Less than $5 Calculus Activities (by date, oldest first)

Let your students practice while having fun with this engaging no-prep and self-checking limits of polynomials and rational functions activity. Students will practice solving 20 problems with this digital activity using Google Sheets. As they correctly answer the questions a mystery picture will be revealed.

Limits at infinity are not included.

A printable version of the questions is also included.

It’s a great way to introduce additional problems for
· Test review and prep

· Additional materials for remediation

· Individual and whole class assignments

· Lesson plan activity for substitute teachers

Solutions are included for your convenience.

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Use this Treasure / Scavenger Hunt after introducing the reverse of differentiation.

These are all definite integrals for powers of x. Some questions need to be rewritten in exponent form and others require some simple algebraic manipulation first.

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• Answers are correct to two decimal places where appropriate
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Early Calculus scavenger hunt

A good activity once the topic of differentiating powers of x has been introduced.

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the centre of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

Depending on ability of the group this may take longer than 45 minutes. Good algebraic manipulation will determine the length of time needed.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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A fun activity to keep students moving whilst differentiating using the chain rule. This focuses on functions that are powers of x.

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

This can be used when introducing the chain rule. No knowledge of derivatives of trigonometric functions, exponentials and logarithms needed.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Use this Treasure / Scavenger Hunt to practice the chain rule by differentiating, trigonometric functions, logarithms and exponentials.

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

This activity is designed to relate calculus and sketching graphs. Using first and second derivatives to find and identify the nature of stationary points.

Students can work in pairs or individually to suit your class.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Calculus matching activity. There are 12 graphs. 6 are graphs of functions and 6 are graphs of their corresponding gradient. However they have been mixed up.

Student task is to match up the graphs with their gradient function.

Extension task to suggest equations of the graphs. Actual equations are given in the solution however the extension can create some great discussion.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they cannot be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Use this Treasure / Scavenger Hunt to practice differentiating logarithms and exponentials. Also practices the product rule, quotient rule, chain rule and rules of logarithms

Instructions

• Print off the twenty question pages and put them up around the room
• Each question is in the middle of the page and the solution is at the top of another page.
• Answers are correct to two decimal places where appropriate
• A student begins on a given question, solves it and finds the answer on another sheet. The question on this sheet will be the next question they answer. Once they have answered all twenty, they will return to their starting question
• Depending on numbers, students can all start on different questions
• There is a student answer sheet included plus the correct sequence

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Help students master the basics of money with these engaging $5 Dollar Bill Identification & Scissor Cutting Practice Worksheets! This hands-on resource is designed to teach young learners about the $5 bill, combining essential money math skills with interactive scissor cutting activities.

Each worksheet includes exercises that involve identifying, cutting, and matching $5 bills, making learning about money both fun and practical.

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This is a "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Multiplication Color by Code" worksheet designed to make math practice engaging and educational.

The sheet features a color-by-code activity where students solve multiplication problems and use the answers to color the portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The instructions include specific color codes (e.g., black, green, blue, brown, orange, and red) corresponding to the multiplication answers.

Perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day while reinforcing multiplication skills in a fun and interactive way. Suitable for elementary and middle school classrooms.

This is a "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Multiplication Color by Code" worksheet designed to make math practice engaging and educational.

The sheet features a color-by-code activity where students solve multiplication problems and use the answers to color the portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The instructions include specific color codes (e.g., black, green, blue, brown, orange, and red) corresponding to the multiplication answers.

Perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day while reinforcing multiplication skills in a fun and interactive way. Suitable for elementary and middle school classrooms.

This is a "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Multiplication Color by Code" worksheet designed to make math practice engaging and educational.

The sheet features a color-by-code activity where students solve multiplication problems and use the answers to color the portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The instructions include specific color codes (e.g., black, green, blue, brown, orange, and red) corresponding to the multiplication answers.

Perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day while reinforcing multiplication skills in a fun and interactive way. Suitable for elementary and middle school classrooms.

Make learning money fun and visual with this Coin Count & Tally Worksheets!

This engaging worksheets allows students to count realistic U.S. coins, record their totals using tally marks, and write the total value. A great resource for practicing real-world math, money recognition, and counting skills — perfect for K–2 learners.

What’s Included:

2 b&W worksheet with real coin images

✏️ Skills Practiced:

Coin identification (Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter)

Skip counting by 1s, 5s, 10s, 25s

Writing tally marks

Calculating total value

Perfect for:

Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Math Centers

Money Unit

Homework

Morning Work

Sub Plans