"Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics". ~Dean Schlicter

 

Pre-Calculus

The Pre-Calculus course in Loudoun County is really a combination of Trigonometry and College Algebra. Algebra II skills are critical - especially factoring, graphing, and solving quadratics. Brand new material is introduced in Pre-Calculus during the Trigonometry instruction. Heavy emphasis is placed on the unit circle, trigonometric identities, and solving trigonometric equations. Logarithms and exponential functions are also heavily emphasized.

 

The following concepts will be taught in the Pre-Calculus Seminar:

  1. The unit circle, principal values, and solving real world trigonometric problems
  2. Graphing trig functions
  3. Introduction to trig identities and solving trig equations
  4. Exponential and logarithmic functions and operations
  5. Graphing polynomials
  6. Simplifying rational expressions and graphing rational functions.

*All information derived from LCPS Program of Studies and Virginia Standards of Learning

Please download the Viriginia Pre-Calculus SOL Standards .

"Trigonometry is a sine of the times" ~Author Unknown  

 

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