Business application of differential calculus

Business Calculus by Dale Hoffman, Shana Calloway, and David Lippman is a derivative work based on Dale Hoffman’s Contemporary Calculus. The course covers one semester of Business Calculus for college students and assumes students have had College Algebra. Students will learn to apply calculus in economic and business settings, like maximizing profit or minimizing average cost, finding elasticity of demand, or finding the present value of a continuous income stream.

This course package is delivered either in Lumen OHM, or can be imported into your LMS (Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle). This course also contains video examples created by James Sousa (mathispower4u.com).

Topic Overview

This course is delivered in 4 modules including a review of functions (no trig) and the following topics:

Module 1: Review

Module 2: The Derivative

Module 3: The Integral

Module 4: Functions of Two Variables

Length: One semester

Delivery: This course has been taught online and face to face

Online Content

Each section has an algorithmic problem set delivered by Lumen OHM, a set of supporting videos and text.

One section

Section 1.1 Review of Functions

Section 1.1 Review of Functions

Online Practice Problems

Online homework problem set.

Online homework problem set.

Online Assessment Features

Many questions in the Lumen OHM libraries are randomized, algorithmic questions. Students get immediate feedback after they submit an answer. Question types include:

Graphing question Immediate feedback
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Because of the open license on the libraries of questions in Lumen OHM, you are also free to edit and create your own questions with the question writing tools.

Course Review Access

Follow the link to review the Applied Calculus course materials in Lumen OHM.. Simply enter guest in the username field – no password required.