LITAYEN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A Semi –Detailed Lesson Plan in Mathematics

Time: December 7, 2022 WEDNESDAY 7:30am to 8:30am GRADE 9

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A. Content: PROBABILITY
B. Content Standards: The learner demonstrates understanding of key concepts of variation and radicals
C. Performance Standards: The learner is able to formulate and solve accurately problems involving
radicals.
D. Learning Competency:
The learner applies the laws involving positive integral exponents to zero and negative integral exponent.
(M9AL-IId-I)
a. Recall the laws of exponent
b. Write the given expressions into its simplest form
c. Learn and understand the key concepts of negative integral, zero
II. Subject Matter:
A. Topic: Zero, Negative, and Rational Exponents
B. References:
1. K to 12 Most Essential Learning Competencies
2. Text book: Intermediate algebra II, page 129-131, Jose-Dilao Soledad, et. Al
3. Materials: activity sheets, visual aids, board and chalkboard
III. Procedures:
a. Preliminary Activities
• Prayer and Greetings
• Checking of Attendance
•. Reminders
• brief review about the past lesson,

b. Activity
Recall: Remember Me This Way!
Simplify the following expressions.
1. ¿) (b 3 ¿
r2 3
2. ( 4 ¿ ¿
s
3. (−2 ¿ ¿3
10 m6
4.
2 m10
5. (m¿¿ 3)5 ¿

c. Analysis
Ask the students the following questions:
1. How did you solve the given problem?
2. What concepts have you applied?
3. How did you apply your knowledge of the laws of integral exponents in
answering the given problem?

d. Abstraction
Raising a Number to a Zero Exponent
Definition: a 0 =1 (a≠0)
0
Example 1 7 =1
Example 2 x 0= 1
0
Example 3 (5 a) = 1
 Note 1: a 0 = 1 is a convention, that is, we agree that raising any number to the power 0 is 1. We
cannot multiply a number by itself zero times.

Note 2: In the case of zero raised to the power 0 (written a 0 ), mathematicians have been debating
this for hundreds of years. It is most commonly regarded as having value 1, but is not so in all
places where it occurs. That's why we write a≠0.

−2 1
Raising a Number to Negative Exponents Definition a = n (once again, a≠0)
a
In this exponent rule, a cannot equal 0 because you cannot have 0 on the bottom of a fraction.
−2 1 1
Example 1 3 = 2=
3 9
−2 1
Example 2 x = 8
x
Explanation: 0 and Negative Exponents. Observe the following decreasing pattern
4
3 =81
3
3 =27
2
3 =9
1
3 =3
What do you notice about each step? Now continuing beyond, what do you notice?
0 3
3 = =1
3
−1 3 1
3 = 1=
3 3
3 1
3−2= 2 =
3 9
−3 3 1
3 = 3=
3 27
Using a as base and m and n as exponent

e. Application
* You Complete Me! Fill in the missing parts of the solution in simplifying the given
expression. Assume that

IV. Evaluation:
Write the given expressions into its simplest form.
V. Assignment
Negative and Zero Exponent Worksheet
Simplify. Express your answers in fraction form.

Prepared by:
NORHANEFA GAMAO BANDAR
Teacher

Checked by:
HENRIZA P. ROBIN
Academic Coordinator

Noted by:
MA. LIZA J. ABDULLAH
Principal IV