What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can differentiate trig functions, exponentials and logarithms
- I can use the chain, product and quotient rules
- I can differentiate parametric and implicit equations
- I can use the second derivative to decide whether a curve is concave, convex or has a point of inflection
- I can solve connected rates of change problems and set up simple differential equations
These are the pages for Differentiation in the A Level Further Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel A Level Further Mathematics (9FM0). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.