Chain Rule Scavenger Hunt

Teacher Notes
In this scavenger hunt, students work through 11 chain rule problems in pairs or trios. Post the papers around the room, being sure to mix them up
and NOT post them in the same order as they appear in the file.

Students can start at any station and the answer to the multiple choice question will dictate where they go next. For example, the correct answer to
the card that says T at the top is answer “H” Therefore, students now go to the card that says H at the top and answer the next question. Students
know they are finished when they get back to the paper where they started.

Students should keep track of their work on a scrap piece of paper and also record the letters of each station in the order that they visit them.
This will make it easy for you to check their work. The correct order of stations should spell T-H-E-O-L-Y-M-P-I-C-S. Since students can start at any
station, their answer might start at a different letter and loop around (example: LYMPICSTHEO would be a correct solution)

Order of answers:

THEOLYMPICS
(starting anywhere and “looping” around from S back to T)
(The answer to the T card is H, the answer to the H card is E, the answer to the E card is O, etc.)
T
Given the graph of g(x) below, determine which of
the following are true:

I. 𝑔(2) = 4
II. 𝑔(𝑥)is continuous at 𝑥 = 4
III. lim 𝑔(𝑥) = 4
𝑥→2

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to
I only Go to
II and III only

P M
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to
III only Go to
I, II, and III

H L
H
Find the value of b so that 𝑓(𝑥)is continuous at 𝑥 = 0.

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to 1/2 Go to 2/3
Y S
If this is If this is

No such value
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

3/2
exists
Go to Go to

E P
E A table of selected values is given for a
continuous function 𝑔(𝑥). What is the
minimum number of real roots that 𝑔(𝑥)has?

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to
1 Go to
2

T I
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to
3 Go to
4

O C
O
At which x-value(s) does 𝑓(𝑥) have an infinite
discontinuity?

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to x=4 only Go to x=-2 only

P H
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to x=3 only Go to x=4 and x=-2

M L
L The graph of 𝑓(𝑥)is shown.
Is 𝑓(𝑥)continuous at x=4?
Justify.

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪
No, because f(4) is not No, because lim 𝑓(𝑥)
𝑥→4
Go to
defined. Go to
does not exist.
Y E
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪
Yes, because Yes, because
Go to lim 𝑓(𝑥) = lim 𝑓(𝑥) Go to lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑓(4)
− +
𝑥→4 𝑥→4 𝑥→4
C H
Y A parking garage charges $5 for the
first hour and $2 for every additional
hour or fraction thereof. What kind of
discontinuity, if any, would be shown on
the price vs. time graph?

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪
None; this function
Removable Discontinuity
Go to
would be continuous Go to

I O
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to Infinite Discontinuity Go to Jump Discontinuity

S M
M
What conclusion can be stated using the
Intermediate Value Theorem for a continuous
function, 𝑓(𝑥), on [0, 5] if 𝑓(0) =− 7
and 𝑓(5) =− 2 ?

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪
There exists an x-value, c, in The function 𝑓(𝑥)takes on all
Go to
[-7,-2] such that 𝑓(𝑐) is between Go to
values between -2 and -7 on the
0 and 5. interval [0,5]
T P
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪
No conclusion can be made
The IVT guarantees
Go to Go to
because the conditions for the
− 7 <− 5 <− 2
IVT have not been met.
C L
P
The graph of h(x) is shown. At what x-values
does h(x) illustrate a non-removable
discontinuity?

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to x=3 only Go to x=-1 and x=5

O I
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪
Go to x=-1, 3, 5, and 8 Go to
x=3 and x=8
S T
 I
The graph of h(x) is shown. What function
value will create continuity at x=3?

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to 3 Go to
No function value can remove a
jump discontinuity

H Y
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to 4 Go to
No function value can patch the
hole in a graph

C E
C Is ℎ(𝑥) continuous at x=2? Justify.

Yes, because
If this is If this is
lim 𝑓(𝑥) = lim 𝑓(𝑥) the answer 🡪
No, because
the answer 🡪
𝑥→2
−
𝑥→2
+
lim 𝑓(𝑥)does not
+
Go to
and Go to 𝑥→2
S lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑓(2) =− 1 P exist.
𝑥→2
If this is If this is
the answer 🡪
No, because 𝑓(2)is
the answer 🡪 No, because
Go to
not defined. Go to lim 𝑓(𝑥) ≠ 𝑓(2)
O L 𝑥→2
S For what value of a will 𝑓(𝑥) be continuous at x=-1?

If this is If this is
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

Go to -13 Go to 3
Y E
If this is If this is

No such value
the answer 🡪 the answer 🡪

-3
exists
Go to Go to

M T