Applying the Differentiation Rules

This worksheet gets students to assign an equation according to which rules they would need to use to solve it. It is not expecting them to differentiate them, just assign them into these categories.

My students were struggling to understand which rule was required in what situation. This worksheet enabled a discussion to be had about what giveaways there are for each rule.

Some I believe could be debatable as to what section they go in, as you could rewrite the quotient rule ones to be solved via the product rule. However, that’s an absolutely perfect discussion to be had with your students over it!