Approximating Values How do I know what to round my answer to? Unless otherwise told, always round your answers to 3 significant figures (3 s.f.) The first non-zero digit is the first significant d...
Standard Form Standard form (sometimes called scientific notation or standard index form) gives us a way of writing very big and very small numbers using powers of 10. Why use standard form? Some n...
Finding the Constant of Integration What is the constant of integration? When finding an anti-derivative there is a constant term to consider In terms of graphing an anti-derivative, there are endl...
Introduction to Integration What is integration? Integration is the opposite to differentiation Integration is referred to as antidifferentiation The result of integration is referred to as the ant...
Trapezoid Rule: Numerical Integration What is the trapezoid rule? The trapezoidal rule is given in the formula booklet What else can be asked to do with the trapezoid rule? Comparing the true answe...
Modelling with Differentiation What can be modelled with differentiation? Recall that differentiation is about the rate of change of a function and provides a way of finding minimum and maximum val...
ncreasing & Decreasing Functions What are increasing and decreasing functions? A function, f(x), is increasing if f'(x) > 0 This means the value of the function (‘output’) increases as x inc...
Introduction to Derivatives Before introducing a derivative, an understanding of a limit is helpful What is a limit? What might I be asked about limits? You may be asked to use your GDC to plot the...
Two-Sample Tests What is a t-test? A t-test is used to compare the means of two normally distributed populations In the exam the population variance will always be unknown What assumptions are need...
