Calculating Exponential Growth in Populations Quiz

A population of rabbits doubles every year. If there are currently 50 rabbits, how many will there be in 5 years?

• 1000

• 400

• 1600

• 800

A city has a population of 200,000 people and is growing at a rate of 3% per year. What will the population be in 10 years?

• 250000

• 220000

• 268329

• 300000

A certain bacteria culture grows exponentially. If the initial population is 100 and it triples every hour, how many bacteria will there be after 4 hours?

• 4000

• 12000

• 8100

• 2700

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A forest has 1,000 trees, and the number of trees increases by 5% each year. How many trees will there be after 3 years?

• 1000

• 1158

• 1100

• 1200

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A town's population is 1,500 and is expected to grow by 4% annually. What will the population be in 7 years?

• 1500

• 2100

• 1974

• 1800

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A certain species of fish in a lake has a population of 2,000 and is increasing by 10% each year. How many fish will there be in 4 years?

• 2500

• 3200

• 2928

• 1800

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A viral video is shared by 100 people, and each person shares it with 2 more people every day. How many people will have seen the video after 5 days?

• 12000

• 24300

• 5000

• 15000

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A population of 800 people is growing at a rate of 6% per year. Calculate the population after 8 years.

• 1500

• 1000

• 900

• 1274

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A town's population was 10,000 five years ago and is now 12,500. What is the average annual growth rate of the population?

• 10%

• 7%

• 5%

• 3%

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A certain plant species doubles its population every 3 months. If there are currently 250 plants, how many will there be in 1 year?

• 1000

• 2000

• 4000

• 5000

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