I am finishing up trig in college and I'm about to sign up for the next semester. Is it safe to skip precal and go straight to calculus?
I am not a math whiz, but I'm not totally lost either.
2007-11-29 03:12:11 · 7 answers · asked by PinkQuestions 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If your college allows you to, take the test-out for Pre Calc. That way if you pass it you get the credit for the class, and if you don't pass it then you're probably not ready to take Calc I.
2007-11-29 03:31:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends on how strong of an algebra background you had in high school. Talk to someone in the math department about it. As someone said, there may be a placement test, or something called the "Calculus Readiness Exam" (this is a national test, administered by the mathematical association of america} available for you to take, to get a sense of how prepared you are.
Another possibility is to sign up for calculus, but leave a blank space in your schedule for the time slot when precalc is offered, and leave yourself the possibility of dropping calculus and adding precalc. Of course, you need to know the deadline for adding a course at your school.
2007-11-29 03:39:16 · answer #2 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He shouldn't take Calculus by way of any potential. It woud be a poor waste of money. I took PreCalculus and executed it with a B well-known, and my college suggested that i ought to take Calculus, and that i for one understand that i could DROWN in calculus in school. They base those finished tests over what classes you have before taken, as a replace of what you recognize. i'm stunned that a extreme college could enable that, and that a school Dean could enable that. he is going to fail, and all you're able to do is watch and say "I instructed you so". Oh yeah, and classes in college are not harder, in basic terms require greater. That "I forgot my homework venture" does not fly too extreme. that is going to earn you a nil for the day.
2016-10-18 08:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the pre-calc classes I've encountered were mostly trig.
2007-11-29 03:21:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should check the prerequisites for the class to make ssure youre not REQUIRED to take precalc. if not, talk to your teacher or a counseler and they can recommend whats best. in my case i had to take another algebra class before i took calc. it just depends on what you need to brush up on.
2007-11-29 03:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by Nacho DeGarvo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found that a good foundation in precalc helps tremendously with calc.
2007-11-29 03:25:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, providing you have taken Geometry including analytic geometry and were good at it.
2007-11-29 03:20:26 · answer #7 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋