Math 223 Fall 2024
Note: All videos for Math 223 course are located in WebAssign under the “Resources” tab located on bottom left, just click on “Stewart:: Precalculus-7e”. The specific precalculus section video you are required to watch before lecture are listed in the last column of 223 weekly schedule below.
When you click on the specific precalculus section in “Resources” you will see two sets of videos offered, Kazmierczak videos and Mosley videos. You are required to view Kazmierczak (“Kaz.”) videos; Mosley are recommended; your instructor will require others as needed.
Math 223 begins Wednesday, August 21, and ends Monday, October 14
| Week | Dates | Sections in Calculus & Precalculus text | Topics | Videos: Please view before class Found in WebAssign under “Resources” tab |
| 1 | Aug 21-23 | Calculus App. A; Precalc. Sec. 1.8 | Inequalities & absolute values | Kaz. video in Precalc. Sec. 1.8 |
| Calculus App. B; Precalc. Sec. 1.10 | Coordinate geometry & lines | Kaz. video, Precalc. Sec. 1.10 | ||
| 2 | Aug 26-30 (Add deadline is Monday, August 26) | Calculus App. C; Precalc. Sec. 1.9 | Graphs of second-degree equations (mainly, circles & parabolas) | Kaz. video in Precalc. Sec. 1.9 |
| Calculus Sec. 1.1; Precalc. Secs. 1.4, 2.2-2.3, 2.6 | Functions | Kaz. videos, Precalc Sects 1.4, 2.2-2.3, 2.6 | ||
| Calculus Sec. 1.2; Precalc. Secs. 1.5, 3.1-3.2 | Mathematical models | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 1.5, 3.1, 3.2 | ||
| 3 | Sep 2-6 (Drop deadline is Tuesday September 3) | No Class | Labor Day | |
| Calculus Sect 1.3 | New functions from old | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 2.6-2.7 | ||
| Precalc. Secs. 3.3-3.4 | Dividing polynomials and factoring | Kaz. & Mosely videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.3; Kaz. videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.4 | ||
| 4 | Sep 9-13 | Calculus Appendix D; Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.2 | Trigonometry | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.2 |
| Calculus Appendix D; Precalc Sects 5.3-5.4, 6.3 | Trigonometric Functions | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.3-5.4, 6.3 | ||
| Review for Math 223 Midterm Exam | ||||
| 5 | Sep 16-20 | Math 223 Midterm Exam | Exam takes place in person during class in usual classroom | |
| Calculus Sect 6.1 (No Calculus Covered) | Inverse Functions | Kaz. videos in Precalc Sect 2.8 | ||
| Calculus Sect 6.6 (No Calculus Covered) | Inverse Trig Functions | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Sects 5.5, 6.4 | ||
| 6 | Sep 23-27 (Withdraw deadline is Wednesday, September 25) | Calculus Sect 6.2 (No Calculus Covered) | Exponential Functions | Kaz videos in Precalc 4.1-4.2 |
| Calculus Sect 6.3 (No Calculus Covered) | Logarithmic Functions Functions | Kaz videos in Precalc Sects 4.3-4.6 | ||
| Calculus Sects 6.2, 6.3 (No Calculus Covered) | More Exponential & Logarithmic Functions | No video or warmup | ||
| 7 | Sep 30-Oct 4 | Calculus Sect 1.5 | Limit of a function | Kaz & Mosely videos, Precalc Sect 13.1 |
| No Class | Rosh Hashanah | |||
| No Class | Rosh Hashanah | |||
| 8 | Oct 7-11 | Calculus Sect 1.6 | Calculating Limits Using Limit Laws | Kaz. & Mosely videos, Precalc Sect 13.2 |
| (Friday Classes Meet-Tuesday, October 8) | Review for Final Exam | |||
| Class Wednesday | Review for Final Exam | |||
| No Class | Yom Kippur | |||
| 9 | Oct 14-16 | Math 223 Final Exam | Covering all topics App. D-Sec. 1.6 | Exam takes place in person during class in usual classroom |
| No Class | ||||
Math 224 begins Monday, October 18, and ends Wednesday, December 4
See Math 224/225 website for Math 224 syllabus, required videos, and other helpful material. Your weekly schedule for the 2nd half-semester is below.
| Week | Dates | Sections All readings are in Calculus text, unless otherwise noted | Topics | Basic Skills Tests |
| 9 | Oct 18 | App. A; Precalc. Sec. 1.8 | Inequalities & absolute values | Kaz. video in Precalc. Sec. 1.8 |
| 10 | Oct 21-25 (Add deadline is Thursday, October 24 | 1.5 | Limit of a Function (review from Math 223) | Kaz. & Mosely videos, Precalc Sects 13.1-13.2 |
| 1.6 | Calculating Limits | |||
| 1.8 | Continuity | |||
| 11 | Oct 28 - Nov 1 (Drop deadline is Thursday, October 31) | 1.4 & 2.1 | Tangents/Velocity Problems & Derivatives and Rates of Change | |
| Sec. 2.2 | Derivative as a Function | |||
| Sec. 2.3 | Differentiation formulas | |||
| 12 | Nov 4-8 | App. D, Sec. 2.4 | Derivatives of trig functions | Skills Test 1 begins on November 4 and you have until Nov 8 to take your first attempt, but can take other attempts this week as well. It covers limits, continuity, and differentiation formulas. You have until Friday, November 15, to take all 3 attempts. |
| 2.5 | Chain Rule | |||
| Review for Midterm Exam | Midterm covers everything through Sec 2.5 | |||
| 13 | Nov 11-15 | 224 Exam 1 (Midterm) | Midterm covers everything through Sec 2.5 | |
| 2.6 | Implicit Differentiation | |||
| Secs. 2.7-2.8 | Rates of change in science & related rates | |||
| 14 | Nov 18-22 (Withdraw deadline is Tuesday, November 19) | Sec. 2.8 | More related rates | Skills Test 2 begins Monday, Nov 18. It covers trigonometric derivatives, chain rule, and implicit differentiation. You have until Friday, Nov 22, to take your 1st attempt. |
| Sec. 3.1 | Maximum and minimum values of a Funct | |||
| 3.3 | How derivatives affect a graph's shape | |||
| 15 | Nov 25-29 (Friday classes meet on Tuesday, November 26) | Thanksgiving Break on Wed & Fri | ||
| Mon, Nov 25 | 3.4 | Limits at Infinity | ||
| Tues, Nov 26 | 3.5 | Curve Sketching | ||
| 16 | Dec 2-6 | 3.5 | More Curve Sketching | Last days to take your 2nd or 3rd attempt of Skills Test 2. You have until Wed, Dec 4, to take all 3 attempts. |
| Final Exam review | Last day of classes | Last day to take Skills Test 2 is Wednesday, December 4 | ||
| 17 | Dec 9-13 | Final Exam on Date and Time Assigned by Registrar, View Final Exam schedule here | The final is cumulative and covers all topics from the course with a majority of the questions covering Secs. 2.4-3.5 | None |