Math 16a: Short Calculus (Section 001) Spring 2009
CRN 79771

Homework Assignments Homework Solutions Supplemental Class Handouts
Extra Office Hours for the Final Exam (Note: location is MSB 2148)
Final Exam Information
Practice Final Exam
Solution for Practice Final Exam
Extra Credit Survey and Optimal Extra Credit Assignment

    General Information

    • 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

    Course syllabus

    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 Calculus Room

    • 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

    • Note: Final exam will start at 7:30am in Young Hall 198, and will end at 10:00am.
    • 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.

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