How to Approach your Homework
The most important step in learning is doing. You do not really make a concept or skill part of your
mental toolkit until you use it yourself. You will learn best if you organize your work so that you work
on calculus at least two or three times a week, not just in one weekend binge.
There are two parts to your weekly homework: Problems from the Textbook, and Maple Problems.
The former are described below; the latter are included in the Maple Tutorial.
Weekly homework problems for the whole term are given in the table below. Roughly half of the
problems are odd-numbered questions from the text. These contain basic drill problems, as well as some
more interesting problems. The answers to these problems are given in the back of the textbook, and
full solutions are available in the Student Solutions Manual. Since most students do not purchase this
manual, many of these problems will be discussed in the weekly Tutorials. These questions are marked
in bold. (Note that Week 2 problems will be discussed in the second Tutorial, Week 3 in the third, and so
on.)
The other half of the problems are even-numbered questions from the text. These questions generally do
not include basic drill problems. Full solutions to these questions will be posted at the end of each week
(in WebCT). Challenge yourself to write well-organized, clear answers: presenting what you know
properly is a skill and a habit you should work at constantly in all courses, because it improves the
clarity of your own thinking, and because it is one of the most important skills for employment. It is also
important when answering questions on quizzes and exams. This term we will be much more strict than
last term in insisting on well-written, complete, answers, than was the case in the first term.
Homework is assessed in the form of 3 homework quizzes. Go to the course website to read more details.
Weekly Homework Schedule
Questions for the first nine weeks are taken from the 6th edition of Stewart. Where possible, question
numbers corresponding to the 5th edition are provided in parentheses. When there is no number in
parentheses it means that that question is new in this edition of the text. Questions for the last three
weeks are taken from the Notes on Power Series. The plan is that questions in bold will be discussed in
the Tutorials. All questions, even with small alterations, are fair game for homework quizzes. One of
the very important things to remember this term is that when you write a quiz or an exam you must
include the reasoning that leads to your calculations. Calculations without explanations are not
acceptable and will get few if any marks. Say what you are going to do, then what you are doing, then
do it, then write out why the conclusion(s) follow - all in complete sentences. Anything less will get
few or no marks.
Section
Odd numbered problems
Even numbered problems
First tutorial (Monday of week 2)
Week 2 material is partly review. Here are questions you should be able to do already. Some of these
will be discussed at this first tutorial:
12.2:
19, 23, 32[32], 37, 41, 46[44]
Week 2:
(Week 2 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 3rd week)
12.2:
12.3:
37
5, 7[7], 9, 23[23]
20, 24[26], 30[30]
6[6], 20
12.5:
1[1], 3, 23[23], 27[27]
2, 14[14], 16, 20[20], 26[26]
Week 3:
12.6:
14.1:
Week 4:
14.3:
14.4:
Week 5:
14.4
14.5:
14.6:
Week 6:
14.6:
14.7:
Week 7:
15.2:
15.3:
15.5:
Week 8:
10.3:
15.4:
15.5:
15.6[15.7]
Week 9:
15.6[15.7]
15.7[15.8]:
Week 10:
NOPS 3:
NOPS 4:
Week 11:
(Week 3 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 4th week)
3[3], 13
5[5], 7[7], 23, 49[47], 55-59
4[4], 6[6]
56-60
(Week 4 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 5th week)
1[1], 5[5], 24, 31[27], 71[67], 81[77]
1[1], 19[17]
4[4], 8[6], 10[8], 21[17], 62[58]
6[6]
(Week 5 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 6th week)
39[37]
15[15], 19, 35[35]
7, 9[9], 15
28, 40[38]
40[40]
(Week 6 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 7th week)
21[21], 43[43], 47
3[3], 5[5], 15[17]
26[26], 38[38], 52
40[38]
(Week 7 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 8th week)
3[3], 9[9], 17[15]
7, 41[39], 47
5[5], 7[7]
30
14[14], 20[20]
14
(Week 8 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 9th week)
25[25], 39[39]
9[11], 11[13], 19
11[11]
9[7]
10[10], 20[20]
6[8], 22[22]
14
(Week 9 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 10th week)
33[31], 37[35]
15[1], 19[9]
12, 20
(Week 10 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 11th week)
all problems (do 1b, 1e, 2e, 5)
all problems (do 2, 4)
(Week 11 material is for the tutorial on the Monday of the 12th week)
NOPS 5:
NOPS 6:
Week 12:
NOPS 7:
NOPS 8:
all problems (do 1a, 1c)
all problems (do 1, 2, 3b)
(Week 12 material will not be covered in a tutorial, but you are responsible for it)
there is just one problem
all problems