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Calculus AB (AP): Dr. Graham C. Ashworth

Overview: Prepare students for the College Board's Advanced Placement AB Calculus examination on Wednesday, 6May, 2009.

Following the AP examination, students will complete a 2-week project, which will constitute the final examination (20% of the three-term average) for the course.

 

Book: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 8th Ed.; Author: Anton; Publisher: Wiley.

 

Summer Assignment:

2008 Summer Packet (.doc)

2008 Summer Packet (.pdf)

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Assignments 2008-2009:

8th Edition Syllabus

2-1 Limits, Into: p110 1-11 odd

2-2 More Limits: p121 1-33 odd                                                    2-2Homework

2-3 Limits at Infinity: p131 1-33 odd, 43                                      2-3Homework

Test 2-1 – 2-3

2-5 Continuity: p152 1-23 odd, 29                                                2-5Homework

2-6 Trig Limits: p160 1-41 odd, 47                                               2-6Homework

Test 2-5 – 2-6

 

3-1 Av. and Inst. Rate of Change: p.176 1, 5, 9-17 odd, 21                         3-1 Hwk

3-2 The Derivative: 1, 9, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 43                                        3-2 Hwk

3-3 Rules of Derivatives: p196 1-23 odd, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 55                3-3Hwk

Test 3-1 – 3-3

3-4 Product and Quotient Rules: p203 3, 5, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25     3-4Hwk

3-5 Trig Derivatives: p207 1-29 alt odd, 35                                                    3-5Hwk

3-6 Chain rule: p214 1-21 odd, 27-33 odd, 37, 43, 49, 51, 55    3-6Hwk3-6bHwk

Test 3-4 – 3-6

3-7 Related Rates: p221 1-45 alt odd                            Hwk1; Hwk2;

3-8 Local Linear Approx; Differnetials: p232 1, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23, 27, 33, 37, 41, 45, 53

3-8Hwk1; 3-8Hwk2

Test 3-7 – 3-8

 

4-1 Implicit Differentiation: p241 9-29 odd, 33               4-1Hwk

4-2 Log Derivatives: p247 1-23 odd, 31, 37                    4-2Hwk

4-3 Exponential and Inv. Trig Derivavtives: p254 1-41 odd      4-3Hwk;

4-4 Indeterminate forms: p263 1-21 odd                       4-4Hwk

Test 4-1 - 4-4

 

5-1 Curve Sketching 1: p275 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 23, 25, 29, 31                   5-1Hwk

5-2 Curve Sketching 2: p287 1,5,9,15-18,19,23,29,35,41,47,59,61  Hwk1; Hwk2

5-3 Curve Sketching 3: p299 1-41 alt odd

Test 5-1 - 5-3

5-4 Absolute max/min 1: p307 7-37 alt odd                                         Hwk1; Hwk2

5-5 Absolute max/min 2: p319 1-11 odd, 13, 17, 19, 21, 22            Hwk1; Hwk2

Test 5-4 - 5-5

Starting in January:

5-6 Newton's Method: p327 1-17 odd

5-7 Rolle's and Mean Value Theorems: p334 1-11 odd                Hwk

5-8 Rectilinear Motion (1): p342 1-7 odd, 13, 15, 17, 23

Test 5-6– 5-8

 

6-2 Indefinite Integral: p362 15-33 odd, 41, 47, 53-56                    Hwk

6-3 Integration by Substitution: p371 1-6 odd parts, 9-45 odd

6-4 Area as Limit, Sigma Notation: p383 1-15 odd, 63

Test 6-2 – 6-4

6-5 Definite Integral: p393 11-25 odd

6-6 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: p406 1-31 odd, 35-43 odd, 55-59 odd

6-7 Rectilinear Motion (2) : p416 1-29 odd

Test 6-5 – 6-7

6-8 Definite Integrals by Substitution: p423 1-43 odd

6-9 p434 1-7 odd, 13, 15, 17, 21, 31,33

Test 6-8 – 6-9

 

7-1 p448 1-25 odd, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39

7-2 p456: 1-39 odd

7-3 p464: 1-17 odd, 21

Test 7-1 – 7-3

 

8-2 p520: 1-33 odd, 47, 49, 51

8-7 p566: 1, 3, 5, 27, 41

Test 8-2, 8-7

 

9-1 p592: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13-33 odd (omit 25)

9-2 p600: 1-9 odd

9-3 p608: 1-13 odd

Test 9-1, 9-2, 9-3

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Ch 1 Take-home test 1 (due Monday, Sept 29)       Solutions                       

Ch 1 Take-home test 2 (due Monday, Oct 6)

Ch 1 Take-home test 3 (due Tuesday, Oct 14)

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Ch 3 Take-home test 1 (Due Monday, October 20)

Ch 3 Take-home test 2 (Due Monday, October 27)

Ch 3 Take-home test 3 (Due Monday, November 3))

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Ch. 4 Take-home Test 1 (Due Monday, November 10)

Ch. 4 Take-home Test 2 (Due Monday, November 17)

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Ch. 5 Take-home Test 1 (Due Monday, November 24)

Ch. 5 Take-home Test 2 (Due Monday, December 1)

Ch. 5 Take-home Test 3 (Due Monday, December 8)

Ch. 5 Take-home Test 4 (Due Monday, December 15)

Winter Break Take-Home Test

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Ch. 6 Take-home Test 1

Ch. 6 Take-home Test 2

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Chapter 7 Take-home Test 1

Chapter 7 Take-home Test 2

Chapter 7 Take-home Test 3

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