Throught this subscription-based sight, learners explore different aspects of the parabola by changing equations from standard to vertex form. Next, find the general form of the vextex based on the values of a, b, and c, and investigate...

Twelfth graders solve problems by finding the maximum and minimum. In this calculus lesson, 12th graders analyze certain animals identifying their maximum and minimum points. They also use bubble as part of their real world application...

Students investigate the maximum and minimum of a graph as it related to cat food. For this calculus lesson, students analyze the amount of cat food a cat consumes, identifying the maximum and minimum amount. They graph their data and...

For this maximum and minimum worksheet, students solve and complete 10 various types of word problems. First, they find the numbers if the product of the square of one of the numbers with the cube of the other number is to be a maximum....

Absolutely! Find the global maximum and minimums. Pupils watch a video showing how to find the absolute maximums and minimums of a function on an interval by testing critical points. The learners see how to determine whether a critical...

Roller coaster cars traveling along a graph create quite a story! The lesson analyzes both linear and non-linear graphs. Learners determine the intervals that a graph is increasing and/or decreasing and to locate maximum and/or...

Keep moving along a curve. Two items in the set of released free-response questions from the 2010 AP® Calculus BC exam involve movement along a graph. One involves particle motion along a polar curve while the other uses a squirrel...

It is critical to find all the extreme points. Pupils analyze graphs in the presentation to determine whether there are points that are either maximums and minimums. Using derivatives, learners find out how to find critical points from...

Take a second look at extrema of functions. Pupils learn how to use the second derivative to determine whether a critical point is a maximum or a minimum. Learners use concavity to identify critical points as either a max or a min and...

Accumulate the content so far. Learners review the content from the first five lessons dealing with accumulation functions. The eight problems go over finding maximums, minimums, concavity, points of inflection, and intervals of increase...

Put everything together implicitly. Pupils use their knowledge of implicit differentiation to determine whether a curve is increasing or decreasing or its concavity. Given a differential equation, scholars determine whether a specific...

Accumulation functions should behave like other functions. Using content from Unit 5, pupils analyze the first and second derivative to determine the behavior of an accumulation function. Learners find out how to calculate the relative...

Don't shoo away the resource on shoes. Given constraints on the amount of leather and string needed to make two different types of shoes, learners graph a system of inequalities for the situation. They then determine the maximum profit...

Wrap it all up in a box. Pupils review the key concepts from an Algebra 2 polynomial functions unit by working 19 problems. Problems range from using the Remainder Theorem to find remainders and finding factors; sketching graphs by...

Students record reaction time data and calculate minimum, maximum, mean, median, and mode. They participate in a class reaction time activity, observe and conduct an online experiment, and discuss and analyze the activity results.

In this matter and motion worksheet, students solve 3 different types of problems that relate to the chain rule for multivariable functions. First, they find the rate of increase of the volume of a can and the rate of increase of the...

Young mathematicians explore the maximun area for patio with the added complexity of finding the mimimum cost for construction. First, they maximize the area of a yard given a limited amount of fence and  plot width v. area on a...

Learners use knowledge of area and volume to explore minimum and maximum. They create models and determine a "best" shape for getting the maximum volume or minimum area.

In this math learning exercise, students examine one equation and identify the maximum and minimum value of the equation. Using Excel learning exercise, students graph the equation. There is one equation with three parts on this...

In this residue theorem instructional activity, students find the maximum and minimum values of functions. They use Cauchy's Residue Theorem to evaluate integrals of functions. This two-page instructional activity contains eleven...

In this absolute value worksheet, students use the absolute value function to solve functions. They identify the maximum and minimum values in triangular inequalities. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.

In this interval worksheet, students identify the largest interval for a given situation.   They explore and explain functions, their derivative, relative maximum, and relative minimum.  Students graph functions and...

Take a function along for a ride. Given the graph of a roller coaster track, pupils determine key features of the graph such as the maximum, minimum, intervals of increase and decrease, and roots. They figure out the equation of the...

For this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders complete the square to write a quadratic equation in Standard form.  Students identify the vertex, sketch the graph and state the maximum or minimum value of the functions.  The one...