MCS 118 - Calculus with Precalc Review
Spring 2008
Tentative Schedule
Homework Assignments






Week Dates Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday
1 Feb.11-15
Review of high school math
handout
Functions and graphs
what a function is, graphing one, finding values from a graph
P4, 1.1,1.2
Functions and graphs, graphs you should know
2.1, 2.2
2.6?
handout
Functions and graphs, intercepts, increasing/decreasing, concavity
P1,P4,1.2
2 Feb. 18-23

catch up
word problems
handout
Linear functions,
P5
handout
Quiz # 1
3 Feb. 25-29
Derviative as rate
3.1
Finding limits,
what it means
3.2, 3.3
Finding limits algebraically and graphically
3.3
Continuous functions
3.4
4 March 3-7
One-sided limits, infinite limits
3.5
Quiz #2
Formal definition of derivative
4.1
cont.
5 March 10-14
Graphing derivatives
handout
Derivative rules,
Sum and difference rules
4.2
handout
Combinations of functions
1.4
Product rule, Quotient rule
4.3
handout
6 March 17-22
Derivative practice
Midterm Exam
Composition of functions, chain rule
1.4,4.4
Spring break starts

March 24-28

Spring Break


7
March 31- April 4
Chain rule
4.4
handout
Deriviative practice
handout
Extreme values
5.1
handout
solving equations to find exteme values
8
April 7-11
Quiz #3
Mean Value Theorem
5.2
First derivative test
5.3
Solving inequalities for first  derivative test
P2, 5.2

9
April 14-18
Second derivative test
5.4
review/catch up
Quiz # 4 Limits at infinity
5.5
handout
10
April 21-25
Limits at infinity, Curve sketching
5.6
handout
Curve sketching
handout
cont.
no class
11
April 28 - May 2
Max min word problems
5.7
handout
 guidelines
cont.
cont. Quiz #5
12
May5 - 9
Antiderivatives
6.1
handout
cont. Areas
6.2

Areas and Definite integrals
6.2, 6.3
13
May 12-16
cont.
cont.
handout
FTC
6.4
handout
Quiz #6
14
May 19- 22
review for final Last day
review for final