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12th grade Average and instantaneous rates of change worksheet

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Average and instantaneous rates of change

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  1. t = 0 gives 3; t = 2 gives 11; t = 5 gives 26; t = 8 gives 47. Ari reads the table shown. What is the average rate of change from t = 2 to t = 8, in m/s?

  2. t = 0 gives 10; t = 1 gives 16; t = 4 gives 34; t = 6 gives 51. Bo reads the table shown. What is the average rate of change from t = 1 to t = 6, in L per minute?

  3. t = 1 gives 4; t = 3 gives 9; t = 7 gives 25; t = 9 gives 29. Jun reads the table shown. What is the average rate of change from t = 3 to t = 9, in cm per day?

  4. Kira studies f(x) = x² + 1. What is its average rate of change from x = 2 to x = 5?

  5. Luz studies f(x) = x² − 3. What is its average rate of change from x = 1 to x = 4?

  6. Milo studies f(x) = x² + 4. What is its average rate of change from x = 3 to x = 7?

  7. Noah studies f(x) = x² + 2. What is its average rate of change from x = -1 to x = 4?

  8. h = 0.1 gives 4.1; h = 0.01 gives 4.01; h = 0.001 gives 4.001. Pia lists secant slopes as the second point slides toward x = 2, in the table shown. What is the instantaneous rate at x = 2?

  9. h = 0.1 gives 3.2; h = 0.01 gives 3.02; h = 0.001 gives 3.002. Ren lists secant slopes as the second point slides toward x = 1, in the table shown. What is the instantaneous rate at x = 1?

  10. h = 0.1 gives -1.7; h = 0.01 gives -1.97; h = 0.001 gives -1.997. Tala lists secant slopes as the second point slides toward x = 3, in the table shown. What is the instantaneous rate at x = 3?

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Average and instantaneous rates of change. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can find an average rate of change from a table or formula, with units.
  • I can estimate an instantaneous rate from shrinking secants.
  • I can find a velocity at a moment as a limit of average velocities, and say what a rate means.

Standard: none (beyond CCSS)

Words to know

average rate of change: Change in output ÷ change in input: a secant's slope.

instantaneous rate: Where the secant slopes head as the interval shrinks.

average velocity: Change in position ÷ change in time; its sign gives the direction.

Common mistakes

Gave the change instead of the rate. A rate is the change divided by the change in time or x.

Divided the run by the change. The output's change goes on top: rise over run.

Divided by the end x instead of the change in x.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with average and instantaneous rates of change?

Gave the change instead of the rate. A rate is the change divided by the change in time or x.

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