Name: ________________________

Date: _________ Period: _________

Lecture: Differentiation & Continuity

Standards/Objectives:

CA CSS Math - Content Standards (CA Dept. of Education)

4.0 Students demonstrate an understanding of the formal definition of the
derivative of a function at a point and the notion of differentiability:
- 4.3 Students understand the relation between differentiability and
continuity.
Quick Exercise:

Remember doing the webercise? Well, on your guided notes recall what it
means for a function to be differentiable, and write down what you
imagine what it means for a function to be continuous?

What does a continuous function mean?

-Looking at a function __________________

• function is _____________ at every number
• no _______ or _______ in the graph = graph drawn without picking up
pencil
Continuity

-______________ of function has 3 requirements:

• the function is defined
• the limit of the function _________
• the limit of the function f(x) approaches f(a) as x approaches a
-If a function is not continuous then the function is _______________ or
has a ______________
 Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________

Lecture: Differentiation & Continuity

Continuous vs. Discontinuous

Here are examples of both continuous and discontinuous graphs

Now You Try!

Look at the graphs and write whether they are continuous or

discontinuous.

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 Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________

Lecture: Differentiation & Continuity

What does it mean for a function to be differentiable?

-A function is differentiable at a if _____ exists

• This means a function is differentiable if its derivative ________
-A function is _____ _____________ if its derivative does not exist at a
Differentiability

-If the _______ has any of these then it is not considered a differentiable
graph/function:
• cusps or ______
• ______ or holes
• or any other ________________
Differentiable vs. Non-differentiable

Your Turn! Now decide if the graphs are differentiable or non-

differentiable.

____________ _____________

_____________ _____________
 Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________

Lecture: Differentiation & Continuity

Differentiable and Continuous

- So if a function is differentiable at a _______, a, then the function is

continuous at the point, a
- Both _____________ and _____________ are desirable qualities for a
function to have
What did we learn?

- Continuity is always having an ________ when there is an ________,

meaning there is always a y value to an x value
-Differentiability is just the ______________ ________ at a certain point
-If a function is differentiable then the function is always continuous and
can never be _______________
Recall it all together (The chart is located below)
Your Last Turn!

Write a function that is differentiable and continuous, and a function that

is non-differentiable and continuous. Sketch the graph for each function
you came up with. Also, can you have a function that is differentiable and
discontinuous?
 Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________

Differentiability and Continuity Summary

Differentiability Continuity

Concept

Algebraically

Graphically