<p>What is needed from Pre-calculus that you need to know for calculus ? .. I passed pre-calc with a 98% so i know most of everything .. the only thing i did not understand for the life of me is the sequence and series stuff</p>
<p>Sequences and series are not part of the AB Calculus curriculum and will not appear on the AP exam.</p>
<p>You should be fine. I’m like you, I didn’t understand the sequence/series stuff too much, either. Luckily, that’s no where in the Calculus AB curriculum. Really, the main thing you need to know is Trig.</p>
<p>Thank you … So whats mainly on the Ap exam … in precalc we did a preview of calc so i know bout limits and kinda sorta bout derivatives … And i wanna do some summer prep since my teacher for calc is a monster , so whats most important to study ?</p>
<p>You won’t need sequences or series until Calculus BC (that’s when you start learning Taylor series and convergence tests…fun stuff).</p>
<p>Pre-calc stuff you should definitely know/have before taking AP Calculus AB:
*Solid algebra background
*Trig (e.g. being able to evaluate tan (2pi/3) in your head always helps). Also, trig identities
*Logarithms</p>
<p>Recommended to learn before calculus:
*Continuity, convex/concave functions
*Limits
*(ε,δ)-definition of a limit – this won’t appear on the AP test, but it’s interesting to know anyway
*Intuitive definition of a derivative (e.g. slope of a secant line connecting two points on the graph, take the limit as the points become closer together).
*Intuitive definition of an integral (“Riemann sum”)</p>
<p>People say that AP Calc AB is too easy for high mathematics student is that true?</p>
<p>Sequences and series— in AB there actually is the limit method of integrals which is a sum of a series.
Difficulty varies from time to time and the class you’re in. The teacher may give you a bunch of tricky integrals and word problems that you’ve never seen before an you have to figure it out.</p>
<p>The AB curriculum is fairly easy for most advanced students, but it depends on the class (teacher could show the (ε,δ)-definition of a limit, or implement more rigorous proofs, including Putnam-level questions).</p>