Interpreting and Solving Exponential Growth and Decay Word Problems

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Mathematics
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9th Grade
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Hard
+3
Standards-aligned
Anthony Clark
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does "t" stand for in the exponential growth formula?
final amount
time
original amount
rate of growth
Tags
CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Marburn has 80 total students in our High School. It is projected to grow at rate of 2% every year. How many students will be in the High School in 5 years from now?
72.3 students
88.3 students
199.1 students
80 students
Tags
CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The population of a town is decreasing at a rate of 5% per year. This year there are 10,000 people in this town, how many people will be left in 20 years from now? (round to the nearest whole number)
26,533 people
358 people
1 person
3,585 people
Tags
CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does "a" stand for in the exponential growth formula?
final amount
time
original amount
rate of growth
Tags
CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Using the exponential function equation f(x)=ab^x, where a is the starting value and b is the growth or decay, and x is the time, find the population of fish after 8 weeks if the population doubles every week and initially there are 1000 fish.
128000
512000
64000
256000
Tags
CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Using the exponential function equation f(x)=ab^x, where a is the starting value and b is the growth or decay, and x is the time, find the population of rabbits after 6 months if the population triples every month and initially there are 50 rabbits.
50000
145800
3000
800
Tags
CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Using the exponential function equation f(x)=ab^x, where a is the starting value and b is the growth or decay, and x is the time, find the value of a house after 15 years if it initially worth $250,000 and increases by 5% each year.
$405,518.75
$500,000
$425,000
$375,000
Tags
CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B
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