Twenty Multiple Choice and Free Response Derivative Problems

How many ways can you make 10? Class members tackle three problems to find all possible ways three numbers add to be 10. The first is with positive integers, secondly with non-negative integers, and finally with real numbers. Pupils also...

Making a clear connection to algebra concepts helps learners understand the definition of a derivative. The lesson plan begins with looking at limits of simple linear and rational functions, and leads to the definition of...

Get two functions for the cost of one. The short video is the 16th in a series of 31 video on calculus topics. The presenter works through finding the derivative of a function involving two arccot functions. One of the functions requires...

Sal defines the term derivative by taking the listener on a well-organized tour of the slope. First, he reviews the concept of the slope of a line from algebra, then extends this idea to look at the slope of the curve by first examining...

Sal defines the term derivative by taking the listener on a well-organized tour of the slope. First, he reviews the concept of the slope of a line from algebra, then extends this idea to look at the slope of the curve by first examining...

Sal continues where he left off with the last video, "Derivatives 1, Ó by looking at the equation y = x2 and examining the slope of the second line at a specific point. He continues defining the limit as x approaches zero to get the...

Sal continues where he left off with the last video, "Derivatives 1, Ó by looking at the equation y = x^2 and examining the slope of the second line at a specific point, and again defining the limit as x approaches zero to get the slope...

Introduce your classes to the derivative formula using a video lesson. The instructor works through an example using the parent square root function. He then shows how to write the equation of the tangent line at a given x value.

Powers of 10 are about moving the decimal around. The instructor illustrates how to move the decimal when it's ten percent or it's one percent. Once you understand this procedure you can do the mental math, in your head of course!

You'd think that the derivative of a product of two functions would be the product of their derivatives, but that's not the case! Viewers learn the Product Rule for differentiation in the concept video in the first installment of a...