2 JHR's MA111 page

JHR's MA111 page

MA111
Calculus I

MTWRF 6,7, G221
John Rickert, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office: G-215A, Crapo Hall
Phone: (812) 877-8473
Campus mail: CM 141
e-mail: rickert@rose-hulman.edu
Office hours: MTRF 8, or stop by and see if I'm in. My schedule
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Mathematics Department MA111 syllabus
Expectations for college students

Homework

Today's homework (for tomorrow's class)

For Friday, September 4: Turn in Homework #1. Come to class with any questions that you have about functions or Maple.
The Homework passed out in class said to use the 2-up option when printing. This means that you should print 2 pages per sheet of paper.
When the Print dialogue box appears, select Properties and go to the Layout tab. Go down to Pages per sheet, and select 2.
If some of the exercises gave you difficulties, review Chapter 3 and Section 4.7 form the Just-In-Time book.
For Monday, September 7: Work on the parametric functions worksheet exercises. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
Look at Chapter 5 of Just in Time for a review of trigonometric functions.
For Tuesday, September 8: From the Just-In-Time book: Section 5.4 #3,10,14; Section 5.5 #4. From Thomas: Section 1.5 #1,12,16,20.
Note that there is no homework to be turned in Tuesday.
For Wednesday, September 9: From Thomas: Section 1.5 #5,9,21,26,29,31,34. Turn in these exercises on Friday.
Turn in the parametric functions worksheet exercises.
There will be a quiz at the beginning of class Wednesday. The average score on the quiz was 21.8 out of 40. Equivalent grades are A 36-40, B 28-35, C 20-27, D 12-19, F <12.
For Thursday, September 10: Review the Material covered so far. Read through the Just-In-Time book and make sure the you understand the material. Do the same for Sections 1.1-1.5 of Thomas.
Thursday we will discuss Section 1.6 in Thomas. Reading that section before the lecture might aid understanding.
For Friday, September 11: Section 1.6 #7,9,13,25,30,35,59,60,69.
Turn in the Section 1.5 exercises discussed Wednesday.

For Monday, September 14: Section 1.6 #45,49,61,62,70,73.
For Tuesday, September 15: Section 2.1 #2,5,6,13,17,18,20,21-29 odd,39,42,44,45. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
For Wednesday, September 16: Section 2.2 #1,5,8,10,12,16,21,27,29,31,40,47,50,55.
Turn in the Section 2.1 exercises.
For Thursday, September 17: Section 2.3 #7,9,19,31,37,49.
For Friday, September 18: Section 2.4 #1,5,6,11,14,15,18,21,25,30,34.
For Monday, September 21: Section 2.4 #39,42,47,49,55,57,63,83. Turn in these exercises on Tuesday.
For Tuesday, September 22: Section 2.5 #1,3,8,10,13,18,28,31,39,44,52,66.
Turn in the Section 2.4 exercises talked about in class on Monday (starts at 2.4.39)
For Wednesday September 23: Section 2.6 #1,5,13,23,35,41,42,47,58.
We will have a limits quiz at the beginning of class. The average score on the quiz was 26.5/40. Equivalent letter grades are A 35-39 B 30-34 C 23-29 D 14-22 F <14.
Friday, September 25: Exam #1 The average was 57.9 out of 120. Equivalent grades are A 90-119, B 70-89, C 50-69, D 30-49, F <30.
Monday, September 28: Section 3.1 #1,5,10,13,27-30,32,35.
Tuesday, September 29: Section 3.1 #6,22,32,35,41,43,45,51,56,61. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 30: Section 3.2 #1,5,12,14,17,24,30,35,39,46,54,55.
Turn in the Section 3.1 homework exercises discussed Tuesday.
Thursday, October 1: Section 3.3 #1,8,10,14,17,19,21,27,35.
There was a basic skills quiz at the beginning of class Thursday. Equivalent grades are A 36-40 B32-35 C 28-31 D 24-27 F <24.
Friday, October 2: Section 3.4 #1,5,18,24,43,47,49,50.
Monday, October 5: Section 3.5 $1,5,8,9,15,17,27,35,43,53,67.
We will have a skills quiz at the beginning of class.
Tuesday, October 6: Section 3.5 #48,61,65,72,73,80,81,84,87,92,94,101,106,110,115,129.
Thursday, October 8: Exam #2. The average was 59.7 out of 120. Equivalent grades are A 90-119, B 70-89, C 50-69, D 30-49, F <30.
For Monday, October 12: Section 3.6 #7,20,25,36,38,43,59,67,77. Turn in these exercises on Tuesday.
For Tuesday, October 13: Section 3.7 #4,7,13,18,26,32,40,59,71.
Turn in the Section 3.6 homework.
For Wednesday, October 14: Section 3.7 #41,52,94; Section 3.8 #6,13,24,27,29,36,41,43,49,61,75.

Monday, October 19: Section 3.9 #2,5,6,9,13,16,18,22,24,30,35. Turn in these exercises on Wednesday.
We will have a skills quiz on Monday.
Tuesday, October 20: Section 3.9 #7,15,19,23,26,29,31,32,34,37.
Wednesday, October 21: Section 3.10 #2,6,10,15,25,31,33,45,47,54,56,60.
We will have a skills quiz on Wednesday.
Turn in the Section 3.9 Homework from Monday (#2,5,6,9,13,...35)
Thursday, October 22: Section 4.1 #1,11-14,18,26,33,39,41,49,57.
Friday, October 23: Exam #3 average was 88.6/135. Equivalent grades are A 110-133 B 90-109 C 70-89 D 45-69 F <45

Monday,October 26: Section 4.1 #65,67,68,69,72,79.
Tuesday, October 27: Review Chapter 3 and Section 4.1. Don't get a speeding ticket.
Wednesday, October 28: Section 4.2 #1,11,23,27,46,50; Section 4.3 #3,18,40,42.
Thursday, October 29: Section 4.3 #6,24,52; Section 4.4 #7,17,36,42,47,65,71,75.
Friday, October 30: Section 4.5 #1,4,7,12,16,22,33,59. Turn in these exercises on Monday.

Monday, November 2: Section 4.5 #8,10,20,25,32,38,52.
Tuesday, November 3: Section 4.6 #1,2,13,16,43,49,58,73.
For Wednesday, November 4: Section 4.7 #1,6,8,26.
We will have a Limits Skills Quiz at the beginning of class.
For Thursday, November 5: Section 5.1 #3,9,11,13,21,23.
Friday,November 6: Exam #4
For Monday, November 9: Section 5.2 #1,2,3,5,7,13,15.


Notes

Maple review worksheet. Today's notes
The Learning Center will have review sessions next week.
Maple: Tuesday, September 8, period 10 in O-169.
Pre-Calculus review: Tuesday, September 8, 7:00PM in O-257.

Thursday, September 3: Assignment of an expression to a variable is done using :=. for example; f := x^2+4*x+1;
In this example, you must include the * between the 4 and the x to indicate to Maple that x is to be multiplied by 4.
To clear all variables, use restart;
The solve command will only solve equations. Equations are things that have an =, and expressions on each side of the =. Don't ask Maple to solve expressions. Use the solve command only to solve equations. The same notes apply to the fsolve command. For example, solve( x^2=3,x);
To plot the function y=x2 over the domain -3<= x <= 3, use the plot command; plot( x^2, x=-3..3);
To substitute for an expression use the subs command. For example, to get f(-x), fmx := subs(x=-x,f);
To determine f(7), subs(x=7,f);

During the first few weeks we will be reviewing some pre-calculus material. One reason for this is to solidify your knowledge of the material before diving into the calculus. Another reason is to allow you to get comfortable with Maple before we study the more advanced material. Don't waste the opportunity that this scheduling gives to you. Learn how to use Maple to solve the simpler problems even if you know how to use your calculator to solve that particular problem. We will eventually run into problems for which Maple will be necessary - don't put off learning Maple until then.

Course Policy

Material added since the beginning of class will be in purple
This class will have four in-class exams - most likely during the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th weeks.
Note: I don't set grades using a 93/86/77/70 "straight scale" system. I plan to challenge you to excel. This means that the exam averages will generally be lower than what you are used to.
The final exam will be given during finals week. If you are making arrangements for travel home, you should make sure that they will not conflict with the final exam schedule. If your parents will be purchasing airline tickets for you, you should contact them and remind them not to schedule you on a flight that might cause you fail a class.
There will be two parts to the final exam. For the first part, you will be allowed the use of only a writing utensil. For the second part, you may use clean Maple worksheets.
The weights for the grade are given below.
You will be expected to pass some "basic skills" quizzes during the term. These will count as part of your quiz grades. There may be two other types of quizzes given in class: announced and unannounced.
Exams and quizzes will cover everything up to recent material. The focus will usually beon recent sections, but all earlier material, from pre-school to the material immediately before those sections of concentration, is considered known, and you will be responsible for it.

Homework should have your name, campus mailbox number, and class at the top of the page. A stapler is probably a good investment for most of you. Multi-page homeworks should be stapled together, not mutilated.
Homework will typically be due at the beginning of class on the due date. Homework may be turned in later but will be penalized based on just how late it is - typically 10% off per day. i.e. 10 days later, it's too late to get a makeup homework turned in. Homework turned in late during class will be subject to a 1 point penalty. Homeowrk turned in late the day that it is due, a 5% penalty.
When writing up homework, you should circle (or otherwise clearly indicate) your answers. If the homework is on a worksheet that is passed out to the class, you will generally be expected to write your answers on a separate sheet of paper, in a well-organized fashion. Answers should be written on the worksheet only if answer blanks have been specifically provided.
If you have any questions while I'm not around, you may e-mail me at rickert@rose-hulman.edu and I will reply as soon as I can.

You should come to class prepared. This means that I expect you to have done the homework, brought your book to class and launched Maple at the beginning of class. Silence cell phones, pagers, and similar devices during class. Do not text or hold phone conversations during class - they can leave a message.

I will assign some `group' projects in this class. Groups will consist of either three or four members. Write-ups from smaller or larger groups will not be accepted unless prior approval has been given.
Write-ups should be neatly presented. Write-ups returned on the information sheet handed out to the groups will not be accepted. Write-ups handed in at the end of class may be hand-written. Write-ups for work outside of class should be typed. Maple code may be included as part of an appendix or in figures, but should not be considered as a formal write-up. Similarly, scratch-work is unacceptable. Neatly written partial results may be turned in, but scribbles will reduce your grade.

A summary of the grade weights

There will be four in-class exams worth 15% each
The final exam will be worth 30%
Quizzes and homework will be worth 10%
Extra credit that is earned will be added on to your grade after the curve has been determined.
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