Topic: Left and Right Riemann Sums

~80 minute video with notes packet (PDF) that will walk you through the nuts and bolts of sketching left and right Riemann sums, and understand and expressing Riemann sums in sigma notation. Download the notes packet and the video, watch the video as you take notes and work through the examples with me!

Only left and right Riemann sums are covered in this topics packet.

What is covered in this topics Video walkthrough?

Goals:

• Understand how to read and compute basic summation notation.
• Understand how the Right Riemann Sum approximates areas under curves.
• Understand how the Left Riemann Sum approximates areas under curves.
• Work through examples to compute Riemann sums using both methods.

Contents:

1. Basic Summation Notation
2. Right Riemann Sums (sketching & sigma notation)
3. Left Riemann Sums (sketching & sigma notation)
4. Expanding a Riemann Sum
5. Summary of Right and Left Riemann Sums
6. Practice with Sigma Notation / Riemann Sums