MATH 1A - Calculus

Call Number

Schedule ID

Location

01481

24499

MATH-001A-23

MATH-01AH-23H

G-5

  • TTh 1:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
  • 5 Units
Office Hours - Fall 2017
  • Mon. and Wed. 1:30-2:20 in S-76D
  • Tues. and Thur. 12:30-1:20 in S-43
Course Syllabus and Materials

Syllabus is in downloadable PDF icon PDF

Solutions to the project for peer evaluation

Schedule for Math 1A - Fall 2017

Subject to change (dates in red are past and are not subject to change):

Date Sections covered / activities HW
T 9/26 Introduction, review (1.1-1.4)  1.1-1.4
Th 9/28

Quiz 1 

Review, rates of changes (ROC) tangent lines (1.5, 2.1)

*We will finish 2.1 on Tuesday

 1.5, 2.1
T 10/3 Limits and limit laws (2.3)  2.3
Th 10/5

Quiz 2 (covers 2.1, 2.3)

Limit definition and one-sided limits (2.4, 2.2)

Drop deadline is Sunday

 2.4, 2.2
T 10/10

Continuity, infinite limits and asymptotes (2.5, 2.6)

 2.5, 2.6
Th 10/12

Quiz 3 (covers 2.2, 2.4-2.6)

Derivatives (2.7); Review

 Study for exam
T 10/17

EXAM 1 (2.1-2.6)

Derivative function (2.7, 2.8)

 2.7

 2.8 through #33

Th 10/19

Quiz 4 (2.7, 2.8 through HW #33)

Differentiability and derivative rules (2.8, 3.1, 3.2)

Pass / No Pass deadline is Friday

 Finish 2.8 

 3.1, 3.2

T 10/24

Trig and chain rules (3.3, 3.4)

 3.3, 3.4
Th 10/26

Quiz 5 (2.8, 3.1-3.4)

Implicit differentiation and orthogonal trajectories (3.5)

*We will finish o.g. trajectories on Tuesday

 3.5 through #59
T 10/31 Log rule and related rates (3.6, 3.9)

 Finish 3.5 

 3.6, 3.9 

Th 11/2

Quiz 6 (3.5, 3.6)

Linear approximation and Newton's method (3.10, 4.8);

Review

 Study for exam
T 11/7

EXAM 2 (2.7-3.9)

Differentials and l'Hospital's rule (4.4)

 3.10, 4.8, 4.4
Th 11/9

Quiz 7 (3.10, 4.4, 4.8)

Extreme values (4.1)

 4.1
T 11/14

Mean Value Theorem and curve sketching (4.2, 4.3)

Project assigned

 4.2
Th 11/16

Quiz 8 (4.1, 4.2)

Curve sketching, cont. (4.3, 4.5)

 4.3, 4.5 
T 11/21

Optimization (4.7)

 4.7
Th 11/23 No class - Happy Thanksgiving  Finish project
T 11/28

Project due

Quiz 9 (4.3, 4.5, 4.7)

Parametric equations (10.1); Review

 Study for exam
Th 11/30

EXAM 3 (3.10-4.8)

Derivatives of parametric equations (10.2)

 10.1, 10.2

 Finish project evaluations

T 12/5

Project peer evaluations due

Antiderivatives (4.9)

 4.9
Th 12/7

Quiz 10 (10.2, 4.9)

Review

 Study 

T 12/12

FINAL EXAM 1:45-3:45  Relax
Suggested Homework Exercises
1.1 # 7, 9, 25, 27, 31-37 odd, 43, 45
1.2 # 4, 5, 10, 15, 21 
1.3 # 31, 33, 37, 41-47 odd, 52, 53, 61 
1.4 # 1-4, 7, 9, 19 
1.5 # 1, 5-13 odd, 19-29 odd, 33-41 odd, 51, 53, 57
2.1 # 3, 5, 7 
2.3 # 1, 2, 10, 13-31 odd, 37-43 odd
2.4 # 11-21 odd 
2.2 # 5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 31-41 odd, 44, 54
2.5 # 3-9 odd, 17-23 odd, 24, 35-41 odd, 45, 46, 51, 53, 55 
2.6

# 3-5, 7, 9, 17-27 odd, 31, 33, 37, 39, 47, 49, 51, 55, 67

Plus Section 4.5 # 61-64  

2.7 # 3, 5-8, 11, 13-15, 21, 23, 27, 31, 43, 51, 53 
2.8 # 3-11 odd, 23, 25, 27, 33, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51, 59 
3.1 # 3, 7-25 odd, 31, 33, 37, 47, 49, 55, 57, 67 
3.2 # 1-23 odd, 27-33 odd, 41, 49 
3.3 # 7-15 odd, 23, 28, 29, 31, 33-35, 39-51 odd
3.4 # 9-39 odd, 47, 49, 59, 63, 79
3.5 # 5-19 odd, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 49, 51, 57, 59, 65, 67-70
3.6 # 3-15 odd, 23-31 odd, 37, 43-49 odd 
3.9 # 3, 5, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 27-29, 33
3.10 # 11-17 odd, 23, 25, 27, 33, 35, 43, 44
4.8

# 7, 11, 13, 15, 19

 (For #11-19, just do 4 approximations for each root) 

4.4

# 13-27 odd, 31-37 odd, 43-61 odd

4.1 # 2, 3-13 odd, 33-41 odd ,51-61 odd, 71, 73, 76, 77 
4.2 # 11-21 odd, 27, 29 
4.3 # 5-8, 19, 21, 35, 39-57 odd, 69, 88, 89 
4.5 # 7-13 odd, 21, 23, 25, 33, 35, 49, 51, 53, 65, 67, 69 
4.7 # 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 35, 51, 56, 73 
10.1 # 1-13 odd 
10.2 # 1, 3, 5, 11-19 odd, 25, 29 
4.9 # 1-23 odd, 33-45 odd, 51, 53-55, 61, 63, 75, 77 
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