Mat16a, Short Calculus (Spring 2009)
Math 16a: Short Calculus (Section 001) Spring 2009
CRN 79771
General Information
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Class meets at MWF 1:10-2:00pm, Young 198
- Instructor: Dr. H. Xiao
- Office: MSB 2148
- Phone: 752-3827
- Office Hours: M 2-3pm, W 3-4pm, F 4-4:50pm or by appointments
Textbook
- Textbook:
Calculus: An Applied Approach, 7th Edition, by R. E. Larson, B. H. Edwards (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006). Sections covered: 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.8, 8.1-8.4, 3.1-3.4, 3.6-3.8.
Prerequisite
- All students enrolling in Math 16A are required to
satisfy the Math Placement Requirement (see details here) .
- This quarter's tests will be administrated on Saturday April 4, 2009 at 11:00am sharp, at 1100 Social Science. Note, this is the only date when this test is offered for this quarter.
For more information about the test, see Learning Center's webpage for the Math test.
- You will be automatically dropped from this class if you do not satisfy the requirement by a certain date in a few weeks (please check back later).
TA Office Hours
- Additional office hours are provided by the TAs during the week of April 13-17, see Extra Office Hours for Exam 1 for more details.
- Alex Waagen, awaagen@math.ucdavis.edu, Mondays 11:00 am - 12:30 pm; Tuesday 1:30 - 2:00 pm, 3:00 - 4:00 pm and 5:00 - 6:00 pm, in Calculus Room (MSB 3118)
- Wenjing Liao, wjliao@math.ucdavis.edu, Tuesdays 3-4pm, Fridays 3-4pm, in Calculus Room (MSB 3118)
- Arpy Mikaelian, arpymikaelian@math.ucdavis.edu, Wednesdays 3-4pm;
Thursdays 11-12, 1:30-2:00, 3:30-4:00, in Calculus Room (MSB 3118)
- The department has a room reserved for students in 16 series (MSB 3118), where
the TAs (including those from other sections of the 16 series) will be available for questions and tutoring.
Location: MSB 3118
General Hours: 11-6pm
Exams
- There will be three midterm exams and a final exam for this
class.
- Exam 1: Monday April 20, in class
- Exam 2: Wednesday May 6, in class
- Exam 3: Friday May 22, in class
- Final exam: Wednesday June 10 at 8:00-10:00am. The location is 198 Young. The exam will start at 7:30am for those who would like the additional time.
- There will be no make-up exams. A missed exam is zero points.
Exam 1
- EXAM 1 is Monday, April 20, 2009. It will cover handouts,
lecture notes, and examples from class, homework assignments 1 through
8, and material from sections 1.1-1.6, and 2.1-2.3 in the book,
which was presented in lecture notes through the derivative material
on Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
- Practice Exam 1, Practice Exam 1 Solution
- Here are some RULES for Exam 1:
- 1.) It is a violation of the university honor code to, in
any way, assist another person in the completion of this
exam, copy answers from another student's exam, have
another student take your exam for you. Please keep your own
work covered up as much as possible during the exam so that
others will not be tempted or distracted. Thank you for
your cooperation.
- 2.) No notes, books, or classmates may be used as
resources for this exam. YOU MAY USE A CALCULATOR ON THIS
EXAM.
- 3.) Using only a calculator to determine the value of
limits will receive little credit.
- 4.) You will be graded on proper use of limit notation.
- 5.) Read directions to each problem carefully. Show all
work for full credit. In most cases, a correct answer with
no supporting work will NOT receive full credit. What you
write down and how you write it are the most important means
of your getting a good score on this exam. Neatness and
organization are also important.
- Most of the exam questions will be homework-type, practice exam-type
questions. There will be an OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT problem on the
exam.
- Here is a Pre-Calculus Worksheet (PDF) for those of you who would like to review some old material.
Exam 1 Approxmate Grade Lines
A+: 100-110
A: 88 - 99
A-: 84 - 87
B: 65 - 83
C: 48 - 64
D: 29 - 47
F: 0 - 28
Median: 63
Average: 63
Highest Score: 102
Lowest Score: 25
Exam 2
- EXAM 2 is Wednesday, May 6, 2009. It will cover handouts,
lecture notes, and examples from class, homework assignments 9 through
14, and material from sections 2.4-2.6, 8.1-8.4 in the book,
which was presented in lecture notes through the higher order derivatives
on Friday, May 1, 2009.
- MEMORIZE the following list of derivative rules. (Rules 1-5 were covered
in the previous exam but will be needed for this exam as well. )
1. (c)' = 0
2. (mx+b)' = m
3. (f(x) +/- g(x))' = f'(x) +/- g'(x)
4. (c f(x))' = c f'(x)
5. (x^n)' = n x^(n-1)
6. (Product Rule) ... (f(x)g(x))' = f(x)g'(x) + f'(x)g(x)
7. (Quotient Rule) ... (f(x)/g(x))' = {g(x)f'(x) - f(x)g'(x)}/[g(x)]^2
8. (sin x)' = cos x
9. (cos x)' = - sin x
10. (tan x)' = [sec x]^2
11. (sec x)' = sec x tan x
12. (cot x)' = - [csc x]^2
13. (csc x)' = - csc x cot x
14. (Chain Rule) ... dy/dx = dy/du * du/dx
- Practice Exam 2 and Solution
- Dr. D.A.Kouba has some tips for doing well in calculus classes. Here is a link to the article, and
some supplemental exercises for trigs.
Exam 2 Approxmate Grade Lines
A+: 100-110
A: 88 - 99
A-: 84 - 87
B: 67 - 83
C: 49 - 66
D: 30 - 48
F: 0 - 29
Median: 81
Average: 78
Highest Score: 110
Lowest Score: 13
Exam 3
- EXAM 3 is on Friday, May 22, 2009. It will cover handouts,
lecture notes, and examples from class, homework assignments 15 through
20, and material from sections 2.7-2.8 and 3.1-3.4 in the book,
which was presented in lecture notes through the graphing material
on May 18, 2009. You are expected to know the 14 rules of
differentiation, and computation of asymptotes, some were needed on
previous exams.
- Practice Exam 3 and Solution
Exam 3 Approxmate Grade Lines
A+: 100-110
A: 88 - 99
A-: 81 - 87
B+: 74 - 80
B: 63 - 73
C: 45 - 62
D: 27 - 44
F: 0 - 26
Final Exam
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- The final exam is on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. It will cover handouts,
lecture notes, and examples from class, homework assignments 1 through
23, and material from Chapters 1, 2, Sections 3.1-3.4, 3.6-3.8, and 8.1-8.4
in the book, which was presented in lecture notes through the graphing
material on Wed June 3, 2009. You are expected to know functions, graphs,
limits, the 14 rules of differentiation, computation of asymptotes, first and
second derivative tests, solving optimization problems and trigonometric
functions and their derivatives.
- If you have done the optional credit survey and short paper, please hand
them in when you hand in the final exam.
- Please remember to bring your student ID to the exam for checking. Thank
you for your cooperation.
- Extra Office Hours of Final Week (Note: location is MSB 2148)
- Practice Final Exam
Other Resources
- The Learning Skills Center at 2205 Dutton Hall (Tel 752-2013) has
tutors and workshops for the Math 16 series, which you may
find helpful to your study.
This site was last updated
06/07/09