Math 131 Schedule (Warning: this is a living document. Dates may change. This page is regularly
updated).
FAQ: 1. When is homework due? After we cover material in class, you have one class to ask questions
about a homework assignment. So, a homework assignment is due in the second class after the
material is presented in class. You can look on this schedule, find the date the homework was assigned
and move down the schedule (or forward in time) two classes to the due date for that homework set.
2. What is the format for turning in homework when problems are assigned from two text sections?
Here is an excerpt from the course Syllabus which answers this question:
Please turn in Homework from different text sections of the text ON SEPARATE PAGES. PUT the
section identifier (such as 1.4a, 1.4b, 2.2a) at the top of the first page of homework.� Staple
homework on loose-leaf paper from a single section of the text together (if you have more than
one page of homework to turn in for that section).� PLEASE DO NOT PUT PROBLEMS FROM TWO
DIFFERENT SECTIONS ON THE SAME PIECE OF PAPER OR ON PIECES OF PAPER STAPLED TOGETHER.
3. What are the problems not in parentheses?� These are the problems to turn in.� In general, they
are the regular exercises in the text and NOT the writing exercises.
4. What are the problems in parentheses? Problems in parentheses are �suggested�: know how to
work them but do not turn them in.� You may ask questions about them in class.
1
9/25
M
Review: 0.1, 0.4
Do not turn in: 0.1: 9-11, 17, 27, 39, 71
Do not turn in: 0.4: 1, 13, 31, 39, 53, 61
2
3
9/27
9/29
W
F
1.1
1.2
1.1: (pp 69-70) 4, 6a (1-6) Note: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 are suggested.
1.2a: (pp 75-76): 2, 4, 6, 8 (Note: 1.2a just means that there may be
another assignment from 1.2 named 1.2b)
ADD-DROP DEADLINE
Labor Day
4
9/3
5
9/5
6
9/8
7
9/10
W
F
M
W
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4 Intermediate
8
9
9/12
9/15
F
M
1.5
1.5
10
9/17
W
2.1, 2.2
11
12
13
14
15
16
9/19
9/22
9/24
9/26
9/29
10/1
F
M
W
F
M
W
2.2, 2.3
2.3
2.4
1.3a: 8, 24, 26 (1-8)
1.3b: 10, 13, 14, 30, 32, 58; (9-28; 38, 49,50)
1.4a: 4, 10, 14, 18, 20, 22 (21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29)
1.4b: 30, 34 (do not use the method of bisections�IVT only), 36,
38, 40
No assignment
1.5a: 4, 6, 20, 22, 26, 34
1.5b (slant asymptotes) Due Monday 9/22
2.1: 10, 4, 14
2.2a: 4, 12, 18, 22
2.2b: 29, 32
2.3a: Derivative Sheet: 1-16 Due: 10/1
2.4a: 4, 12, 16, 20, 22� Due: 10/1
Review for Test 1
Test 1
2.4b: 27, 28, 33, 36
2.5a: 11(b), 12(b), 36, 37, 40, 43(a) (show work)
17
10/3
F
2.5, 2.6
2.4, 2.5
18
10/6
M
2.6
19
10/8
W
2.7
20
10/10 F
2.8 (implicit
differentiation)
21
10/13 M
2.8 (inverse trig
function)
22
10/15
23
10/17
Fall Break
24
10/27
25
10/29
26
10/31
27
11/3
28
11/5
29
11/7
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
3.1
3.2
3.2, 3.4
3.4
3.4
3.3/3.5
Test 1 returned
2.5b: 19-22
2.6a: 2-18 (evens)
2.7a: Derivative Sheet: 17-39
2.7b: In text: 1-17 (odd) DO NOT TURN IN
2.7c: 22a, 39-44
Make a cheat sheet for Test 2 so that you can tell which
knowledge you need to work the assigned problems without
referring to the text. (Of course, the cheat sheet may NOT be used
during the test.) Do not turn in.
2.8a: 3, 5, 9, 15, 19, 23 DO NOT TURN IN
Derivative Quiz over 2.3-2.6 (Sample Quiz)
2.8b: 46, 47, 48 DUE: MONDAY 10/27
Review for Test 2 (2.4-2.7)
Test 2
3.1:
3.2: (5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 39, 43) 6, 8, 10, 24, 38
3.4a: (1, 3, 11, 17, 27, 30)
3.4b: (17, 29)
3.3: (25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 41, 44, 47) 26, 30
3.5: 9 – sketch the graph using all information from 1st and 2nd
derivatives, 20 (11- sketch the graph using all information
from 1st and 2nd derivatives, 15, 17, 37, 39, 45)
Collected hw
3.2 6, 8, 10, 24, 38
3.3 26, 30
3.4 38 - you do not need to sketch, but show your work;
you cannot get the answers by looking at the graph
30
11/10 M
3.7
3.7a: ( 3, 7, 13, 33)
31
11/12 W
32
11/14 F
3.7
3.8
4.1
33
34
11/17 M
11/19 W
3.7b: 21, 32, 38
3.8: 1, 6, 7
4.1: 1-19 odd, 27 Homework wth format Homework Due 11/17
No late papers as solutions will be posted Monday afternoon.
Review for Test 3 #Test_3_Topics
Test 3:
35
11/21 F
4.1, 4.2
36
11/24 M
4.3
4.1: 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 47, 49b, 67
4.2: 5, 9, 13
4.3a:) Be sure that you can do a left-hand sum and a right-hand
sum for the functions in # 2, 3, 7, 8. You can do it for a smaller n on
#7, 8. This is the type of problem that you will have the quiz on
Wednesday. It will be a function and intervals that you will not
need a calculator. Also look at 19-22, 35, 36.
37
11/26 W
4.3, 4.4
Class did not meet.
38
12/1
M
4.4
4.4: 5, 6, 17-19, 35-38, 40, 45-48, 49, 51
39
12/3
W
4.5
4.3: 13, 14;
4.4: (2 & 4 with LHS, RHS rather than midpoint), 9, 13, 23, 25, 27,
Collected homework
4.1 8, 24, 26, 38
4.3 integral in #8 with LHS, RHS, n = 10, show table
4.4 10, 20 with sketch, 28, 50
Due 12/5.
40
12/5
F
4.5
41
12/8 M
42
12/10 W
43
12/12 F
Test 4 Topics
Antiderivative quiz:
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 34, 35, 37, 55-58
Test 4
4.1 antiderivatives, indefinite integrals – note tables on p.303 & 305
4.3 approximating area with rectangles RHS, LHS for “small” n
4.4 the definite integral – definition, approximating it with Riemann sums, finding it exactly when the signedarea can be found geometrically, finding it exactly with the limit of Riemann sums, signed-area, properties
of integrals, average value
4.5 the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Part I)
Evaluate definite integrals using the FTC; use FTC to find areas, average values
Study the assigned problems, quizzes, & lab questions. The test should be similar to those.
Test 3 Topics
linearization
Newton’s method
l’Hopital’s rule
local and absolute extrema
curve sketching with 1st & 2nd derivatives
optimization
Study the assigned problems & lab questions. The test should be similar to those.
If you want additional problems:
Ch. Review – 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 29, 30; graphs & applied (3.5 & 3.7)