MATHS 165 - Spring 2012 - Stankewitz     
 [Math 165 syllabus] [Homework problems] [Algebra-Trig quiz instructions]
 [Exam Schedule] [Study guide for exams]  

Dr. Stankewitz's Teaching Schedule and Office hours

Exam Schedule (Tentative)

Exam I is Tuesday 2-7-12 covering sections 1.1-1.6 and 2.1-2.8.
 Review Sheet and Answers

Exam II is Monday 3-12-12 covering sections 3.1-3.7 and 1.6.
 Review Sheet and Answers

Exam III is Monday 4-16-12 covering sections 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 4.1-4.9 (skip 4.8 Newton's Method).
Review Sheet and Answers
 

The Final Exam is cumulative and will be given at: 2:15-4:15 pm, Wednesday May 2.
    Review Sheet and Answers (review sheet only for material since Exam III) 

Click here for a NON-COMPREHENSIVE review of Calc 1 topics which are particularly fundamental for those of you who are going on to Calc 2. 

Finals Week Office Hours: Mon 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Tues 9:30 - 11:30 am, Wed 9:30 - 11:30 am

Homework

Homework Assignments (may undergo some revision)

HW #0 due Fri. 1-13
Read inspiration
Read "A Preview of Calculus" in your book p. 1-8.
 Take Algebra-Trig quiz

Read each section carefully and do the following problems to be turned in:

 HW #1 due Thur.  1-19  solutions
1.1 # 1, 3, 7, 9, 31, 35, 49, 52, 58, 60, 63, 69, 70
1.2 # 1,4
1.3 # 4, 5, 10, 14, 15, 23
1.4 # 2, 6, 21
1.5 # 7, 19, 21
1.6 # 1, 5, 6, 10, 12, 18, 21, 22
2.1 # 1, 3, 6, 7 (see SecantApproachesTangent Mathematica file)
2.2 # 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 17, 21, 29, 30, 44

HW #2 due Fri.  1-27 solutions 
2.3 #2, 5, 7, 8, 6, 11, 17, 21, 26, 35, 43, 48, 49
2.4 #2, 4, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16
2.5 #3, 12, 16, 18, 22, 39, 41, 45, 46, 49, 51

HW #3 due Fri.  2-3  
2.6 # 1, 5, 15, 20, 23, 25, 29, 45, 48, 61, 62
2.7 # 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 23, 27, 33, 35, 39, 49
2.8 # 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 37, 40, 41, 45, 51

To download Mathematica 8 on your computer, use the following:
The student version of Mathematica 8 is available at the following link:  https://apps.bsu.edu/softwaredownload

Students can register for an activation key at the following link:  https://user.wolfram.com/portal/requestAK/1d16fcb373560aec86b13b1cdd00745a5171529b

If you have never used Mathematica before (and even if you have), it would be a good idea to work from a computer on campus which has Mathematica (e.g., RB 452) and then go through the first 4 video introductions to Mathematica found at http://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/screencasts/handsonstart/.  This will take about an hour total.

Computer Lab due Fri. 2-10 (we will start this in class).   solutions 
Click here to download lab.

Exam I Re-write due Tues. 2-14
Students will be able to earn up to 5 more points on their exam by rewriting any problems in which points were lost.  Submit both your original exam and the rewrite clearly written on separate paper.

HW #4 due Thur.  2-16 solutions 
3.1 #1, 2, 6, 12, 19, 20, 22, 29, 30, 33, 34, 37, 58, 60(a), 70, 75
3.2 #1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 19, 20, 21, 24, 33, 38, 43, 44, 49
3.3 #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 20, 30, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 54

HW #5 due Thur.  2-23 solutions 
3.4 #2, 4, 5, 15, 17, 20, 16, 22, 26, 37, 40, 49, 50, 51, 54, 59, 61, 65
3.5 #2, 7, 12, 20, 31, 33, 45, 47, 65, 77, 80

HW #6 due Fri.  3-2 
3.5 # 49, 50, 53, 57
1.6 # 18, 30, 33, 51, 52, 53, 54, 63, 64, 65
3.6 # 1, 3, 4, 8, 19, 20, 23, 27, 29, 30, 33, 39, 40, 43, 47, 51
3.7 # 1, 4, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 32

HW #7 due Tue.  3-20 solutions 
3.8 # 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 19
3.9 # 3, 4, 11, 12, 15, 19, 23, 25, 29, 39
3.10 # 4, 5, 7-10 (technology use expected), 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 28, 34, 35

Computer Lab due Thur. 3-29 (we will start this in class).     solutions 
Click here to download lab.

HW #8 due Fri.  3-30 solutions 
  4.1 # 3, 5, 7, 11, 29, 31, 32, 39, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 66
4.2 # 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 21, 23, 24, 35
4.3 # 1, 2, 6, 11, 19, 22, 25, 28, 33, 41, 43, 45, 67, 77

HW #9 due Fri.  4-6 solutions
4.4 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 17, 18, 19, 45, 49, 50, 55, 58, 61, 72
4.5 #1, 13, 28, 33, 51, 66
4.6 #1, 11, 12

HW #10 due Fri.  4-13
4.7 #3, 7, 14, 19, 23, 27, 29, 33, 37, 47, 48, (physics majors should do 67), 57, 58, 60, 61
4.8 Will be covered later
4.9 #1, 5, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 26, 27, 31, 37, 39, 45, 47, 49, 63, 64, 67, 71, 76

HW #11 due Thur. 4-26
 (Useful links for Riemann Sums: http://www.calvin.edu/~rpruim/courses/m161/F01/java/RiemannSums.shtml and http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/4/riemann_sums.4/ )
5.1 #1, 3, 4, 14, 15, 23
5.2 #3, 5, 9, 18, 19, 21, 37, 40, 42, 47, 60
5.3 #3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 21, 23, 24, 27, 29, 39, 41, 45, 55, 67, 69
5.4 #1, 9, 21, 29, 46, 52, 56, 61
5.5 #3, 7, 9, 13, 16, 22, 25, 28, 45, 59, 63, 77

Talk on Newton's Method here.

Algebra-Trig Prep instructions

Your first assignment is to take an algebra/trig quiz using the proctored inQsit program.  A score of 85% or higher on this exam indicates that your background is up to speed for calculus.  You may take the exam up to 5 times to get 85% or higher (since some questions are chosen at random each time you take the exam it will be different and each student will be taking a slightly different exam).  If your score is not 85% or higher, please carefully study the solutions that are provided at the end of the test.  This material is critical to being well prepared to succeed in calculus.  The goal is to make sure everyone is up to speed with their background.  Every student who scores 85% or higher will receive a perfect score on HW #0.  You must make your first attempt by Friday, January 13 and score 85% or higher on one of your 5 attempts by Sunday, January 22.  If, after taking the exam and studying the solutions, you do not think you will score 85% or higher after 5 attempts you should come see me.  I will be happy to do what  I can to help get you caught up on this material.  If you do not get a passing mark by the deadline, you will get a zero for HW0, and will need to come see me to discuss whether staying enrolled in this class is a good option for you.

If you would like to practice taking this quiz, you can take it from any computer by clicking http://inqsit.bsu.edu/inqsit/signin.cgi/export/home/stankewitz?beta1-unix.  Note, however, that your score will NOT count unless you take it in the proctored computer labs as directed below.

If you wish to prepare for the exam ahead of time to review some of these topics, you can find notes at any of the following (it will also give you an idea of what topics will be covered):

To take the quiz:

1) Go to http://www.bsu.edu/inqsit/ and click on "Reservations" in the upper right corner.  From there you need to login with your BSU username and password to make a reservation for the "inQsit Testing Labs".  When you are logged into the reservation site, make a reservation to take a proctored quiz in either CN 313 or RB CBT.   Reserve 90 minutes in the lab so that you will have time to review solutions to the test, if necessary.

2) Take quiz with paper and pencil only.  Notes and calculators are not allowed.  You will be given 60 minutes to take it.

3) Remember that you will need to bring your student ID, your student login name and your student password when you go to take the test.  The quiz is under the name Stankewitz, and this quiz is called Maths165-section003.

4) When reviewing the solutions to the quiz you cannot use the "right click" or "back" button in the web browser the way you normally can.  However, you can use the "backspace" button to move back from the solutions page to the list of correct/incorrect questions.

 

Study guide for exams

When preparing for the exam::

  • READ THE BOOK. Read every chapter of the covered material. You'll be amazed at how much you now know and this really will (trust me) solidify what you need to know. These solidified ideas will make what seemed like 100 different problems look all the same and you will be able to do them all.
  • Re-do all the homework problems (don't just look over your old solutions). Re-do all the exam and quiz problems.
  • Learn all the necessary formulas, but be sure to be able to get by as well as you can without them.

 

When taking the exam

  • Show all your work
  • Don't erase work. If it is incorrect, leave it on the page and state that it is incorrect.
  • If you can't do a problem, just start doing whatever you can do.
  • If you can't do part of a problem, but you know what to do if you could do this one part, then tell me what you would do if you could.
  • If you can't do a problem, then tell me what you do know.
  • Check your work carefully. Sometimes you can do a problem two different ways and that way you can check your work.
  • Be prepared for problems that are not just like what you've seen before.