Spring 2008
MTH 141 Calculus I

Text: Hughes-Hallet,et. al., Calculus, 4th Edition
Prerequisites: MTH 111 or equivalent
Calculators: A graphing calculator is recommended.

MTH 141 News

Midterm Exam Dates and Locations for all sections

Exam I : 6:15-7:45pm February 20, Biological Sciences Auditorium

Exam II : 6:15-7:45pm March 26, Biological Sciences Auditorium

Exam III : 6:15-7:45pm April 23, Biological Sciences Auditorium

Schedule of tutoring hours in Learning Assistance Network (TBA)

Maple Help Information

Practice graphing derivatives online!

Course Information

MTH 141 is a demanding course for students who may later be using calculus professionally. In order to succeed in the course, you will have to work systematically and hard.

See below for CALENDAR and SYLLABUS: Information on the material covered, homework problems, etc..

To reach your instructor, check the list of Math Faculty .... Math Graduate students

Exams and Evaluation

There will be three evening exams (on Wednesdays) during the semester, common for all sections. The first exam is to be scheduled later. Location for each section will be listed in the box above. A comprehensive final exam will be common for all sections. The time and place will be announced in the box above. Each evening exam is worth 100 points. The final exam is worth 200 points. Class work, including quizzes, homework, and any work your instructor may assign, is worth 100 points. Your Maple assignments will be worth 100 points. As explained in the next section, Maple is a powerful mathematical software that we will use in this course.

Maple Assignments

Maple is a powerful computer algebra system that can perform the most complicated calculations and draw spectacular graphics at the touch of thebutton. Knowledge of software like Maple should help you in your future professional career as well as in understanding material in calculus.

There will be help with Maple available at one or more of the URI computer labs. The hours and names of people who will be helping you will be posted on this page as soon as they are scheduled. We will also set up a system that will allow you to submit your Maple homework electronically.

Maple Worksheets

Below are instructions that you may find helpful when getting started with your first Maple assignment.

Below is a list of Maple worksheets for Calculus I. Your instructor will decide and tell you which of them will be assigned as your Maple homework. If you are using Maple 11 (which you will find in the campus labs) use the links directly below. If you are using an older version of Maple, use the links to the .mws files provided further below

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MTH 141 Spring 2008 CALENDAR AND SYLLABUS

COURSE CALENDAR

Week of	Events	Text
Jan 21	1st class 1/23	1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Jan 28		1.4, 1.5, 1.6
Feb 4		1.7, 1.8, 2.1
Feb 11		2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Feb 18	Exam 1, 2/20	2.5, 2.6
Feb 25		3.1, 3.2
Mar 3		3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Mar 10		3.6, 3.7, 3.9

Week of	Events	Text
Mar 17	Spring Break
Mar 24	Exam 2, 3/26	3.10, 4.1
Mar 31		4.3, 4.5, 4.6
Apr 7		4.7, 5.1, 5.2
Apr 14		5.3, 5.4, 6.1
Apr 21	Exam 3, 4/23	6.2, 6.3
Apr 28	Last class 4/29 (Tue)	6.4
TBA	Final Exam

PROBLEMS FOR TEXTBOOK SECTIONS

Text Section	Problems
1.1 Functions	1,5,7,12,17,19,21,27,31
1.2 Exponentials	1,3,14,17,18,21,23,24,31,33
1.3 New functions from old	1,4,9-11,15,24-29,43-46
1.4 Log functions	5-13,19,29,33,37,41
1.5 Trig functions	14,15,19,23-25,29,31.38
1.6 Polynomial, rational functions	3-5,7,9,14,28,29
1.7 Continuity	1-6,11,14,17-20
1.8 Limits	1-3,11,13,19-21,30-34,39
2.1 Measuring speed	1-3,15,17,18,
2.2 Derivative at a point	1,3,7,9,10-12,27,33,35,37,39
2.3 The derivative function f '(x)	1,3,5,11,13,17,19,25,29,33
2.4 Interpreting the derivative	1,2,3,8,15
2.5 f ''(x)	2,3,7-12,19,21,23
2.6 Differentiability	1-6
3.1 Powers and polynomials	4-35 odd, 45-50
3.2 Exponentials	1,3,6,8,10,16,17,20,23
3.3 Product and quotient rules	2,4,5,7,9-12,16,18-20,30,31,40,44,45
3.4 Chain rule	1-21 odd, 26,32,37,45,53-55,57,63-64

Text Section	Problems
3.5 Trig functions	3-13 odd, 22,26,28,41,50
3.6 Inverse functions	1-15 odd, 21,23,25,31,32,35,36,46,51
3.7 Implicit diff	1-13 odd, 21,23,28
3.9 Linear approximation	1,2,3,5,6,10,11,12,19
3.10 Mean Value Theorem	1,3,4,6,7,10
4.1 Using f '(x) and f ''(x)	4-7,19-21,27,35,43
4.3 Optimization	4-10,13,16,18,19,20,24,28
4.5 Modelling	11-13,16,17,20,24
4.6 Related rates	2,5,15,19,23,24
4.7 L'Hospital's Rule	1,3,5,7,17,18,27,31,32
5.1 Measuring distance	1,2,6,8,11,12,19,20,23
5.2 Definite integral	1-3,7,12-14,17,18,27,29
5.3 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus	5,6,9,10,13,16,24,25,29
5.4 Theorems about the integral	2,3,4-8,13-16,21,23,24
6.1 Antiderivatives	1-6,8,11,12,15,16,17
6.2 More antiderivatives	1-8,22-28,33-37,41-48, 60-63,65,66,72,73
6.4 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus	13,15,16,19,24
6.3 Differential equations	1-2,6-8,11,17,20

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