This document discusses numerical integration techniques, including the trapezoidal rule and Simpson's rule. It begins by establishing the need for numerical integration when exact integrals cannot be calculated. It then derives the trapezoidal rule using geometric insight by approximating the area under a curve as trapezoids. The document explains how to apply the trapezoidal rule using equidistant points and presents an example. Finally, it introduces Simpson's rule, which uses quadratic interpolation between three points to better approximate the area under a curve compared to the trapezoidal rule. Students are assigned related homework problems.