Turvy with
Basic Integration Formulas
A Puzzle by David Pleacher



Grade Level: 11 - 12, College

Materials: One set of worksheets for each student

Objective: The student will be able to solve problems involving basic integration formulas, including integration by parts, trig integration, exponential functions, inverse trig, parametric equations, and area under a curve.

                   

Back in 1953, Roger Price invented a minor art form called the Droodle, which he described as "a borkley-looking sort of drawing that doesn't make any sense until you know the correct title."   In 1985, Games Magazine took the Droodle one step further and created the Turvy.   Turvies have one explanation right-side-up and an entirely different one turned topsy-turvy.   The Turvy above was created by P. Edwin Letcher of Los Angeles, California and published in Games Magazine in May 1986.

To determine the titles to this turvy, solve the 20 integral problems in this puzzle.
Then replace each numbered blank in the puzzle with the letter corresponding to the answer for that problem.

Thanks to Rodger Jaffe and his calculus class for finding an error in this puzzle!

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Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher