January class notes for Math 142

February class notes can be found here

and current class notes can be found here

Make sure you are eligible for this course! You should have made a grade of C or better in Math 141, or on some equivalent course at another institution that you can transfer credit for, or made a sufficient score on a calculus AP or CLEP test, or on a special test administered by Mary Ellen O'Leary.

Week of January 9 - 13

Practice problems for Wednesday, January 11:
Section 6.6, numbers 3, 7, 9, 13, 17
Section 6.8, numbers 1, 3, 5, 9.

Thursday, January 12 class covered Section 6.9 and reviewed integration and differentiation of exponential and logarithmic functions and use of the chain rule.

Practice problems:
Section 6.9, numbers 3, 15, 17, 21

The first graded homework will be collected on Thursday, January 19 and consists of the following problems:

Week of January 17 - 20

The first quiz is on Wednesday, January 18, at the beginning of the recitation sections, on Section 6.8 and/or 6.9.

Practice problems for Wednesday, January 18:
Section 7.1, numbers 1, 3, 5, 13, and 19
Section 7.2, numbers 1 and 3.

Week of January 23 - 27

Practice problems for Tuesday, January 24:
Section 7.2, numbers 5, 7, 9, 11, and 17
Section 7.3, numbers 1, 5, and 7

There is a quiz on Wednesday, January 25 on Section 7.1.

Practice problems for Wednesday, January 25:
Section 7.4, numbers 5, 9, and 11.

Homework due Thursday, January 26:

Morning office hours Thursday canceled due to substituting for another Professor for an 11:00 - 12:15 class.

Extended office hours Friday: 1 - 2:20.

Week of January 30 - February 2

Earlier class notes can be found here

and later ones can be found here

The first hour test for this course is next week, on Thursday, February 9. It covers Sections 6.8, 6.9, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6 and the first half of 7.7.

Morning office hours on Tuesday and Thursday of this week are canceled due to substituting for another Professor for an 11:00 - 12:15 class. Afternoon office hours on Tuesday are changed to 1:30 - 3 pm, on Wednesday to 11:30 - 12:30 and 1:15 - 1:45 and on Thursday, to 1 - 3pm.

Practice problems for Tuesday, January 31:
Section 7.6, Quick check exercises and numbers 3, 5, 9, 11.
Section 7.7, numbers 7 and 9.

There is a quiz Wednesday on Section 7.2.

Practice problems for Wednesday, Feb2:
Section 7.7, numbers 15 and 17a
Section 8.1, numbers 3, 11, 13, 15, 23, 25

Homework to be handed in Thursday, Feb. 2:

  • Section 7.4, numbers 6 and 12
  • Section 7.6, numbers 8 and 10
  • Section 7.7, number 8.