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AP CALCULUS

AP CALCULUS

CHAPTER 1 TOPICS

 

TOPIC 1:         What is a function?

 

                        Sec. 1.1 #1-5, 6-14(calc), 15, 16, 17a, 18, 19, 20, 25-28

 

TOPIC 2:         Basic Functions and Transformations

 

                        Sec. 1.2 #1-6, 7-12, 13-17, 19, 20-25

                        http://people.hofstra.edu/Stefan_Waner/calctopic1/scaledgraph.html

 

TOPIC 3:         Linear functions and equations of lines

 

                        Sec. 1.3 #1-4

 

TOPIC 4:         Exponential functions and rules for exponents

 

                        Sec. 1.4 # 1-5

 

TOPIC 5:         Inverse functions

 

                        Sec. 1.6 # 1-4, 5-8, 9, 12-15, 16-23

 

                        http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/IntermedCollegeAlgebra/Inverse/inverse1.html

 

TOPIC 6:         Logs and the properties of logs

 

                        Sec. 1.7 #2-4

 

TOPIC 7:         Combining functions

 

                        Sec. 1.8 # 1

 

                         http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/IntermedCollegeAlgebra/FunctionOps/FunctionOps.html

 

TOPIC 8:         Polynomial functions and their graphs

 

                        Sec. 1.8 # 5, 6, 10, 14

 

TOPIC 9:         Rational functions

 

                        Sec. 1.8 # 2, 8, 11, 12, 13

                        http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=152

TOPIC 10:       Symmetry

 

                        Sec. 1.8 # 3, 21-24

 

TOPIC 11:       Composite functions

 

                        Sec. 1.9 #1-8

 

                        http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/IntermedCollegeAlgebra/PairOfTable/PairOfTable.html

 

TOPIC 12:       Trig functions

 

                        Sec. 19 #1, 2

http://www.themathpage.com/atrig/graphs-trig.htm

 

AP CALCULUS  - LIMITS AND CONTINUITY

 

TOPIC 1:                     WHAT IS A LIMIT?  WHEN DOES A LIMIT EXIST?

                                    WWW.CALCULUS-HELP.COM – LIMIT LESSONS

 

TOPIC 2;                     THEOREMS ON LIMITS

                                    TEXT P. 129 – COPY INTO NOTEBOOK

                                    WORKSHEET SEC. 2.1 FINNEY #1-18

 

TOPIC 3:                     FIND LIMIT FROM GRAPH

                                    WORKSHEET 2.1 #19-26, 63-66

 

TOPIC 4:                     FIND LIMIT FROM A CHART OF VALUES

                                    WORKSHEET 2.1 #27-32

 

TOPIC 5:                     LEFT-HAND AND RIGHT-HAND LIMITS

                                    WORKSHEET 2.. PART II #39-56

                                    WORKSHEET N

                                    BEST TEXT P. 138 #12-21, 30 C-F

 

TOPIC 6:                     WHEN IS A FUNCTION CONTINUOUS?

                                    WORKSHEET P #1-6, 15-30

                        `           WORKSHEET Q

 

TOPIC 7:                     REMOVABLE DISCONTINUITIES

                                    WORKSHEET P #31-38

 

TOPIC 8:                     DRAWING FUNCTIONS WITH DISCONTINUITIES

                                    WORKSHEET S

 

TOPIC 9:                     MAX/MIN THEOREM

                                    INTERMEDIATE VALUE THEOREM

 

TOPIC 10:                   TRIG LIMITS

                                    WORKSHEET R TOP #1-16

 

TOPIC 11:                   LIMITS AT INFINITY

                                    WORKSHEET R BOTTOM #1-20, 31-40

 

TOPIC 12:                   LIMITS WITH RADICALS IN NUMERATOR OR DENOMINATOR

 

TOPIC 13:                   END BEHAVIOR ASYMPTOTES

                                    WORKSHEET R BOTTOM #21-28

 

REVIEW OF LIMITS AND CONTINUITY:  WORKSHEET U

 

 

AP CALCULUS CHAPTER 2 – DERIVATIVES

 

TOPIC 1:                     AVERAGE RATE OF CHANGE

                                    ESTIMATING INSTANTANEOUS RATE OF CHANGE                            

                                    CALCULATOR WORKSHEET #10, WORKSHEET V

                                    H/H TEXT P. 94 #4, 5, 6, 7

 

                                    http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/heihen/heihen.html

 

                                    http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/limsec/limsec.html

 

TOPIC 2:                     ESTIMATING SLOPES

                                    WORKSHEET W

                                    H/H TEXT P. 102 # 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12

 

TOPIC 3:                     USE THE DEFINITION OF THE DERIVATIVE

                                    TO FIND THE DERIVATIVE AND THE

                                    EQUATION OF THE TANGENT LINE

                                    H/H TEXT P. 103 #13, 14, 20, 15, 19, 17, 22

 

 

TOPIC 4:                     SKETCH THE GRAPH OF THE DERIVATIVE

                                    CALCULATOR WORKSHEET #11, WORKSHEET X

                                    H/H TEXT P. 110 #1-10, 17, 18, 23-29

                                    WORKSHEET Y – MATCHING COLUMN

                                   

                                   

                                     Graph of the derivative:

                                     http://mathdemos.gcsu.edu/mathdemos/derivative_sketch/sketch_the_derivative.html

                                     http://people.hofstra.edu/Stefan_Waner/calctopic1/derivgraph.html

 

                                     http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/Other/DerivativeGraph/classes/DerivativeGraph.html

 

                                     http://www.univie.ac.at/future.media/moe/tests/diff1/ablerkennen.html

 

                                     http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/doukan/doukan.html

 

                                     http://mathplotter.lawrenceville.org/mathplotter/mathPage/derivative.htm

 

TOPIC 5:                     EXISTENCE OF DERIVATIVES

                                    WORKSHEET Z

 

TOPIC 6:                     DERIVATIVE RULES

                                    POWER RULE (INC. FRACTIONAL AND NEGATIVE POWERS)

                                    WORKSHEET 2A #1-16

 

TOPIC 7:                     SIMPLIFY FIRST TO FIND DERIVATIVES

                                    WORKSHEET 2A #23, 24, 27, 28

                                    WORKSHEET 2B #1, 2, 3, 7, 25-30

                                    H/H TEXT P. 195 #4-23

 

                                    http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/DerivativeRules/WebForm1.aspx

 

TOPIC 8:                     DERIVATIVES OF ex, ln(x), sin(x), cos(x), ax

                                    H/H TEXT P. 201 #1-10

 

TOPIC 9:                     PRODUCT RULE FOR DERIVATIVES

                                    WORKSHEET 2A #17-22

                                    WORKSHEET 2B # 31, 40, 43, 50-52, 54, 55

                                    H/H TEXT P. 206 #3-10

 

 

TOPIC 10:                   QUOTIENT RULE FOR DERIVATIVES AND

                                    DERIVATIVE OF tan(x) and sec(x)

                                    WORKSHEET 2A # 25, 26, 33, 34

                                    WORKSHEET 2B #8-11, 32, 33, 38, 18, 19

                                    H/H TEXT P. 206 # 11-23, 34, 35

 

TOPIC 11:                   CHAIN RULE WITH POLYNOMIALS, au, eu

                                    H/H TEXT P. 211 #1-24, 34, 35

                                    WORKSHET 2C, 2D

 

TOPIC 12:                   CHAIN RULE WITH TRIG FUNCTIONS

                                    H/H TEXT P. 217 #1-26

                                    WORKSHEET 2E

 

TOPIC 13:                   CHAIN RULE WITH ln(u)

                                    H/H TEXT P. 222 #1-12

 

TOPIC 14:                   IMPLICIT DIFFERENTIATION

                                    H/H TEXT P. 226 #1-6, 8, 13

 

TOPIC 15:                   DERIVATIVES OF ARCSIN(u) AND ARCTAN(u)

                                    H/H TEXT P. 222 #15-18

 

REVIEW QUESTIONS:          H/H TEXT P. 237  #1-99

                                                BEST TEXT P.

                                               

 

 

Applications of Derivatives

 

1.         Equation of the tangent line

 

            Best p. 200 #18, p. 206 #17,18, p216 # 31,36  p. 206 #17,18  p. 225 #38-41

 

2.         Find where the tangent is horizontal.

 

            Best p. 200 #19

 

3.         Find where the tangent is equal to a given (non-zero) value.

 

            Best p. 201 #24, 25

 

4.         Velocity and acceleration

 

            Best p. 200 #20, 21,30, 31, 32  p. 206# 20, 21, 22 p. 269 # 22-27

 

5.         Where a function is increasing, decreasing, concave up, down.

 

            Best p. 201 #23, 28, 29

 

6.         Find maximum, minimum, points of inflection

 

            Best p. 260 # 1 – 12  p. 268 #1, 4 – 21 p. 269 # 28 - 31

 

7.         Implicit differentiation

 

            Best p. 229 # 1 - 26

 

8.         Related rates

 

            Best p. 235 # 1 -15, 18 – 24

 

9.         Linear approximations and differentials

 

            Best p. 243 # 1 - 9

 

10.       Graph of  derivative

 

            Best p. 201 #26  p. 117 # 13-16, 18 – 21 p. 126 #5 p. 268 #3

 

11.       Graph of second derivative

 

            Best p. 201 #27 p. 126 #5

 

12.       Absolute (global) maximum and minimum

 

            Best p. 261 #20 – 31

 

13.       Applied Maximum and Minimum

 

            Best p. 281 # 1 – 18

 

14.       Mean Value theorem

 

            Best p. 285 # 1 -12

 

 

 

 


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