Homework Assignments for Calculus 3

Fall 2011, Prof. Boyland


Assignments are from the 6th edition of Stewart's Calculus

Assignments here may change a bit, so always look at this page to check your assignment is correct.


Chapter 12

12.1, pg. 769: 11-17 odds.

12.2, pg. 777: 21, 23, 25.

12.3, pg. 785: 3-9, 15-19, 21-31, 35-43, odds in each range.

12.4, pg. 792: 5, 7, 17, 19, 27 - 37, odds.

12.5, pg. 802: 3-57 odds.

12.6, pg. 811: 3, 5, 7, 14, 17, 33. This section's HW was changed on August 30


Chapter 13

13.1, pg. 823: 7-23 odds.

13.2, pg. 828: 3-25 odds, 33-37 odds.

13.3, pg. 836: 1-5 odds, 17-25 odds.

13.4, pg. 846: 3-15 odds, 19.


Chapter 14

14.1, pg. 867: 21-29 odds, 30

14.2,: no problems assigned

14.3, pg. 889: 15-67, odds.

14.4, pg. 899: 1-5, odds, 11-21, odds In problems 11-15 just find the linerization.


The first in-class exam takes place on Monday, September 26, in the usual classroom. It covers all the homeworks above. The exam is closed book, no notes and no calculators.

This sample exam (pdf file) will give you a good idea of the exam format and difficulty, but the actual exam could cover different material and could be a bit harder or easier, longer or shorter, etc. I suggest you sit by yourself with no notes and take the exam in a simulated testing situation to see wheere you stand and what you need to review.

Here are a few more sample problems of the type you might see on the exam.

Answers to even numbered problems on page 850:

Solutions to exam one as a pdf file are here.

14.4 cont., pg. 899: 25-35, odds.

14.5, pg. 907: 1-11, odds, 21-33, odds.

14.6, pg. 920: 5-17, odds, 21-25, odds, 29, 39-43, odds.

14.7, pg. 931: 5-17, odds, 29-35, odds, 39-49, odds.

14.8, pg. 940: no problems


Chapter 15

15.1, pg. 958: no problems assigned.

15.2, pg. 964: 3-31 odds.

15.3, pg. 972: 1-27 odds, 31, 33, 39-49, odds.

15.4, pg. 979: 7-31 odds

15.5, pg. 988: 3-9 odds

15.6, pg. 998: 3-21 odds, 37, 39.



The second in-class exam takes place on Monday,October 31 in the usual classroom at the usual class time. It covers all the homework above since the last exam. Specifically, 14.4: problems 25-35, odds, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, and 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6. The exam is closed book, no notes and no calculators.

The exam will be the same format as exam 1, with about 6 problems. Here are a few sample problems of the type you might see on the exam. The actual exam could be a bit harder or easier, have other types of problems from the required sections, etc.

Solutions to most even numbered problems are available here (pdf file). The one not there is page 1022, number 24 whose answer is 1/1080

Solutions to exam two as a pdf file are here.


15.7, pg. 1004: 1-11 odds, 15-23(a), odds, 27.

15.8, pg. 1010: 1-13 odds, 17, 21-29(a), odds.


Chapter 16

16.1, pg. 1032: 1, 3, 5, 11-18 all, 21, 23, 29-32 all.

16.2, pg. 1044: 11-15, odds, 19, 21, 39, 41.

16.3, pg. 1053: 3-9, odds, 13-21, odds.

16.4, pg. 1060: 1-13, odds.

16.5, pg. 1069: 1-7, odds, 13-17, odds.

16.6, pg. 1079: 19-25, odds, 33-47, odds.


The third in-class exam takes place on Monday, December 5 in the usual classroom at the usual class time. It covers all the homework above since the last exam. Specifically, 15.7 and 15.8 and 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6. The exam is closed book, no notes and no calculators.

The exam will be the same format as the two other exams, with about 6 problems. Here are a few sample problems of the type you might see on the exam. The actual exam could be a bit harder or easier, have other types of problems from the required sections, etc.

Solutions to even numbered problems and an additional problem available in two files here and here.

Solutions to exam three as a pdf file are here.


16.7, pg. 1091: 5-25, odds


The Final Exam takes place on Thursday, December 15, 12:30-2:30 PM in the usual classroom, It covers the entire course. The exam is closed book, no notes and no calculators.

For review problems, use the problems given above for each of the three in-class exams. In addition, here are some problems from section 16.7.