Math 20A Homework

Updated 11/7/24

Online Homework

Online homework (graded) will be done using Achieve via Canvas. Use the Achieve Home link, which will be visible in the main menu column or under Achieve module. (We are working on the interface and promise to have it finished by Monday. Please be patient.)

• No homework assignment scores will be dropped at the end of the quarter.
• Note: Homework may not be submitted after Saturday, December 7 (the day of the final exam).

Textbook Homework

These assignments will not be turned in and will be not graded; however, exam questions are often based on textbook homework problems, so understanding the solutions to these problems should help you perform better on the exams. Note: The "due" dates for these assignments have been set to coincide with the due dates for the online (Achieve) homework.

This list is subject to revision during the term. Please check regularly for updates.

Homework 0 (Review)

Reading: Sections 1.4 - 1.6.  This should be review, so we will not cover these topics during lecture. You are advised to carefully read the sections to make sure you understand the topics very well, because they will appear again and again throughout the course.  Mathematics builds on previous concepts, so without a good understanding of these sections, you will struggle with the remainder of the course.

Note: Homework 0 does not appear in the online homework.  This assignment is review and will not be graded.

Homework 1

Reading: Sections 2.1 - 2.4.

Homework 2

Reading: Sections 2.5 - 2.8, 3.1.  We will not cover Section 2.9 ("The Formal Definition of a Limit") in this class, but you might want to quickly glance at the contents of that section to see the formal definition of a limit in terms of ε and δ.

Homework 3

• Section 3.2:   3, 9, 17, 19, 27, 29, 39, 41, 47, 49, 51, 53, 59, 61, 73, 81
• Section 3.3:   1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 25, 27, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 53, 57, 61
• Section 3.4:   1, 5, 9, 21, 25, 31, 35, 41
• Section 3.5:   1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 31, 35, 39, 40

Reading: Sections 3.1 - 3.5

Homework 4

Reading: Sections 3.6 - 3.10.  In Section 3.9 ("Derivatives of General Exponential and Logarithmic Functions"), you can skip the discussion of "Inverse Hyperbolic Function".  You cannot skip the discussion on "Derivatives of Hyperbolic Functions", however.

Homework 5

Reading: Sections 4.1 - 4.3.

Homework 6

Reading: Sections 4.4 - 4.5.

Homework 7

Reading: Sections 4.6 - 4.7.

Homework 8

• Section 5.1:   5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 33, 77
• Section 5.2:   7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 55, 56, 57, 58, 65, 71
• Section 5.3:   3, 7, 25, 27, 37, 45, 49, 55, 69, 71

Reading: Sections 5.1 - 5.3.

Homework 9 (The last one!)

• Section 5.4:   4, 9, 21, 23, 25, 33, 37, 43, 47, 55, 59
• Section 5.5:   5, 17, 23, 28, 29, 33, 39, 40, 41

Reading: Sections 5.4 - 5.5.