Detailed Course Schedule


Math 1210 (Calculus I), Fall 2008


Note:This is a tentative schedule. Homework information will become available on weekly basis.
PC below refers to Polynomial Calculus notes that can be found here.
Please do not forget to follow the guidelines before submitting your homework.

Week
Date
Sections
Homework

Aug. 25

PC 1: Straight lines (pages 1-6)

HW1 due Friday, Aug. 29th
PC 1, pg. 6-7 : # 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25.
PC 2, pg. 12 : # 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16.
PC 3, pg. 16 : # 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14.
Aug. 26 PC 2: Slope of a Curve (pages 8-12)
Aug. 27 PC 3: Derivative of a Polynomial (pages 13-16) and Problem Session
Aug. 29 PC 4: Antiderivatives of polynomials (pages 17-20), Quiz 1 (Solution)
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Sept. 1

No class: Labor Day

HW2 due Friday, Sept. 5th
PC 4 : # 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10
PC 5 : # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Sept. 2 PC 5: Definite Integrals (pages 21-25)
Sept. 3 Problem Session
Sept. 5 0.1 & 0.2 (in the textbook), Quiz 2 (Solution)
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Sept. 8

0.3 & 0.5

HW3 due Friday, Sept. 12th
0.1 : # 37, 38, 39, 43, 50
0.2 : # 16, 24, 31 (c), 38, 44, 62
0.4 : # 1, 8, 10, 39
0.5 : # 4 (c)(f), 13, 29
0.6 : # 1 (a)(d)(e), 4 (b)(c), 11
0.7 : # 2 (a), 3 (c), 10, 24, 40
Sept. 9 0.6 & 0.7
Sept. 10 Problem Session
Sept. 12 1.1, Quiz 3 (Solution)
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Sept. 15

1.2

HW4 due Friday, Sept. 19th
1.1 : # 4, 8, 10, 12, 18, 19*, 20*, 24*, 28*, 29, 34, 41, 43
1.2 : # 12, 14, 17 (Solution), 31
1.3 : # 4, 5, 8, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 29, 40, 44
1.4 : # 2, 6, 8, 10, 12
(*) the problems in 1.1 that have a star should be solved without the use of calculator. Use the knowledge from today's (Sept. 16) lecture to find the limit by hand.
Sept. 16 1.3 & 1.4
Sept. 17 Problem Session
Sept. 19 1.5, Quiz 4 (Solution)
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Sept. 22

1.6 & 2.1

HW5 due Friday, Sept. 26th
1.5 : # 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 ,20, 22, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 56
1.6 : # 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 36, 42, 46, 52, 56, 59, 69
2.2 : # 8, 14, 20, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 44
2.3 : # all even problems up to 46; 50, 52, 58, 60
Sept. 23 2.2 & 2.3
Sept. 24 Problem Session
Sept. 26 2.4 & 2.5, Quiz 5 (Solution)
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Sept. 29

2.6 & 2.7

HW6 due Friday, Oct. 3rd
2.4:# all even problems up to 22, 26, 32, 34
2.5:# 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 60, 62, 64, 66, 77, 80
2.6:# 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22, 26, 32
2.7:# 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 36, 38, 42, 48
2.8:# 11, 15, 20, 27, 31
2.9:# 2, 4, 10, 24, 26
Sept. 30 2.8 & 2.9
Oct. 1 Problem Session
Oct. 3 Review of Chp 2, Quiz 6 (Solution)
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Oct. 6

Review of PC Notes

No homework due for Friday, Oct. 10th
Read your email on WebCT for guidelines on how to prepare for Exam 1!
Practice Problems for Exam 1
PC: Try to do all the problems below, from chapters 0, 1 and 2.
chp0:(0.2 : # 3, 35, 37 also if A=[1,2), B=(1,4) and C={1,2}, find AUB, AUC, B^A, A^C. [I write ^ for the intersection]),(0.5 : # 3, 13, 15, 25), (0.6 : # 3, 11), (0.7 : know your trigonometric identities)
chp1:(1.1 : # 29), (1.2 : # 11), (1.3 : # 5, 15), (1.4 : # 1, 7), (1.5 : # 9, 10, 13, 21, 29, 39), (1.6 : # 13, 17, 37, 43, 53)
chp2: (2.2 : # 5, 15, 31, 39, 41, 43), (2.3: # 7, 17, 27, 37, 43, 45, 51), (2.4: # 1, 15), (2.5: # 5, 9, 35, 81), (2.6: # 1, 5), (2.7: # 13, 27), (2.8: # 1), (2.9: # 1, 19)
Oct. 7 Review of Chp 0
Oct. 8 Review of Chp 1
Oct. 10 Exam 1 (Solution)
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Oct. 13

No class: Fall Break

No homework due for Friday, Oct. 17th
Oct. 14 No class: Fall Break
Oct. 15 No class: Fall Break
Oct. 17 No class: Fall Break
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Oct. 20

3.1 & 3.2

Extra Credit due Wednesday, Oct. 22nd
HW7 due Friday, Oct. 24th

3.1 : # 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 30
3.2 : # 4, 8, 14, 22, 26, 32, 40, 50
3.3 : # 2, 6, 8, 14, 18, 24, 29, 40
Oct. 21 3.3
Oct. 22 Problem Session
Oct. 24 3.4, Quiz 7 (Solution)
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Oct. 27

3.5 & 3.6

HW8 due Friday, Oct. 31st
3.4 : # 6, 14, 43, 50
3.5 : # 2, 16, 22, 30; Consider the function f(x)=x^3/(x^2-1) : find its domain, parity (even or odd), asymptotes, 1st and 2nd derivatives, critical points, local min. & max., roots, and sketch the function.
3.6 : # 24, 34
3.8 : # 4, 8, 12, 18, 22, 24, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38, 41, 50
Oct. 28 3.8
Oct. 29 Problem Session
Oct. 31 3.9, Quiz 8 (Solution)
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Nov. 3

4.1

HW9 due Friday, Nov. 7th
3.9 : # 2, 6, 8, 10
4.1 : # 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 19, 24, 26, 27(b)
4.2 : # 2, 4, 8, 12, 14, 18, 19, 28, 30, 33
Nov. 4 4.2
Nov. 5 Problem Session
Nov. 7 4.3, Quiz 9 (Solution)
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Nov. 10

4.4

HW10 due Friday, Nov. 14th
4.3 : # 2, 4, 10, 14, 18, 20, 24, 30, 38, 40
4.4 : all multiples of 4 up to 52 (I suggest that you do all the even problems up to 52, but you do not need to hand them in.)
4.5 : # 2, 8, 36, 38, 40, 44, 48
Nov. 11 4.5
Nov. 12 Problem Session
Nov. 14 5.1, Quiz 10 (Solution)
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Nov. 17

Review of Chp 4

No homework due for Friday, Nov. 21st
Practice Problems for Exam 2
chp3: (3.1 : # 2, 3, 11, 15, 26), (3.2 : # 21, 24, 27, 36), (3.3 : # 8, 9, 17, 19, 24, 32), (3.4 : # 12, 13, 43), (3.5: # Given a function, you have to be able to find its domain, parity, asymptotes, to study its concavity etc.; 6, 9, 11, 19, 25), (3.6: # 19, 23, 24), (3.8: # 10, 12, 27, 32, 36), (3.9: # 9, 10, 13)
chp4: (4.1: # 6, 12, 13, 18, 24), (4.2 : # 11, 12, 29, 30), (4.3: # 5, 15, 19, 24, 26), (4.4 : # 2, 6, 8, 24, 26, 33, 46, 47, 52, 55), (4.5: # 4, 7, 37, 43, 47)
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(Sign of the derivatives and shape of the graph)
Nov. 18 Review of Chp 3
Nov. 19 Review of Chp 3
Nov. 21 Exam 2 (Solution)
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Nov. 24

Review of Exam 2

No homework due for Friday, Nov. 28th
Nov. 25 5.1
Nov. 26 Problem Session
Nov. 28 No class: Thanksgiving Holiday
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Dec. 1

5.2 & 5.3

HW11 due Monday, Dec. 8th
(Note the unusual submission date!)
5.1 : # 2, 4, 8
5.2 : # 2, 12, 26, 34 (a)
5.3 : # 6, 8, 18, 22
5.4 : # 2, 4, 8, 10, 24, 26
5.6 : # 1, 4, 6
5.7 : # 2, 4, 10, 14, 20, 24, 36
Dec. 2 5.6 & 5.7
Dec. 3 Problem Session
Dec. 5 Quiz 11(Solution)
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Dec. 8

Review of Chp 5

No homework due for Friday, Dec. 12th
Dec. 9 Review of Chp1 and 3
Dec. 10 Review of Chp2 and 4
Dec. 12 Review of Chp0 / Last Day of class
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Dec. 14

No class - Study Period

Practice Problems for Final Exam
Go over once again the Practice Problems for Exam 1 and Exam 2 (listed above)
chp5: (5.1 : # 1, 5, 9, 27, 34(a)(c)), (5.2 : # 3(a), b, 7, 11, 18, 33), (5.3 :# 1, 5, 15, 21), (5.4 : # 1, 5, 9, 25), (5.6: # 3, 5), (5.7: # 3, 11, 23, 25)
Also the following "Sample Test Problems":
sect. 1.5 : # 18, 19, 20, 21
sect. 1.7: # 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 34, 36
sect. 2.10 : # 1(c), 3(c)(d), 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 27, 28, 34, 36, 41(c)(e), 45(a)
sect. 3.10 : # 1, 5, 6, 17, 21, 25, 29, 40, 46, 53, 55, 59, 63, 69, 71
sect. 4.7: # 1, 3, 7, 9, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23d, 24(a), 25(b), 28(b), 29(c)
sect. 5.8 : # 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 15, 16, 24(a)(b)(c)
Dec. 15 No class - Study Period
Dec. 16 No class - Study Period
Dec. 18 Final Exam

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