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Free Year 12 HSC/VCE-style Calculus Practice with Worked Solutions

Ten exam-style calculus questions covering differentiation (product, quotient and chain rules with exponentials, logarithms and trigonometric functions), tangents, definite integrals, area between curves, stationary points, optimisation and straight-line motion. Every question has marks allocated and a full step-by-step solution, so students can mark their own working the way an examiner would.

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Year
Year 12
Subject
Mathematics
Topic
Calculus
Difficulty
Level 3 · Challenge
Estimated time
30 minutes
Curriculum
Australian Curriculum
Questions
10
Answers
Included, with working
Format
PDF (A4) + print

Students will practise

  • differentiating products, quotients and composite functions involving eˣ, ln x and trigonometric functions
  • finding the equation of a tangent to a curve
  • evaluating definite integrals and finding the area between two curves
  • classifying stationary points and solving optimisation and motion problems

Curriculum: Australian Curriculum. We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.

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Completed: HSC/VCE-style Calculus Practice with Worked Solutions

  1. 1Year 12 Differentiation (Power Rule) Worksheet — Level 3
  2. 2Year 12 Differentiation (Power Rule) Worksheet — Level 3 (Set 2)
  3. 3Year 12 Integration (Polynomials) Worksheet — Level 2
  4. 4Year 12 Integration (Polynomials) Worksheet — Level 3
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Year 12 students (typically ages 17–18) working on calculus. It is pitched at level 3 · challenge.

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Yes. The PDF includes a full answer sheet with the working for every question. You can also view the answers online.

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Year 12 · Mathematics · Calculus

HSC/VCE-style Calculus Practice with Worked Solutions

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Answer every question, showing all working. Marks are shown in brackets. Total: 33 marks.

Section A: Differentiation

1.Differentiate y = x2e3x. Give your answer in factorised form.[2 marks]
2.Differentiate y = ln(x2 + 1).[2 marks]
3.Differentiate y = .[3 marks]
4.Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = e2x at the point where x = 0.[3 marks]

Section B: Integration and area

5.Evaluate ∫ from 1 to 4 of 3√x dx.[3 marks]
6.Evaluate ∫ from 0 to of cos 2x dx. Give an exact answer.[3 marks]
7.Find the area of the region enclosed between the parabola y = x2 and the line y = 2x.[4 marks]

Section C: Applications

8.Find the coordinates of the stationary points of y = x3 − 6x2 + 9x + 1 and determine their nature.[4 marks]
9.An open box has a square base of side x cm and height h cm. Its volume is 32 cm3. Show that its external surface area is S = x2 + , and find the dimensions that minimise S.[5 marks]
10.A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement from the origin after t seconds is x = t3 − 6t2 + 9t metres. (a) Find the velocity when t = 2. (b) Find when the particle is at rest. (c) Find the acceleration when t = 2.[4 marks]
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