Math 124A&B Main Page

End of Quarter
(scroll down for previous weeks & files)

Stats:
• Final Exam median score = 78/100 [top qtr ≥ 87, low qtr ≤ 63]
• Class median = 75.5% (2.7) [top qtr ≥ 83% (3.4), low qtr ≤ 62% (2.0)]

If you previously signed that it's OK to post your grades (and you took the final exam), you can check your grade here; I've posted your final exam grade, and your course grade (there was some curving in your favor).
If you email me about your grade, please use your UW email account and include "Math 124" in the subject line.

If you wish to pick up your final exam, I'll be in my office, PDL C-326 on:
Monday, 06/11, 11-11:30 & Wednesday, 06/13, 11-12, or 1:30-2,
Monday, 06/18, 1-2pm,
Friday, 06/29, 12-1pm.
Other options: you can either try to email me for an appointment (MWF, on or after July 20th), or you can stop by my office next Fall Quarter at my regular office hours (you'll be able to see my classes and office hrs on my webpage once the Fall Qtr starts).

Have a good summer!

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PREVIOUS WEEKS, in chronological order:

WEEK 1:

1) Please read this website carefully and become familiar with:

the class rules listed in the syllabus,
our class calendar (especially the exam dates!),
homework guidelines & due dates, and
help resources.

Also read Math Dept's Note to Students. Note the emphasis on algebra & pre-calculus skills, on doing the homework yourself, on active learning, and on the amount of time it takes to do well. Seriously.

2) Print Worksheet 1: Circles and Tangents and bring it with you to Tuesday's quiz section.

3) Review the material in textbook sections:
1.2, Appendix D, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6
Supplementary reading: Sinusoidal Functions, Exponential Modeling

4) Start working on Homework 1 (due next week on Tuesday)
Answers to the supplementary problems are available here.

WEEK 2 (4/2-4/6):

In lecture (MWF): We'll discuss sections 1.5&1.6, 10.1 & 2.1, 2.2.

In quiz section Tuesday:

a) Turn in Homework 1
Answers to the supplementary problems are here.
b) Worksheet 2 (Print and bring with you)

In quiz section Thursday: Test Prep + ask Homework Questions

This week, go to "Math 124 Materials" (link on left), and:

Read Outline 2.
Study the supplementary reading on Parametric Equations.
Print Worksheet 2 (Velocity) & bring it with you on Tuesday.
Start working on Week2Probs.pdf.

WEEK 3 (4/9-4/13)

In lecture (MWF): We'll discuss sections 2.3, 2.5 and 2.6.

This week, go to "Math 124 Materials" (link on left), and:

Read Outline 3.
Study the supplementary reading on Linear Motion.
Print Worksheet 3 (Limits) & bring it with you on Tuesday.
Start working on Week3Probs.pdf.
Corrected Answers to #5: click here.

In quiz section Tuesday:

a) Turn in Homework 2 (you may skip 2.2#15)
Answers to the supplementary problems are here.
Announced 4/9: section 2.3 pbls postponed for next week.
b) Worksheet 3: Limits (Print and bring with you)

In quiz section Thursday: Test Prep + ask Homework Questions

Math Art: http://lunyitsai.com/paintings/11.htm

WEEK 4 (4/16-4/20)

In lecture (MWF): We'll discuss sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 (time permitting, start 3.1)
Here are the lecture notes for 2.6 and 2.7.

In quiz section Tuesday:

a) Turn in Homework 3, consisting of:

Stewart, sec. 2.3: #1, 11, 12, 15, 20, 29, 35, 37, 52, 59.

Week 3 Assignment (answers to suppl. pbls. are here)
(Corrected Answers to #5: click here)

If you wish to look over this homework when studying for the midterm, please MAKE A COPY before turning it in!

b) Worksheet 4: Print this past midterm & bring with you

In quiz section Thursday: Homework Questions + Midterm stuff

Work on Week4Probs.pdf from "Math 124 Materials" (link on left)
The material in this homework (except section 3.1) will be included on the midterm, so you should do this homework and write it up this week. You may postpone for after the midterm the following parts:

#4 (all section 3.1 pbls), # 6 parts c), d) and e), #7 part b)

WEEK 5 (4/23-4/27)

Tuesday: Midterm I (Tuesday, April 24th, in quiz section)

Information about the midterm & review sessions

    Direct link to the Midterm I Archive.
    Review: in class on Monday and
           Extra (optional) 3-4+pm in GWN 201.

This week we cover sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4.

To do:

1) Read sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4 from the textbook.

2) Finish off the assigned section 3.1 pbls from Week 4 hwk by Thursday

3) Do the Week 5 hwk by the end of the weekend.

No homework is collected this week. Both the week 4 and the week 5 homework will be collected next week on Tuesday.

WEEK 6 (4/30-5/04)

This week we cover sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Here are lecture notes for section 3.6.

Homework is collected Tuesday. Turn in Week 4 and Week 5 assignments. These will be graded as one homework.

This week, go to the "Math 124 Materials" link (upper left bar) and:

1) For an overall picture, read Outline 6.

2) Print and bring with you on Tuesday: Worksheet from week 6
(Hiker and Submarine).

3) Start working on the week 6 homework. Bring questions for your
TA on Thursday.

Also, read the corresponding textbook sections prior to or at least after each lecture. Aim to understand and remember the main formulas, and work through the examples presented.

MIDTERM Results:

• Stats: Median 33/50, Top Quartile 38.5, Low Quartile 27.

• If you took the midterm and signed the "yes" area on the cover page, you can check your grades so far here (pdf file).

WEEK 7 (5/7-5/11)

This week we cover sections 3.8, 3.10, 3.11. These sections are not easy, so make sure you get plenty of practice (especially 3.10)!

This week, do the following homework: click here. This homework is covered by next week's midterm so it is essential that you work through it and are able to do similar problems.
(It consists of parts of the standard assignments for weeks 7 and 8: I left out #5 and #6 from Week 7 and I included the section 3.11 problems from Week 8)

Posted files:

review file for Midterm 2
Wednesday's overhead: Guidelines for Related Rates Problems
Solutions to Tuesday's worksheet (courtesy of Mark)
page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6

On Tuesday:

print and bring this worksheet (not in your course pack!)
turn in the Week 6 homework.
(If you want to make sure you have your homework while studying for the midterm, make a copy before turning it in.)

WEEK 8 (5/14-5/18)
(scroll down for previous weeks):

Tuesday: Midterm 2. See rules here. Practice exams are here.

Wed & Fri: 4.1 & 4.3. On Thu: Homework & Midterm Q&A

Reviews:

· In class Monday.

· Out of class shared Q&A session Monday (optional):
2:30-5pm, in SAV 216. Bring questions.
(2:30-3 Mark, 3-4 Alexandra, 4-5 Zsolt)

Homework: the following 2 weeks will be collected on 5/22 and graded as one assignment:

Part I: finish up last week's homework (if you have not done so already)
Part II: after the midterm, do this new homework (during week 8).

Friday's handouts, filled in:

Handout 1: Derivatives & Graphs (updated: filled in)

Handout 2: Finding Min/Max. (updated: filled in)

WEEK 9 (5/21-5/25)

In lecture: MWF: sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.7

Friday's lecture notes (sec. 4.7): pg1, pg2, pg3, pg4, pg5

The last homework will be collected Wed, 5/30. Please turn in
this assignment (parts of the standard wk 9 and wk 10 homework)
(Make a copy before turning it in if you wish to use it to study for the final.)

MIDTERM Results:

Stats: Median 33.5/50, Top Quartile 39, Low Quartile 26.
If you took BOTH midterms and signed the "yes" area on the cover page of the second midterm, you can check your grades so far here (pdf file).

Last Week (5/28-6/2):

This week is review only.

Review Topics: Last Part, Midterm 2, Midterm 1

Friday's lecture notes (sec. 4.7): pg1, pg2, pg3, pg4, pg5

Solutions to: Midterm 2.

FINAL EXAM: Saturday, June 2nd, 1:30-4:20, in KNE 210

Bring: PHOTO ID & a calculator (non-graphing).
May bring: a 8.5x11 sheet of notes (double-sided OK).
No other electronics permitted and you may not share notes.
Seating: Please wait to enter the exam room until we say it's OK to do so. When inside, please leave an odd number of seats between you and any other person (1, 3, 5, etc empty seats)
Material: this exam is comprehensive. More info below.
After the end of the quarter, I will post on this page a list of times when you can see or pick up your final exam, or ask how your grade was computed, if you wish to do so.
I prefer not to discuss grades via email, for privacy reasons; if you do wish to email me about your grade, please email me from your UW email account.

To study:

Review: new material PLUS the material for our previous midterms (here's the review file for midterm 2, reposted, and the file I used in class as sort of a review file for midterm 1)
Look over your textbook, homework, worksheets and midterms. What were the main concepts learned? What are the main methods learned? When do they apply? Can you do problems like those in the homework or examples from lecture/textbook? If not, ask for help and practice, practice, practice.
Re-organize and/or complete your sheet of notes.
Here is a Direct link to exam archive. Try taking a few of these tests in exam-like conditions (>=2hrs in a quiet location, no help and no looking at the answers). Ask questions about (or review some more) any type of problems that gave you trouble.
If you have questions, come to the review sessions or at office hours. It will be busy but we'll try to help.