Math is Fun: Introduction to Calculus

APA Citation:

Pierce, Rod. (5 Apr 2018). Introduction to calculus. Retrieved 24 Jun 2019 from http://www.mathsisfun.com/calculus/introduction.html

Summary:  

Calculus has two methods to measure change: differential calculus and integral calculus. Differential calculus breaks something into small pieces to see how it changes and Integral calculus takes small pieces and puts them together to see how much there is; differential and integral calculus are inverse operations.  Differential calculus can be used to find the speed at any given point in time, not just the average speed for the trip. Integral calculus can be used to find the area under a curve.

Things Learned:

Calculus can be used to find the speed of an object at any point along the journey.  Calculus can be used to find the changing volume of an object.

My Question:

This answers my question about mathematical thinking as exploring calculus and learning how it is used to find patterns by breaking things apart or putting them together is thinking logically and looking for patterns – mathematical thinking.