few_shots: 
Example:
Problem/activity:
You’re mixing ingredients for cookies. The recipe says to combine 6 tablespoons, or ¾ stick, of butter with 1 cup of sugar. You accidentally mix in a whole stick of butter (8 tablespoons) with the cup of sugar. How can you fix this?


Concept/skill: 
Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.

Answer: 
Yes. This problem solves a real-world problem involving mixing ingredients for cookies. A student doing this problem would need to reason about equivalent ratios of butter amounts to sugar amounts.

Now, does the problem or activity shown below enable students to learn the full intent of the following concept or skill?

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standard_description: Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation. For example, in a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and graph ordered pairs of distances and times, and write the equation d = 65t to represent the relationship between distance and time.
problem_activity: Activity
The purpose of this activity is to extend the definition of exponents to include negative exponents. The meaning of zero exponents is also revisited. When students use tables to explore expressions with negative exponents, they are noticing and making use of structure (MP7).
Launch
Arrange students in groups of 2. Tell students to work on their own and then share their reasoning with their partner after each has had a chance to complete the problem. Follow with a whole-class discussion.
Student Facing
Complete the table.
{"table": [{"_attributes": {"border": "1"}, "thead": [{"tr": [{"th": [{"_attributes": {"scope": "col"}}, {"_attributes": {"scope": "col"}, "_value": "exponential form"}, {"_attributes": {"scope": "col"}, "_value": "number form"}, {"_attributes": {"scope": "col"}, "_value": "calculations"}]}]}], "tbody": [{"tr": [{"td": [{}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "1145"}, "_value": "\\(2^5\\)"}]}, {}, {}]}, {"td": [{}, {}, {"_value": "16"}, {}]}, {"td": [{"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "25037"}, "_value": "\\(\\frac{2^4}{2}=2^{4-1}=2^3\\)"}]}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "1932"}, "_value": "\\(2^3\\)"}]}, {}, {}]}, {"td": [{"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "25045"}, "_value": "\\(\\frac{2^3}{2}=2^{3-1}=2^2\\)"}]}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "1131"}, "_value": "\\(2^2\\)"}]}, {"_value": "4"}, {}]}, {"td": [{}, {}, {"_value": "2"}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "25058"}, "_value": "\\(4 \\boldcdot \\frac12=2\\)"}]}]}, {"td": [{}, {}, {"_value": "1"}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "failed-conversion"}, "_value": "\\(2 \u00a0\\boldcdot \\frac12=1\\)"}]}]}, {"td": [{}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "8478"}, "_value": "\\(2^{\\text-1}\\)"}]}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "497"}, "_value": "\\(\\frac{1}{2}\\)"}]}, {}]}, {"td": [{}, {}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "451"}, "_value": "\\(\\frac{1}{4}\\)"}]}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "failed-conversion"}, "_value": "\\(\\frac12 \u00a0\\boldcdot \\frac12 = \\frac14\\)"}]}]}, {"td": [{}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "25113"}, "_value": "\\(2^{\\text-3}\\)"}]}, {}, {}]}, {"td": [{}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "25133"}, "_value": "\\(2^{\\text-4}\\)"}]}, {}, {}]}, {"td": [{}, {}, {"span": [{"_attributes": {"class": ["math", "math-repaired"], "data-png-file-id": "2239"}, "_value": "\\(\\frac{1}{32}\\)"}]}, {}]}]}]}]}
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display the completed table, and resolve any questions students have. Questions for discussion:
“How would you make sense of
\(2^{\text-6}\)
?” (I know
\(2^{\text-5}=\frac{1}{32}\)
, and I know that
\(2^{\text-6}\)
would be the result of multiplying by another
\(\frac12\)
. So,
\(2^{\text-6} = \frac{1}{64}\)
.
“How could we figure out the value of
\(7^{\text-2}\)
?” (Possible response: We could rewrite it as
\(\frac{7^0}{7^2}\)
, and then
\(\frac{1}{49}\)
.


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