anisha08

I'm thinking of taking Math Analysis next year instead of Pre-Calc. Everybody at my school says that Math Analysis is basically the same as Pre-Calc except they go slower? And would it be a lot harder if I go to AP Calculus AB after Math Analysis? Is there a large emphasis on trig in AP Calc AB?

kchen

I think it's possible to go from Math Analysis to Calculus AB (it depends on your ability). If Math Analysis covers the same concepts as PreCalculus, then it wouldn't be hard to jump to Calculus AB. There's no Math Analysis at my school though, so I dont really know what it is. But it does seem possible to skip. I never took geometry and still survived in calculus.

logisticslord

Why not just take Pre-Calc...it will be better prep...

anisha08

The Pre-Calculus at my school is Pre-Calc Honors. I'm already taking Biology AP and Lit Honors and APUSH, so I really don't want to kill myself by taking a hard math class. Is there a lot of trig in Calculus AB AP?

kchen

I wouldn't say a lot of trig in Calculus. We do use trig, but it doesn't take up most of the curriculum.

kman1456

No, trig is more prominent later on; until one gets to the part about techniques of integration trigonometry is not big. Related rates is the only place you might use basic functions (sine, cosine, tangent). AB does not cover techniques of integration, however.

myheartisinohio

not very much trig at all, in fact im pretty sure it would be very possible to go from Algebra 2 to ap calc ab

einnoc07

i skipped from algebra 2 trig(soph) to calculus AB and am now doing BC as an independent study(junior). math anaylsis was pretty much pointless, i had to take a text book home during the summer and study it, but i am doing great in calculus right now. i personally thought trig was very helpful and important though.

femmexfatale

WOW you skipped from trig to calc AB?

a kid in my class is doing that, although i HIGHLY doubt he will do well in calculus. he got a D (59) in algebra2trig first-semester, and has a B now in second semester, and our teacher recommended him to AP CALCULUS BC. whereas this same teacher recommended students in his class with B's first and second semester down to ALGEBRA 2.
crazy.

kman1456

That is the normal sequence of classes in my school and in many others, femmexfatale.

ziggytheman

How is a 59 a D? Gotta be 68 at my school.

Yeah I would just take PreCalc...i guess trig at my school is the equivalent to Math Anaylsis, since you either take trig or precalc, and trig covers about the same topics only slower. However, you can't go to AP Calc AB (only calc class offered) w/o precalc. I think you'll be okay.

Sequence in my school:
Geometry 9th, Algebra II 10th, PreCalc 11th, AP Calc AB 12th (although i'm a junior in calc AB). There is also stats offered for seniors.

Both Geometry and Precalc (for all but 1 quarter) were completely pointless..it would have made more sense for me to do Algebra II in 8th and Calc ab in 9th (although i probably wouldnt have been able to handle it)...geometry we did nothing, literally. and only the 2nd semester of precalc was of any value (basic trig stuff).

yeah, I'd do h precalc.

raindrop1019

I took level (regular) precalulus and had a hard time at the beginning of the year in Calc AB, but I caught up after the first 3 weeks (which were review to those from Honors Precal).

femmexfatale

yeah, I agree that geometry is a waste of time. my friend from harker said that he did geometry in 8th grade, algebra 1 in 9th, and then algebra2 10th and yeah.

hoganwan

I finished geometry and Algebra I and went to Cal AB... and now... I have a B+.. my school is tough... no one gets an A...................
I should take Cal BC instead.....

hotpiece101

hmmmm, my old school only had math analysis (albeit it was honors), and i took BC after it...