Hello- I don't really understand the difference between the Common Core upper level math classes and the traditional classes of Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, pre-calculus, and calculus.
Here are my questions:
1) Do most kids in advanced math take a year of AP AB Calculus and a year of BC Calculus? Or just a year total of that?
2) Is Integrated math 3 = pre-calculus? Would you go right from Integrated math 3 into AP Calculus?
My 8th grader skipped into Integrated Math 2 (he was supposed to be in Math 1). He's acing it and really likes it.
Next year, he would take Integrated math 3. Would he then take AP Calculus?
Next summer, he could take a 5-week Algebra II class or an actual pre-calculus 8 week class at the community college, coming out of Integrate Math 2. Would that be a good idea? I heard that you need Integrated Math 3 to do well in pre-calculus.
I don't really understand how they divide these CC classes up. Thanks for any advice you can give!
