Great Writing In Math Class (Monomial Division Example)

These students provided explemary explanations for the last item on the Exponents Quiz.  One student was chosen from each class period who received a perfect score of 5 out of 5 on the writing prompt...

Vina (Brown) used the reciprocal to explain her answer... 

 

 Tammy (Princeton) proved why each other answer choice was incorrect...

 

 Deborah (Columbia) used cross products and the Product of Powers Rule...

 

 Chuong (Yale) also thought to solve for "a" and use the Quotient of Powers Rule....

 

 Connie (Harvard) used the Negative Exponent Rule and solving one-step equations...