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
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 |