<p>Does anyone have any advice on how to teach myself the concepts on the Math 2 test that are taught in pre-cal since I haven't and won't be taking the course? (Algebra 3/4 to AP Cal)</p>
<p>If you took trigonometry already, then the actually pre-calculus stuff is easy. I think only limits are on the test and only about 3 questions maybe are on pre-calc. Pre-calc is basically a review of graphs that you learned in Algebra II and a few more new ones (polar, parametric).</p>
<p>just get PR's Math IIC book, it has all the basic concepts you will need</p>
<p>I feel bad that in my state parametric/polar equations aren't covered in pre-cal. I'm going from pre-cal to AP Calculus BC. What topics am I supposed to have covered in pre-cal?</p>
<p>well read the topics over, I guess. But I think a better course of study would be to REALLY know your other stuff inside and out. I think you could omit the 3-4 precalc stuff that comes out and still get an 800.</p>
<p>Am I being a bit too optimistic about this, other CCers?</p>
<p>Oh, and do Barron's practice tests. After you see how wonderfully math works out - and get over wanting to kill yourself - you will do as well as possible with the actualy math content you know.</p>
<p>BTW Barron's also teaches the material well, but the more advanced stuff, and random things like matricies, aren't really on the test.</p>
<p>BTW did I mention how much I love Barron's? lol</p>
<p>The only thing you will need to know about matrices is how to find the det.
I also love Barron's, lol!</p>
<p>bsD....-I really appreciate your optimisim! haha thanks so much for the advice,I'm glad I got the barrons book now! =)</p>
<p>I would advise against taking SAT Math 2 without PreCalculus, PreCalculus reinforces what you learned in Trig/Alg2 and helps you a lot on the exam.</p>
<p>(1) Buy PR's Math sat I and II - Read and do it all, all the basic + most of the advanced + VERY USEFULL MATH SAT II tricks (Plugging in - may be obvious but PR perfected in teaching you confidence when plugging in) </p>
<p>(2) Buy Barron's and do everything, but do not worry because it is a large step forward from PR's difficulty. - They will teach you the rest of the advanced concepts + calculator work (PR doesn't teach TI stuff)</p>
<p>(3) Do the tests in Barron's + sometimes the occasional PR just to see how you would do on a mimic difficulty setting.</p>
<p>(4) Be careful, there are a good few mistakes in PR's book and about 3 or 4 in Barron's which can annoy you if you let them slip (you don't want to be thinking that replacing the x's with -x's in an equation while preserving it will give you a function reflected about the x-axis lol(it is the y - axis)) </p>
<p>(5) If you worry about any topics search google for more detail or go on sparknotes (they have a free book online on math sat II, maybe something is explained better over there)</p>
<p>(6) If you feel masochistic, buy Rusen Meylani's tests from amazon, but they tend to cover some things which you are not meant to know at all (even from Barron's)</p>
<p>(7) edit the above list as necessary according to the time you have (oh and you can do tests if you register on sparknotes - credits to the guy who wrote the article on Math SAT II)</p>
<p>just read PR front to back, thats what i did</p>
<p>How are you going from algebra to AP Calc if you don't know anything in precalculus yet? I would strongly advise trying to get ahold of an precalculus textbook from your school or something, as well as as many practice books as possible. Also allott plenty of time to study -- several months if you can.</p>
<p>Also...what the **** are parametric/polar equations? lol</p>
<p>Polar eqns are probably not on the test, just know how to convert between polar and rectangular coordinates and complex numbers and you should be fine. You can probably just convert using your calculator.</p>