Students can use the TI-84 Plus family to find the minimum or maximum and the zeros of quadratic functions.

Find out how to find relative minimums and maximums of the typical polynomial.

Create your own addition/subtraction math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty, and vertical or horizontal equation format. You input minimum and...

Students use a graphing calculator to create box-and-whisker plots and learn the usefulness of them. Students identify the five summary statistical values of data sets - minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum values.

An explanation of how to find maximum (or minimum) point of a quadratic equation, including graphs to enhance understanding. Includes several examples/exercises, with solutions on the page.

Very good site explaining the maxima and minima. The site has examples and definitions along with links to help the student through the process.

This lesson has students using clickers to generate data for demand and supply curves. It asks students to give numerical values for their maximum willingness to pay for something and their minimum willingness to accept for something....

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...

This algebra lesson explains how to find the absolute maximums and minimums (extrema) of a polynomial.

Given the graph of a function, find all of its relative maximum and minimum points. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Given the graph of a function, find its absolute maximum and minimum points. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Given the graph of a function, find its absolute maximum and minimum points.

Given the graph of a function, find all of its relative maximum and minimum points.

This video teaches the concept of Price Ceilings and Floors. A price ceiling is a legally established maximum price while a price floor is a legally established minimum price. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for...

This StudyCard set is a teaching activity that uses real-world contexts to assist students in understanding the concepts of maximum, minimum, increasing, and decreasing.

The resource from Khan Academy explains how to use its study tools to prepare for the LSAT. The importance of creating an "equivalent rule" on "analytic reasoning" questions. "Minimum/Maximum" questions are also discussed.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are told the number of digits after a decimal point and the decimal's value when rounded. They must identify the maximum and the...

Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains how to find the local maxima and minima of functions by using the first derivative. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student...

Students use a graphing calculator to find maximum and minimum values for area and perimeter problems.

This site provides a portion of a textbook that explores increasing and decreasing functions. Students are provided examples and then have practice problems they can attempt to master the concept.

NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio uses data from several sources to track seasonal changes in Arctic sea ice and land cover over time. Scientists study sea ice because it influences global climate. Watch the following visualization...

Review how we use differential calculus to find absolute extremum (minimum and maximum) points.

A look back in time at weather instruments used in previous centuries. Includes pictures and descriptions of instruments from Franklin Institute's historical collection.

Use this interactive applet to input a series of (x, y) ordered pairs and plot them. Parameters such as minimum and maximum value, minimum and maximum y value, and x- and y-scale can be set by the user or determined by the applet.