Differential Calculus Prerequisites

Calculus needs focusing on ________ and _______

experimentation.

• graphical

• decimal

• mechanical

• numerical

It is the most powerful branch of

mathematics, which revolves around calculations involving varying quantities.

• Algebra

• Calculus

• Geometry

• Trigonometry

It is a notion that lies at the foundation of Calculus.

• beginning

• end

• limits

• process

Using the notion of limit as a tool, the _______ of a function (which is a variable quantity)

is defined as the limit of a particular kind.

• derivative

• calculus

• integration

• limits

Differential Calculus provides a method for calculating “the rate of _____” of

the value of the variable quantity.

• change

• constant

• decrease

• increase

An unfortunate really that most students are learning mathematics subjects as a set of _______ and _______.

• constants

• formulas

• rules

• variables

Subjects that are used as tools in studying Calculus.

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Economics

• Trigonometry

The word “Calculus” is taken from Latin and it simply means a “stone” or “_____,” which was employed by the Romans to assist the process of counting.

• computation

• differentiation

• integration

• pebble

“Calculus” is an abbreviation for Infinitesimal Calculus or to one of its two separate but complimentary branches—______ Calculus and ______ Calculus.

• Basic, Advance

• Differential, Integral

• Pre, Post

• Simple, Complicated

Calculus is said to be a Mathematics of ______.

• Catastrophe

• Change

• Complexity

• Consistency