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Math 10 Foundations LG 1 Practice Quiz #4



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Determine the square root of 250 000.
a.
100
b.
63
c.
500
d.
200
 

 2. 

A cube has volume 15 625 cm3. What is the surface area of the cube?
a.
132 893.3 cm2
b.
3750 cm2
c.
25 cm2
d.
10 416.7 cm2
 

 3. 

Determine the side length of this square.
mc003-1.jpg
a.
63 cm
b.
15.83 cm
c.
992.25 cm
d.
441 cm
 

 4. 

A cube has surface area 3750 square feet. What is its volume?
a.
5625 cubic feet
c.
1448 cubic feet
b.
25 cubic feet
d.
15 625 cubic feet
 

 5. 

How many perfect cube whole numbers are between 6000 and 8500?
a.
3
b.
2
c.
1
d.
15
 

 6. 

What is mc006-1.jpg?
a.
mc006-2.jpg
c.
mc006-4.jpg
b.
mc006-3.jpg
d.
mc006-5.jpg
 

 7. 

Express [(–8)8]5 as a power with a single exponent.
a.
(–8)40
c.
(–8)3
b.
(–8)13
d.
(–64)5
 

 8. 

Which point is not located above the x-axis on a coordinate grid?
a.
(0,  20)
c.
(3, 23)
b.
(–3, 2–3)
d.
[1, (–2)3]
 

 9. 

Carbon-14 is a radioactive element with a half-life of 5700 years. If a sample contains ?? g of carbon-14 today, what mass of carbon-14 will it contain in 22 800 years?
a.
28 g
c.
3.5 g
b.
0.875 g
d.
2–22 800 g
 

 10. 

Jean invests $800 in a fund. The investment doubles in value each year. The formula A = 800(2)n models the total value of the investment, A, in dollars, after n years. What is the value of her investment after 4 years?
a.
$12 800
c.
$3200
b.
$6400
d.
$800
 

Short Answer
 

 11. 

Determine the cube root of 551 368.
 

 12. 

A cube has surface area 6900.0 cm2. What is the volume of the cube to the nearest tenth of a cubic centimetre?
 

 13. 

Write and evaluate an expression using exponents for the total volume of each pair of cubes.
a) Cube A has edges 2.1 km long and cube B has edges 9.2 km long.
b) Cube C has edges 6.1 cm long and cube D has edges 5.3 cm long.
 

 14. 

Express 333 as a sum of powers of 3.
 

Problem
 

 15. 

Use factoring to determine whether 4913 is a perfect square, a perfect cube, or neither.
 

 16. 

Calculate the volume of the largest possible sphere that can fit in a cube with volume 2197.0 cm3. Give the volume to the nearest tenth of a cubic centimetre. Explain your steps.
 

 17. 

Develop three questions that have a solution of p6. For each question, choose a different exponent law and apply it.
 

 18. 

The first three terms of a pattern are 0, 2, and 15. These terms were determined using the following expressions:
11 – 00(1) = 0
22 – 11(2) = 2
33 – 22(3) = 15

a)
Continue the pattern and determine the next three terms.
b) Write an expression for the nth term in the pattern.
 



 
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