Chapter 3: Exponents and Polynomials


Students and Teachers!
Would you like to be able to use InterAct over the Web? or try Real World problems that link you to other Web sites for more data and information? See below!

InterAct Tutorials
To access the InterAct tutorials over the Web, you will need to download the InterAct plug-in--but you will only need to do this once. To download the InterAct Math Plugin, follow these directions:

1. If your computer is running the Windows 95 or later operating system, click on the button titled "Download InterAct Math" to go to the InterAct Math Plugin Download Web site.

2. A new browser window will open to the InterAct Math Download Web page. Select "Installation Instructions".

3. Follow the downloading instructions. Then return to this site to select the InterAct Math problem you would like to practice.


Interact Tutorials
Please Note: This plug-in will work for Windows users only.
  3.1 The Product Rule and Power Rules for Exponents
3.2 Integer Exponents and the Quotient Rule
3.3 An Application of Exponents: Scientific Notation
3.4 Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials
3.5 Multiplication of Polynomials
3.6 Products of Binomials
3.7 Division of a Polynomial by a Monomial
3.8 The Quotient of Two Polynomials
  Numbers in the Real World
 To access the Numbers in the Real World applications, simply click on the hyperlinked application name below.

Section 3.1  On page 186 of your book, you'll find a Real World exercise on figuring percents. For more practice with similar Real World investigations, try the problem below:

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