Originally Posted by CFK
Originally Posted by bluemagic
This reminds me that my son asked last night what one learns next year in Pre-Calculus anyway? In his mind if it was like Pre-Algebra there didn't seem much point.

My short answer to him was that is was more trig, some more geometry, a hodgepodge of other topics helpful to know before taking Calculus and some basic beginner Calculus.

I don't think that a strong math student needs to take pre-Calc. Especially if he has a solid foundation in algebra and trig.
The issue is IF they have a strong foundation in Trig., and this comes down to what the particular per-Calc class involves. His Algebra II class seems to only have 2 Chapters of Trig. and they haven't even started it yet. Still 6 weeks of school left. So I expect a lot more Trig in next years Pre-Calc.