Curated OER
Practice Test: Derivatives
In this derivatives worksheet, students identify the partial derivatives of a function, find the rate of change, and determine the maximum and minimum values of a function. This one-page worksheet contains 6 multi-step problems.
Curated OER
Systems of Linear Inequalities #5
In this systems of linear inequalities learning exercise, students solve 10 multiple choice problems about linear inequalities. Students determine the maximum and minimum values of systems of linear inequalities.
Other
Matheno: How to Solve Optimization Problems in Calculus
Need to solve Optimization problems in Calculus? This blog illustrates the steps needed to solve them routinely for yourself.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Old Mac Donald's Pigpen
In this activity, students solve a standard maximum value problem using the calculator. Students help Old MacDonald build a rectangular pigpen with 40 m fencing that provides maximum area for the pigs. They graph scatter plots, analyze...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Floral Shop Math
Students will create quadratic functions that model revenue collected and profit earned from selling bouquets in a flower shop. The students can use graphing calculators to identify the maximum value for each function. Once they identify...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Box It Up
Students take a numerical and tabular look at finding the maximum value of an open box constructed by folding a rectangular sheet of material with cutout square corners. They also understand the concepts of independent and dependent...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Maximizing Your Efforts
In this activity, students use linear programming to solve problems involving maximum and minimum values. They use the Inequality Graphing application to solve linear programming problems.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Bouncing Ball
In this experiment, students collect the height versus time data of a bouncing ball using the CBR 2. This activity investigates the values of height, time, and the coefficient A in the quadratic equation, which describes the behavior of...
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Funcion Derivada
In Spanish. Learn with these interactive exercises the concept of the derivative of a function, calculate tangents to a curve and maximum and minimum values of functions.
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Indoor/outdoor Residential Water Use in California
Compare data about indoor and outdoor residential water use in northern and southern sites in this infographic from KQED and the California Single Family Water Use Efficiency Study. The accompanying classroom activity helps students find...
Windstream
Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Periodic Functions, Stretching and Translating
This online tutorial offers a comprehensive introduction to translating and stretching graphs, and what this implies about the function. Includes lots of pictures and examples.