<p>Hi everyone! Freshman year I had an a cumulative grade in geometry honors, and the same goes for sophomore year in my algebra 2 class. This year in Precalculus honors I have been struggling a lot. First quarter I got a b. second quarter I got an a- and this quarter I have a c. I CAN'T get a c. I'm not a c student. I went to talk to my teacher and she told me she is really surprised with my performance this quarter. He suggested that I study differently. How do you study and prepare for a math assessment?</p>
<p>It depends on what you are having trouble with. The best way to memorize things, such as the unit circle, is to write it out. If you can’t write out whatever you’re trying to remember, you don’t know it. Too many people make the mistake of simply staring at a page in a book to memorize something.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. We are currently going into conics and rotating them. The biggest problem I feel is that our school uses the same book for all precalc classes, so my teacher feels the need to amp up question difficulty since it is an honors class. I also make a lot of algebra errors and silly mistakes on assessments.</p>
<p>I also have trouble finishing tests and quizzes</p>
<p>We haven’t done any conics yet, so I’m afraid I can’t give you any advice there. As far as silly mistakes go, the best way to avoid those is taking your time. I know that’s pretty obvious, but I think it’s worth being said anyway. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>You should only be asking this if you study 50 hours for each test and still don’t do good. So the answer is simply to study longer.</p>
<p>Hey bl4ke, since you gave me a sassy answer, I thought I’d correct your English. It’s do well not “do good”</p>
<p>HAHAHA^ this is great. </p>
<p>But seriously, just doing old homework problems seems to work well for me.</p>