Explaining A Derivative To A 5 Year Old - Hitesh Mittal

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Explaining “DERIVATIVE” to a 5-year-old boy

Me: Showing him two pictures as shown below:

Asking him a question , Who is heavier ?


Boy : After giving a much thought he would say how can I answer without using weighing
machine?
Me: You don’t need a weigh machine to answer this question.Man is heavier than the child
because with time our body grows and muscles & bones become stronger.
Same rule can be applied to you also , as you will become older you will become more
intelligent with time and your body e.g. height and weight will increase.
So, derivative is nothing but change with respect to something. In our case it is time.
Same rules apply to your health also. The more healthy food you eat like vegetables and
fruits ,more healthier you will become. So, in this case your health is changing with respect to
food you eat.
At the end of week, you can get chocolates from me which will be equal to the no.of days
you behaved as a good boy and done no notorious activities.Thus ,here you can apply
derivative to the no.of chocolates with respect to no. of days.

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