Math 110: Blog

Every question on the final exam (including the multiple choice will be a question you have seen before, either on a quiz (including BONUS or EXTRA CREDIT), HW, worksheet, lab, previous in-class exam or review exercise!

Buckmire is out of town and unavailable for appointments on Mon Dec 10 and Tue Dec 11.

Wednesday December 5

YOU HAVE ONE MORE DAY LEFT TO PASS THE DERIVATIVES GATEWAY!

The Solutions to all Quiz (i.e. BONUS QUIZ 4) and homework are available online now.

Tuesday December 4

You may attend more than one session to REVIEW if you like. For each substantive review you do, you get 1 bonus point on your Course Project.

YOU HAVE TWO MORE DAYS LEFT TO PASS THE DERIVATIVES GATEWAY!

The Final Exam from Fall 2004 Math 110 is now available for Practice and Review

Monday December 3

BONUS QUIZ 4 and all EXTRA CREDIT HW's are due today. The Project paper is not due until 5pm on Wednesday. It should be NO MORE than 5 pages long (not including diagrams and your works cited page)

Your paper should have a clear THESIS (statement of question/hypothesis) and somewhere in your paper you should have a conclusion and answer to the question.

Friday November 30

Bonus Quiz 4 is now available online only, It is due in class on Monday December 3rd.

Current Version of the Project Presentation schedule is available here. Check to make sure you have no conflicts.

Blackboard has been updated with latest GATEWAY results. You have THREE more Days (Mon, Tue and Wed) to master the Derivatives gateway and avoid having your final grade lowered by 1/3rd of a letter grade and getting 10 BONUS HW points.

Thursday November 29

Exam #3 is today at 7pm in Fowler 302 and Fowler 301. Lab 12 is due in Lab,

Wednesday November 28

The Project Presentation schedule has been announced!

Tuesday November 27

HW 33 is now extra credit, along with HW 34. They can both be handed in on Monday December 3rd by 5pm. Note that in HW 32, Question 19, the exact solution of the ODE y'=-y/x is y(x)=sqrt(1-x²). (How would you check that?)

Monday November 26

There is supplemental material available for reading on Slope Fields, Rate Equations and Euler's Method.
I would strongly recommending reading these before attempting the homework!

My solutions to the Advanced single variable optimization problems from HW 31 are available online now.

EXAM 3 Review Exercise solutions are now available. Answers to the Fall 2004 Exam 3 are also available.

Quiz 10 is due in class today. Derivatives Gateways should be passed by THU NOV 29 (Exam 3).

Monday November 19

HW30 is still due Tuesday November 20th at 5pm. HW31 is due Mon November 26th at 5pm and 5.5.25 and 5.5.36 have been made extra credit.

Friday November 16

The Study Guide for Exam III (Topics and Review Questions) has been distributed online. Exam 3 will be Thursday November 29 from 7pm on.

Solutions to HW this week and last week have been posted to the Homework page.

Thursday November 15

For HW30 and HW 31(both from Section 5.5) that are due on Tuesday November 20th I have indicated exactly which questions will be graded (the ones in bold). However I strongly recommend that you do all the HW questions since a question like that will appear on Exam 3.

Wednesday November 14

Lab 11 write-up is due in Lab tomorrow. Grade Allocation sheets are available outside my door in Fowler 313.

Quiz 9 will occur in Lab tomorrow, and we shall begin Lab 12 on curve sketching.

HW 30 & HW 31 will be due TUESDAY NOV 20th at 5pm. HW 27, 28 & 29 will be due THU NOV 15.

Derivatives Gateway, Quiz 8 and BONUS HW have been graded and points added to Blackboard.

Tuesday November 13

AMP workshop will be postponed until Thursday November 15.

Monday November 12

Solutions to Exam 2 are now available online. The Exam Report is also available, as is Exam 2 itself.

Please note there are only THREE "exotic" indeterminate forms: 0⁰, (∞)⁰ and 1^(∞) in addition to the "regular" indeterminate forms: 0/0, ∞/∞ and (∞)(0).

Friday November 9

Quiz 8 is now available and will be distributed in class. There is a BONUS (HW) problem that is due on Monday. Find the derivative of x^(x^x). Write up your answer (neatly! and showing all steps) and submit with your quiz on Monday November 12 and receive up to 5 BONUS HW points!

Thursday November 8

The Derivatives Gateway must be mastered by Thursday November 29 (Exam #3). For every gateway that you pass on time (up to 3) you obtain 10 BONUS HW points.

Wednesday November 7

HW25 and HW26 are due in class on Thursday. The Derivatives Gateway will be done in Lab, along with a Lab 11: A Plethora of Derivatives worksheet.

Monday November 5

Come to class in order to do a mid-semester evaluation. Start work on Chapter 4 Review Homework Exercises.

Saturday November 3

The final exam date is set for Thursday December 13th from 6:30-9:30pm probably in Fowler 301 and Fowler 302.

Friday November 2

There is no class today (Exam 2 recovery!) There is class on Monday (Assessment of Exam 2)

Thursday November 1

The AMP Mock Exam is now available online. The solutions are available also.

Here is some information about Exam 2. There are no cheat sheets allowed. Graphing Calculators are allowed. The question topics are as follows (all questions besides BONUS have equal weight):

1. Differentiation Rules.

2. True/False: Differentials, Related Rates, Chain Rule, Differentiability, Continuity

3. Visualization of the Derivative

4. Definition of the Derivative, Limits.

5. Chain Rule, Tangent Lines, Implicit Functions, Logarithmic Differentiation.

BONUS!

Wednesday October 31

Happy Halloween!

THERE IS ONLY 1 DAY LEFT TO PASS THE FUNCTIONS GATEWAY!

The Solutions to the Review Exercises and the Math 110 Fall 2004 Exam 2 are now available.

Tuesday October 30

THERE ARE ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO PASS THE FUNCTIONS GATEWAY!

I have made a new page which includes all the clicker question powerpoint presentations.
It is available at Notes -> Clickers

Homework solutions for all questions in Chapter 3 are now available.

Monday October 29

BONUS QUIZ 3 is due in class today.

THERE ARE ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO PASS THE FUNCTIONS GATEWAY! (I have updated Blackboard with the grades I have received as of 10/26/07)

In AMP on Tuesday (Fowler 110 7-9pm)there will be a mock exam written by Eric Fox.

Friday October 26

BONUS QUIZ 3 is now available online. Project Proposals are due at 5pm today in the Homework Box.

Solutions to the Review Exercises are now available.

Thursday October 25

ONE WEEK UNTIL FUNCTIONS GATEWAY MST BE PASSED!

There is new material in the Exam 2 page, such as a Review Document and the Exam 2 from Math 1000 Fall 2004.

Wednesday October 24

I have extended the deadline to the Lab write-up to 5pm on Thursday (same TIME as the homework).
Do NOT put your lab write-ups in the HW box. Make sure that your lab write-up has the Lab Allocation Cover Sheet stapled on top with signatures of all the members of the group.

HW Solutions have been updated up to HW 21.

Tuesday October 23

Solutions to Quiz 5 and Quiz 6 and BONUS Quiz 2 are now available online.

Monday October 22

The last day to drop the class is Wednesday October 24.

Friday October 19

The handouts for the Differentiation Rules and Derivatives You Should Remember are now available.

Exam 2 is now officially on Thursday November 1 starting at 7pm in Fowler 301 and 302. If You can not make hat time contact me and sign-up for a different time to take the exam. You may NOT take the Exam after the regularly scheduled time.

Thursday October 18

You have two more weeks to pass the Functions gateway. It must be passed by Exam 2 on Thursday November 1. Lab write-up on "Limits, Differentiability and Continuity" is due Thursday October 25.

Wednesday October 17

The Project Proposal due date has been moved to Friday October 26. See the Project Info handout for more info or consult the Assignments -> Projects page.

Quiz 6 will be given in Lab on Thursday.

Monday October 15

Quiz 4 has been graded and scores are available online on blackboard.oxy.edu, along with solutions to both Quiz 4 and BONUS QUIZ 1. Recall: Quiz 5 and BONUS QUIZ 2 are due in Class on Wednesday.

Wednesday October 10

Quiz 5 is now available online and will be distributed in class. In addition, BONUS QUIZ 2 is also now available. There are HINTS available on the Quizzes page. As usual, both quizzes are due in the next class period, Wednesday October 17th. (Buckmire is out of town on Friday October 12 and class is cancelled: see Course Schedule.

Monday October 8

Happy Coming Out Week! I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday so we will not have class on those days. I strongly encourage you to work on your Lab Report write-up which is due Thursday October 25th.

Friday October 5

There is a Take Home Quiz distributed in class (Quiz 4) and a BONUS Quiz only available online. Read the instructions carefully and look at the HINTS on the Quizzes page.

CONGRATULATIONS! Every single member of Math 110 passed at least one of the gateways (Equations/Inequalities) or Exponents by the deadline of Thursday October 4th. The next deadline is .

Thursday October 4

Lab #6 is today. This is our first "Exploration" lab. See the Assignments -> Lab section for more information.

The Lab report will be due on Thursday October 25th.

HW CHANGE: Question 16 and 17 from Section 3.2 on HW 14 have been moved to HW 15 (which is also Section 3.2)

Please turn in the Post Exam 1 Course Evaluation in class on Friday!

Wednesday October 3

Exam 1 is graded and scores are available on Blackboard. The Exam 1 Report (with the Grade Distribution) is available. The self-assessment form is available online also.

Tuesday October 2

Gateway scores have been updated on Blackboard. You have until THURSDAY OCTOBER 4th to pass either Exponents and/or Equations/Inequalities gateway to insure that your final grade will not be lowered by 1/3rd pf a letter grade. You have until Exam #2 (Thursday November 1) to pass the Functions gateway.

Friday September 27

Exam 1 solution is available online. Project Teams with Abstracts are due in the HW Box at 5pm on Friday.

Thursday September 27

Exam 1 is today! In Fowler 301 and 302. There is no Math 110 class on Friday. Enjoy your weekend!

Monday Setember 24

Quiz 3 and Functions Gateway have been graded. Solutions to Quiz 3 are available from the Quiz page.

Office Hours Monday Sept 24 will be from 330-4pm only and then I'll be in my office from 6-7pm.

Friday September 21

Your First Term Project deadline is NEXT FRIDAY (Put the names of your Project Team on a piece of paper along with a proposed title and a few sentences describing the thoughts you have what you want your project to be about) and place the paper in the Math 110 box by 5pm on Fri September 28

Thursday September 20

Thursday in Lab we will do the Functions gateway (needs to passed by Exam 2) and Quiz 3.

Please Note that if you turned in Chapter 1 Review (HW 6) last week, you need to RESUBMIT it this week in order for it to be graded.

Exam #1 is NEXT THURSDAY SEP 27th 7-?? pm in Fowler 301 and 302. A practice exam and study guide have been added to the Exam 1 page (in Exams -> Exam 1)

Monday September 17

The Functions Gateway Help sheet and Functions Gateway Practice sheet have been distributed in class.

Grades for the Exponents and Equations gateway are now available on Blackboard. If you did not pass, you have until Thursday October 4th (note new deadline!) to pass EITHER Exponents or Equations. If you pass both, that will be a BONUS equivalent of 10 HW points.

Sunday September 16

The yellow sheet handed out for Week #5 are incorrect. The questions on the website are correct. This only affects HW #10, #11 and #12 Due 9/27.

Friday September 14

The clickers make their debut in class today! Solutions to the first two HW sets are available online, at Assignments->Homework, then click on "Solution."

Quiz 2 is a take-home quiz. That means it is like a mini take-home exam. You must use only the time allotted to complete the quiz, and it must have your signature on it in order to be graded. If you decide to attach an extra sheet to explain your answers, it must be stapled to your quiz. Do NOT staple your quiz back together when you are finished. Quizzes must be turned in at the beginning of the next class. NO LATE QUIZZES accepted.

There is an informational meeting on the 3/2 Engineering Program in Hameetman Science Center on Tuesdat September 18th at 4pm.

Thursday September 13

Quiz 2 is now available online, with a hint in the Assignments->Quiz section. It will be distributed in class on Friday. There are TWO WEEKS until Exam 1 when you must have passed you first gateway by.

Wednesday September 12

SSAP Math help session is today in Fowler 108 from 6-8pm

Tuesday September 11

Gateways in Equations/Inequalities and Exponents will be given in lab on Thursday.

Monday September 10

Quiz solutions are now available.

Friday September 7

The Gateways page has been updated with PDF versions of the Exponents Help sheet, Equations help sheet, Exponents practice exam (with solutions) and Equations/Inequalities practice exam (with solution).

The Blackboard course website has been established. You can check your grade information online. Login: Your userid (the left half of your email address before the @oxy.edu) and password: either email password or your Oxy student number.

The AIM screen names for close to 90% of the class is now available on the Resources->Students page.

Thursday September 6

Quiz #1 is in Lab today. Also have opportunities to ask HW questions. HW is due at 5pm in the Math 110 HW box.

Wednesday September 5

EXAM #2 MAY BE MOVING TO THU NOV 1, ONE WEEK LATER THAN the currenly scheduled date of Thu Oct 25.

HW #1 and HW #2 are due by 5pm on Thursday (See updated HW page under Home > Assignments > Homework)

Tuesday September 4

AMP Workshop for THIS WEEK ONLY will be in Fowler 307 on Thursday Sept 6. Every other week, they will be in Fowler 110 on Tuesdays.

Thursday August 29

Today's Calculus 1 labs have been cancelled.

AMP has announced the times for their weekly help sessions. Click on the Resources -> AMP section of the 110 website.

Gateway Workshop times have also been announced. Every weekday starting next Tuesday from 12:30-1:25 in Fowler 301. More Info at Resources -> Gateways

Wednesday August 29

Today's the first class! See you in Fowler 302 at 1:30 or 2:300 sharp!

HW #0:

By Wednesday next week (September 5) Email me the following information:

1 FULL NAME (and what you prefer to be called)

2 PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS

3. AIM SCREEN NAME

4. YOUR GOAL FOR TAKING THIS CLASS

Tuesday, August 28

There will be no Calculus Lab on Thursday August 30, but there will be class on Friday August 31. You be taking a 40-minute multiple choice exam called the "Calculus Concept Inventory" as aprt of a research project to improve calculus teaching.

Thursday, August 23

This is the first posting on the Blog. It is very likely there will be no class on Friday August 31.