Math 141 Section 05
Calculus I
Dr. Dana Paquin
Winter 2010




Course materials such as the syllabus, lab and project assignments, quizzes and quiz solutions, exam information, etc. are posted in Blackboard.

The following is an updated course schedule. You should check this schedule frequently for updated information on topics covered in class, assigned practice problems, lab/project due dates, quiz and test dates, etc. Although you are not required to turn in the homework problems, I strongly recommend that you do at least these problems to master the material. The weekly quizzes will often contain problems that are very similar to the assigned practice problems.

Note: Your textbook is a custom edition for Cal Poly, and contains additional practice problems for each section at the end of each chapter. Unless otherwise specified, the problems listed below are the exercises immediately following each section. For example, the problems listed for Section 2.1 are the exercises that begin on p. 65.

Class Date Quiz/Test/Assignment Due Topics Covered (lab and project assignments, quizzes and quiz solutions, exam information and other materials are posted on the Course Materials page in Blackboard) Practice Problems
1 Monday January 4 Introduction to Math 141

Ch. 1: Functions as Models

2.1: The Tangent and Velocity Problems

 Read Ch. 1 and do the Ch. 1 handout from class

Ch. 1 Review (p. 53): 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19

Read Section 2.1 Example 3

2.1: 3, 5, 7

Bring a calculator to class on Tuesday if you have one!
2 Tuesday January 5 2.2: The Limit of a Function 2.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19

Bring your 2.2 worksheet to class on Thursday.
3 Thursday January 7 2.2: Infinite Limits

2.3: Calculating Limits using the Limit Laws

 2.2: 25, 29, 31

2.3: 1, 3 (just evaluate each limit), 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27
4 Friday January 8 Introduction to Wolfram Alpha and ALEKS Start working on ALEKS!
5 Monday January 11 2.3: Calculating Limits using the Limit Laws

2.5: Continuity

 2.3: 29, 31, 33, 39, 43

6 Tuesday January 12 2.5: Continuity

3.1: Derivatives and Rates of Change

 2.5: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 29, 31, 37, 41

3.1: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 25, 29, 31, 35, 37
7 Thursday January 14 Quiz 1 on 2.2, 2.3, and 2.5 Work on ALEKS and do the problems above from 3.1
8 Friday January 15 NO CLASS Work on ALEKS
Monday January 18 NO CLASS Work on ALEKS
9 Tuesday January 19 NO CLASS Work on ALEKS
10 Thursday January 21 3.1: Derivatives and Rates of Change

3.2: The Derivative as a Function

 3.1: 11, 17, 19

3.2: 1, 3(a),(c),(d), 5, 7, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 39
11 Friday January 22 Lab/Project
12 Monday January 25 3.2: Differentiability

3.3: Differentiation Formulas

 3.2: 3(b), 9, 11, 33, 35
13 Tuesday January 26 Definition of the Derivative Lab/Project Due

Quiz 2 on 3.1, 3.2

 3.3: Differentiation Formulas 3.3: 1-41 odd, 49, 53, 55, 63, 65, 71
14 Thursday January 28 3.4: Derivatives of Trig Functions 3.4: 1-23 odd, 31
15 Friday January 29 Lab/Project on 3.7 3.7: 1, 5, 7, 9
16 Monday February 1 3.5: The Chain Rule 3.5: 1-51 odd, 61, 63, 65, 71
17 Tuesday February 2 Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Lab Due 3.6: Implicit Differentiation 3.6: 1-21 odd, 25, 27, 29, 33
18 Thursday February 4 Quiz 3 on 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7 4.1: Maximum and Minimum Values
19 Friday February 5 NO CLASS
20 Monday February 8 4.1: Maximum and Minimum Values

 4.1: 1-11 odd, 15, 17-21, 25, 27, 29-41 odd, 45-55 odd
21 Tuesday February 9 4.2: The Mean Value Theorem 4.2: 1-7 odd, 11-17 odd, 23, 25
22 Thursday February 11 4.3: How Derivatives Affect the Shape of a Graph

Review

 4.3: 1-23 odd, 27, 29, 31, 41, 53, 56-58
23 Friday February 12 Midterm Exam on material through Section 4.1

The exam will be in the regular classroom 38-220!
Monday February 15 NO CLASS
24 Tuesday February 16 4.4: Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes 4.4: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9-23 odd, 27, 33, 35, 51
25 Thursday February 18 Quiz 4 on 4.2, 4.3 4.5: Summary of Curve Sketching 4.5: 1, 7, 9, 11, 17
26 Friday February 19 4.7: Optimization Problems 4.7: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 31, 33
27 Monday February 22 4.9: Antiderivatives

5.1: Areas and Distances

 4.9: 1-41 odd, 51, 53
28 Tuesday February 23 5.1: Areas and Distances

5.2: The Definite Integral as Net Area

 5.1: 3, 5, 11

5.2: 1, 5, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42
29 Thursday February 25 Quiz 5 on 4.4, 4.5, 4.7 5.2: The Definite Integral as a Riemann Sum 5.1: 17, 19, 21

5.2: 17, 19, 21, 23, 29
30 Friday February 26 Optimization Assignment Due Lab Assignment: Riemann Sums and the Definite Integral 5.2: 17, 19, 21, 23, 29
31 Monday March 1 5.3: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 1 5.3: 3, 7-17 odd, 49, 51, 55
32 Tuesday March 2 5.3: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 2 5.3: 19-33 odd, 37, 45
33 Thursday March 4 Riemann Sums and the Definite Integral Assignment Due

Quiz 6 on 4.9, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

 5.4: Indefinite Integrals and the Net Change Theorem 5.4: 1-15 odd, 19-41 odd, 47, 49, 52, 55, 57, 61
34 Friday March 5 NO CLASS
35 Monday March 8 5.4: Indefinite Integrals and the Net Change Theorem

5.5: The Substitution Rule

 5.5: 1-29 odd
36 Tuesday March 9 5.5: The Substitution Rule 5.5: 35-49 odd, 53, 57
37 Thursday March 11 Pre-final Exam, Part 1!
38 Friday March 12 Pre-final Exam, Part 2!

LAST DAY OF CLASS

 Review


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