Calendar for Math 165: Calculus I

Week [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

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MONTH
or WEEK
DAY Topic, Event Chapter & Section;
Practice Problems
Teams;
Assigned Problems
AUGUST
Chapter 1: Limits
WEEK 1 25-29 August
Mon 25 Course Introduction
Policies, Syllabus, Objectives
Introduction to Limits §1.1
#1-4,7-26,
#29-30,45
Tue 26 Limit Theorems §1.3
#1-20,25-26,
#41-44
Thu 28 Trigonometric Limits
Even-numbered practice problems, §§1.1,1.3.
§1.4
#1-16
Fri 29 Quiz 1 Thru §1.3

Trigonometric Limits, continued

SEPTEMBER
WEEK 2 1-5 September
Mon 1 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
No class meeting
Tue 2 Limits at Infinity; Infinite Limits §1.5
#1-10,21-24,27,
#30,43-46,55
Thu 4 Limits at Infinity, continued
Fri 5 Quiz 2 Thru §1.4. Including derivation of limt -> 0 (sin t ) / t = 1.

Continuity

§1.6
#1-10,18-21,
#24-30,51-53,63
Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 11,22: §1.1 #38
  • 33,44: §1.3 #46
  • 55,66: §1.3 #50
  • 77,88: §1.4 #24
  • 99,ZZ: §1.4 #24
Chapter 2: The Derivative
WEEK 3 8 - 12 September
Mon 8 Tangent and Instantaneous Velocity §2.1
#1-4,9,13,
#17,25,27
Tue 9 The Derivative §2.2
#1-8,17-20,
#27,37-40,64
Thu 11 The Derivative, continued
Fri 12 Quiz 3 Thru §2.1.

Differentiation rules

§2.3
#1-20,31-36,49-52
Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 11,22,33: §1.5 #62
  • 44,55,66: §1.6 #56
  • 77,88,99,ZZ: §2.1 #24
WEEK 4 15 - 19 September
Mon 15 Differentiation rules, continued
Tue 16 Trigonometric derivatives §2.4
#1-18,21,23,25
Thu 18 The Chain Rule §2.5
#1-28,33-36,
#41-42,63-65
Fri 19 Calculator-Free Quiz 4 thru §2.3

The Chain Rule, continued

Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 11,22: §2.2 #22
  • 33,44: §2.3 #48
  • 55,66: §2.3 #58
  • 77,88: §2.3 #60
  • 99,ZZ: §2.2 #66
WEEK 5 22-26 September
Mon 22 Higher-Order Derivatives §2.6
#1-14,20,21,
#23-25,31
Tue 23 Implicit Differentiation §2.7
#1-8,13-16,
#21-26,37-38
Thu 25 Related Rates §2.8
#1-4,7,8,11,
#12,15,16,19,20
Fri 26 Calulator-Free Quiz 5 thru §2.6

Related Rates, continued

NEW! Team Assignments
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
  • 11,22: §2.5 #70
  • 33,44: §2.5 #76
  • 55,66: §2.5 #72
  • 77,88: §2.6 #36
  • 99,00: §2.4 #24
WEEK 6 29 September - 3 October
Mon 29 Differentials and Approximations §2.9
#1-6,10,14,
#16-19,23-24,37-40
Chapter 3: Applications of the Derivative
Tue 30 Maxima and Minima §3.1
#1,2,5-14,29-31
OCTOBER
Thu 2 Monotonicity and Concavity §3.2
#1-8,11-14,
#19-24,29-32
Review Problems §§2.7-9
Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
  • 11 §2.7 #26
  • 22 §2.8 #16
  • 33 §2.9 #18
  • 44 §2.7 #14
  • 55 §2.8 #12
  • 66 §2.9 #16
  • 77 §2.7 #8
  • 88 §2.8 #8
  • 99 §2.9 #6
  • 00 §2.7 #4
Fri 3 Quiz 6 Thru Chapter 2

Monotonicity and Concavity, continued

Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 11,22: §2.9 #26
  • 33,44: §2.9 #34
  • 55,66: §2.8 #30
  • 77,88: §2.8 #22
  • 99,00: §2.7 #44
WEEK 7 6 - 10 October
Mon 6 Local Extrema §3.3
#1-6,11-14,21-24,31-32,35-38
Tue 7 REVIEW of Chapters 1-2 §1.7 #1-8,
#16-22,33-36
§2.10 #1(c),(d),(e),
#2(c),(d),(e), 5-8
#15-18, 25-28, 35-38,
#41,42,46,47
Thu 9 REVIEW of Chapter 2, continued
Midterm Exam
8:00 - 9:30 PM, 1 Carver
Fri 10 No class meeting. No Assigned Problems this week.
WEEK 8 13 - 17 October
Mon 13 Optimization Problems §3.4
#1,2,10-12,17-20,25-28,41,43
Tue 14 Optimization, continued
Thu 16 Graphing Functions Using Calculus §3.5
#1-6,13-14,17,23,31-32,34
Fri 17 Quiz 7 Thru §3.4

Graphing, continued

Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 11,22: §3.4 #38
  • 33,44: §3.4 #34
  • 55,66: §3.3 #44
  • 77,88: §3.2 #40
  • 99,00: §3.1 #28
WEEK 9 20 - 24 October
Mon 20 Mean Value Theorem §3.6
#22,24,31-34,46-48,51-54
Tue 21 Antiderivatives §3.8
#1-8,19-32;,37-38
Thu 23 Differential Equations §3.9
#1-2,5-9,17-26
Fri 24 Quiz 8 Thru §3.6

Differential Equations, continued

NEWTeam Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 111,222,333: §3.5 #38
  • 444,555,666: §3.6 #54
  • 777,888,999: §3.6 #48
Chapter 4: The Definite Integral
WEEK 10 27 - 31 October
Mon 27 Area §4.1
#1-4,9-12,19-22,
#29,39-40,43-46,49-56
Tue 28 Area, continued
Thu 30 The Definite Integral §4.2
#1,3,5,7,11-14,17-20,27-28
Fri 31 Quiz 9 Thru §4.1

The Definite Integral, continued

Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 111,222: §3.8 #50
  • 333,444: §3.9 #34
  • 555,666: §3.9 #16
  • 777,888,999: §4.1 #38
NOVEMBER
WEEK 11 3 - 7 November
Mon 3 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (1) §4.3
#1-6,9-22,27-28,33-34
Tue 4 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (1), continued
Thu 6 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (II)
The Method of Substitution
§4.4
#1-28,35-50,59-61
Fri 7 Quiz 10 Thru §4.3

Substitution, continued

Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 111,222,333: §4.2 #16
  • 444,555,666: §4.3 #32
  • 777,888,999: §4.3 #38
WEEK 12 10 - 14 November
Mon 10 Mean Value Theorem for Integrals
Symmetry
§4.5
#1-10,29-41,48
Chapter 6: Transcendental Functions
Tue 11 The Natural Logarithm §6.1
#1,3-10,15-22,30-32,35
Thu 13 Inverse Functions, Their Derivatives §6.2
#1-2,7-12,15-18,29,33,43
Quiz practice:
  • 111: §4.4 #8
  • 222: §4.4 #10
  • 333: §4.4 #16
  • 444: §4.4 #18
  • 555: §4.4 #36
  • 666: §4.4 #44
  • 777: §4.5 #38
  • 888: §4.5 #10
  • 999: §4.5 #8
Fri 14 Pencil & Paper Quiz 11 Thru Chapter 4

The Exponential Function

§6.3
#3-8,11-21,25-29,37-44
NEWTeam Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 111,222: §4.4 #58
  • 333,444: §4.4 #62
  • 555,666: §4.5 #56
  • 777,888,999: §4.4 #76
WEEK 13 17 - 21 November
Mon 17 The exponential function, continued
Tue 18 Exponentials and Logarithms to Any Base §6.4
#1-5,9-10,13-16,17-26,31,35-36
Thu 20 Exponential Growth and Decay §6.5
#1-3,8,9,12-15,19-21,26,36
Fri 21 Calculator-Free Quiz 12 Thru §6.3

Exponential Growth and Decay, continued

Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 111,222: §6.1 #42
  • 333,444: §6.2 #44
  • 555,666: §6.3 #36
  • 777,888,999: §6.3 #54(a)
THANKSGIVING RECESS
24 - 28 NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
WEEK 14 1 - 5 December
Mon 1 Exponential change, continued
Tue 2 Inverse Trigonometric Functions §6.8
#1-5,11-13,25,29,39-50,55-63,73,87,90,91
Thu 4 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Fri 5 Quiz 13 Thru §6.6

Inverse Trigonometric Functions, continued

Team Assignments:
[Section E1]
[Section M1]
Homework Guidelines
  • 111,222: §6.4 #50
  • 333,444: §6.5 #24
  • 555,666: §6.4 #52
  • 777,888,999: §6.5 #40
WEEK 15 8 - 12 December
Mon 8 REVIEW Chapter 6 Ch. 6 Sample Test Problems pp. 380-1
#1-6, 10-15, 17-33, 40-42.
Tue 9 REVIEW Chapter 3 Ch. 3 Sample Test Problems pp.210-3
#20-36 (even), 40-43, 53-75.
MAY
Thu 11 REVIEW Chapter 4 Ch.4 Sample Test Problems pp. 271-3
#1-12,14-16,19,22,26,28
Fri 12 Quiz 14 Thru Chapter 6

REVIEW.

FINAL
EXAMS
15 - 19 December
Thu 18 FINAL EXAM tests the
Objectives for Calculus I.
7:00pm - 9:00pm, 101 Carver.


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