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Missing Road
Filename: mbrc006.doc (45 Kb)
Date: 8-Oct-98
Submitted By: Mike Shepperd
Format: MS Word Document
Description: In this assignment, students use differentiation
knowledge to find a cubic function to describe
the position of a road. Each student can be provided
with a different map.

The Leaking Oil Tank
Filename: doc1.rtf (0 Kb)
Date: 4-Jun-98
Submitted By: Stephen Swift, Newmarket SHS
Format: Rich Text Format
Description: The Leaking Oil Tank


The Hurdles Race
Filename: mb_rc001.doc (15 Kb)
Date: 4-Jun-98
Submitted By: Rex Boogs
Format: MS Word Document
Description: Student is given a 'travel graph' of a hurdles race. They are asked to be the race commentator. Tests understanding of gradient of a graph. Plus a few related questions.

The Coffee Cup
Filename: mb_rc002.doc (24 Kb)
Date: 4-Jun-98
Submitted By: Peter Hobson, Canberra, Australia
Format: MS Word Document
Description: The aim of this assignment is to estimate by two different methods, the rate at which a cup of coffee cools. Students find the rate of change of temperature by graphing, and then by finding a quadratic model and differentiating.

Applications of Differential Calculus
Filename: mb_rc003.doc (47 Kb)
Date: 4-Jun-98
Submitted By: Noel Patson and Bob Bowser
Format: MS Word Document
Description: Two applications of derivatives. Given as an in-class assignment. The students were given similar questions to attempt at home prior to this assignment.

Year 11 Maths B End Semester Two Exam
Filename: mb_rc004.doc (182 Kb)
Date: 4-Jun-98
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: MS Word Document
Description: Some folks have said that they would like to see a whole exam, and not just selected questions. Here is Glenmore High School's year 11 Maths B end semester exam.

The Traffic Ticket
Filename: traffic.html (3 Kb)
Date: 4-Jun-98
Submitted By: Dr. Norbert Gassel, Einhardschule, Seligenstadt, Germany
Format: HTML Document
Description: The first submission from Europe! May there be many more.

The Oil Slick
Filename: oilslick.html (1 Kb)
Date: 4-Jun-98
Submitted By: Bill Hogarth, Griffith University
Format: HTML Document
Description: An oil tanker has run aground. Use the rate of change of the radius of the slick to estimate the rate at which oil is leaking from the tanker.

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