Hello,
I'm a CPII Algebra II student that will be going into Honours Calculus next year. In order for me to do this, I must take precalculus over the summer vacation period. I have found a site called "Khan Academy" that has a precalculus course. I asked a teacher who would normally teach Honours Precalculus about what would be taught. She gave me an outline of the units:
Unit 1: General Functions (Functions in general, their properties, transformations and applications)
Unit 2: Quadratic Functions (Quadratic functions, building quadratic models from verbal descriptions and data)
Unit 3: Polynomial functions (Different types of polynomial functions and their graphs)
Unit 4: Rational Functions (Rational functions and asymptotes including some applications)
Unit 5: Trigonometric Functions (Trigonometric Functions, the unit circle, and graphs of trigonometric functions)
Unit 6: Analytical Trigonometry (Inverse trig functions, sum and difference double angle, half-angle formulas, trig equations and applications)
Unit 7: Polar Coordinates and Vectors (Polar Coordinates, vectors including DeMoivre's theorem)
Unit 8: Analytical Geometry (Conic sections and their applications)
Unit 9: Sequences (Sequences and series)
Unit 10: A preview of Calculus (Limit, derivative, and integral of a function)
The link to the precalculus course on Khan Academy is as follows:
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus
Does this look like a good course? Is it thorough enough? I will need to prove to my teachers that I understand the material that is taught on a test that demonstrates my knowledge on the subject before I can advance.
Thank you,
Harley
I'm a CPII Algebra II student that will be going into Honours Calculus next year. In order for me to do this, I must take precalculus over the summer vacation period. I have found a site called "Khan Academy" that has a precalculus course. I asked a teacher who would normally teach Honours Precalculus about what would be taught. She gave me an outline of the units:
Unit 1: General Functions (Functions in general, their properties, transformations and applications)
Unit 2: Quadratic Functions (Quadratic functions, building quadratic models from verbal descriptions and data)
Unit 3: Polynomial functions (Different types of polynomial functions and their graphs)
Unit 4: Rational Functions (Rational functions and asymptotes including some applications)
Unit 5: Trigonometric Functions (Trigonometric Functions, the unit circle, and graphs of trigonometric functions)
Unit 6: Analytical Trigonometry (Inverse trig functions, sum and difference double angle, half-angle formulas, trig equations and applications)
Unit 7: Polar Coordinates and Vectors (Polar Coordinates, vectors including DeMoivre's theorem)
Unit 8: Analytical Geometry (Conic sections and their applications)
Unit 9: Sequences (Sequences and series)
Unit 10: A preview of Calculus (Limit, derivative, and integral of a function)
The link to the precalculus course on Khan Academy is as follows:
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus
Does this look like a good course? Is it thorough enough? I will need to prove to my teachers that I understand the material that is taught on a test that demonstrates my knowledge on the subject before I can advance.
Thank you,
Harley
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Hey Harley---
I've used khanacademy.org numerous times for refreshers on many topics.
The pre-calc portion is quite good and covers quite a lot of your topics..but I'd recommend supplementing it with brightstorm.com and their pre-calc portion. They are both good. Sal is smoother in his delivery but most of his videos are longer than brightstorm's.
I've used khanacademy.org numerous times for refreshers on many topics.
The pre-calc portion is quite good and covers quite a lot of your topics..but I'd recommend supplementing it with brightstorm.com and their pre-calc portion. They are both good. Sal is smoother in his delivery but most of his videos are longer than brightstorm's.