Jennifer Bogosian (February, 2014)

Exponent Tic Tac Toe!

Player 1 (yellow):_________________ Player 2 (blue):___________________

Directions: The older player goes first. Choose a tile from your color envelope (yellow or blue). On a piece of lined paper, simplify the expression on your tile. If you get it correct, you may place that square anywhere on the tic tac toe board. If you get it wrong, your partner has a chance to steal the spot with a correct answer as they will also be simplifying the expression at the same time. Continue play until one player has gotten tic tac toe with their color tiles.

Blue Tiles:

(4 )(4

6)

X7Y11Z9 X3YZ3

(7X3Y2)10

X13 * X7

(Y5)6

3a4 * 10a6

(-8)10 * (-8)5

[(52)3]6

(-3X4Y)4

X12 X4

25X5Y6 5X4Y2

[(Y4)2]2

Yellow Tiles:

2 *2

X11Y10Z8 X7Y4Z5

(8a5b2)2

X4 * X7

(C5)7

(3X3)(6X2)

(-5)14 * (-5)3

[(42)2]4

(-2a4b3)4

X24 X6

49X3Y2 7XY

[(X3)4]3