AP CALCULUS AB

LIMIT WORKSHEET #1

Find the indicated limit. Which method is most appropriate: Direct Substitution, Numerical,
Analytic or Graphical?
 1. lim (3 x  2) sin 4 x
x  3 7. lim
x  0 sin 2 x

x3  1
2. lim 1
x  1 x  1 1
8. x
lim
2x2  x  3 x 1 x  1
3. lim
x  1 x 1  2  2
9. lim
x 1   0 sin 2
4. lim
x 0 x s 1
f ( s) ; where f ( s)  
s
x 10. lim
1  s s  1
s 1
5. lim 2
x 3 x  2 x  3
s3
f ( s) ; where f ( s)  
s
( x  x)3  x3 11. lim
6  s s  3
s31
6. lim
x  0 x

Find the discontinuities (if any) for each function. Identify which are Removable and which
are Nonremovable Jump or Nonremovable Infinite? Analyze each initially without a graph,
then draw a sketch afterwards to confirm.

1  2 x  3 x  1
12. f ( x )  17. f ( x )  
x 1
2
 x
2
x 1
x
13. f ( x )   x5
x 1
2
 x 1
18. f ( x )   3
14. f ( x )  [[ x  3]] 3  x 3 x 1
3x 2  x  2 cos x x0
15. f ( x )  19. f ( x )  
x 1
x  2 x0
x 1
16. f ( x ) 
2x  2
ANSWERS 15. Removable @ x = 1
16. Removable @ x = -1
1. -7
2. 1
3. -5
4. –
5. 
6. 3x^2
7. 2
8. -1/2
9. 1
10. DNE
11. 3
12. None, contin (-,)
13. Nonremovable @ x = +/-1
14. Nonremovable @ every integer
AP CALCULUS AB Find the indicated limit.
LIMIT WORKSHEET #2

 tan 2 y
1. lim 9. lim
  0 sin  y 0 3y

tan   cot 2
2. lim 10. lim
0
0 

sin 2 x
sin x 11. lim
3. lim x 0 2 x 2  x
x 0 3x

sin 5 x 12. lim

x 0
tan 2 x csc 4 x
4. lim
x  0 sin 3 x

13. lim
x 0
cot x sin 4 x
x
5. lim
x  0 sin 3 x
1  cos 2 x
14. lim
sin 2 
x 0 x2
6. lim
0  tan 3 x
15. lim
1  cos 
x 0 tan 2 x
7. lim
0  x2
16. lim
x  0 sin x
3x
8. lim
x  0 sin 5 x

Answers:

1. 1 9. 2
3
2. 1
10. 1
3. 1 2
3
11. 2
4. 5
3 12. 1
2
5. 1
3 13. 4
6. 0 14. 1
7. 0 15. 3 2
8. 3
5 16. 0
AP CALCULUS AB
LIMIT WORKSHEET #3

Find the indicated limit.

3 3cos x x 2  3x
1. lim  11. lim
x 0 x x x 0 x

2. lim
x 
tan x 12. lim

 sec 

x x 2
3. lim sec 13. lim
x 7 6 x 4 x4
 x x 1
4. lim f ( x); where f ( x )   ; 14. lim
tan 2 x
2  x x 1
x 1
x 0 x
(Graphically)
15. lim(1  cos 2h)
h 0
2 x
5. lim 2
x 2 x  4
x 1
16. lim
x  1 x 1
5 x3  1
6. lim
x   10 x 3  3 x 2  7
lim  sec x
17. x 
2
x 1  2
7. lim
x 3 x3 5( x  x) 2  5 x 2
18. lim
x  0 x
2
8. lim
x  3 x  2 x3  2 x 2  3 x  1
19. lim
x  x2  x  2
x
9. lim sin
x 1 2 20. xlim( x  3) 2


x
 1
10. lim  1  
x 
 x

Find the interval for which the function is continuous.

21. f ( x )  x x  3 1
23. f ( x ) 
( x  1) 2
x 1
22. f ( x)  1
x 24. f ( x ) 
x 4 3
Find the discontinuities (if any) for the given function. State whether they are Removable,
Nonremovable Jump or Nonremovable Infinite. Use your TI-83/84 to verify your responses.

1  x  3 x 3
25. f ( x )  29. f ( x )   2
x 42
 x  x  6 x 3
x 1
26. f ( x )   2 x x2
x  x2
2
30. f ( x )   2
x  4x  1 x  2
x
27. f ( x )  cos  x
2  tan x 1
31. f ( x )   4
 x x 1  x x 1
 
28. f ( x )   2 x 1
2 x  1 x  1

Answers:
1. 1 16. 1
2. 0 17. 

3. 2 18. 10x
3
19. 
4. 1
20. 0
5. 1 21. [3, )
4

6. 1 22. (0, )
2
23. ( ,1)  (1, )
7. 1
4 24. (4,13)  (13, )
8. -2 25. Continuous for (, )
9. 1
26. 1, Removable; -2 Nonremovable Infinite
10. 2.718 … “e”
27. Continuous for (, )
11. -3
28. 1, Removable
12. 
29. Continuous for (, )
13. 1
4 30. 2, Nonremovable Jump
14. 0 31. Continuous for (, )
15. 2
AP CALCULUS AB
LIMIT WORKSHEET #4

Find each of the following limits.

4 x3  6 x 2  3 2 x
1. lim 12. lim
x  5 x3  7 x 2  9 x  2x

9 x4  7 x2  8x  13
1
x
2. lim 13. lim
x   4 x 5  3 x  12 x 3 x  3

3x3  7 x 2  5 x  1 2  2 x
3. lim 14. lim
x  7 x2  2 x  5 x 0 x

4. lim
(1) x 15. xlim
3
[[ x]]
x  x
16. xlim [[ x  2]]
1 3
5. lim sec
x  x
1
17. lim
x 3 x  3
x 2  25
6. lim
x 5 x  5
1
18. lim
x4 x 3 x 3
7. lim
x 4 x 2
19. xlim

tan x
2
x2  5x  6
8. lim
x 3 x 3 20. xlim csc x
 

x3  1
9. lim 1
x
x  1 x  1
21. lim  
x  3
 
x
10. xlim
0 x 22. lim
x 1
f ( x) ; where

 2x x 1
x4 f ( x)  
11. lim 3  x x 1
x 4 x  4

 2 x2
23. lim g ( x) ; where g ( x)   x
x 2
 2 x x2
Answers:

1. 4 13.  1 9
5

2. 0 1
14.
2 2
3. 
15. 3
4. 0
16. 4
5. 1
17. Does not exist
6. 10
18. 
7. 4
19. Does not exist
8. 1
20. 
9. 3
21. 0
10. 1
22. 2
11. -1
23. Does not exist
12. 0