<p>please be somewhat specific</p>
<p>Know your algebra, unit circle by heart, trig identities help a bit too (i didnt really memorize these and did ok without) Know your log rules,know how to work with exponents</p>
<p>I as well didnt take precalc formally before calc and looked at a precalc book a little during the summer. Got a 5 too.</p>
<p>Be sure to round to 3 decimal places, except for when u write ur limits when integrating, use exact values or if computing thru calc write to the 9th decimal place or as far as it goes. Also keeping track of units u will know ur on the right track.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that Calc BC consists of Calc 1 AND Calc 2, so essentially, nearly all of the material in pre-calc will be revisited in calc bc, at a higher degree.</p>
<p>To be specific, you’re going to have to become great at finding derivatives. Power rule, chain rule, etc, they’ll set the foundations for integrating, which is a large part of BC. </p>
<p>I’m also not sure if it was just my school, but we touched on series in pre-calc, and series is yet another large portion of BC.</p>
<p>Bottom line, be sure to understand the basics intuitively. It helps if you actually know what’s going on and WHY it works rather than “okay, I get it cause it fits this equation”. Master the basics, and BC should be a breeze.</p>
<p>REMEMBER YOUR TRIG!! Do not forget Trig keep reviewing it and try to do questions without a calculator using trig instead. It pops up everywhere in Calc and you can’t complete the questions if you dont know the formulas!</p>
<p>I know it’s really late to be bumping, but I would like to know this too. Thanks :D</p>
<p>Trig is BY FAR the most important. Other than that, general rules on functions, exponentials/logs, rational functions, limits, and if you’re doing BC series/sequences, polar, and parametric functions.</p>
<p>Definitely trig. Also, you should be familiar with algebra and other pre-calculus topics (logarithms, exponents, polar coordinates, sequences/series, limits). You won’t need a whole lot on matrices until you get to multi-variable calculus.</p>
<p>Is there any vectors in calc bc ?</p>
<p>@Twiggy22 you learn how to differentiate/integrate vector-valued functions but those are extremely easy. Just do it by component.</p>
<p>the only thing you need to know about a vector is that it’s in the form <a,b>. you need to know more for multivariable but that’s a different story.</a,b></p>
<p>no need to know demoivre’s or stuff for anything up to and including multivariable.</p>
<p>no need for conics; all the conics in AB/BC are common sense.</p>
<p>you need trig, but not too much manipulation really.</p>
<p>pretty much everything else, I’d say you’d want to know…</p>