IGCSE Mathematics – Additional Mathematics

Differentiation Test
Name: Class: X Date:
Max Time: 60 min Max Marks: 40

1. The graphs of 𝑓, 𝑓’ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓’’

are drawn alongside. The
following 4 students match
the graphs with the
functions as follows. Who
is correct and why?
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𝑓 𝑓′ 𝑓′′

Anand I II III

Yash I III II

Avishi III I II

Bani II I III

2. Joe and Balpreet, while blowing balloons for Ishpreet’s birthday, wondered about the innumerable
balloons they had blown since childhood.
Balpreet: Joe, have you noticed that the balloon always grows quickly when it is little and slower as
it gets bigger.
Joe: Yeah, I am sure the answer to this mystery lies in calculus!!
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i. Explain what Joe means.

ii. Mathematically validate Balpreet’s statement by assuming that you are blowing air in a 4
balloon at a rate of 300 cubic inches per minute and find the rate at which its radius is
increasing when the radius is (a) 3 inches (b) 5 inches.
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Assume that the balloon is a sphere whose volume is given by 3 𝜋𝑟 3

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 3.

(iii) Why did the derivative function return a minimum value for the surface area of the cylinder,
why not the maximum? The derivative of the volume on the other hand (in questions where
volume is variable) always returns a maximum. Why?
[BONUS 2 marks]

(Note: the question is not asking you the logic behind the second derivative or the first derivative
test – its asking you why that happens contextually/practically?)
4. i. Determine the coordinates and nature of each of the two turning points on the curve 6
1
𝑦 = 4𝑥 +
𝑥−2

ii. Find the equation of the normal to the curve at the point (3, 13) and find the x-coordinate of
the point where this normal cuts the curve again. 6

5.

6.

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