Related Rates Calculus Review No Prep Activity

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"This was a nice way for students to practice related rates, which can sometimes be hard for them. I loved that it was easy to implement."

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"My kids loved solving this related rates mystery. They were able to finish in one period and it had a variety of types of related rates questions!"

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Description

Related Rates Calculus Review is a self-checking and no prep resource for your students to practice solving related rates problems. Perfect for group work or additional review before an exam.

Related rates calculus review includes 9 questions that are all designed to be completed without a calculator. A variety of problems are included such as an inflating balloon, draining conical tank, two people moving in perpendicular directions, ladder sliding down a wall, and angle of elevation changing.

How the Mystery Activity Works:

First students will solve the “clues” on the question pages.
Then they find their answers on the “Who Found It” page and cross off that corresponding option.
When they finish all questions there will be 3 boxes unchecked. This will solve the mystery!

This product contains a 9-question mystery activity with space for students to solve and show work, teacher instructions, answer key, and solution key.

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This product should only be used by the teacher who purchased it. This product is not to be shared with other teachers. Please buy the correct number of licenses if this is to be used by more than one teacher. A complete terms of use is included in the product.

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Related Rates Calculus Review No Prep Activity

Name: Related Rates Calculus Review No Prep Activity
Brand: Calculus and Chai
SKU: 12285975
Price: 3.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Rated 5 out of 5, based on 4 reviews

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PDF

Grades

11th - 12th, Higher Education

Subjects

Calculus, Math

Standards

CCSSMP1

CCSSMP2

CCSSMP4

What others say

"This was a nice way for students to practice related rates, which can sometimes be hard for them. I loved that it was easy to implement."

Olivia B.

"My kids loved solving this related rates mystery. They were able to finish in one period and it had a variety of types of related rates questions!"

Sherrill D.

Description

Related Rates Calculus Review is a self-checking and no prep resource for your students to practice solving related rates problems. Perfect for group work or additional review before an exam.

How the Mystery Activity Works:

First students will solve the “clues” on the question pages.
Then they find their answers on the “Who Found It” page and cross off that corresponding option.
When they finish all questions there will be 3 boxes unchecked. This will solve the mystery!

This product contains a 9-question mystery activity with space for students to solve and show work, teacher instructions, answer key, and solution key.

You may also like:

Terms of Use:

TpT Store Credits:

You can receive TpT store credits to use on future purchases by leaving feedback on products you buy! Just click on “My Purchases” under “Buy”.

If you have any questions, please contact me by email at calculusandchai@gmail.com

Thank you for shopping in my store!

Kelly Blakeman

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 5 out of 5

May 29, 2026

Great Resource

viet V.

11,144 reviews • California

Nice practice

Rated 5 out of 5

December 31, 2025

Met expectations

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Standards-aligned

This was a nice way for students to practice related rates, which can sometimes be hard for them. I loved that it was easy to implement.

Olivia B.

308 reviews • Oklahoma

Grades taught: 11th, 12th

Response from

Calculus and Chai

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Mar 8, 2026

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review! I’m so glad this activity was easy for you to implement in your class and helped your students get practice with related rates!

Great Activity!

Rated 5 out of 5

December 5, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

My kids loved solving this related rates mystery. They were able to finish in one period and it had a variety of types of related rates questions!

Sherrill D.

168 reviews • Florida

Grades taught: 11th, 12th

Response from

Calculus and Chai

(TPT Seller)

Mar 8, 2026

Thank you for the review! I love to hear that your students enjoyed the mystery. I'm especially glad the variety of problems was helpful!

Rated 5 out of 5

May 22, 2025

This is an awesome resource! My students really struggled with related rates, and this mystery activity gave them a fun way to practice different types of problems. I love that it is self-checking, which helps students identify and correct their own mistakes.

Hailey G.

80 reviews

Grades taught: 11th, 12th

Response from

Calculus and Chai

(TPT Seller)

May 31, 2025

Thank you for your kind words! I'm thrilled to hear that the mystery activity helped your students engage with related rates in a fun and meaningful way!

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Standards

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CCSSMP1

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution. They analyze givens, constraints, relationships, and goals. They make conjectures about the form and meaning of the solution and plan a solution pathway rather than simply jumping into a solution attempt. They consider analogous problems, and try special cases and simpler forms of the original problem in order to gain insight into its solution. They monitor and evaluate their progress and change course if necessary. Older students might, depending on the context of the problem, transform algebraic expressions or change the viewing window on their graphing calculator to get the information they need. Mathematically proficient students can explain correspondences between equations, verbal descriptions, tables, and graphs or draw diagrams of important features and relationships, graph data, and search for regularity or trends. Younger students might rely on using concrete objects or pictures to help conceptualize and solve a problem. Mathematically proficient students check their answers to problems using a different method, and they continually ask themselves, "Does this make sense?" They can understand the approaches of others to solving complex problems and identify correspondences between different approaches.

CCSSMP2

Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Mathematically proficient students make sense of quantities and their relationships in problem situations. They bring two complementary abilities to bear on problems involving quantitative relationships: the ability to decontextualize-to abstract a given situation and represent it symbolically and manipulate the representing symbols as if they have a life of their own, without necessarily attending to their referents-and the ability to contextualize, to pause as needed during the manipulation process in order to probe into the referents for the symbols involved. Quantitative reasoning entails habits of creating a coherent representation of the problem at hand; considering the units involved; attending to the meaning of quantities, not just how to compute them; and knowing and flexibly using different properties of operations and objects.

CCSSMP4

Model with mathematics. Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. In early grades, this might be as simple as writing an addition equation to describe a situation. In middle grades, a student might apply proportional reasoning to plan a school event or analyze a problem in the community. By high school, a student might use geometry to solve a design problem or use a function to describe how one quantity of interest depends on another. Mathematically proficient students who can apply what they know are comfortable making assumptions and approximations to simplify a complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later. They are able to identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw conclusions. They routinely interpret their mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.