Math 120R | Calculus Preparation | Spring 2009

Posted on January 13th, 2009

Welcome to Calculus Preparation. This page will be regularly updated with relevant information regarding homework assignments, exams, quizzes, etc. Please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns throughout the course.

Announcements

  • I'll be having office hours on Thursday, May 7th from 2 - 4pm, and Friday, May 8th from 1 - 3pm. You may also email me with any questions as you are preparing for the final exam.
  • The MASTR Tutoring Center in the ILC is giving review sessions for the MATH 120 Final Exam. They are on May 6th & May 7th from 5 - 7pm, and cost $20.
  • The cumulative final exam is on Monday, May 11th, 8 - 10am, and is in ILC Room 150.
  • I'll have additional office hours on Monday, April 27th from 5 - 7pm.
  • I'll have additional office hours/review session on Monday, March 30th from 5 - 7pm. We'll plan to hold them in my office, and if it gets too crowded we'll find a bigger room in the math building and I'll post a note on my door.
  • As announced in class, I will post written responses to specific questions emailed to me before 8pm on Sunday, March 29th.
  • My office hours on Monday, March 2nd will be from 12:30 - 3:00pm, in lieu of office hours on Tuesday.
  • My office hours on Monday, February 2nd will be from 12:30 - 3:00pm. Since we are having an exam on Tuesday, February 3rd, I will not have office hours that day.
  • The first WebAssign homework will be due Friday, January 30th. All WebAssign homework will be due at 11am (class time) on the due date. Please note you will not be able to submit an online assignment after the due date.
  • We will be using an online tool called WebAssign for some assignments throughout the semester. Here are some registration instructions and remarks for WebAssign. Please register yourself by Friday, January 23rd.

Homework

  1. Due 1.21 - Section 3.1 (all assigned problems)
  2. Due 1.23 - Sections B1, B2, B3 (all assigned problems)
  3. Due 1.26 - Sections 3.2, 3.3 (all assigned problems)
  4. Due 1.28 - Section 1.7 (all assigned problems)
  5. Due 1.30 - WebAssign Assignment 4 | Section 3.4, omit #20,27,46,47,58
  6. Due 2.2 - WebAssign Assignment 5 | Section 3.5, omit #7,17,27
  7. Due 2.9 - WebAssign Assignment 6 | Section 3.6, omit #7,10,14,26,31
  8. Due 2.11 - Section 1.6, omit #2,10,14,21,22,28
  9. Due 2.13 - WebAssign Assignment 7 | Section 4.1, omit #9,10,19,20,52
  10. Due 2.16 - Section 4.2, omit #25, 45,47,49
  11. Due 2.18 - WebAssign Assignment 8
  12. Due 2.20 - Section 4.4 (all assigned problems - refer to the inside cover for area/volume formulas)
  13. Due 2.24 - Section 4.5 (all assigned problems)
  14. Due 2.27 - Section 4.6, omit #8,11,29,32,34
  15. Due 3.2 - WebAssign Assignment 9 (pushed back due to site issues) | WebAssign Exam 2 Review
  16. Due 3.10 - Section 4.7, omit #2,6,12,49,50,51
  17. Due 3.11 - WebAssign Assignment 10
  18. Due 3.13 - Section 5.1, omit #22,32,36,44,48,52,59,64 | Section 5.2, omit #10,24,28,41,55,56,57
  19. Due 3.23 - Section 5.3, omit #12,21,31,36,39,41,50,51,57
  20. Due 3.24 - Section 5.4 problems will not be handed in but you are strongly encouraged to do them, especially if you have trouble with the WebAssign problems.
  21. Due 3.25 - WebAssign Assignment 12 (pushed back due to site issues) | Section 5.5, omit #1,3,5,9,15,37,81
  22. Due 3.27- Section 5.6 (all assigned problems)
  23. Due 3.30 - WebAssign Assingment 11 (pushed back)
  24. Due 4.3 - Section 5.7 (omit#7)
  25. Due 4.6 - Algebra Worksheet - Complete the first side (#1-29) of the worksheet handed out in class. Please do the work on separate paper.
  26. Due 4.8 - Section 6.1 (omit #43)
  27. Due 4.10 - WebAssign Assignments 1 , 2 & 3
  28. Due 4.14 - Section 6.5 (omit #40)
  29. Due 4.15 - Section 6.2 (omit #4,6,26,41,69,90)
  30. Due 4.17 - Section 6.3 (omit #29) | Section 6.4 (omit #15b, 39, 68, 85)
  31. Due 4.20 - Section 7.2 (omit #38,40,50,52)
  32. Due 4.22 - Section 7.3 (omit #48,50)
  33. Due 4.24- Section 7.5 (omit #14,56 - do #15,39,41 on your calculator, but you don't need to hand anything in) | Section 8.2 (omit #9,17,56)
  34. Due 4.27 - WebAssign Assignments 13 & 14
  35. Due 5.1 - Trigonometry Lab
  36. Due 5.4 - Section 8.5 (omit #38,39,50,58,70,84)
  37. Due 5.5 - Section 8.4 (omit #21,24,26,32,38,46,50,51)

Exams & Quizzes

  • The cumulative final exam is on Monday, May 11th, 8 - 10am,, and is in ILC Room 150.
  • The fourth exam is on Tuesday, April 28th, and will cover Sections 6.1 - 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5 and 8.2.
  • The algebra exam is on Monday, April 13th.
  • The third exam is on Tuesday, March 31st, and will cover Sections 4.7, 5.1 - 5.6. Section 5.7 will be covered after Exam 3, and will be tested in the form of a quiz.
  • The second exam is on Tuesday, March 3rd, and will cover Sections 3.6, 1.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 (plus polynomial division).
  • The first exam is on Tuesday, February 3rd, and will cover all material so far (Sections 1.7, 3.1 - 3.5, Appendix B.1 - B.5).
  • There will be regular unannounced quizzes during the last fifteen minutes of the Tuesday lab session. You may use a calculator in accordance with the course policy, but you may not use notes or the book.

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