{"id":4806,"date":"2023-07-14T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T17:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/?page_id=4806"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:42:39","slug":"logarithms-lesson-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/mathtalk-for-students\/logarithms-unit\/logarithms-lesson-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Logarithms Lesson 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Interpreting a Logarithm as an Elapsed Time<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The students figure out that there is another interpretation for logarithms in the moldy pizza context. They describe logarithms as the number of hours it takes for the mold to increase by a certain factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/mathtalk-for-students\/logarithms-unit\/logarithms-lesson-4\/logarithms-lesson-4-episode-1\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4914\">Episode 1: Making Sense<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh and Arobindo continue to investigate the growth of mold on a pizza. They use a number line to estimate how long it will take for the mold to increase by a factor of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/mathtalk-for-students\/logarithms-unit\/logarithms-lesson-4\/logarithms-lesson-4-episode-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4909\">Episode 2: Exploring<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The students use their number line and a calculator to determine the amount of time it takes for the mold on the pizza to increase by a factor of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/mathtalk-for-students\/logarithms-unit\/logarithms-lesson-4\/logarithms-lesson-4-episode-3\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4921\">Episode 3: Repeating Your Reasoning<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The students use their number line and a calculator to determine the amount of time it takes for the mold on the pizza to increase by a factor of 1.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/mathtalk-for-students\/logarithms-unit\/logarithms-lesson-4\/logarithms-lesson-4-episode-4\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4925\">Episode 4: Reflecting<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The students use their number line and a calculator to determine the amount of time it takes for the mold on the pizza to increase by a factor of 1,000,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/\" style=\"background-color:#2d4059\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/mathtalk-for-students\/\" style=\"background-color:#2d4059\">Units<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mathtalk.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/mathtalk-for-students\/logarithms-unit\/\" style=\"background-color:#2d4059\">Logarithms<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpreting a Logarithm as an Elapsed Time The students figure out that there is another interpretation for logarithms in the moldy pizza context. 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