Approximating Area: The Trapezium Rule Desmos

Explore how well you can approximate the area using one or more trapezium. You can: * drag A and B to change the start and end points. * alter the function used * change the number of trapezium strips * show or hide the approximation * show or hide the actual area.

 

Ant Naden

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
a-level  area  exploration  integration  maths  trapezium  trapezoid  upper-and-lower-sum 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
 
 
 
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