“The School of the Future”

San Antonio, Roxas, Isabela

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
GRADE 11 - STEM
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BASIC CALCULUS

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Evaluate the limits of the following functions. Select the letters of the correct answer.
Part 1: Finding Limits Through Graphs and Tables

1. lim
x →3
( x +8)

x 2.5 2.9 3 3.1 3.5

f(x) 10.5 10.9 11 11.1 11.5
a. lim ( x +8 )=11 b. lim ( x +8 )=10.9 c. lim ( x +8 )=11.1
x →3 x →3 x →3
2
x −1
2. lim
x→−1 x +1
x -1.1 -1.001 -1 -0.9 -0.5
f(x) -2.1 -2.001 undefined -1.9 -1.5
2 2 2
x −1 x −1 x −1
a. lim =−2 b. lim =−3 c. lim =−1
x→−1 x +1 x→−1 x +1 x→−1 x +1

3. lim
√ x−1
x →1 x−1
X 0.99 0.999 1 1.001 1.01
f(x) 0.5012 0.5001 undefined 0.4999 0.4988

a. lim
√ x−1 = 1 b. lim
√ x−1 = 2 c. lim
√ x−1 = 3
x →1 x−1 2 x →1 x−1 3 x →1 x−1 4
x
4. lim
x →0
2

x -0.1 -0.01 0 0.002 0.1

f(x) 0.93 0.99 1 1.01 1.07
x x x
a. lim
x →0
2 =1 b. lim 2 =2
x →0
c. lim 2 =undefined
x →0

|x| ¿ x ∨ ¿ =does not exist ¿

5. lim a. lim x
x →0 x x →0

¿
b. lim ¿ x ∨ x =0 ¿
x →0

c. lim ¿ x ∨ ¿ =−1 ¿
x →0 x

x x
e −1 e −1
6. lim a. lim =1
x →0 x x →0 x
e x −1
b. lim =2
x →0 x
x
e −1
c. lim =0
x →0 x
Part 2: Applying the Limit Laws

7. lim
x →3
x +5 a. lim
x →3
x +5=8 b. lim
x →3
x +5=3 c. lim
x →3
x +5=2

2 2 2 2
x +3x x +3x x +3x x +3x
8. lim a. lim =3 b. lim =4 c. lim =5
x →0 x x →0 x x →0 x x →0 x
3 3 3 3
x −8 x −8 x −8 x −8
9. lim a. lim =12 b. lim =8 c. lim =4
x →2 x−2 x →2 x−2 x →2 x−2 x →2 x−2

3 x 2 +5 x−2 3 x 2 +5 x−2 3 x 2 +5 x−2

10. lim a. lim =−7 b. lim =−2 c.
x→−2 x+2 x→−2 x+2 x→−2 x+2

3 x 2 +5 x−2
lim =−4
x→−2 x+2

x x x x
11. lim 2 a. lim 2
=−1 b. lim 2
=0 c. lim 2
=−2
x →0 x −x x →0 x −x x →0 x −x x →0 x −x

5−x 5−x −1 5−x 1 5−x −1

12. lim a. lim = b. lim = c. lim =
x →5 x 2−25 x →0 x 2−25 10 x →0 x −25 5
2
x →0 x 2−25 2

x 2+ 2 x−8 x 2+ 2 x−8 x 2+ 2 x−8 x 2+ 2 x−8

13. lim 2 a. lim 2
=2 b. lim 2
=3 c. lim 2
=1
x →2 x −x−2 x →2 x −x−2 x →2 x −x−2 x →2 x −x−2

Part 3: Limits of Trigonometric Functions

14. lim
x→ π
x sec2 x a. lim
x→ π
x sec2 x=π b. lim
x→ π
x sec 2 x=2 c. lim
x→ π
x sec2 x=−1

sin x sin x 1 sin x 1

15. lim a. lim =¿ ¿ b. lim =¿ ¿ c.
x →0 5x x →2 5x 5 x →2 5x 3

sin x 1
lim =¿ ¿
x →2 5x 6

tan πx tan πx tan πx tan πx

16. lim a. lim =0 b. lim =1 c. lim =−1
x →3 4 x →3 4 x →3 4 x →3 4

17. lim
x →0
x tan x a. lim
x →0
x tan x=0 b. lim
x →0
x tan x=−1 c. lim
x →0
x tan x=2

sin 3 x sin 3 x 3 sin 3 x 5 sin 3 x 5

18. lim a. lim = b. lim = c. lim =
x →0 2x x →0 2x 2 x →0 2x 4 x →0 2x 11

19. lim
x →0
3¿ ¿ ¿ a. lim
x →0
3¿ ¿ ¿ b. lim
x →0
3¿ ¿ ¿ c. lim
x →0
3¿ ¿ ¿

x 2−3 x x 2−3 x x 2−3 x x 2−3 x

20. lim a. lim =−3 b. lim =−2 c. lim =−4
x →0 sin x x →0 sin x x →0 sin x x →0 sin x