MINI-TEST #3 TOEFL BEGINNER

NAME ______________________ CLASS ________

I. Match each equation in column A to its solution in column B. Write the letter
of your answer on the space provided before each number.
Column A Column B
____1. 4 x= 256 a. 6
1
____2. ( 3 )x = 243 b. 8

2 27
____3. ( 3 )x = 8 c. 4

____4. 3 x−2 = 81 d. 1
____5. log10 (x – 7) = 0 e. -4
____6. log10 (x + 5) = 0 f. -5
____7. log10 x = -1 g. 7
____8. ln (3x – 2) = 0 h. -3
1
____9. ln x – ln 7 = 0 i. 10

___10. x = log4 64 j. 3
II. Solve the following problems completely. Choose the best answer from the four
choices given after each item.
_____1. An earthquake monitoring station measured the amplitude of the waves
during a recent tremor. It measured the waves as being 100,000 times as large as A 0,
the smallest detectable wave. How high did this earthquake measure on the Richter
scale?
A
R = log ( A 0 )

a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 d. 9
______2. A particular bacterial colony doubles its population every 15 hours. A scientist
running an experiment is starting with 100 bacteria cells. She expects the number of cells
t
to be given by the formula, C = 100(2 ¿ ¿ 15 , where t is the number of hours since the
experiment started.
After how many hours would the scientist expect to have 300 bacteria cells?
a. 2 hours c. 1,048,577 hours
b. 24 hours d. 104,857,699 hours

_____3. The value of a car can be modelled by the equation f(x) = 38,000 (0.89)x, when
x is the number of years since the car was purchased and f(x) is the value of the car. What
is the approximate value of the car after 6 years?

a) about $ 19,000 c) about $ 28,000

b) about $ 22,000 d) about $ 30,000

____4. You purchase a new bike for $850 and the value of the bike decreased by 20%
per year. Approximately, when will the value of the bike will be less than $500.

a) after 3 yrs. c) after 2 yrs.

b) after 2.5 yrs. d) after 1.5 yrs.