Calculus Revision Sheet
Calculus Revision Sheet
TOPIC: CALCULUS
(LIMITS and Derivatives)
Objective:
lim 1 − cos 2x
x →0
1. x is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
lim (1 − cos 2x)sin 5x =
x →0
2. . x 2 sin 3x
(a) 10/3 (b) 3/10 (c) 6/5 (d) 5/6
lim x
x→0
3. tan x is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) not defined
lim sin x
x →1
4. x − 1 is equal to
1 1
−
(a) – (b) (c) (d)
x + x 2 + x 3 + ... + x n − n
5. If lim
x →1 = 5050 then n equal
x −1
(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 150 (d) none of these
x −3
n n
6. If lim
x →3 = 108, find the value of n.
x −3
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
𝑥𝑛 −5𝑛
7. If lim 𝑥−5
= 500 then the value of n.
𝑥→5
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
2 and 3 MARKS:
8. Evaluate the following limits:
lim 2x + 9x − 5 lim x − 4x + 3 lim x − 81
2 2 4
x →−5 x →3 x →3
x +5 x 2 − 2x − 3 x2 − 9
lim x − 8 lim 8x + 1
3 3
x →2 2 x →−1/ 2
x −4 2x + 1
x −a
9 9
9. If lim
x→a = 9, find all possible value of a.
x −a
x −a
5 5
10. If lim
x →a = 405, find all possible value of a.
x −a
x −a
9 9
11. If lim
x →a = lim
x →5 (4 + x), find all possible value of a.
x −a
x − a 3 lim x 4 − 1
12. If lim
x→a = x →1 , find all possible value of a.
x −a x −1
13.
Evaluate the following limits:
lim 1 − cos 2x lim 1 − cos 2x lim 1 − cos x
x →0 x →0 x →0
(i) x2 (ii) x (iii) x2
lim tan x − sin x lim tan x − sin x
x →0 3 x →0
(iv) x (v) sin3 x
14. Differentiate each of the following by first principle:
1 1 x2 +1
(i) x2 (ii) (ii) (iv)
x x3 x
15. Differentiate each of the following by first principle:
(i) sin x (ii) cos x (iii) tan x (iv) cot x
16. using product rule find the derivatives w.r.t to x
(i) x3 sin x (ii) x3 ex (iii) sin x cos x (iv) Cosec(ax+b) Cot(ax+b)
17. using product rule find the derivatives w.r.t to x
a + bsin x px 2 + qx + r sec x − 1 x 5 − cos x
(i) c + d cos x (ii) ax + b (iii) sec x + 1 (iv) sin x