Math 124 –
Calculus I With Applications
Section 1, Spring 2007
Syllabus (This is tentative, and arranged weekly, not daily.)
Please also read the appropriate section before attempting the
homework
(even better—read it before we discuss it
in class!).
Class
Listserv address: math124sec1@listserv.arizona.edu
Announcements:
Homework 28 part 2 (7.1 – remaining questions) Due Tuesday, 5/1.
Test 4 will be on Friday,
4/27.
Sections 5.1 – 7.1 are covered.
Practice problems for review:
pg 272 #1 – 48; check your understanding pg 278 #1 – 28;
Pg
306 #1 – 71; check your understanding pg 309 #1 – 26;
Pg
361 #1 – 13, 16, 21 – 26, 28 – 41, 43 – 44, 47 – 59, 62 – 63, 65, 80 – 83, 87 –
88, 90 – 99,
101 – 103, 105 – 111, 116 – 120, 147 – 151, 153, 155; **note: #49 and #119 are challenging.
check your understanding pg
364 #10 – 12.
Final Exam –
Monday, May 7 from 2 – 4pm. Location: Harvill 150 (click for map).
Practice problems for review can be found at http://math.arizona.edu/~calc; answers
are also posted,
as are some notes from the course coordinator about the final exam.
Office Hours – I will hold office
hours at the usual times through Wednesday, 5/2.
Additional office
hours:
Thursday
5/3: 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Friday
5/4: 9 – 11 am
Also by appointment.
(I will not be available on Monday, 5/7)
Tutoring: The tutoring room in
Math East 145 is open normal hours through Wednesday, 5/2
and will be closed
beginning on Thursday, 5/3. MASTR has not published their schedule
for finals week, so check
with them for
If
you struggle with math tests, the following article has some excellent
strategies for taking math tests and studying math in
general:
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/anxiety/index.asp
If you also struggle with tests in other classes, so that your
grades never
seem to reflect what you have learned,
Academic Counselors are available on
campus who are trained to help students with issues like
this.
See http://www.ulc.arizona.edu/academic_counseling.htm for more info rmation.
Are you ready for Calculus? Click here
to download some software that
can help you find out.
(Directions: choose “Save to
disk” and save on
your desktop or some other place that’s easy to find. Next, go to this location
and double-click on the file “0calc1”, then open the folder
“Calc1” that appears,
and double-click on the file called
“RUNME”. Once the application starts,
choose
1 for Calculus 1, then follow the on-screen directions.)
Handouts and helpful links:
True-False
and answers
Matching
derivatives (f, f ’
and f ’’)
For
more optimization (4.5) discussion and examples, see
http://www.qcalculus.com/cal08.htm
For
more related rate (4.6) discussion and examples, see
http://www.qcalculus.com/cal07.htm
Additional
problems (without answers) from chapter 4 can be found at
http://math.arizona.edu/~krawczyk/124handouts.html (you can always
email me with your answers if
you’d like me to check them).
Finding
an antiderivative graphically (section 6.1)
Representations
using the Fundamental Theorem
Recognizing
integrals (includes substitution method)
Preliminary
test:
About the Preliminary
test –
Review materials are
available at http://prep.math.lsa.umich.edu/pmc/
(see sections 1 – 7 of this online review)
Date: Thursday, January 18, 2007.
The test should take ~30 minutes.
Covers common Algebra mistakes. No Trig, no Calculus.
No
calculators allowed.
Many
problems will be ‘all right’ or ‘all wrong’ or
have very little partial credit.
Possible question
formats:
show all work,
multiple choice,
determine if statement is Correct
or Incorrect,
rewrite an incorrect statement
so it is correct.
Topics:
Simplifying expressions,
solving equations,
common algebra mistakes.
NO
functions, graphing, word problems or trig on this test.
Tutoring:
Free tutoring is
available in Math East room
145.
Hours: Monday – Thursday 10
– 3; Friday 10 – 2.
Also
see the tutoring link at the top of my homepage
for more sources of tutoring on campus,
including MASTR
evening tutoring.
Links:
look here for Final Exam study guides and
locations,
“Tools for Success in 124”, etc.
this page has both Pre-Calc review
as well as helps for reviewing the Calculus
topics
you are learning this semester
Math jokes and other
silliness
This
page last updated Monday, April 30, 2007