

Teacher resources

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Slides in PPTX
Slides in PDF (one slide per page, suitable for importing into IWB software)

Worksheet (with space for student work)
Handout (slides with exercises only; 4 per page for reduced printing)
- Worked solutions to all questions

Card sort

Links to past exam questions

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Interactive GeoGebra activity: graphs of exponential functions

Move the sliders to change the equation of the exponential curve and to see what the effects of the changes are.

In the real world

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What next?

A12c – Graphs of trigonometric functions