<p>All I want to know is if there is any way possible to take these the same year?</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Just...no.</p>
<p>Calculus immediately requires fairly solid knowledge of precalculus principles. I suppose anything is possible, but you'd have to be something of a genius, or have a very good tutor.</p>
<p>In fact, if you are somehow capable, you'd probably be better off taking soley calculus and forgoing precalculus altogether.</p>
<p>But no.</p>
<p>Precalc is easy. So what you could do, is do it in one semester, and then do Calculus and carry it into the summer. It seems a little intense, though. Don't you have better things to do?</p>
<p>Your school lets you carry an AP course into the summer?</p>
<p>All I know is that I myself could have skipped both Pre-Algebra and Algebra I and gone straight to Alg II. I grasp mathematical/algebraic/geometrical concepts extremely easily, and I was wondering if I could do it with calculus stuff. I'm currently trying to find a way to take pre-calc over the summer, but I don't think it'll happen.</p>
<p>I'm taking Algebra 2 and Pre-calc right now and they are virtually identical classes. You could just self-study functions and trig really hard...and skip pre-calc altogether.</p>
<p>What state are you in?</p>
<p>I'm in Indiana. I really want to see if I could possible self-study and see if I can be put in Calculus my senior year.</p>
<p>I was going to recommend online classes and even though your state has an online school, it isn't free. </p>
<p>I really do think that it wouldn't be hard to self-study it. I'm sort of having to do that right now because my teacher teaches too fast and my textbook is horrible. Textbook I have now:</p>
<p>I looked for a cheap supplement and I bought this: </p>
<p>It's easy to understand, shows plenty of examples, and has practice problems with step-by-step solutions. </p>
<p>Just don't buy a textbook because it is alot of money for nothing. You can't self-study through textbooks (most of the time).</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>I skipped Pre-calculus actually, the only thing you would want to know is trig and unit circle. If you're intuitive in math, skip pre-calc :)</p>
<p>Your school lets you carry an AP course into the summer? </p>
<p>No, but you can self study. And skip the beginning of Precalc, becuase it's all review from Alg. 2 & Trig.</p>
<p>pre-calc for me was a lot harder than calc... I actually had to retake it in high school. then I got a 5 on the BC calc exam and now I'm a probable math major.</p>
<p>anyway more to the point... no, it would be impossible to take both courses at the same time. within the first 2 months of calculus (assuming it's a year-long class), you will be expected to know how to calculate the derivative of inverse trig functions. within the first 2 months of pre-calculus, I seriously doubt you will have mastered regular trig functions, much less know what an inverse trig function is.</p>
<p>I know someone who takes calc and pre-calc this year (honors). Both are taught by the same teacher, and hes not what I think of when I think of smart people... at least mathmatically. I usually forget most math stuff over the summer and I'm doing just fine in calc.</p>
<p>I honoestly think I can self-study, skip pre-cal, and end up with an A in Calculus. I'll have to speak with my counselor and some calc teachers.</p>
<p>I am in AP Calc AB now and honestly, taking AP Physics Mechanics last year helped more than taking PreCalc.</p>
<p>Pre-calculus is different for every school. I know some schools that finish Geometry in a semester and then the first half of Algebra 2 the next semester. Then in Algebra 2 you finish it and learn Trignometry, not the rght triangle stuff. In pre-calculus you finish the 2nd half and start Calculus A. It's a really good system.</p>
<p>At my school, we do Geometry in a year, Algebra 2 and Trig in a year, and then Precalculus and Calculus A (just limits and derivatives).</p>
<p>At my school we can't do that because we have a 7-period day. However, we did have a girl who took Algebra 1 Honors in 7th grade, Algebra 2 Honors and Geometry Honors in 8th, and Precalculus in 9th. She's taking AP Calc in this year (10th grade).</p>
<p>Anyways, I think Precalculus can be self-studied. If you are good at math, then it should be easy. I have a 97% in it right now and I hardly study.</p>
<p>At my school, we do Geometry in a year, and then either Algebra II in a year and then Trig in a semester/first semester of calculus, or Algebra II in a semester, trig in a semester, then college algebra (review of all concepts previous since you're going faster, usually) and then first semester of calculus. Usually. But that's because most people take CC classes for math, it just depends on when they start. Otherwise, it just depends on what pace you want to do.</p>
<p>Well, I have a 107% in Algebra II, don't pay attention, and never study.</p>