Quarterly Examination in BASIC CALCULUS for Grade 11

NAME:________________________________ GRADE/SECTION:_________________
SUBJECT:______________________________ TEACHER: ______________________
General Instruction: Solve for what is asked. Write your answer on the spaces
provided. Use separate sheet of paper for your complete solution and answers. You
may use calculators when applicable.
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1. Complete the following table of values to investigate lim ( x −2 x+ 4) .
x →1

x f(x)
x f(x)
0.5
1.6
0.7
1.35
0.95
1.05
0.995
1.005
0.9995
1.0005
0.99995
1.00005

2. Without a table of values and without graphing f(x), give the values of
the following limits. (Show how you arrived your answer algebraically.)

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a. lim
x →2
(8−3 x+12 x ).

lim 6+ 4 t
b. t →−3
2
t +1

2
lim x −25
c. x →−5
2
x + 2 x−15

lim 2 z 2−17 z+ 8
d. z →8
8−z

lim y 2−4 y −21

e. y →7

3 y 2−17 y−28

lim x 2−25
f. x →−5
2
x + 2 x−15
 2
lim ( 6+ h ) −36
g. h→0
h

lim √ z−2
h. z →4
z−4

lim √2 x+ 22−4
i. x →−3
x +3

lim x
j. x →0

3−√ x +9

lim x 3−4 x
k. x→0

2 x 2+3 x

lim ¿
l. t→3
−¿ t +3
¿
t 2−9

lim ¿
m. x→ 0
−¿ 1
¿
x

3. Define the expression limit of f(x) as x approaches a in your own

words.