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How many people took pre calculus as a sophmore?
How many people took either pre calculus or trigonometry as a sophomore? Because I'm in the honors program at my school and am taking a test to be placed at gov school of math and science. They said pre cal and trig would be on the test! I only took algebra 1 & 2 and geometry! Is my school just crappy or am I not alone?
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- JJWJLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
1) Today, most schools in the United States for grades 9 to 12 or 10 to 12 are teaching pre calculus with many teaching calculus. Almost all mathematicians and college professors believe this is ridiculous, (
2) Read the second letter to the editor of MAA FOCUS from Joan Reinthaler in the August-September 2009 ediiton (first website in "What's your source?" below).
Read the third, fourth and fifth letters to the editor of MAA FOCUS from John Ward and Mary Murphy in the October-November 2009 edition (second website in "What's your source?" below.)
3) I took trigonometry in grade 12. Thankfully, it lasted for a full academic year. Many public schools today only teach trigonometry in the first half of the year (with pre calculus in the second half).
Source(s): http://www.maa.org/pubs/augsept09pgs32-33.pdf http://www.maa.org/pubs/octnov09pgs18-19.pdf
