| DAILY ASSIGNMENTS | ||
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| Week 1 (USC classes begin on Monday; Friday is the last day to drop without a grade of W) | ||
| Jan 15 (Tue) | By Thursday read the preface and chapter 1 from the text. For homework do #5–10 on worksheet A. We already discussed #1–4 in class today. I will pass out copies of this worksheet on Thursday. Bring a graphing calculator to every class from now on. I recommend the TI-83 or TI-84. See me if you have a different model so that we can determine if it will be sufficient for the course. | |
| Jan 17 (Thu) | By Tuesday read pages 17–26 skipping Box 2.2. For homework do #11–21 on worksheet A. To enter these discrete dynamical systems on your calculator, see the handout for entering 1 equation. Next week you will also need the handout for entering 2 equations. Worksheet A now has partial solutions. The rest of the solutions will be available Tuesday evening. | |
| Week 2 (Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day) | ||
| Jan 22 (Tue) | Complete worksheet A and compare your answers to the solutions. There will be a quiz Thursday on the material from this worksheet. | |
| Jan 24 (Thu) | If you missed today's quiz, download a copy and allow yourself around 15 minutes to complete it. | |
| Week 3 | ||
| Jan 29 (Tue) | For homework do #1–9, 14, 16 from worksheet B. | |
| Jan 31 (Thu) | For homework do #10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17 from worksheet B. Also do #1, 2, 3, 4 from worksheet C ignoring for now the part about percentages for #3. There will be a quiz Tuesday on worksheet B. | |
| Week 4 | ||
| Feb 5 (Tue) | If you missed quiz 2 today, download a copy and finish it by Thursday. Homework will be posted later tonight or tomorrow morning. | |
| Feb 7 (Thu) | Finish worksheet C by answering the question about percentages. Do all the problems from worksheet D before Tuesday. Next Thursday's test will be on the material learned throughout this course including the material from the 2 quizzes and 4 worksheets. | |
| Week 5 | ||
| Feb 12 (Tue) | Bring a student ID and a calculator with fresh batteries for Thursday's test which will cover all of the material we discussed so far this semester. In particular you should study from worksheets A, B, C, and D as well as quizzes 1 and 2. Blank copies and solutions are posted on the course home page. You may also want to look at tests and quizzes from previous semesters. | |
| Feb 14 (Thu) | Test 1 | |
| Week 6 | ||
| Feb 19 (Tue) | After memorizing the derivative rules on page 1 of the derivative review sheet, answer all 26 parts of question #1 on the following page. Since this is review, you should be able to quickly get the correct answers. If you have trouble, now is an excellent time to use the free tutoring available at the Math Tutoring Center. After Thursday's class I do not want to spend much time in class discussing these derivative rules so be prepared with questions on Thursday. | |
| Feb 21 (Thu) | Finish all problems from the derivative review sheet and prepare for Tuesday's quiz on this material. The solutions to this review sheet are now online. | |
| Week 7 (Monday is the last day to drop without a grade of WF) | ||
| Feb 26 (Tue) | If you missed quiz 3 today, download a copy and finish it by Thursday. For homework do #1–6 on worksheet E. The phrase "is proportional to" which means "equals a constant multiplied by". For example, the area of a circle is proportional to the square of its radius so we have that A = k r2 where the constant k is called the constant of proportionality. In this example we know that k = π. | |
| Feb 28 (Thu) | Finish all remaining problems on worksheet E. There will a quiz on this material Tuesday. Solutions to the worksheet will be posted this weekend. | |
| Week 8 | ||
| Mar 4 (Tue) | If you missed quiz 4 today, download a copy and finish it by Thursday. For homework do #2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 on worksheet F. I will hold extra office hours tomorrow 2 – 4pm in LeConte 400H. If you have questions, ask them now since we have only 2 more class meetings before the next test. The next test will be on the material from the derivative review sheet, worksheet E, worksheet F, quiz 3, and quiz 4. | |
| Mar 6 (Thu) | Finish all problems from worksheet F. The 2nd test will be on the Thursday after break and will cover the material from class including the derivative review sheet, worksheet E, worksheet F, quiz 3, and quiz 4. You may also want to look at my old tests and quizzes. | |
| Week 9 (Spring Break!) | ||
| Week 10 | ||
| Mar 18 (Tue) | Bring a student ID and a calculator with fresh batteries for Thursday's test which will cover material from class including the derivative review sheet, worksheet E, worksheet F, quiz 3, and quiz 4. Blank copies and solutions are posted on the course home page. You may also want to look at tests and quizzes from previous semesters. | |
| Mar 20 (Thu) | Test 2 | |
| Week 11 | ||
| Mar 25 (Tue) | Tests were passed back and briefly discussed. Full solutions are shown on the course home page. For homework do all 38 problems from the first two pages of worksheet G. Problems p, q, r and s are more challenging, but the rest are considered review of the basic rules you should already know from MATH 141 or MATH 122. The important problems for this course are really from the last two pages of the worksheet. From these last two pages you should also do #3 parts a – e. | |
| Mar 27 (Thu) | For homework finish all problems from worksheet G. This is a long assignment. The first 38 problems are considered review, but I know that some of you will need to practice these skills. All solutions are now posted on the course home page, but I also recommend that you use the free tutoring in the Math Tutoring Center. | |
| Week 12 | ||
| Apr 1 (Tue) | For homework do all problems from worksheet H. | |
| Apr 3 (Thu) | Check back later for worksheet I which should be completed by Tuesday. | |
| Week 13 | ||
| Apr 8 (Tue) | For homework, finish the table from today's handout Modeling Alcohol Levels and do problems #1-16 from worksheet I. | |
| Apr 10 (Thu) | Finish all problems (#1-21) from worksheet I. | |
| Week 14 | ||
| Apr 15 (Tue) | Thursday's test will cover worksheets G, H, I, and the worksheet on modeling alcohol levels. Bring an ID and a working calculator. | |
| Apr 17 (Thu) | Test 3 | |
| Week 15 | ||
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| Apr 24 (Thu) | ||
| Week 16 (Monday is the last day of all USC classes) | ||
| Final Exam Period (Wednesday, April 30 through Wednesday, May 7) | ||
| May 2 (Friday) | Cumulative Final Exam from 2pm - 5pm in LC 113 | |