Calculus: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Process Standards For Mathematics

  • 1.

    Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.PS.1

  • 2.

    Reason abstractly and quantitatively.PS.2

  • 3.

    Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.PS.3

  • 4.

    Model with mathematics.PS.4

  • 5.

    Use appropriate tools strategically.PS.5

  • 6.

    Attend to precision.PS.6

  • 7.

    Look for and make use of structure.PS.7

  • 8.

    Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.PS.8

Limits and Continuity

  • 1.

    Understand the concept of limit and estimate limits from graphs and tables of values.C.LC.1

  • 2.

    Find limits by substitution.C.LC.2

  • 3.

    Find limits of sums, differences, products, and quotients.C.LC.3

  • 4.

    Find limits of rational functions that are undefined at a point.C.LC.4

  • 5.

    Find limits at infinity.C.LC.5

  • 6.

    Decide when a limit is infinite and use limits involving infinity to describe asymptotic behavior. Find special limits.C.LC.6

  • 7.

    Find one-sided limits.C.LC.7

  • 8.

    Understand continuity in terms of limits.C.LC.8

  • 9.

    Decide if a function is continuous at a point.C.LC.9

  • 10.

    Find the types of discontinuities of a function.C.LC.10

  • 11.

    Understand and use the Intermediate Value Theorem on a function over a closed interval.C.LC.11

  • 12.

    Understand and apply the Extreme Value Theorem: If f(x) is continuous over a closed interval, then f has a maximum and a minimum on the interval.C.LC.12

Differentiation

  • 1.

    Understand the concept of derivative geometrically, numerically, and analytically, and interpret the derivative as a rate of change.C.D.1

  • 2.

    State, understand, and apply the definition of derivative.C.D.2

  • 3.

    Find the derivatives of functions, including algebraic, trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential functions.C.D.3

  • 4.

    Find the derivatives of sums, products, and quotients.C.D.4

  • 5.

    Find the derivatives of composite functions, using the chain rule.C.D.5

  • 6.

    Find the derivatives of implicitly-defined functions.C.D.6

  • 7.

    Find the derivatives of inverse functions.C.D.7

  • 8.

    Find second derivatives and derivatives of higher order.C.D.8

  • 9.

    Find derivatives using logarithmic differentiation.C.D.9

  • 10.

    Understand and apply the relationship between differentiability and continuity.C.D.10

  • 11.

    Understand and apply the Mean Value Theorem.C.D.11

Applications of Derivatives

  • 1.

    Find the slope of a curve at a point, including points at which there are vertical tangents and no tangents.C.AD.1

  • 2.

    Find a tangent line to a curve at a point and a local linear approximation.C.AD.2

  • 3.

    Decide where functions are decreasing and increasing. Understand the relationship between the increasing and decreasing behavior of f and the sign of f'.C.AD.3

  • 4.

    Solve real-world and other mathematical problems finding local and absolute maximum and minimum points with and without technology.C.AD.4

  • 5.

    Analyze real-world problems modeled by curves, including the notions of monotonicity and concavity with and without technology.C.AD.5

  • 6.

    Find points of inflection of functions. Understand the relationship between the concavity of f and the sign of f". Understand points of inflection as places where concavity changes.C.AD.6

  • 7.

    Use first and second derivatives to help sketch graphs modeling real-world and other mathematical problems with and without technology. Compare the corresponding characteristics of the graphs of f, f', and f".C.AD.7

  • 8.

    Use implicit differentiation to find the derivative of an inverse function.C.AD.8

  • 9.

    Solve optimization real-world problems with and without technology.C.AD.9

  • 10.

    Find average and instantaneous rates of change. Understand the instantaneous rate of change as the limit of the average rate of change. Interpret a derivative as a rate of change in applications, including distance, velocity, and acceleration.C.AD.10

  • 11.

    Find the velocity and acceleration of a particle moving in a straight line.C.AD.11

  • 12.

    Model rates of change, including related rates problems.C.AD.12

Integrals

  • 1.

    Use rectangle approximations to find approximate values of integrals.C.I.1

  • 2.

    Calculate the values of Riemann Sums over equal subdivisions using left, right, and midpoint evaluation points.C.I.2

  • 3.

    Interpret a definite integral as a limit of Riemann Sums.C.I.3

  • 4.

    Understand the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: Interpret a definite integral of the rate of change of a quantity over an interval as the change of the quantity over the interval.C.I.4

  • 5.

    Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to evaluate definite and indefinite integrals and to represent particular antiderivatives. Perform analytical and graphical analysis of functions so defined.C.I.5

  • 6.

    Understand and use these properties of definite integrals.C.I.6

    1. a.

      <img src="http://purl.org/ASN/resources/images/D21094507/IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.a.gif" height="35" alt="IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.a.gif">C.I.6.a

    2. b.

      <img src="http://purl.org/ASN/resources/images/D21094507/IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.b.gif" height="35" alt="IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.b.gif">C.I.6.b

    3. c.

      <img src="http://purl.org/ASN/resources/images/D21094507/IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.c.gif" height="35" alt="IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.c.gif">C.I.6.c

    4. d.

      <img src="http://purl.org/ASN/resources/images/D21094507/IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.d.gif" height="35" alt="IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.d.gif">C.I.6.d

    5. e.

      <img src="http://purl.org/ASN/resources/images/D21094507/IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.e.gif" height="35" alt="IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.e.gif">C.I.6.e

    6. f.

      If f(x) ≤ g(x) on [a,b], then <img src="http://purl.org/ASN/resources/images/D21094507/IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.f_part2.gif" height="24" alt="IN_Math_Calculus_C.I.6.f_part2.gif">C.I.6.f

  • 7.

    Understand and use integration by substitution (or change of variable) to find values of integrals.C.I.7

  • 8.

    Understand and use Riemann Sums, the Trapezoidal Rule, and technology to approximate definite integrals of functions represented algebraically, geometrically, and by tables of values.C.I.8

Applications of Integrals

  • 1.

    Find specific antiderivatives using initial conditions, including finding velocity functions from acceleration functions, finding position functions from velocity functions, and applications to motion along a line.C.AI.1

  • 2.

    Solve separable differential equations and use them in modeling real-world problems with and without technology.C.AI.2

  • 3.

    Solve differential equations of the form y' = ky as applied to growth and decay problems.C.AI.3

  • 4.

    Use definite integrals to find the area between a curve and the x-axis, or between two curves.C.AI.4

  • 5.

    Use definite integrals to find the average value of a function over a closed interval.C.AI.5

  • 6.

    Use definite integrals to find the volume of a solid with known cross-sectional area.C.AI.6

  • 7.

    Apply integration to model and solve (with and without technology) real-world problems in physics, biology, economics, etc., using the integral as a rate of change to give accumulated change and using the method of setting up an approximating Riemann Sum and representing its limit as a definite integral.C.AI.7

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
When were these standards adopted?
2020
Where can I read the official document?
Indiana Academic Standards Mathematics: Calculus

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