The material takes about half the semester and is preparation for differential calculus. The differential calculus, begun by Newton and Leibniz in the seventeenth century, concerns the rate of change of variable quantities. Differentiation helps you calculate for example the instantaneous speed of a falling body. We also show how to find maximum and minimum values of a varying quantity. Calculus is essential to anyone wanting to study higher mathematics.
Students learn from marked work how to make clear a mathematical argument.
The above are in UEA library. For differential calculus each student is issued with an 8-page condensed set of typed lecture notes, which are greatly expanded in the lectures. Arithmetic and combining powers. Signs, brackets, algebra of powers. Logarithms - base 10, any base.