Math 31 - Calculus - PRSD VC
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Students' Evaluation in Math PRSD VC

As indicated in the pdf fileMath 31 VC course outline (pdf document), students will be evaluated on the basis of their performance on five written unit tests (62%), a final exam (30%) a number of quizzes (to be announced as time goes on) and a number of assignments. The quizzes and assignments will, together, be valued at 8%.

The assignments to be submitted for evaluation:

  1. Review Assignment 1.1 - due February 14
  2. Review Assignment 1.2 - due March 1
  3. Review Assignment 2.1 - due March 13
  4. Review Assignment 2.2 - due April 1
  5. Review Assignment 2.3 - due April 10
  6. Review Assignment 3.1 - due April 24
  7. Review Assignment 3.2 - due May 3
  8. Review Assignment 4.1 - due May 16
  9. Review Assignment 4.2 - due May 24
  10. Review Assignment 5.1 - due June 14

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Review Assignment 1.1

- due on February 14 2018:

Textbook Review Exercise 1.8

- Page 58 - 60:

# 1 - 4, 6
limits from graphs and equations.
# 8
Finding the slope of a tangent using approximating secants.
# 10
an example from physics
# 12, 13, 14
Infinite limits
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Review Assignment 1.2

- due on March 2 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 2.9

- Page 112 - 114:

# 1 c and d
carefully find the derivatives, starting from the definition of a derivative
# 2 and 3
these question test your understanding of the concept of a derivative
# 4 a b f g h m n q
the "meat" of this chapter: finding derivatives using the rules with a variety of polynomial, rational and radical functions
# 5
like the above, but with the added skill of finding the domains of functions and their derivatives
# 6
finding the derivative of functions, defined as composite functions, at a specific value
# 7 b c
implicit differentiation
# 8 a c
higher derivatives
# 9 a b, 10, 12, 13, 14
these questions illustrate various kinds of applications of derivatives
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Review Assignment 2.1

- due on March 14 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 3.7

- Page 154 - 155:

questions # 1 - 4, 7 - 10
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Review Assignment 2.2

- due on March 27 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 4.6

- Page 196 - 198:

questions # 1 a d e f, 2 c d, 3 a c, 4 - 9
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Review Assignment 2.3

- due on April 13 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 5.7

- Page 245 - 246:

questions # 1 right column, 2, 3 a c d, 4 b c, 5 a c d f, 7
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Review Assignment 3.1

- due on April 25 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 6.6

- Page 292 - 294:

questions # 2, 3, 5 b, 8 g, 9 a b d
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Review Assignment 3.2

- due on May 7 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 7.7

- Page 340 - 342:

questions # 1 a c e g i, 2 a b c e f i, 3 a b d e, 4 - 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 a, 16 a - f, 17 a b c d e g i, 18, 19
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Review Assignment 4.1

- due on May 16 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 8.7

- Page 396 - 398:

questions # 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 a, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 8 b, 10, 12, 15
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Review Assignment 4.2

- due on May 25 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 9.8

- Page 438 - 439:

questions # 1 left column, 2 left column, 3 left column, 4
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Review Assignment 5.1

- due on June 18 2018

Textbook Review Exercise 11.8

- Page 533 - 534:

questions # 1 a, 2, 3 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, m, n, o, r, s, t, u, 4, 5, 6a

Quizzes: These will be listed here when they are scheduled.

  1. Quiz 1.1 - 20 February 2019 - basic principles
  2. Quiz 1.2 - 25 February 2019 - power rule and product rule
  3. Quiz 1.3 - 27 February 2019 - quotient rule and chain rule
  4. Quiz 1.4 - 1 March 2019 - implicit differentiation and tangent line equation

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Sample Quiz 1.1


From basic principles, directly from the definition of a derivative, that is, using either

$ \displaystyle \frac {d}{dx}f(x) = \lim_{h \to 0} \frac{f(x+h)- f(x)} {h} $ or $ \displaystyle \frac {d}{dx}f(x) = \lim_{a \to x} \frac{f(x)- f(a)} {x-a} $,

determine the derivative of

1. $ \displaystyle f(x) = \sqrt{3 x -4} $ or

2. $ \displaystyle f(x) = \frac{2}{2 x +5 } $ or

3. $ \displaystyle f(x) = 2 x^2 + 3 x -4 $ or

4. $ \displaystyle f(x) = x^3 -5 $

Unit exams will constitute the largest part of students' evaluation. Students will need to be very prepared for these! The schedule for these is:

Sample exams will be available and posted for each unit as the time for the exam approaches.

Students are allowed to have a graphing calculator for their exams as well as a formula sheet written in each student's own handwriting.

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