Differentiation
2.12What the syllabus asks of you
- Extended only: Estimate gradients of curves by drawing tangents.
- Extended only: Use the derivatives of functions of the form axn, where a is a rational constant and n is a positive integer or zero, and simple sums of not more than three of these.
- Extended only: Apply differentiation to gradients and stationary points (turning points).
- Extended only: Discriminate between maxima and minima by any method.
- Extended only: d d x y notation will be expected.
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Chapter 2: Differentiation
Drill this topic
All 16 questions on Differentiation, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
16 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.