Name:____________________________ Date:____________________ Band:________

Algebra II

Logarithm Basics Quiz

PART I: NO CALCULATOR. Show all work!

1. Draw . What is the domain and range of the function?

Write the base function and transformations

in the order they must be performed below.

Base function:

Transformations:

Domain:
Range:

1
2. Simplify:

(a) (c)
(b)

(d) (e) (f)

4. Expand into the sum and difference of logarithms:

(b)
(a)

2
5. Combine into a single logarithm:

6. Are the following statements true or false:

____ (a)
____ (b)

____ (c)

____ (d)

7. Explain why this is a true statement:

8. Someone comes up to you and says that they’ve broken the laws of mathematics, and that they’ve entered
in their calculator and got a real answer. You say to them that they’re full of hogwash. You go on to
explain that they must be mistaken because…

3
Name:____________________________ Date:________________________ Band:________

Algebra II | Packer Collegiate Institute

Logarithm Basics Quiz

PART II: YES CALCULATOR. Show all work!

9. An object with some organic material in it. The organic material lost 30% of the amount of carbon-14 from
the amount it had when it died. How old it this object?

(Write down your y1 and y2 and window from your calculator.)

Y1= Xmin: Xmax: Xscl:

Y2= Ymin: Ymax: Yscl:

10. Solve the following logarithm and exponent equations algebraically. I’m letting you use your calculator
for these merely to CHECK your work. If your answer is , leave it like that… in exact form.
Be sure to check your answers if you need to, and show your work for those problems.
(a) (b)

4
(c) (d)

(e) (f)

5
(g) (h)

(i)
EXTRA CREDIT:
Solve Problem 9 exactly, using logarithms.