Название: Pre-Calculus All-In-One for Dummies
Автор: Mary Jane Sterling
Издательство: For Dummies
Год: 2024
Страниц: 627
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 40.2 MB

The easy way to understand and retain all the concepts taught in pre-calculus classes.

Pre-Calculus All-in-One For Dummies is a great resource if you want to do you best in Pre-Calculus. Packed with lessons, examples, and practice problems in the book, plus extra chapter quizzes online, it gives you absolutely everything you need to succeed in pre-calc. Unlike your textbook, this book presents the essential topics clearly and concisely, so you can really understand the stuff you learn in class, score high on your tests (including the AP Pre-Calculus exam!), and get ready to confidently move ahead to upper-level math courses. And if you need a refresher before launching into calculus, look no further―this book has your back.

Pre-calculus can be a starting point, a middle point, and even a launching point. When you realize that you already know a whole bunch from Algebra I and Algebra II, you’ll see that pre-calculus allows you to use that information in a new way. Before you get ready to start this new adventure, you need to know a few things about this book.

This book isn’t a novel. It’s not meant to be read in order from beginning to end. You can read any topic at any time, but it’s structured in such a way that it follows a “typical” curriculum. Not everyone agrees on exactly what makes pre-calculus pre-calculus. So this book works hard at meeting the requirements of all those curriculums; hopefully, this is a good representation of any pre-calculus course.

Here are two different suggestions for using this book:

Look up what you need to know when you need to know it. The index and the table of contents direct you where to look.
Start at the beginning and read straight through. This way, you may be reminded of an old topic that you had forgotten (anything to get those math wheels turning inside your head). Besides, practice makes perfect, and the problems in this book are a great representation of the problems found in pre-calculus textbooks.
For consistency and ease of navigation, this book uses the following conventions:

Math terms are italicized when they’re introduced or defined in the text.
Variables are italicized to set them apart from letters.
The symbol used when writing imaginary numbers is a lowercase i.

Review what you learned in algebra and geometry, then dig into pre-calculus
Master logarithms, exponentials, conic sections, linear equations, and beyond
Get easy-to-understand explanations that match the methods your teacher uses
Learn clever shortcuts, test-taking tips, and other hacks to make your life easier

Pre-Calculus All-in-One For Dummies is the must-have resource for students who need to review for exams or just want a little (or a lot of!) extra help understanding what’s happening in class.