Welcome to the Spring 2012 MA125 course webpage!

 

Syllabus

 

Announcements

 

 

·         Supplemental Instruction

 

Your SI instructor is Bernard Hickman ( bph802@jaguar1.usouthal.edu ).

SI hours are:                Mondays: 12pm to 1pm (ILB 370)
Tuesdays: 12:45pm to 1:45pm (ILB 235)
Thursdays: 9:45am to 10:45am (ILB 345)

 

·         I’ve added a list of resources at the bottom of this page that might be helpful.

·         On Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, we will be meeting in ILB410.

On Thursdays, we will be meeting in ILB345.

 

 

 

Dynamically Updating Schedule and Study Problems

 

 

 

WEEK

LECTURE

DAY

DATE

Section

In Class

Homework

Resources

REVIEW

1

1

W

1/18/2012

Syllabus

 

Skim 1.1—1.3,

Read 1.4

 

REVIEW

2

H

1/19/2012

1.4

 

1.4: 3,4,7—9,

19—21,31,35

Kahn Academy 1

Kahn Academy 2

Plot Sin 1 (google)

Plot Sin 2 (foo)

Plot Sin 3 (gcalc)

REVIEW

3

F

1/20/2012

1.4

 

Extra Credit:

for Monday, make a high-res image for #7 (either hard copy or electronic)

Variety of Student Responses for Trig Values on the Unit Circle

REVIEW

2

4

M

1/23/2012

1.5

 

1.5: 1,4,5,16

Excel: graphing inverses

Sln to class problem (like Wed quiz).

REVIEW

5

W

1/25/2012

1.5

Quiz1 (like 1.5#4)

1.5: 31,39,41,43

Helpful

Webpage:

Oak Road

REVIEW

6

H

1/26/2012

1.6

 

1.6: 1—21odd

Read 2.2

 

LIMITS

7

F

1/27/2012

2.2

Quiz2 on 1.5Trig

2.2: using a calculator or Excel(21—31odd, 40,41,51) also (37,38,45,47,49)

Excel Worksheet for Finding Limits

Class Handout

On Limits

LIMITS

3

8

M

1/30/2012

2.8

(Part 1)

 

HW: watch Khan Academy videos and 4 problems

(with solutions).

Khan Academy

Limits: Def1

Def2

Class Handout

On Epsilon/Delta Proofs

LIMITS

9

W

2/1/2012

2.3

 

2.3: (9,11,15,17,21—31 odd)

Annotate use of limit laws.

 

LIMITS

10

H

2/2/2012

2.4

Quiz3 on

Epsilon/Delta Proofs

2.4:

17,19,23,*85,86

2.4: 1,5,6,7,9,81,83

 

LIMITS

11

F

2/3/2012

2.5

 

2.4: 9,11,13

2.4: 59,62,63,65

2.5: 7,9,11,27,31,43,51

 

LIMITS

4

12

M

2/6/2012

2.6

 

2.5: 19,21,25,49

2.6: 1,3—7,43

2.6: 9,11,13,15

Khan Video: Proof on lim sinx/x

 

LIMITS

13

W

2/8/2012

2.7

Quiz4 on HW2.4

2.6: 19,23,25,29,33,42

 

LIMITS

14

H

2/9/2012

 

2.7: 1,2,3,5,7,15,19,21,22

 

Extra Credit (Mon): Reason whether bisection or trisection would narrow an interval more efficiently.

Some links on piecewise functions:

One

Two

Three

LIMITS

15

F

2/10/2012

2.8

(Part 2)

 

2.8: 4, 13, others

 

LIMITS

5

16

M

2/13/2012

Review

Quiz5 on Graphing Piecewise Defined Fns

 

LIMITS

17

W

2/15/2012

Review

 

 

LIMITS

18

H

2/16/2012

Exam 1

 

Exam 1 Review Topics

DERIVATIVE

19

F

2/17/2012

3.1

(Part 1)

 

3.1: (3,5,11—14,21)

3.1 Lecture Notes

DERIVATIVE

6

20

M

2/20/2012

3.1

(Part 2)

Return Exam 1

 

3.1: (23,25,29,35,41)

 

DERIVATIVE

21

W

2/22/2012

3.2

 

3.2: (1,3,5,7: (i) using definition of the derivative, (ii) using power rule), (9,13,23,25,27,35,37,47,49)

 

DERIVATIVE

22

H

2/23/2012

3.3

Quiz 6 on Def of the Derivative and Finding a Tangent Line

3.3: 1,7,13,15,19,21,

27,33,35,37,45,46,47

 

DERIVATIVE

23

F

2/24/2012

3.5

 

3.2: (77,79)

3.5: (3,9,11,19,23,25,39,49)

 

DERIVATIVE

7

24

M

2/27/2012

3.6

 

3.6: 5,7,9,21,39—41,52

 

DERIVATIVE

25

W

2/29/2012

3.7

Quiz 7 on 3.3 (Product and Quotient Rules)

 

DERIVATIVE

26

H

3/1/2012

 

3.7: 5, 93, others

 

DERIVATIVE

27

F

3/2/2012

3.8

 

3.8: (1,5,17,33,36,37,50)

 

DERIVATIVE

8

28

M

3/5/2012

3.9

 

3.9: (7,9,11,13)

 

DERIVATIVE

29

W

3/7/2012

Quiz 9 on Chain Rule

HW Sln to 3.8 #19

DERIVATIVE

30

H

3/8/2012

3.9

3.10

 

3.9: 19,21,33,39

3.10: 1,3,5,7,13,25,31,35,36

 

DERIVATIVE

31

F

3/9/2012

3.11

 

3.11: 1,5,9,15,17,25

Worksheet:

Related Rates

 

M

3/12/2012

Spring Break

 

 

 

W

3/14/2012

Spring Break

 

 

 

H

3/15/2012

Spring Break

 

 

 

F

3/16/2012

Spring Break

 

 

DERIVATIVE

9

32

M

3/19/2012

3.11

 

 

DERIVATIVE

33

W

3/21/2012

Review

 

 

DERIVATIVE

34

H

3/22/2012

Exam 2

 

 

DERIVATIVE

35

F

3/23/2012

Return Exam 2

 

 

APPLICATIONS

10

36

M

3/26/2012

4.1

 

4.1: (5,9,13,23,27,31,34,47,65)

 

APPLICATIONS

37

W

3/28/2012

4.2

 

4.2: (1,3,7,11,17,33,41,45,51,53)

 

APPLICATIONS

38

H

3/29/2012

Exam 2 Retake

 

 

APPLICATIONS

39

F

3/30/2012

4.3

 

4.3: (17,21,43,47,49,51,55)

Worksheet: Sketching f and f’

APPLICATIONS

11

40

M

4/2/2012

4.4

 

 

APPLICATIONS

41

W

4/4/2012

4.4

Quiz on 1st Derivative Test

4.4:

4--7,9,11,23,31,39,41,43

 

APPLICATIONS

42

H

4/5/2012

 

 

APPLICATIONS

43

F

4/6/2012

4.5

 

Worksheet:

Comparing 1st and 2nd derivative tests

Last Drop Day

APPLICATIONS

12

44

M

4/9/2012

4.5

 

4.5: 1,3,9,21,29,45

 

APPLICATIONS

45

W

4/11/2012

4.5

Quiz on 2nd Derivative Test

4.5 : 33,53,55,57,59,83,91

 

APPLICATIONS

46

H

4/12/2012

4.3—4.5

 

Mini-review, VAs and HAs

 

APPLICATIONS

47

F

4/13/2012

4.6

 

4.6: 1,5,9,13,16,31,35

 

APPLICATIONS

13

48

M

4/16/2012

4.7

 

4.7: 1,7,9,15,21,29,40

 

APPLICATIONS

49

W

4/18/2012

Review

 

 

APPLICATIONS

50

H

4/19/2012

Exam 3

 

 

APPLICATIONS

51

F

4/20/2012

Exam 3 Review

4.9

 

4.4: 7,9,11,23,25,31

4.9: 1--12

 

INTEGRATION

14

52

M

4/23/2012

4.9

5.1

 

Antiderivatives:

4.9: 1--12

Integral notation:

4.9: 15,19,23,27,31,35,39

 

INTEGRATION

53

W

4/25/2012

5.1

“Quiz” on 4.4

(Exam 3 #2)

Summation notation:

5.1: 31,35,37,41,43,53)

 

INTEGRATION

54

H

4/26/2012

5.1

 

Approximating area:

5.1: 9,13,19,23,65,71

5.2: 29

 

INTEGRATION

55

F

4/27/2012

5.2

 

5.2:3,7,9,17,21

 

INTEGRATION

15

56

M

4/30/2012

5.2

 

5.2: 33,39,51,55,61,73

 

INTEGRATION

57

W

5/2/2012

5.3

Quiz 13 on 5.2

5.3: 5,7,11,15,19,25,27,

31,35,39,41,51

 

INTEGRATION

58

H

5/3/2012

5.4

 

5.4: 7,9,11,19,21,27,29

 

INTEGRATION

59

F

5/4/2012

Review

Final Review

(and Solutions)

 

 

 

 

 

W

5/9/2012

FINAL

 

8--10 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resources that you may find helpful for topics throughout the course:

 

·       Video resources prepared by faculty in our department. 

·       Khan Academy (scroll down to the Calculus section)

·       Brightstorm (suggested by a fellow classmate)

·       MIT Open Source (another suggestion)