Homework and Reading Assignment for Calc A
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Date | Section/Topic/Reading Assignment | Homework to be collected | Suggested Homework Problems |
Thu Aug 28 | Course Admin/1.1 Functions Introduction to Maple |
Due M Sep 1 Section 1.1: 3,8,16,20,21,23,24,26 28,32,36,41 |
Section 1.11,2,15,17,22,27,29-31,37,40 |
Mon Sep 1 | 1.2 Graphs | Due R Sep 4: Maple Lab Section 1.2: 10,14-19,44,66 Due M Sep 8: Maple Lab on Graphs (Constructing More Complex Functions), located in class folder under P drive. |
Section 1.2 7-9,11-13,20,28,43,45-50, 62,64,65,67,68 |
Thu Sep 4 | 1.3 Elementary Functions | Due M Sep 8: Section 1.3: 8,13,15,16,18,27,28 30,31,49 Due R Sep 11: Taxonomy Lab |
Section 1.3 1-6,10,12,14,17,20,24-26, 32,33,44 |
Mon Sep 8 | 1.4 The Idea of the Derivative | Due R Sep 11 Section1.4: 3,4,11,24,36,41, 42,54,59,62 |
Section 1.4: 1,2,5,8,10,12-14,16,19,25,28, 31-34,43,44,46,53,57,58,60,61,63 |
Thu Sep 11 | 1.5 Estimating Derivatives | Due Mon, Sep 15 Section 1.5:7,15,18,27,31,34,55 |
Section 1.5: 1-6,9-12,17,19,26,28, 42,43,54 |
Mon Sep15 | 1.6 & 1.7 Geometry of Derivatives and Higher Order Derivatives |
Due R, Sep 25 (after the exam) 1.6: 4,8,11,14,21-24,37-45,47,52,61 1.7: 3,5,8,11,15-18,26,43 |
1.6: Rest of the problems in 1.6 1.7: 1,2,4,6,7,13,14,19-21,25,28 37,38,40,44 |
Thu Sep 18 | 2.1 Defining the Derivative/Review | Due R, Sep 25 2.1: 3,6,7-9,17-20,30,32,33,47-51 |
2.1: 4,10-13,15,21-24,29,31,34-36,40,46,52,53 |
Mon Sep 22 | Exam I: | ||
Thu Sep 25 | 2.1/2.2 Derivatives of Power Functions and Polynomials | Due M, Sep 29 2.2:10,15,16,38,47-50,53,56,58,64,66,68 |
2.2: 14,25-32,37,45,46,57,59, 60,65,67,69-71 |
Mon Sep 29 | 2.3 Limits/4.2 Limits at Infinity | Due M, Oct 6 2.3:5,9-26, 37,41,44,46,52,54,57,60,63-66 4.2:2,5,7,11,16,20,22 |
2.3: 4,6,7,8,27-36,47,49-51,53,55,67 4.2: The rest of 1-23 |
Thu Oct 2 | 4.2/ Limits Lab | ||
Mon Oct 6 | 2.4 Derivative and Antiderivative Formulas 2.5 Basics of Diff Eqns |
Due M, Oct 13 2.4: 1-3,5,19,22,23,25,29,32-34,39,55,58,62,64 2.5: 1,5,6,8,12,18,22,24,32 |
2.4: 4,6-18,20,21,24,26-28,30,31,40,4152,56,57 2.5: 2,3,7,9-11,13,17,19-21,23,25-27,33-35 |
Mon Oct 13 | 2.6 Derivatives of Exp and Log Funcs 3.4 Inverse Functions |
Due R, Oct 16 Appendix E: 11, 17,20,26-29,38,40,42,45,47,54,58,60,65,67-69 2.6: 5,8,10,13-20,27-30,32,35,39,40,45,47,51,56,59,60,63,64,67-70 |
Appendix E: The rest of the exercises. 2.6: 1,2,6,21-26,33,34,41-44,46,48,52,55,57,58,65 |
Thu Oct 16 | 2.7& 3.4 Derivatives Trig Functions and Inverse Trig Functions | Due M, Oct 20 2.7: 6,10-13,15,20,21,41,45 Due R, Oct 23 3.4:1,4,5,7,8,13,30-32,37,38,41, |
2.7: 7-9,16,23-35,47 3.4: 2,3,6,9-12,29,40, |
Mon Oct 20 | 3.1 Product and Quotient Rules /Practice Practice sheet |
Due R, Oct 23 3.1:7,8,12,13,19,20,27,30,35,39,41,53,54,69(a,b,c),75,77,78 |
3.1: 9-42,55-68,72-74,76,79-81 |
Thu Oct 23 | 3.2 The Chain Rule /Practice | Due M, Oct 27 3.2: 1,2,5-22,26,27,37,40 3.4: 14-24 3.5: 6-8,36,40,53,58,60,61,72-74 |
3.2: The rest of the problems 3.5: The rest of the problems |
Mon Oct 27 | Review, Gateway Exam in the last 30 minutes. Exam II Take-Home Part |
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Thu Oct 30 | 4.3 Optimization | Due M, Nov 3 4.3: 4,5,8,16,17,30,31 Project 2: Due Nov 13 |
4.3: The rest of the problems |
Mon Nov 3 | 5.1 Areas and Integrals | Due R, Nov 6 5.1: 3,4,5,6,10,11,18,20-22,28,30,33,34,41,46,53,54,66,69 |
5.1: The rest of the problems. |
Thu Nov 6 | 5.2 Area Function | Due M, Nov 10 5.2: 2,9-14,39-44,57-64 |
5.2: The rest of the problems in 1-66. |
Mon Nov 10 | 5.3 FTC | Due R, Nov 13 5.3: 9-18,27-31,34,43,45,46,48-51,54,66 |
5.3: The rest of the problems. |
Thu Nov 13 | 5.4 The Method of Substitution | Due M, Nov 17 5.4: 6-12, 16,18,22,32,33,40,44,46,49,53-57,63-67,72-76 |
5.4: The rest of the problems |
Mon Nov 17 | Practice/Review | ||
Thu Nov 20 | Exam III |
THANKGIVING BREAK |
Mon Dec 1 | 3.3 Implicit Differentiation 4.5 Related Rates |
Due R, Dec 4 3.3: 1,4,6,8-10,21 4.5:3,4,10,13,16 |
The rest of the problems in 3.3 and 4.5 |
Thu Dec 4 | 4.6 Newton's Method | Due M, Dec 8 4.6: 1,2,4, 6-8,13,22 |
5,14-17 |
Mon Dec 8 | 4.8 & 4.9 Why Cont and Diff Matter | Due R, Dec 11 4.8: 1,2,6,7,10,17,19,20,30 4.9:1-7,11,15-19,23,30 |
The rest of the problems |
Thu Dec 11 | Two Mean Value Thoerems (Interlude on page 370) Review/Wrap-up |