Exam Information for Math 125, Fall 2026

As it says on the course syllabus, there are two midterms and a final in MAT125, which count for 25%, 25%, and 30% of your grade, respectively. No Make-up exams will be given. If you miss an exam due to a documented medical or family reason, that score will be replaced by the grade on the balance of the course. If you miss more than one exam for such reasons, you should probably withdraw from the course.

First Midterm: 8:15 pm on Tuesday Sept 29

Bring a photo ID. No calculators will be allowed. Bring a pen to the exam: while you may do the midterm in pencil (or crayon), you can only contest grading of problems done in non-erasable ink. Sorry.

The midterm covers focuses on material in Chapter 2 of the text and the first section of Chapter 3, with knowledge of chapter 1 and Appendix A, B, and C assumed as background.
Doing all of the homework problems prior to the exam is a very good idea. Doing additional problems from the text can be helpful.

In order to help you review and prepare, David Kahn has kindly allowed us to use some chapters from his AP Calculus book:

Chapter 3: Limits (solutions to problems)
Chapter 4: Continuity (solutions to problems)
Chapter 5: Definition of the Derivative (solutions to problems)
Chapter 6a: the Power and Addition Rules (solutions to problems)

Results: Below is a chart of what scores correspond to what grades.

low score: 0

median: 27

high score: 53

max possible score: 53

range	letter grade
43-53	A-, A
26-42.5	B-, B, B+
18-25.5	C, C+
14-17.5	C-
0-13.5	F, D

If you got less than 18 on the exam, you should seriously consider moving down to MAT123. To do this, visit the math department office on the P-level of the math building. Janine or Ed will be able to help you with the form.
Be aware that if you have already taken MAT123, moving down may count as a repeat; you should consult your academic advisor first.

Exam Versions and Solutions: There were three different versions of the exam. While they look very similar, you can tell them apart by the limit in the first problem.

Here is the version called Simon (and the solutions), the version known as Alvin (and its solutions), or the third version known as Theodore (solutions) might have been yours. They are pretty similar, despite the various chipmunk names. If you see any typos, let me know. Typos happen... sorry

Second Midterm: 8:15 pm on Wednesday, November 4, 2026

The second midterm will cover the material we have covered since the first exam, specifically Chapter 3 of the text on the various methods of calculating derivatives, and a couple of applications.

As before, David Kahn has kindly posted some chapters from his book to help you prepare. Note that this list of topics is not complete, but maybe you will find them useful. Or not, your call.

Chapter 6b: the Product, Quotient, and Chain Rules (solutions to problems)
Chapter 6c: Derivatives of Trig Functions (solutions to problems)
Chapter 7: Implicit Differentiation (solutions to problems)
Chapter 8: Equations of Tangent Lines (solutions to problems)
Chapter 11: Derivatives of Logs and Exponentials (solutions to problems)
Chapter 17: Inverse Trig Functions (solutions to problems)

You can watch the video of a review session from spring 2015. This does not include material on related rates or max/min of functions, but will be helpful anyway.

Here are some old exams (or sample problems) from previous semesters to help you prepare. Some of these occured a bit earlier in the semester than ours did, so some of the later material may be missing. In other cases, some of the earlier material may be missing.

Solutions are coming later, in order to encourage you to actually do the problems first.

Final Exam: 11 am on Monday, December 14, 2016

The final will be cumulative, covering everything that we have done in the class.

The final is always everybody's favo rite . And that's all I have to say about that.

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