
Growth or Decay Word Problems
Authored by Anthony Clark
Mathematics
9th Grade
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1.
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1 min • 1 pt
The population of a town is 2500 and is decreasing at a rate of 3.5% per year. Use an exponential function to find the population of the town after 5 years.
Round to the nearest whole number (you can't have a fraction of a person).
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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C
2.
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1 min • 1 pt
The population of a school is 800 students and is increasing at a rate of 2% per year. Use an exponential function to find the population of the school after 9 years.
Round to the nearest whole number.
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1 min • 1 pt
Kathy plans to purchase a car that depreciates at a rate of 12% per year. The initial value of the car is $21,000. Use an exponential function to find the value of the car after 3 years.
Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
4.
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1 min • 1 pt
During a certain period of time, about 70 northern sea otters had an annual growth of 18%. Use an exponential function to find the number of sea otters after 4 years.
Round to the nearest whole number.
5.
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1 min • 1 pt
A population of fish starts at 8,000 and decreases by 6% per year. Use an exponential function to find the population of fish in 10 years.
Round to the nearest whole number.
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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C
6.
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1 min • 1 pt
Twenty years ago, Mr. Davis purchased his home for $160,000. Since then, the value of the home has increased about 5% per year. Use an exponential function to find the value of the home today.
Round to two decimal places (like money).
7.
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
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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C
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