All ISU undergraduate students are invited to participate in the Problem of the Week Contest.
| MONTH or WEEK | DAY | Topic, Event | Chapter & Section; Practice Problems | Teams; Assigned Problems |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| Fri 3 | Quiz 6 Thru Chapter 2 Monotonicity and Concavity, continued | Team Assignments: [Section E1] [Section M1] Homework Guidelines
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| 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
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| 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 | Team Assignments: [Section E1] [Section M1] Homework Guidelines
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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:
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| Fri 14 | Pencil & Paper Quiz 11 Thru Chapter 4
The Exponential Function | §6.3 #3-8,11-21,25-29,37-44 | Team Assignments: [Section E1] [Section M1] Homework Guidelines
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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. | |||