Integral practice for Class 12th Students. Here’s a list of practice exercises.

There’s a hint
for each one as well as an answer with intermediate
Solve all the questions and do some more related steps.
problems from NCERTs and if possible from other

sources too.
1. (x4 − x3 + x2 ) dx. Hint. Answer.
Note down your queries and we will take them in
Practice Integration
class after the test.
Math 120 Calculus I 
Fall 2015 2. (5t8 − 2t4 + t + 3) dt. Hint. Answer.

This first set of indefinite integrals, that is, an- 

tiderivatives, only depends on a few principles of
3. (7u3/2 + 2u1/2 ) du. Hint. Answer.
integration, the first being that integration is in-
verse to differentiation. Besides that, a few rules

can be identified: a constant rule, a power rule,
linearity, and a limited few rules for trigonometric, 4. (3x−2 − 4x−3 ) dx. Hint. Answer.
logarithmic, and exponential functions.
 
3
k dx = kx + C, where k is a constant 5. dx. Hint. Answer.
x
   
1 4 7
xn dx = xn+1 + C, if n = −1 6. + dt. Hint. Answer.
n+1 3t 2 2t

1
dx = ln |x| + C   
x √ 3
  7. 5 y−√ dy. Hint. Answer.
y
kf (x) dx = k f (x) dx
   
3x2 + 4x + 1
(f (x) ± g(x)) dx = f (x) dx ± g(x) dx 8. dx. Hint. Answer.
2x


sin x dx = − cos x + C
9. (2 sin θ + 3 cos θ) dθ. Hint. Answer.

cos x dx = sin x + C 
 10. (5ex − e) dx. Hint. Answer.
ex dx = ex + C
 
1 4
dx = arctan x + C 11. dt. Hint. Answer.
1 + x2 1 + t2

√
1 
dx = arcsin x + C
1 − x2 12. (ex+3 + ex−3 ) dx. Hint. Answer.
We’ll add more rules later, but there are plenty here
to get acquainted with. 
7
13. √ du. Hint. Answer.
1 − u2

1
   
2 1 Integrating polynomials is fairly easy, and you’ll
14. r − 2r + dr. Hint. Answer.
r get the hang of it after doing just a couple of them.
Answer.

4 sin x 
15. dx. Hint. Answer.
3 tan x 3. Hint. (7u3/2 + 2u1/2 ) du.

You can use the power rule for other powers be-
16. (7 cos x + 4ex ) dx. Hint. Answer. sides integers. For instance,

 √
3 u3/2 du = 25 u5/2 + C
17. 7v dv. Hint. Answer.
Answer.

4 
18. √ dt. Hint. Answer.
5t 4. Hint. (3x−2 − 4x−3 ) dx

1 You can even use the power rule for negative ex-
19. dx. Hint. Answer. ponents (except −1). For example,
3x2 + 3

 √
x4 − 6x3 + ex x x−3 dx = − 12 x−2 + C
20. √ dx. Hint. Answer.
x
Answer.

3
5. Hint. dx
x
 This is 3x−1 and the general power rule doesn’t
1. Hint. (x4 − x3 + x2 ) dx. apply. But you can use

Integrate each term using the power rule, 1
dx = ln |x| + C.
 x
1
xn dx = xn+1 + C. Answer.
n+1
  
So to integrate xn , increase the power by 1, then 4 7
6. Hint. + dt
divide by the new power. Answer. 3t2 2t
 Treat the first term as 43 t−2 and the second term
2. Hint. (5t8 − 2t4 + t + 3) dt. as 72 t−1 . Answer.

Remember that the integral of a constant is the   

√ 3
constant times the integral. Another way to say 7. Hint. 5 y−√ dy
y
that is that you can pass a constant through the
integral sign. For instance, It’s usually easier to turn those square roots into
1
  fractional powers. So, for instance, √ is y −1/2 .
y
5t8 dt = 5 t8 dt Answer.

2
  
3x2 + 4x + 1
8. Hint. dx 16. Hint. (7 cos x + 4ex ) dx
2x
Use some algebra to simplify the integrand, that Just more practice with trig and exponential
is, divide by 2x before integrating. Answer. functions. Answer.
  √
3
9. Hint. (2 sin θ + 3 cos θ) dθ 17. Hint. 7v dv
√3
√
3
√
3
Getting the ± signs right when integrating sines You can write
√ 7v as 7 v. And remember
3 1/3
and cosines takes practice. Answer. you can write v as v . Answer.

 
4
10. Hint. (5ex − e) dx 18. Hint. √ dt
5t
Just as the derivative of ex is ex , so the integral Use algebra to write this in √ a form that’s easier to
x x
of e is e . Note that the −e in the integrand is a integrate. Remember that 1/ t is t−1/2 . Answer.
constant. Answer. 
1
 19. Hint. dx
4 3x2 + 3
11. Hint. dt You can factor out a 3 from the denominator to
1 + t2
Remember that the derivative of arctan t is put it in a form you can integrate. Answer.
1
. Answer.  4 √
1 + t2 x − 6x3 + ex x
20. Hint. √ dx
 √
x
12. Hint. (ex+3 + ex−3 ) dx Divide through by x before integrating. Alter-
natively, write the integrand as
When working with exponential functions, re-
member to use the various rules of exponentia- x−1/2 (x4 − 6x3 + ex x1/2 )
tion. Here, the rules to use are ea+b = ea eb and
and multiply. Answer.
ea−b = ea /eb . Answer.

7
13. Hint. √ du
1 − u2
Remember that the derivative of arcsin u is
1 
√ Answer.
1 − u2 1. Answer. (x4 − x3 + x2 ) dx.
   The integral is 15 x5 − 14 x4 + 13 x3 + C.
1
14. Hint. r2 − 2r + dr Whenever you’re working with indefinite inte-
r grals like this, be sure to write the +C. It signifies
Use the power rule, but don’t forget the integral that you can add any constant to the antiderivative
of 1/r is ln |r| + C. Answer. F (x) to get another one, F (x) + C.
 When you’re working  bwith definite integrals with
4 sin x
15. Hint. dx limits of integration, , the constant isn’t needed
3 tan x a
You’ll need to use trig identities to simplify this. since you’ll be evaluating an antiderivative F (x) at
Answer. b and a to get a numerical answer F (b) − F (a).

3
  
8 4
2. Answer. (5t − 2t + t + 3) dt. 10. Answer. (5ex − e) dx

The integral is 59 t9 − 25 t5 + 12 t2 + 3t + C. That equals 5ex − ex + C.


 4
3/2 1/2 11. Answer. dt.
3. Answer. (7u + 2u ) du. 1 + t2
That evaluates as 4 arctan t + C. Some people
14 5/2
This integral evaluates as 5
u + 43 u3/2 + C. prefer to write arctan t as tan−1 t.
 
4. Answer. (3x−2 − 4x−3 ) dx. 12. Answer. (ex+3 + ex−3 ) dx.

That equals −3x−1 +2x−2 +C. If you prefer, you The integrand is its own antiderivative, that is,
3 2 the integral is equal to
could write the answer as − + 2 + C
x x
ex+3 + ex−3 + C.

3 If you write the integrand as ex e3 + ex /e3 , and note
5. Answer. dx
x that e3 is just a constant, you can see that it’s its
That’s 3 ln |x|+C. The reason the absolute value own antiderivative.
sign is there is that when x is negative, the deriva- 
tive of ln |x| is 1/x, so by putting in the absolute 13. Answer. 7
√ du.
value sign, you’re covering that case, too. 1 − u2
The integral equals 7 arcsin u.
  
4 7   
6. Answer. + dt. 2 1
3t 2 2t 14. Answer. r − 2r + dr.
r
The integral of 43 t−2 + 72 t−1 is − 43 t−1 + 72 ln |t| + C. The integral evaluates as
   1 3
r − r2 + ln |r| + C.
√ 3 3
7. Answer. 5 y−√ dy.
y 
4 sin x
1/2
The integral of 5y −3y is −1/2 15. Answer.
10 3/2
y −6y 1/2 +C. dx
10 √
3 √ 3 tan x
You could write that as 3 y y − 6 y + C if you
The integrand simplifies to 43 cos x. Therefore the
prefer.
integral is 43 sin x + C.
 
3x2 + 4x + 1
8. Answer. dx. 16. Answer. (7 cos x + 4ex ) dx.
2x
The integral of 2x + 2 + 12 x−1 is That’s 7 sin x + 4ex + C.
 √
2 1
x + 2x + ln |x| + C. 17. Answer.
3
7v dv.
2
√
 Since you can rewrite the integrand as 3
7 v 1/3 ,
9. Answer. (2 sin θ + 3 cos θ) dθ. therefore its integral is
√ 4/3
3 3
That’s equal to −2 cos θ + 3 sin θ + C. 4
7 v + C.