End of Term:
If you wish to pick up your
final, I will be in my office on:
Friday, June 11,
11am-noon and 2-3pm.
Monday, June 14,
11am-noon
Other times this June or in
October may be available by appointment.
To request an appointment, email me a
range of days and times you could meet.
Final Exam stats: Top
Quartile: 84/100, Median: 75/100, Low
Quartile: 63.5/100.
Grades are now posted in Catalyst.
*
Your "Total
Score" was computed
as listed in the class syllabus.
* All your scores
are posted, including those dropped.
However, your lowest
quiz, homework,
and worksheet scores
were
dropped
when computing
your posted
Total Score, as
stated in the syllabus.
The dropping takes
place automatically in the formula
computing your Total Score.
HAVE A GOOD SUMMER!
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PREVIOUS WEEKS:
Last Week (05/31-06/05):
Solutions to Quiz #4.
Last
Friday's handout.
The last homework
(#7) closes on Wednesday night; try to
do it early to have time to review.
Monday:
holiday (no class), Rest of week:
review/practice.
The final exam is
on
Saturday, June 5
2010, 1:30-4:20 pm in
JHN 102.
Bring: Photo ID & non-graphing
calculator. May also bring a two-sided
handwritten sheet of notes.
(On Saturday, please wait outside the
exam room until we prep the room and you
are asked to come in.)
Week 9 (05/24-05/28):
In lecture: Monday:
§4.4 (L'Hospital), Wednesday §4.5
(Curve Sketching),
Friday: §4.7 (Optimization)
Tuesday: Hwk 6 Q&A + the last
worksheet:
Brightness of a Star
Wednesday
night: Homework 6 deadline
(10.2, 3.10, 4.1, 4.3).
After Wednesday: start working
on the last hwk, Homework 7
(4.4, 4.5, 4.7).
Thursday:
Quiz #4 (from
§4.1&4.3), and Homework
7 Q&A (L'Hospital limits and Curve
Sketching pbls).
Week 8 (05/17-05/21):
Solutions to Midterm 2.
Midterms will be back in quiz section on
Thursday. Grades will be updated within
a few days.
This is the week of
the second midterm
(Tuesday, May 18, in quiz section).
Rules & Info about the midterm.
Extra (optional) Midterm Review: Monday,
2:30-3:50 in
LOW 106 (Toby Johnson)
CLUE is also offering a Math124 exam
review, 6:30-8:30 in MGH 251.
Here's a
list of main topics to review for
Midterm 2 & a link to the
midterm archive.
In lecture: Monday:
Review, Wed:nesday §4.1&4.3
Friday: §4.3
Thursday's quiz
section: Midterm
return/discussion, and Homework 6 discussion.
Week 7 (05/10-05/14):
Solutions
to
last week's worksheet (the Hiker) &
to
Quiz #3.
Solutions to
this week's worksheet (the Piston).
Monday:
§3.9 (related rates) & §10.2(tangents
only), Wed: §3.10 (linear approx), Fri:
midterm review
Tuesday's
quiz section:
Worksheet
Week 7 (Piston) (<--
bring with you).
Rodrigo's sections only: makeup quiz #3
(Chain Rule & Implicit Diff)
Homework 5
(3.5, 3.6, 3.9) closes on Thursday night
in Webassign.
Homework 6 (10.2,
3.10, 4.1, 4.3) opens on Wednesday. It's
not due until the week after the
midterm. However, some of the material
is covered by our midterm, so do
problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 29
before the midterm.
Thursday's quiz
section: Homework 5&6 Q&A,
and some midterm review.
Here's a
list of main topics to review for
Midterm 2 & a link to the
midterm archive.
Week 6 (05/03-05/07):
In Lecture:
§3.5 (implicit
diff.), §3.6 (derivatives of logs and
logarithmic diff), §3.9 (related rates)
Tuesday's
quiz section:
brief Homework 4 Q&A, then
Worksheet 5 (the Hiker) (<--
bring with you)
Homework 4
(3.3, 3.4, some 3.5) closes on Wednesday
in Webassign.
Homework 5 (3.5, 3.6, 3.9) opens on
Wednesday and will be due the week after.
Thursday's quiz
section: Quiz
#3 (20 minutes,
covers §3.4
ChainRule and §3.5 Implicit Diff)
+ Homework 5 Q&A.
Week 5, after the midterm:
Midterm Stats: Top
25%: 44.5/50, Median: 37/50, Low 25%:
32/50
Midterm Solutions
In Lecture:
§3.4 (Chain Rule),
and §3.5 (Implicit Differentiation)
These are both tough topics, so missing
class is not a good idea.
Homework 4 will
open on Wednesday after the midterm, and
will be due the week after.
Thursday's quiz
section: Midterm Q&A + Chain Rule
practice.
Week 4:
Midterm 1:
is on Tuesday (April 27), in quiz
section (80 minutes).
• You may bring: one 8.5x11'' sheet of
notes and
a scientific calculator (not a graphing
or differentiating one)
• Also bring Photo ID
• Covers up to (including) section 3.2.
To
Study:
•
Review the
material so far
(see:
main
topics for review),
& examples from
lecture and textbook, homework problems.
•
Use the
Exam Archive to
practice for the midterm
(in exam-like conditions:
restricted time and notes,
no peeking at the answers until
finished)
No
homework is due next week; instead,
review and practice for the midterm.
Quiz #2 Solutions.
For Tuesday's quiz section,
print and bring with you
this older midterm:
Nichifor, Winter
09.
This will count as Worksheet 4 (midterm
prep)
In Lecture this week:
More Derivative
Rules (§3.2, 3.3), then start review for
midterm 1
Homework 3
is
due by Wednesday, as usual. Note:
Starting with hwk 3, if a question is
multiple-choice with 5 or fewer choices,
your number of submissions for that
question will be one less than the
number of choices. For instance, in a
true/false question, you only get 1 try.
Thursday's quiz
section: Hwk Q&A
and midterm review. No quiz this
week.
Week 3:
Materials:
Last week's lecture handout on
§2.6
&
Solutions to Quiz #1.
For Tuesday's quiz section,
print and bring with you
Worksheet 3 (The Derivative Function).
Here are the
solutions
for Worksheet 3.
In Lecture this week:
Starting
derivatives (§2.7, 2.8, 3.1)
Homework 2 should be
finished and submitted via Webassign by
Wednesday night, by 11:59pm.
Homework 3 is
due next week on Wednesday. Note:
Starting with hwk 3, if a question is
multiple-choice with 5 or fewer choices,
your number of submissions for that
question will be one less than the
number of choices. For instance, in a
true/false question, you only get 1 try.
Thursday's quiz
section:
Quiz #2
(20 min, material
from §2.5 and 2.6) & Hwk Q&A.
Quiz #2 Solutions.
Week 2:
In Lecture:
Limits and
Continuity (§2.3, 2.5, 2.6 -- skip §2.4)
Here's the
handout
for
§2.6
to print and bring with you on Friday.
Homework 1 should be
finished and submitted via Webassign by
Wednesday night, before 11:59pm.
Homework 2 opens on Monday night, and is
due next week on Wednesday.
For Tuesday's quiz section,
print and bring with you
Worksheet 2
(Continuity and Limits).
Solutions.
Thursday's quiz
section:
Quiz #1
(20 min, material
from §10.1, 2.2, 2.3) & Hwk Q&A.
Welcome!
To do during the first week:
1)
Please read carefully
and
become familiar with the following:
2)
For Tuesday's quiz section,
print and bring with you
Worksheet 1 Velocity. Do not attempt
to solve at home, you will work on it
during quiz section.
Here are
solutions for
Worksheet 1.
3)
If
your Algebra or PreCalculus skills are somewhat
rusty, your textbook contains a few
diagnostic tests (at the beginning) and
many topics are reviewed in Chapter 1.
Work through as necessary and ask any of
us for help if needed -- you are
expected to know and be able to use
these correctly later in the quarter.
•
Here's a list of
main PreCalculus topics to
review. Catch up on these prerequisite as
soon as possible!
•
From the
Internet (prof. Paul Dawkins' website):
Common Algebra Errors and an
Algebra Cheat Sheet
Common Trig Errors and a
Trig Cheat Sheet
4)
During the first week we'll cover:
• Parametric
Equations review. Read Stewart
10.1,and/or this
Parametric Equations Supplement.
•
The material in
Stewart 2.1
and 2.2 is the beginning of
calculus; you should thoroughly read
these sections of the text.
This includes an
introduction to "limits",
a singular new idea that sets
calculus apart from previous math
courses you have taken. Limits are the
key foundation upon which all of
calculus depends. Our
focus this week and
next is on understanding limits,
both graphically and computationally.
Here
are two Java applets
I may use in lecture:
parametric equations,
and
secant and tangent lines
5)
Start working on the assignment Homework
1 (available via WebAssign)
