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Exponential Decay and the Penny Lab

Exponential Decay and the Penny Lab

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 7th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe a process where exponential values decrease over time?

Linear Growth

Exponential Growth

Exponential Decay

Linear Decay

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the penny lab, what is the initial number of virtual pennies you start with?

200

50

100

150

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you do after counting the number of heads in a trial?

Stop the experiment

Record the number of tails

Flip the number of heads obtained

Flip all the pennies again

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you know when to stop the penny flipping process?

When you have no heads remaining

When you have flipped 10 times

When you reach trial 5

When you have more tails than heads

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you do after completing all trials in the penny lab?

Only record the final trial

Graph the results and answer questions

Discard the results

Start the experiment over

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