alg3/trig or pre-calc??

<p>ok here's the scoop. my high school doesn't list alg3/trigonometry as a prerequisite for pre-calc. i asked one of my previous math teachers, and he said that alg3/trig was really just delaying taking more advanced courses, so i dont really need to take it. then another teacher said the opposite, that i should take this class, then take pre-calc the next year. so here's the question- should i skip alg3/trig and move on to pre-calc or take them both??? please reply!!! thanks for your help.</p>

<p>why not take them both if that's an option?</p>

<p>trig is combined with alg2 at my school, we don't even have an alg3. (ours is alg1, geo, alg2trig, precalc, AP calc).</p>

<p>i will say this: you NEED trig for physics. if youre taking physics, you should take the trig class no matter what.</p>

<p>sorry my school doesn't have algebra 3 and trig is included in the study of pre-calc, so exactly what does alg. 3 cover? :confused:</p>

<p>wellll the thing is that if i take alg3/trig that means that i wont be able to take calc. in highschool b/c of scheduling and stuff. the highest math class that i would be able to get up to is pre-calc, in senior year. and yes, i was planning on taking physics.</p>

<p>this is what I call a school question, a question best answered by the experiences of people who go or recently went to your school, not complete strangers :cool:</p>

<p>yes well my school sucks. people there dont know what they're doing. for instance, right now my geometry tacher is teaching us simultaneous equations, which i learned like 3 years ago. she obviously has never heard of a curriculum. but i digress. thanks for your input anyway.</p>

<p>i would just suggest the most skipping path if u r a math person. It can be done and u can still maintain ur top rank in math.</p>

<p>is it necessary at all to take pre-calculus before taking Calculus AB?</p>

<p>well it's a prereq but u certainly can take AB without precalc and still do really well.</p>

<p>Is Algebra III, not Math Analysis? </p>

<p>Aka; Advanced Algebra?</p>

<p>It goes something like:</p>

<p>Algebra | Aka Beggining Algebra aka Algebra I
Intermediate Algebra | aka Algebra II
Advanced Algebra | Aka Algebra III aka Math Analysis</p>

<p>umm i think taking alg 3 would b pretty useless go pre-cal it covers trig</p>

<p>I'm not sure what alg3 is either. My school had "math analysis" for people that weren't smart enough to take precalc after alg 2/trig. Heck, a lot of people skipped pre calc & just took calc after alg2/trig</p>

<p>if you've had some trig, I'd just take pre-calc.. I don't remember precalc covering basic trig.</p>