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Differentiation dy/dx Dauntsey's School

1: Differentiate the following with respect to x:

a) x2 __________ b) x13 __________ c) x5 __________ d) x11 __________
e) x12 __________ f) x8 __________ g) 1 __________ h) x10 __________

2: Differentiate the following with respect to x:

a) -10x3 __________ b) -2x __________ c) -7x5 __________
d) -x4 __________ e) 8x2 __________ f) 5x9 __________
g) -8x7 __________ h) -4x6 __________

3: Differentiate the following with respect to x:

a) 6x-9 __________ b) -3x-1 __________ c) -6x-4 __________
d) 9x-6 __________ e) -9x-10 __________ f) 10x-7 __________
g) 7x-2 __________ h) 2x-3 __________

4: Differentiate the following with respect to x:

1 5 3 4
a) b) - c) d)
x x9 x8 x5

__________ __________ __________ __________

6 7 5 8
e) - f) - g) h)
x10 x2 x x6

__________ __________ __________ __________

5: Differentiate the following with respect to x:

a) 6x3 - x9 - 9x4 + 10x8 b) -8x7 + 7x5 - 4x2 c) -5x + 4x9 + 9

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 d) -2x3 + x10 + 2x8 - 3x6 e) 3x5 - 10x7 - 7x4 f) -x9 + 8x2

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g) 5x8 - 8x - 5x10 + 7x3 h) 4x4 - 9x5 - 2

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6: Differentiate the following with respect to x:

3 10 4 6 6
a) 2x6 - - b) 3x9 - 10 + 10x + 3
4
c) 9x - +1
x7 x8 x x x6

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8 7 10 2
d) -9x7 + 5 + 7x - 5
2
e) - 4 - 10 - 3x - 8x
6 9
f) 4x7 +
x x x x8

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6 1 2 5
5 + 3x + h) - 3 - 4x + 10x +
2 10 6
g)
x x x x2

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7: Find the gradient at the given point:
a) y = 5x4 + 9 at x = 0 b) y = 3x2 + 4x3 at x = 3

__________ __________
c) y = -x - 2x3 - 4x4 at x = 4 d) y = x2 - 6 at x = -1

__________ __________
e) y = -3x + 5x2 at x = -2 f) y = -2x3 + 3x4 - x at x = -3

__________ __________
g) y = -5x3 - 2x2 - 1 at x = 1 h) y = 4x4 - 5 at x = 2

__________ __________

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8: Find the gradient at the given point:
1 5 3 4
a) y = at x = 4 b) y = at x = -3 c) y = - at x = 3 d) y = - at x = -1
x2 x x x2

__________ __________ __________ __________

2 5 3 1
e) y = - at x = -4 f) y = at x = 2 g) y = at x = 1 h) y = - at x = -2
x2 x x x

__________ __________ __________ __________

9: Find where the gradient takes the given value:

dy dy dy
a) y = 2x2, = -12 b) y = 4x4, = 1024 c) y = -x3, = -27
dx dx dx

__________ __________ __________

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 dy dy dy
d) y = -3x4, = -96 e) y = 2x2, = -4 f) y = -5x3, = -60
dx dx dx

__________ __________ __________

dy dy
g) y = 4x4, = 16 h) y = 3x2, =0
dx dx

__________ __________

10: Find where the gradient takes the given value:

2 dy 1 5 dy 1 dy 1 4 dy 1
a) y = - 2, = b) y = - 2, = -1 14 c) y = - , = d) y = , =
x dx 2 x dx x dx 16 x2 dx 8

__________ __________ __________ __________

3 dy 2 1 dy 2 dy 5 dy 10
e) y = , = f) y = - , =1 g) y = , = -2 h) y = - 2, =
x2 dx 9 x dx x dx x dx 27

__________ __________ __________ __________

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11: Find the co-ordinates and nature of any turning points:
a) y = -2x3 + 3x2 + 72x - 8 b) y = -x2 - 4x - 3 c) y = -x2 + 6x + 8

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d) y = x3 + 9x2 - 21x - 10 e) y = -2x3 + 27x2 - 7 f) y = x2 + 12x + 7

____________________ ____________________ ____________________

g) y = x2 - 14x - 2 h) y = 2x3 + 45x2 + 336x + 3

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Answers: Differentiation dy/dx Dauntsey's School

1: a) 2x b) 13x12 c) 5x4 d) 11x10

e) 12x11 f) 8x7 g) 0 h) 10x9

2: a) -30x2 b) -2 c) -35x4 d) -4x3

e) 16x f) 45x8 g) -56x6 h) -24x5

3: a) -54x-10 b) 3x-2 c) 24x-5 d) -54x-7

e) 90x-11 f) -70x-8 g) -14x-3 h) -6x-4

1 45 24 20
4: a) - b) c) - d) -
x2 x10 x9 x6
60 14 5 48
e) f) g) - h) -
x11 x3 x2 x7

5: a) 18x2 - 9x8 - 36x3 + 80x7 b) -56x6 + 35x4 - 8x

c) -5 + 36x8 d) -6x2 + 10x9 + 16x7 - 18x5
e) 15x4 - 70x6 - 28x3 f) -9x8 + 16x
g) 40x7 - 8 - 50x9 + 21x2 h) 16x3 - 45x4

21 80 40 18 36
6: a) 12x5 + + b) 27x8 + 11 + 40x -
3
c) 9 +
x8 x9 x x4 x7
40 28 100 16
d) -63x6 - + 14x e) 5 + 11 - 18x - 72x
5 8
f) 28x6 -
x6 x x x9
30 1 6 10
g) - 6 + 6x - 2 h) 4 - 40x + 60x -
9 5
x x x x3

7: a) 0 b) 126 c) -1121 d) -2
e) -23 f) -379 g) -19 h) 128

8: a) - 321 b) - 59 c) 13 d) -8
e) - 161 f) -1 14 g) -3 h) 14

9: a) x = -3 b) x = 4 c) x = 3, x = -3 d) x = 2
e) x = -1 f) x = -2, x = 2 g) x = 1 h) x = 0

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10: a) x = 2 b) x = -2 c) x = 4, x = -4 d) x = -4
e) x = -3 f) x = -1, x = 1 g) x = 1, x = -1 h) x = 3

11: a) (-3, -143) min; (4, 200) max b) (-2, 1) max

c) (3, 17) max d) (-7, 235) max; (1, -21) min
e) (0, -7) min; (9, 722) max f) (-6, -29) min
g) (7, -51) min h) (-8, -829) max; (-7, -830) min

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