Exponential Growth: How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon

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Can folding a piece of paper 45 times get you to the moon? By seeing what happens when folding just one piece of paper, we see the unbelievable potential of exponential growth. This lesson will leave you wanting to grab a piece of paper to see how many times you can fold it!

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13 October 2021 Edit: 13 October 2021

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Advanced, Exponential Functions
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NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
Number and Algebra, MA5.1-5NA Indices, MA5.1-7NA Non-Linear Relationships, MA5.2-7NA Indices, MA5.2-10NA Non-Linear Relationships, MA5.3-9NA Non-Linear Relationships
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Number and algebra, Indices, MA5-IND-C-01 Indices A, MA5-IND-P-01 Indices B (Path), Non-linear relationships, MA5-NLI-C-01 Non-linear relationships A, MA5-NLI-C-02 Non-linear relationships B, MA5-NLI-P-01 Non-linear relationships C (Path)

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