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Exact derivatives, polynomial extrema and integration topic check

Practise exact derivatives, polynomial extrema and integration in G2 Additional Mathematics, check independently, and return later to review. This check covers selected skills, not the whole course topic.

Learning goals
  • Find a connected rate of change from a stated relation
  • Differentiate power sums on the stated input interval
  • Find a complete second derivative on the stated input interval
  • Find and classify every stationary point of a polynomial
  • Find the greatest polynomial value and every attaining input on a closed interval
  • Find the least polynomial value and every attaining input on a closed interval
  • Find the complete tangent to a polynomial at a stated input
  • Model and evaluate a nonnegative polynomial curve–line region with vertical strips
  • Find complete power antiderivatives on the stated interval
  • Evaluate a polynomial definite integral with linked exact working
  • Differentiate composite functions, products and quotients exactly
  • Find the complete normal to a polynomial curve at a stated input
  • Find every input where a polynomial is increasing or decreasing
  • Form a polynomial model from a described situation and find its optimum
  • G2 Additional Mathematics 2027
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Find the complete tangent to a polynomial at a stated input · Check your progress

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Find and classify every stationary point of a polynomial · Check your progress

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Find the complete normal to a polynomial curve at a stated input · Check again

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Find every input where a polynomial is increasing or decreasing · Check again

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Form a polynomial model from a described situation and find its optimum · Check again

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Differentiate power sums on the stated input interval · Check again

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Find and classify every stationary point of a polynomial · Check again

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Find a connected rate of change from a stated relation · Retention check

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Differentiate composite functions, products and quotients exactly · Retention check

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Find the complete normal to a polynomial curve at a stated input · Retention check

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Find every input where a polynomial is increasing or decreasing · Retention check

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Form a polynomial model from a described situation and find its optimum · Retention check

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Differentiate power sums on the stated input interval · Retention check

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Find a complete second derivative on the stated input interval · Retention check

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Find the complete tangent to a polynomial at a stated input · Retention check

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Find and classify every stationary point of a polynomial · Retention check

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Find the greatest polynomial value and every attaining input on a closed interval · Retention check

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Find the least polynomial value and every attaining input on a closed interval · Retention check

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Model and evaluate a nonnegative polynomial curve–line region with vertical strips · Retention check

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Practise: Find a connected rate of change from a stated relation

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Practise: Differentiate composite functions, products and quotients exactly

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Practise: Find the complete normal to a polynomial curve at a stated input

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Practise: Form a polynomial model from a described situation and find its optimum

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Practise: Differentiate power sums on the stated input interval

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Practise: Find the complete tangent to a polynomial at a stated input

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Practise: Find and classify every stationary point of a polynomial

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Revision notes

Revise differentiation and integration

Connect derivatives with tangents, stationary points, rates and optimisation, then recover antiderivatives and calculate positive areas.

Key ideas

  1. Function, gradient and local change

    Distinguish function value from local rate of change and connect derivative tests to curve behaviour.

  2. Power, chain, product and quotient rules

    Choose differentiation rules from the expression structure, retain real domains, and verify combined derivatives by another form.

  3. Stationary points, tangents and normals

    Interpret derivative signs, classify stationary points, and distinguish local behaviour from extrema on a stated domain.

  4. Connected rates and optimisation

    Connect changing dimensions and net rates, then justify constrained optima using the original model and feasible domain.

  5. Antiderivatives and positive area

    Recover antiderivatives with their conditions, then select the correct boundaries and vertical separation for positive area.

What the syllabus asks

From the G2 Additional Mathematics 2027 syllabus

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  • Derivative of f (x) as the gradient of the tangent to the graph of y = f (x) at a point
  • Derivative as rate of change
  • Use of standard notations f′(x), f″(x), dy/dx, d²y/dx² = d/dx(dy/dx)
  • Derivatives of x^n , for any rational n, together with constant multiples, sums and differences
  • Derivatives of products and quotients of functions
  • Use of Chain Rule
  • Increasing and decreasing functions
  • Stationary points (maximum and minimum turning points and stationary points of inflexion)
  • Use of second derivative test to discriminate between maxima and minima
  • Apply differentiation to gradients, tangents and normals, connected rates of change and maxima and minima problems
  • Integration as the reverse of differentiation
  • Integration of x^n for any rational n, (excluding n = −1 ), together with constant multiples, sums and differences
  • Integration of (ax + b)n for any rational n, (excluding n = −1 )
  • Definite integral as area under a curve
  • Evaluation of definite integrals
  • Finding the area of a region bounded by a curve and line(s) (excluding area of region between 2 curves)