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
   
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