2022-23

HL Mathematics 2023-24
Unit 3 - Differential Calculus
Textbook Chapter … Section Worked Solutions Corrections to textbook

Date Objectives − Students should be able to:

14 Fri 80 apply the general binomial expansion (continued); start Unit 3

08-Oct Differentiation

15 Tue 80 differentiate from first principles; differentiate xn, find tangents and
10-Oct normals

16 Thu 80 apply the chain rule; intro to product and quotient rules.
12-Oct

17 Mon 85 Review: Combs, Perms, Binomial Formative, Basic Differential Calculus

16-Oct Review Questions; Last year’s summative
Wed Extension: Summative
18-Oct

18 Wed 80 Diff. rules continued: use product and quotient rules; find higher 4J, K, L
18-Oct derivatives

19 Fri 80 interpret derivatives graphically: find where a fn is increasing or

20-Oct decreasing; find max/min; apply first derivative test

Fall Break

20 Tue 80 (review test); use second derivative test; find points of inflexion;
31-Oct

21 Fri 85 sketch f ' and f ''; sketch a function from its derivative; apply Ex 4R,
03-Nov differentiation to solve optimisation problems; 4S

22 Tue 80 apply differentiation to kinematics; worksheet

07-Nov

23 Thu 80 differentiate implicit functions; solve related rates problems

09-Nov

24 Mon 80 apply basic concepts of continuity and differentiability; practice

13-Nov problems with answers

25 Fri 80 Review for test

17-Nov
Tue 85 Test on Differential Calculus unit
21-Nov

26 Tue 80 Intro to Unit 4 exponentials and logs (review); practice problems

21-Nov
Thanksgiving

27 Wed
29-Nov