Estimating Rates of Change (A) WORKSHEET
Suitable for Year groups: Year 10, Year 11
GCSE Tier: Higher
Targeting grades: 8-9
Prerequisite knowledge: Drawing tangents, finding gradients of straight lines.
Estimating Rates of Change (A) WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
This worksheet is designed to give practice in finding instantaneous and average rates of change via a tangent or chord to a curved graph Learners will need to draw the tangents and chords before finding the gradient.
Section A provides two curved functions and asks for the gradient of tangents at specific points.
Section B looks at comparing an instantaneous rate of change from a tangent with an average rate of change from a chord.
