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8.EE.A.3

Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other.

Cluster 8.EE.AWork with radicals and integer exponents.

Where this sits in the school year

Our Grade 8 Math scope and sequence teaches 8.EE.A.3 in Unit 7: Exponents & Scientific Notation, weeks 20–22.

Build the integer exponent properties from patterns, then use powers of ten to handle very large and very small quantities. See the full pacing guide →

Builds on

Suggested prerequisites. This sequencing is our editorial guidance, not part of the Common Core.

8.EE.A.15.NBT.A.2

Teaching Kits for this standard

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