Math 1210 - Calculus I

• June 12th - Today we had our final exam. The final exam has been graded, and the grades, along with your final letter grades in the course, are now posted on WebCT. The final and the solutions are posted below. I'll be posting letter grades to the university system a week from today on Friday, June 19th. If you have any issues with or would like to discuss your final grade with me, please email me and we can arrange to do so before June 19th. Thank you for an enjoyable, if intense, four weeks and good luck in all you do. Congratulations!


• June 11th - Today was our last day of class. We covered section 5.6, and briefly touched on section 3.7. The solutions for the last quiz are posted below, and your scores have been posted online. I've been asked about posting solutions for the practice problems for the final exam. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution set for them, and I can't make a solution set on a timescale that would be helpful for the class. So, there's no solution set, but if you have any questions on the problems please ask me during the review tomorrow. Good luck studying for tomorrow's final!


• June 10th - Today we finished section 5.4 and went over section 5.5. We began section 5.6, which we'll finish tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll also go over section 3.7, and if we have time section 4.6. However, you will not be required to know sections 3.7 or 4.6 for the final, although there may be an extra credit question involving one or both of these sections. For the hour after the quiz tomorrow I'll make it a review session, so you can ask me any questions you have from the class. Also, I'll have an extra office hour tomorrow from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. For the final on Friday you will be given three hours, from 12:30 PM until 3:30 PM. You can have two pages of notes, front and back, and you can also use your calculator. The scores on quiz 14 have been posted online, and the quiz with solutions is now posted below. Also, the review questions for the material covered this week are posted below as well, in the exams section. This includes both suggested review problems from the textbook and a worksheet with a bunch of suggested review problems.


• June 9th - The scores from quiz 13 are now posted on WebCT. Today in class we finished section 5.1, and worked through sections 5.2, 5.3, and we started on section 5.4. The quiz tomorrow will be on sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3. The solutions to quiz 13 are posted below.


• June 8th - The third midterm has been graded, and your grades are posted on WebCT. We finished covering section 4.2 today, and covered sections 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5. We began section 5.1 at the end of class. The quiz tomorrow will be on sections 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5. Quiz 12 has also been graded, and your grades are on WebCT. The solutions to quiz 12 are posted below.


• June 5th - Today we had our third midterm. The midterm and solutions are now posted below. The midterm will be graded by this Sunday evening, possibly sooner, and the grades will be posted on WebCT as soon as they're ready. I'll send out an email when they're up. I'll hand back the midterms in class on Monday. Have a good weekend.


• June 4th - Today we covered sections 3.9, 4.1, and most of section 4.2. The midterm tomorrow will cover sections 2.9 through 4.2, excluding section 3.7, which we did not cover. Please note that the material we covered in class today from section 4.2 is fair game for the quiz, including (hint, hint) the final provlem we did in class today. Our third midterm will be tomorrow. Also, the solutions to quiz 11 are now posted below.


• June 3rd - Today we finished section 3.4, and we covered sections 3.5, 3.6, and 3.8. We'll be skipping section 3.7, and returning to it at the end of class if we have the time. Also, the quiz today seemed particularly hard, and also included material from section 3.4 which, as you can see if you read right below you, I said would not be on the quiz today. In view of this I've decided to count today's quiz as extra credit. Also, if I do any curving on the final grades, it will be before I take the scores on this quiz into account. So, the quiz cannot hurt your final grade, only help it. Also, the review problems for the third midterm are now posted below.


• June 2nd - Today we covered sections 3.2, 3.3, and most of section 3.4. Quiz 8 was handed back in class today, and the grades for Quiz 9 are now posted. The quiz tomorrow will be on sections 3.2 and 3.3.


• June 1st - Today we covered sections 2.9, 3.1, and 3.2 from the textbook. Quiz 8 and solutions are posted below. You can find your quiz grades on on WebCT, and you'll be able to pick your quiz in class tomorrow.


• May 31st - The second midterm has been graded, and the grades are available on WebCT.


• May 29th - Today we had our second midterm exam. The solutions to the midterm are posted below. I've also posted a set of notes on notation under the lecture notes heading. I'll have the second midterm graded, and the grades posted, by Sunday night at the latest. I'll try to have it done earlier than that, but no promises. Have a good weekend.


• May 28th - Today we finished covering multiple derivatives, and then covered implicit differentiation and related rates of change. I also lost track of the time and we had to take the quiz late. Sorry. The grades are now posted, and you can pick up the quiz tomorrow. Our second midterm exam is tomorrow. The midterm will cover the section we've done this week. Namely, sections 0.7, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8. The solutions to quiz 7 are posted below.


• May 27th - Today we covered derivatives of trigonometric functions, the chain rule, and multiple derivatives. We worked a lot of chain rule example problems, some of them very hard. If there was ever a section where I'd recommend working as many practice problems as you can, it's the section on the chain rule. Also, posted below are suggested review problems for the next midterm, along with the solutions to today's quiz.


• May 26th - Hope you all had a nice long break. We had our first review session in our new Tuesday/Thursday room, LCB 215. In class today we covered sections 0.7 and 1.4, which included a review of trigonometry and a discussion of limits involving trigonometric functions. Also, today I handed back the first midterm exam, and all your grades on the first midterm exam should be posted by now on WebCT.


• May 22nd - Today we had our first midterm. The midterms should all be graded, and the grades will be posted, by Monday evening at the latest. They will be handed back in class on Tuesday. Also, please note that our review session location for Tuesdays and Thursdays has been moved from JWB 308 to LCB 215. Finally, please note that I need to cut my office hour short on Tuesdays. So, from now on, my office time on Tuesday will be from 10:40 AM to 11:20 AM.


• May 21st - Today we covered sections 2.1 through 2.3. On the midterm tomorrow please note that you can use a calculator, and you can have one standard sized sheet of paper, front and back, to use for notes.


• May 20th - Today we finished covering chapter 1. The quiz tomorrow will be on the material up to seciton 1.6. Also, the review problems for the first midterm are now posted below.


• May 19th - Today we finished covering the notes on polynomial calculus, and we started working out of the textbooks, starting with the basic ideas behind limits. We also had our first quiz. The solutions for the homework problems from the polynomial calculus notes are now posted below.


• May 18th - Today was our first day of class. We went over the syllabus and then covered points, lines, and slopes. We had a "getting to know you quiz" that should be the easiest points you receive all semester. After the break we discussed the concept of finding the slope of a curve, went over the definition of the derivative, and then learned how to calculate derivatives of polynomials. Our first quiz will be tomorrow. Also, the lecture notes and course notes for polynomial calculus are posted below.

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