Unit 4 Test Review pt 1
1. The amount of money, A, accrued at the end
of n years when a certain amount, P, is
invested at a compound annual rate, r, is
given by If a person invests
$150 in an account that pays 10% interest
compounded annually, find the balance after
5 years.
2. Sara bought 7 fish. Every month the number
of fish she has doubles. After m months she
will have F fish, where . How
many fish will Sara have after 2 months if
she keeps all of them and the fish stay
healthy?
3. If there are initially 2000 bacteria in a
culture, and the number of bacteria double
each hour, the number of bacteria after t
hours can be found using the formula
. How long will it take the
culture to grow to 70,000 bacteria?
4. Write an exponential function to model the
situation. Tell what each variable represents.
A price of $130 increases 5% each year.
5. The amount of money, A, accrued at the end
of n years when a certain amount, P, is
invested at a compound annual rate, r, is
given by . If a person invests
$240 in an account that pays 8% interest
compounded annually, find the balance after
10 years.
6. The projected worth (in millions of dollars)
of a large company is modeled by the
equation The variable x
represents the number of years since 1997.
What is the projected annual percent of
growth, and what should the company be
worth be in 2008?
7. Write an exponential function to model the
situation. Then estimate the value of the
function after 5 years (to the nearest whole
number).
A population of 290 animals that increases at
an annual rate of 9%.
8. Find the value of $1000 deposited for 10
years in an account paying 7% annual interest
compounded yearly.
9. Find the value of $1000 deposited for 8 years
in an account paying 8% annual interest
compounded semiannually.
10. Find the value of $1000 deposited for 10
years in an account paying 6% annual interest
compounded monthly.
11. How much money must be deposited now in
an account paying 8% annual interest,
compounded quarterly, to have a balance of
$1000 after 10 years?
12. How much money must be deposited now in
an account paying 7% annual interest,
compounded yearly, to have a balance of
$1000 after 6 years?
13. How much money must be deposited now in
an account paying 7.25% annual interest,
compounded quarterly, to have a balance of
$1000 after 10 years?
14. A large city is growing by a rate of 0.3%
annually. If there were 2,920,000 residents of
the city in 1997, predict how many (to the
nearest thousand) will be living in the city in
2007. Use where
represents 1997.
15. If there are initially 3500 bacteria in a
culture, and the number of bacteria double
each hour, the number of bacteria after t
hours can be found using the formula
. How many bacteria will be
present after 5 hours?
25. The enrollment at Beta-Gamma School
District has been declining 3.5% each year
from 1986 to 1992. If the enrollment in 1986
was 1815, find the 1992 enrollment.
What kind of transformation occured to

What kind of transformation occured to the parent graph .

the parent graph of .

26.
16.

17.
27.

18.

28.
19. Write an exponential function to model the
situation.
A population of 470 animals decreases at an
annual rate of 12%.

20. Choose the equation that represents

exponential decay.
a. b.

21. Choose the equation that represents

exponential decay.
a. y = b. y =

22. Choose the equation that represents

exponential decay.
a. y = b.

23. The enrollment at Alpha-Beta School District

has been declining 3% each year from 1994
to 2000. If the enrollment in 1994 was 2583,
find the 2000 enrollment.

24. The enrollment at Alpha-Beta School District

has been declining 4% each year from 1994
to 2000. If the enrollment in 1994 was 1575,
find the 2000 enrollment.
Unit 4 Test Review pt 1
Answer Section

1. ANS:
$242

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: word | log | compound interest
2. ANS:
28

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: law of exponents | word
3. ANS:
5.13 hr

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: word | exponential growth
4. ANS:
; p is the total price, and x is the number of years

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: equation | exponential growth
5. ANS:
$518

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: word | log | compound interest
6. ANS:
7%; $570.41 million

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: word | exponential growth
7. ANS:
f(x) = ; 446

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: exponential | growth | decay | write | equation | word
8. ANS:
$1967.15

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: compound interest
9. ANS:
$1872.98
 DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: compound interest
10. ANS:
$1819.40

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: compound interest
11. ANS:
$452.89

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: compounded interest
12. ANS:
$666.34

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: compound interest
13. ANS:
$487.48

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: compound interest
14. ANS:
3,008,000

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: word | substitute | exponential
15. ANS:
112,000

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: word | exponential growth
16. ANS:
Because the y-values for are 5 times the corresponding y-values for , the graph of
is a vertical stretch of the graph of .

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: Exponential growth
17. ANS:
Because the y -values for are the opposites of the corresponding y-values for , the
graph of is a reflection in the x-axis of the graph of .

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
 KEY: Exponential growth
18. ANS:
Because the y -values for are times the opposites of the corresponding y -values for

, the graph of is a vertical shrink of the graph of with a reflection in the

x-axis.

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.5 Write and Graph Exponential Growth Functions
KEY: Exponential growth
19. ANS:
y=

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: equation | exponential | growth | decay | write
20. ANS:
a.

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: determine | exponential decay
21. ANS:
b. y =

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: equation | determine | exponential decay
22. ANS:
b.

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: determine | exponential decay
23. ANS:
2152

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: write | solve | word | exponential equation
24. ANS:
1233

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: solve | exponential equation | growth | write
25. ANS:
1466

DIF: Level B TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
 KEY: write | solve | word | exponential equation
26. ANS:

The graph of is a vertical stretch of with a reflection in the x -axis.

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: Exponential growth | exponential decay
27. ANS:

The graph of is a vertical shrink of .

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: Exponential growth | exponential decay
28. ANS:

The graph of is a reflection in the x-axis of .

DIF: Level A TOP: Lesson 8.6 Write and Graph Exponential Decay Functions
KEY: Exponential growth | exponential decay