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Calculus

Limits, derivatives, integrals and series: the single-variable calculus of a first university course.

8 units 133 lessons 169 questions 180 minute final

A complete first course in single-variable calculus, in the order it is taught at university: limits and continuity, the derivative and its rules, the chain rule and implicit differentiation, what derivatives are for (rates, optimisation, curve sketching, the mean value theorem), the integral and the fundamental theorem, the techniques of integration, the applications of integration, and finally sequences, series and Taylor expansions.

It is for anyone who is comfortable with algebra, functions and trigonometry. Each unit ends with a quiz that mixes computation, concepts and short proofs; the final exam covers the whole course.

Comes after: Precalculus, Trigonometry

The course

  1. Limits and continuity

    20 lessons
  2. Derivatives: the definition and the rules

    18 lessons
  3. The chain rule and implicit differentiation

    6 lessons
  4. Applications of derivatives

    20 lessons
  5. Integrals and the fundamental theorem

    19 lessons
  6. Techniques of integration

    11 lessons
  7. Applications of integration

    18 lessons
  8. Sequences and series

    21 lessons

The final exam

Questions from every unit, the hardest ones last. Typed answers are marked by the algebra system; proofs and photographed working are read by a model; then a person reviews the whole paper before your result is released. Pass and you get a certificate with its own link. Pass mark: 70%.

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Prices

Course pass

$39

Every unit quiz, the final exam with one retake, and 20 checks of your own working, for one course.

One final exam

$15

A single sitting of one course's final, marked and reviewed. For someone who already knows the material and wants it tested.

Working checks

$9

Ten checks: upload a photo of any working, or type it, and see where it went wrong.

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