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Math 221: Analytic Geometry - Calculus I; Fall 2019.




Instructor: Dr. Stefan Forcey Textbook: E-book: Calculus Early Transcendentals, J. Stewart, edition 8E. The e-book is linked from WebAssign, after logging in from BrightSpace.

Course Syllabus.
The syllabus will include information about grading policies, exam schedules and policies, etc.


Schedule

Homework and Quizzes
Homework problems will be posted here. Homework will be assigned but usually NOT graded.
However we will have a quiz almost every week, and the quiz problems will be either exactly or almost exactly right off the homework.
No makeup quizzes will be given, but 15 quiz/homework points will be dropped.

  • Prequiz: not graded. Here's the pre-quiz to try, and here are the answers.
  • Homework 1: Quiz 1 based on these problems: August 29 (take home, due Sep 3).
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!
    Worth points on the quiz---make sure to do three for full credit. Pick any three you choose.
    • 1.4: 3, 7, 15, 19, 23, 31
    • 1.5: 5,7,9,15,21,23,25,31,35,37,41,51,53 63,67, and 69
    • 2.1: 1, 3, 5, 7

  • Homework 2: Quiz based on these problems: Sept 5 (take home, due Sep 9).
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!
    Worth points on the quiz---make sure to do three for full credit. Pick any three you choose.
    • 2.2 p. 92: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17
    • 2.3 p. 102: 2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 17, 21
    • 2.4 p. 113: 5, 7, 11

  • Homework 3: Quiz based on these problems: Sept 12 (take home, due Sep 16).
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!
    Worth points on the quiz---make sure to do three for full credit. Pick any three you choose.
    • 2.5 p. 124: 3a, 7, 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, 37, 39
    • 2.6 p. 137: 3, 7, 9, 15, 17, 25, 35

  • Homework 4: Not to be turned in, we'll go over it in class.
    • 2.7 p. 148: 5, 7, 9, 31
    • 2.8 p. 160: 3, 21, 23, 27, 41

    TEST 1 ENDS HERE

  • Homework 5: Not to be turned in. Take home quiz Sep 26, due Sep 30.
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!
    Worth points on the quiz---make sure to do three for full credit. Pick any three you choose.

    • 3.1: p. 180 Odd 3–35, 45, 47
    • 3.2: p. 188 Odd 1–31, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53
    • 3.3: p. 196 Odd 1–15, 21, 25, 31, 33, 49

  • Homework 6: Not to be turned in. Take home quiz Oct. 3, due Oct 7.

    • 3.4 p. 204: Odd 1–53
    • 3.5 p. 215: Odd 5–19, 25, 27, 35
    • 3.6 p. 223: Odd 3–31, Odd 39–49

      All the derivatives so far! derivative chart

  • Homework 7:
    Not to be turned in. Take home quiz Oct. 10, due Oct 14.
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!
    Worth points on the quiz---make sure to do three for full credit. Pick any three you choose.

    • 3.9: 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 29
    • 3.10: 1, 3, [find both differentials: 11, 13], 15, 17, 19, 23, 25

      TEST 2 ENDS HERE


  • Homework 8:
    Not to be turned in. Take home quiz Oct. 24, due Oct 28.
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!

    • 4.1 p. 283: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, Odd 15–61
    • 4.2 p. 288: 5, 9, 17, 23, 25
    • 4.3 p. 300: 1, 5, 7, Odd 9–21, 25, 27, 29, Odd 33–51

  • Homework 9:
    Not to be turned in. Take home quiz Oct. 31, due Nov 5.
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!

    • 4.4 p. 311 Odd 7–23
    • 4.5 p. 321 Odd 1–29

  • Homework 10:
    Not to be turned in. Take home quiz Nov. 7, due Nov 11.
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!

    • 4.7 p. 331 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 37, 43, 45, 54, 55, 70
    • 4.8 p. 342 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17
    • 4.9 p. 348 Odd 1–51, Odd 59–65, 69

      TEST 3 ENDS HERE



  • Homework 11:
    Not to be turned in. Take home quiz Nov. 21, due Nov 26.
    On the back of the quiz: do any three problems from this list!