Instructor

Gerard A. Venema

Office: North Hall 287
Office hours: 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. M. Tu. Th. F.
(Other times by appointment)

Phone: 616-526-6402
Email: venema@calvin.edu

Homepage: http://www.calvin.edu/~venema

     

Textbook

University Calculus
by Hass, Weir, and Thomas
Addison Wesley 2006

Course Description

Mathematics 161 is the first course in Calvin's calculus sequence. Topics covered include limits, derivatives, applications of derivatives, integrals, and applications of integrals.

Course Outline

  Topic Textbook Sections Time Spent
1 Limits and continuity 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 - 2.7 2 weeks
2 Derivatives 3.1 - 3.10 3.5 weeks
3 Applications of derivatives 4.1 - 4.7 3 weeks
4 Integrals 5.1 - 5.6 2.5 weeks
5 Applications of integrals 6.1, 6.3, and 6.6 2 weeks

Homework

The course will usually meet Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of each week. Homework will be due each Monday and Thursday, but it will be collected the day after it is due so that there is ample opportunity to ask questions about it. You are encouraged to discuss homework problems with other members of the class, but the work you turn in must be your own.

Test and Final Exam Schedule

Grades

Course grades will be based on the three tests, homework, and the final exam. The homework will count as much as one test and the final exam will count as much as two tests.

Evening Calculus Help

Study assistance is available in the evenings according to the following schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., North Hall Room 251.
You may drop in any time you need help.

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Homework Assignments

  Due date Assignment
1 Thursday, February 1 §2.1 # 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17
§2.2 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2 Monday, February 5 §2.2 # 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 64, 65
§2.4 # 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33
3 Thursday, February 8 §2.4 # 35, 43, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58
§2.5 # 1, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 61, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70
4 Monday, February 12 §2.6 # 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 17, 23
§2.7 # 3, 6, 8, 9, 13, 18, 21, 23, 26, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 44
5 Thursday, February 15 §3.1 # 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
6 Monday, February 19 §3.2 # 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 33, 37, 47, 51
7 Thursday, February 22 §3.4 # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 25, 37, 38, 39, 40
8 Monday, February 26 §3.5 # 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 49, 52, 55,
58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 73, 81, 83, 85, 86, 89, 94, 97, 99, 101, 103
9 Thursday, March 1 §3.6 # 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27, 29, 31, 41
§3.7 # 3, 5, 11, 13, 16, 22, 25, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 55, 57, 61, 62, 69, 70
10 Monday, March 5 §3.7 # 71, 75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94
§3.8 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 33, 34, 41
11 Wednesday, March 7 §3.9 # 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
12 Monday, March 12 §3.10 # 1, 2, 3, 6
13 Wednesday, March 14 §4.1 # 1 - 14 (all) 16, 17, 19, 22, 25, 39, 47, 51
§4.2 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 29a, 31a
14 Monday, March 26 §4.3 # 2, 5, 11, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 31, 38, 40, 41, 47, 48, 49, 50
§4.4 # 1, 3, 11, 15, 18, 22, 27, 33, 34, 35, 42, 43, 44, 63, 64, 66
15 Wednesday, March 28 §4.5 # 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11
16 Monday, April 2 §4.5 # 16, 20, 21, 22, 33, 34, 35
§4.6 # 3, 5, 9, 13, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 61, 62, 63
17 Monday, April 9 §4.7 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 17, 20
§4.8 # 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 61, 64, 67
18 Thursday, April 12 §5.1 # 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12
§5.2 # 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17
19 Monday, April 16 §5.3 # 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20
20 Thursday, April 19 §5.4 # 1 - 31 (odd), 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 57, 59
21 Monday, April 23 §5.5 # 11, 12, 13 - 33 (odd), 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51
22 Thursday, April 26 §5.6 # 3a, 5a, 7a, 11a, 13a, 47 - 61 (odd)
23 Monday, April 30 §6.1 # 13 - 29 (odd), 37, 39, 43, 47, 1, 3, 5
24 Monday, May 7 §6.3 # 1 - 15 (odd), 21, 23, 25, 29, 31
§6.6 # 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23

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