5th sessions of a structured revision course for core 1 maths exam - differentiation

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The Community Maths School structured revision programme for the Core 1 exam. The programme is based on the AQA AS exam but is generally suitable for most other exam boards. Each session will include hints, key points, links to the exam solutions webpage and practice questions. The revision sessions will be published on the following dates: Six revision sessions – 24 th March 31 st March 7 th April 14 th April 21 st April 28 th April Exam practice 5 th May 12 th May Core 1 19 th May Core 1 day 7 th April Ipswich 14 th April Bury St Edmunds Resources website Exam Solutions http://www.examsolutions.net/ Mathscard App www.mathscard.co.uk/mobile Core 1 REVISION SESSION 5 21 st April Differentiation – Equation of Tangent and Normal , Stationary point, Increasing and Decreasing Functions Hint Always remember that when you have differentiated you have worked out a function that can be used to find the gradient of a curve at any point You can find the gradient of a curve by using the tangent to the curve Multiply by the power – reduce the power by one

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The Community Maths School structured revision programme for the Core 1 exam.  

The programme is based on the AQA AS exam but is generally suitable for most other exam boards. 

Each session will include hints, key points, links to the exam solutions webpage and practice questions. 

The revision sessions will be published on the following dates: 

Six revision sessions –    24th March 31st March 7th April 14th April 21st April 28th April 

Exam practice     5th May 12th May 

Core 1       19th May 

Core 1 day     7th April Ipswich        14th April Bury St Edmunds 

Resources website Exam Solutions    http://www.examsolutions.net/ 

Mathscard App  www.mathscard.co.uk/mobile    

    Core 1     REVISION SESSION 5 

21st  April  Differentiation – Equation of Tangent and Normal , Stationary point, Increasing and Decreasing Functions 

  Hint   

Always remember that when you have differentiated you have worked out a function that can be used to find the gradient of a curve at any point 

You can find the gradient of a curve by using the tangent to the curve 

Multiply by the power – reduce the power by one 

 

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Exam Solutions 

Differentiation  

http://www.examsolutions.net/maths‐revision/core‐maths/differentiation/exam‐questions/Edexcel/C1/questions‐1.php 

Tangents and Normals 

http://www.examsolutions.net/maths‐revision/core‐maths/differentiation/exam‐questions/Edexcel/C1/questions‐2.php 

Stationary points 

http://www.examsolutions.net/maths‐revision/core‐maths/differentiation/applications/stationary‐points/application/exam‐questions/Edexcel/C2/questions.php 

Increasing and decreasing functions 

http://www.examsolutions.net/maths‐revision/core‐maths/differentiation/applications/increasing‐decreaasing/exam‐questions/OCR/C1/questions.php