1.1 Find the limit at a point when given a graph or a table
Explanation:
Khan video: Limits intro
Khan article: Limits intro
Khan video: Estimating limit values from graphs
Khan video: Unbounded limits (other resources will distinguish between unbounded with positive or negative infinity)
Khan article: Estimating limit values from graphs
Khan video: One-sided limits from graphs
Khan video: One-sided limits from graphs: asymptote
Khan video: Connecting limits and graphical behavior
Khan video: Approximating limits using tables
Khan video: Estimating limits from tables
Khan article: Using tables to approximate limit values
Khan video: One-sided limits from tables
Practice Problems:
Khan exercise: Limits intro
Khan exercise: Estimating limit values from graphs
Khan exercise: One-sided limits from graphs
Khan exercise: Connecting limits and graphical behavior
Khan exercise: Creating tables for approximating limits
Khan exercise: Estimating limits from tables
Khan exercise: One-sided limits from tables
1.2 Determining limits using algebraic properties of limits
Explanation:
Khan video: Limit properties
Khan video: Limits of combined functions (graphically)
Khan video: Limits of combined functions: piecewise functions (graphically)
Khan video: Limits by direct substitution (explicitly defined equations)
Khan video: Undefined limits by direct substitution (explicitly defined equations)
Khan video: Limits of trigonometric functions
Practice Problems:
Khan exercise: Limits of combined functions: sums and differences (graphically)
Khan exercise: Limits of combined functions: products and quotients (graphically)
Khan exercise: Limits by direct substitution (explicitly defined equations)
Khan exercise: Direct substitution with limits that don't exist (explicitly defined equations)
Khan exercise: Limits of trigonometric functions
1.3 Limits with Jumps
Explanation:
Khan video: Limits of piecewise functions
Khan video: Limits of piecewise functions: absolute value
Practice Problems:
Khan exercise: Limits of piecewise functions
1.4 Limits with Holes
Explanation:
Khan video: Limits by factoring
Practice Problems:
Khan exercise: Limits by factoring
1.5 Limits with Vertical Asymptotes
Explanation:
Khan video: Introduction to infinite limits
Khan video: Infinite limits and asymptotes
Khan video: Analyzing unbounded limits: rational function
Khan video: Analyzing unbounded limits: mixed function
Review of the last three lessons: Khan video: Types of discontinuities
Practice Problems:
Khan exercise: Infinite limits: graphical
Khan exercise: Infinite limits: algebraic
Khan exercise:
1.6 Using Advanced Algebraic Techniques to find limits
Explanation:
Khan video: Limits by rationalizing (conjugates)
Khan video: Trig limit using Pythagorean identity
Khan video: Trig limit using double angle identity
Khan video: Strategy in finding limits
Khan article: Strategy in finding limits
Videos for the entire section: Hollis video: Calculation of limits (slides 1-7 and 9-11)
Practice:
Khan exercise: Limits using conjugates (challenging)
Khan exercise: Limits using trig identities (challenging)
Teacher Resource: ExamView Test Bank (purchase)
1.7 Limits at Infinity (graphical)
Explanation:
Khan video: Introduction to limits at infinity
Khan video: Functions with same limit at infinity
Practice:
Khan exercise: Limits at infinity: graphical
1.8 Powers and Rational Expressions:
Explanation:
Khan video: Limits at infinity of quotients
Khan video: Limits and Infinity - this video is more about the concept than the procedure for finding the limit of a function as x approaches infinity
Khan video: Limits at positive and negative infinity
Khan video: More limits at infinity - this one has the most examples
Hollis video: horizontal asymptotes (slides 1-7)
Practice Problems:
Khan Exercises: Limits 2 (includes limits of a function as x approaches a number or infinity)
1.9 Rational Expressions with Roots:
Explanation:
Khan video: Limits with two horizontal asymptotes - this video is more about the concept than the procedures
Practice Problems:
1.10 Exponential Expressions:
Explanation:
Practice Problems
Intro to Limits Mid-unit review:
Practice Problems:
Teacher Resources:
ExamView Test bank (purchase)
1.11 Composite Functions with 1/x:
Explanation:
Practice Problems:
1.12 Advanced Trig & Squeeze Theorem
Explanation:
Khan video: Squeeze theorem intro
Khan video: Limit of sin(x)/x as x approaches 0
Khan video: Limit of (1-cos(x))/x as x approaches 0
Practice Problems:
Khan exercises: Squeeze theorem
1.13 Continuity:
Explanation:
Desmos Activity: Limits and Continuity (teacher use only)
Hollis video: Continuity (watch 1-4, 6-9)
1.14 Intermediate Value Theorem
Explanation:
Desmos Activity: The Intermediate Value Theorem (teacher use only)
Hollis video: Continuity (slide 10 is IVT)
Limits Unit Review:
Explanation:
Practice Problems: