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Exponents.

What's bigger? \( 2^{100}\) or \({100}^2 \) ?

What other mathematical aspects of this caught your attention? What do you wonder about the situation?

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@MathCurmudgeon Can I suggest one? What's bigger, 2^100 or 100^2? — Max Goldstein (@dethornSTEM) January 21, 2014

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Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like. Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
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