Math 115 - Calculus I
Fall 2007
(last modified Dec. 5, 2007)
- Assignment 1A, due September 10 or 11
- Assignment 1B, due Sept. 13 or 14
- Assignment 2A, due Sept. 17 or 18
- Assignment 2B, due Sept. 20 or 21
- Assignment 3A, due Sept. 24 or 25
- Assignment 3B, due Sept. 27 or 28
- Assignment 4A, due October 4 or 5
- Assignment 4B, due Oct. 10
- Assignment 5A, due Oct. 15 or 16
- Assignment 5B, due Oct. 18 or 19
- Assignment 6A, due Oct. 22 or 23
- Assignment 6B, due Oct. 25 or 26
- Assignment 7A, due November 1 or 2
- Assignment 7B, due Nov. 8 or 9
- Assignment 8A, due Nov. 12 or 13
- Assignment 8B, due Nov. 15 or 16
- Assignment 9A, due Nov. 26 or 27
- Assignment 9B, due December 3 or 4
- Assignment 10A, due Dec. 6 or 7
- Assignment 10B, due Dec. 10 or 11
- Review: Read over the course information handout
- Study: Chapter 1 Sections 1, 2 and 3
- Do:
- pp. 22--24: 2, 5, 7, 18, 24, 25, 30, 34.
- p. 35--38: 2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 19, 20.
- p. 46--49: 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16, 22, 24, 29, 31, 35, 36.
- Also: On a single piece of a paper, graph the
following functions:
On the same set of axes, (1) graph the function which represents your
mathematical
knowledge over time and (2) graph the function which represents your
mathematical
enjoyment over time. Please explain your graphs.
- Finally:
- Use FirstClass to find the MATH115-4&5-F07
Conference. Add this conference to your desktop.
- Use your web browser to find the
Math
115 home page, and make a bookmark for future reference. Here you
will find all of the general information about the course.
- Once there, navigate to the
weekly
syllabus and assignments page. Whoah! You're there already! Future
assignments will be posted to the website and to the FirstClass
MATH115-4&5-F07 conference; they will not be handed out in class, so if you have
problems with your FirstClass account, let me know.
- Study: Chapter 1 Section 5
- Do: pp. 61--63: 1, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 25(a) - 25(c), 28(a) - 28(c).
- Read ahead: Chapter 1 Section 6
- Give yourself plenty of time to complete the homework.
Four or five consecutive late-night hours are not as helpful as
two or three 90 minute sessions. Plan ahead, to take advantage of the
drop-in tutoring at the Math Help Room as well.
Be sure to write up your homework solutions on your own.
- Study: Chapter 1 Section 6, Chapter 2 Sections 1, 2
- Do: pp. 72--73: 1, 10, 12, 18, 20, 21, 23, 33, 36, 38, 45, 49(a)-(b),
50(a)-(b).
- pp. 97--98: 2, 3,
6.
pp. 106--107: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14. (These problems moved to
Assignment 2B.)
- Please write your section (4 if TWF, 5 if MWTh) next to your name at the
top of the front page of your assignment. Please write up the problems in
order, and staple your problem set.
- Review the homework guidelines on the course information page.
- Study: Chapter 2 Sections 2, 3
- Do: pp. 97-98: 6, 7.
- pp. 106-107: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 24.
- pp. 115-116: 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 19, 20, 30.
- Study: Chapter 2 Sections 3,4
- Note: Exam 1 is Wednesday, October 3
- Do: p. 116: 29, 35.
- pp. 126-127: 4, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 25, 26, 28, 33.
- Study: Chapter 2 Section 5
- Note: Exam 1 is Wednesday, October 3
- Do: pp. 137-139: 3, 9, 16, 18, 20, 24, 27, 28, 29.
- Study: Chapter 2 Sections 6, 7, 8
- Do: pp. 145-147: 3, 5(a)-(b), 8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24.
- pp. 153-154: 2, 5, 6, 7, 13, 16, 20, 23.
- pp. 165-168: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 19, 20.
Fall Break is October 8 - 9.
- Study: Chapter 2 Sections 8, 9
- Do: pp. 153-154: 32, 34.
- pp. 165-168: 31, 34, 39.
- pp. 172-174: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 17, 22, 23.
Note: No class Thursday or
Friday, October 11 or 12.
- Study: Chapter 3 Section 1
- Do: pp. 190-192: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14.
- Study: Chapter 3 Sections 2, 4
- Do: pp. 198-200: 3, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 31.
- pp. 218-219: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.
- Study: Chapter 3 Sections 3, 4, 5, 6
- Do: pp. 210-211: 5, 6, 9;
- pp. 218-220: 11, 14, 15, 22(a);
- For #14 and #15 use the Quotient Rule and the derivatives for sin x and cos x.
You do not need to go back to the formal (limit) definition of the derivative.
- pp. 228-229: 1, 3, 9, 13, 15, 22, 37(a), 44;
- pp. 238-239: 6, 8, 15, 17, 18, 26.
- Study: Chapter 3 Sections 6, 7, 8
- Note: Exam 2 is Wednesday, October 31
- Do: pp. 238 - 240: 30, 32, 34;
- pp. 245 - 246: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13;
- pp. 245 - 246:27, 28, 30. (Wednesday's class will cover this topic.)
- Study: Chapter 3 Sections 6, 7, 8
- Note: We have an exam on Wednesday, October 31. All of Chapter 3 will be on the exam,
so the HW problems from section 3.8 are good practice for the exam on Wednesday October 31.
- Do: pp. 252 - 253: 1, 6, 7, 10 (a sketch is sufficient illustration), 11, 14, 16, 18.
- pp. 267 - 269: 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18.
Tanner Conference is Tuesday November 6.
- Study: Chapter 4 Sections 2, 3
- Do: pp. 275 - 277: 4, 6, 9, 16, 21, 24, 26, 28;
- pp. 286 - 289: 5, 7, 8, 18, 20, 29.
- Do problems #5, #8 from the hand-out on related rates problems.
(See course conference if you did not receive this in class.)
- Study: Chapter 4 Sections 3, 5
- Do: pp. 286 - 289: 24, 27, 35:
- pp. 303 - 305: 2, 5, 8, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19.
- Problem #9 from the hand-out on related rates problems.
- Study: Chapter 4 Section 5
- Do: pp. 303 - 305: 14, 16, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34.
- pp. 311 - 315: 1. (Wow! This is a preview of optimization.)
- Study: Chapter 4 Sections 6, 7
- Note: Exam 3 is Friday, November 30
- Do: pp. 311 - 315: 4, 6, 10, 12, 23, 32.
- pp. 320 - 321: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9,
15, 17.
- Problems #3 and #7 from the hand-out on optimization problems.
Happy Thanksgiving!
- Study: Chapter 4 Section 9 and Chapter 5 Section 1
- Note: Exam 3 is Friday, November 30
- Do: pp. 332- 333: 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 22, 44.
- pp. 352 - 352: 2, 4, 6 (don't need to graph), 11, 13, 14, 15.
- Study: Chapter 5 Sections 1, 2, 3
- Do: pp. 364 - 366: 1, 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 31.
- pp. 374 - 376: 2, 6, 8, 12, 18.
- Study: Chapter 5 Sections 3 -- 5
- Do: pp. 374 - 376: 4, 14, 16, 20.
- pp. 383: 5.
- pp. 392: 3, 4, 7, 10, 16, 17, 21, 22.
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