1. Approximately what percentage of parent isotopes remains after 0.5
half-lifes have passed?
50.0%
70.7%
0%
100%
25.0%
2. How many half-lifes must pass before only 10.2% of the original parent
isotopes remain?
1.0 Half-life
1.5 Half-life
2.5 Half-life
3.3 Half-life
3.5 Half-life
3. Assume a parent isotope has a half-life of 100 million years, how
old is a sample that contains 15.4% of its original parent isotopes?
100 Million Yrs
200 Million Yrs
250 Million Yrs
270 Million Yrs
300 Million Yrs
4. Assuming a parent isotope with a half-life = 4.5 billion years,
what percentage of the original parents remains after 6.75 billion years
have passed?
50.0%
35.4%
25.0%
15.5%
10.3%
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