Math 101 Spring 2008

Daily Schedule

# Date Topics Recommended problems Homework problems Challenge problems
1 W 1/30 1.1: functions, different ways of representing them p. 8: 1, 3, 19, 23 HW 1: p. 8: 2, 6, 8, 16, 20, 33 (due 2/1) C1: p. 8: 36
2 F 2/1 1.2: mathematical modeling; also linear, polynomial, root and rational functions p. 8: 41. p. 21: 1, 3, 7, 9 (do without using a calculator!), 11. HW 2: p. 8: 43, 45, 47, 50. p. 21: 8, 13 (due 2/5) C2: p. 21: 61 (due 2/6)
3 M 2/4 1.2 (con't): composition of functions p. 21: 37, 45 HW 3: p. 21: 39, 42, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56 (due 2/7) -
- - Trigonometry (Appendix A) p. A8: 1, 3, 7, 9, 17, 19, 21, 35, 37, 65, 67, 69, 71 - -
4 W 2/6 1.3: Limits: Making tables (p. 25) (see A below) - -
5 F 2/8 1.3 (con't): limits by simplifying (see p. 38) p. 33: 3, 7, 11, 15 HW 4: p. 33: 4, 6, 19 -
6 M 2/11 2.1: secant line, tangent line p. 80: 1 (omit (a)(ii)), 7 - -
7 W 2/13 2.1: average velocity, instantaneous velocity p. 80: 1, 5, 7, 9 HW 5: p. 80: 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 37, 40 (due 2/20) p. A9: 83
8 F 2/15 2.1 (con't) - - -
9 M 2/18 2.2: The derivative as a function - - -
10 W 2/20 2.2 (con't) p. 91: 1, 5, 7 HW 6: p. 91: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 14, 33 (due M 2/25) -
11 F 2/22 Test 1 - - -
12 M 2/25 2.3: Basic differentiation formulas p. 104: 1-21 odd HW 7: p. 104: 2, 12-20 even, 36-40 (due 2/27) p.104: 64 (To get a sense of this problem, first sketch the graph of the hyperbola with c = 1.)
13 W 2/27 2.3: Derivatives of the sine and cosine. 2.4: The product rule p. 104: 23, 25. p. 111: 3, 5, 11, 13, 19 - -
14 F 2/29 2.4: The quotient rule. Derivative of the tangent and secant. p. 111: 1, 3, 5, 11-19 odd, 27, 29 HW 8: p. 111: 12-26 even, 31, 32 (due 3/4) -
15 M 3/3 2.5: The chain rule p. 119: 7, 9, 11, 23, 27, 33 (you can simplify this using a trig identity), 39 HW 9: p. 119: 10, 15, 17, 21, 30, 34, 36, 49, 62 (due 3/7) p. 119: 68
16 W 3/5 2.5 (con't) - - -
17 F 3/7 2.6 Implicit differentiation p. 125: 1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23 HW 10: p. 125: 2, 8, 14, 20, 24 (due 3/12) -
18 M 3/10 2.7 Related rates p. 131: 1, 3 - -
19 W 3/12 2.7 (con't) - HW 11: p. 131: 9, 13 (due 3/25) p. 131: 21
- - 3.1 Exponential functions p. 147: 15, 17 HW 12: 16, 19, 23, 24, 25 (due 3/28) -
20 F 3/14 Introduction to Webwork - - -
21 M 3/24 3.1, 3.2 p. 158: 3, 5, 7, 15, 21, 23, 25, 35 HW 13: p. 158: 17, 22, 24, 26, 36, 44b, 46b, 51, 52 (due 4/2) -
22 W 3/26 Test II The test is on class material through section 2.6. There will be a review session on 3/25. - -
23 F 3/28 3.3 p. 166: 3, 7, 9, 17-23 odd HW 14: p. 166: 2, 4, 10, 18, 20, 22, 26, 30, 41, 50, 51 (due 4/2). -
24 M 3/31 3.4: Exponential growth, relative growth rate, doubling time - HW 15: p. 173: 1, 2, 3, 5 (due 4/3) -
25 W 4/2 4.1: Maxima and minima p. 203: 3, 5, 7, 23, 37 HW 16: p. 203: 8, 24, 25, 29, 36, 38, 45, 51 (use a calculator to do the graph, 59 (due 4/7) -
26 F 4/4 4.3: Derivatives and the shape of graphs: The first derivative - - -
27 M 4/7 4.3 (con't): The second derivative p. 217: 1, 11, 13, 15, 17, 23, 25 HW 17: p. 217: 2, 3, 4, 19, 22, 24, 26 (due 4/9) -
28 W 4/9 4.4: Curve sketching p. 225: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 HW 18: p. 225: 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 27, 30 (due 4/15) p. 225: 48
29 F 4/11 4.5: Optimization problems - - -
30 M 4/14 4.5 (con't). Worked on problems 4 and 19, p. 232. - HW 19: p. 232: 9, 11, 13 (due 4/18) p. 232: 46
31 W 4/16 - Quiz (a simple optimization problem) - -
- - 4.7: Antiderivatives p. 246: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 23, 31, 33, 35 HW 20: p. 246: 2, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16, 28 (due 4/25) -
32 F 4/18 Antiderivatives (con't): position, velocity, acceleration - - -
33 M 4/21 - - HW 21: p. 246: 32, 37, 41, 44 (due 4/28) -
- - - Review problems for test: p. 131: 13; p. 147: 15b; p. 158: 17, 25, 53; p. 166: 11, 19; p. 197: 63; p. 203: 39, 53 - -
34 W 4/23 Test 3 (on the material through Section 4.1) - - -
35 F 4/25 5.3: Areas under curves via the integral p. 282: 31, 32 - -
36 M 4/28 5.1: Areas under curves via rectangles p. 260: 1, 2, 3 - -
37 W 4/30 Worksheet "Numerical estimation of definite integrals" - - -
38 F 5/2 Worksheet on accumulation functions p. 272: 7, 29; p. 282: 1--17 odd, 23, 41, 43 - -
39 M 5/5 - - - -
- Tu 5/6 Review for final exam - - -