calc 1 or 2

[VillageShaman]

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I am good at math but never really did well in calc.
Got a 4 on calc bc test (i got a thing at ap tests)
Should I skip calc 1?

 

[Omni]

I've taken calc 1, 2, 3, DFQ, and Linear Algebra.
In my opinion, calc 2 was the hardest. If you're comfortable with it, then I'd say go for it.

 

[JoshUNCW]

Yeah, I'm a comp sci major so I had to take through calc 3. Calc is "hard" in the sense that you need to go everyday, and at my university that's 50 minutes 5 days a week. It's "easy" in the sense that if you go everyday it's not hard haha. Calculus is a piece of cake if you go, listen to the professor, take notes, and do your homework. For those who it doesn't just "click" with, practice, practice, practice.

 

[VillageShaman]

but my question is mainly regarding how much calc 1 you must know for calc 2

 

[PreDoc15]

calc is a subject in which everything builds upon concepts learned earlier. it seems by your 4 on your ap calc test you have the knowledge to skip calc 1, but if YOU feel that you have not mastered the calc 1 material (derivatives, intro to integrals at my school) i would not recommend skipping calc 1. ultimately it is up to you and what you feel comfortable with.

 

[circulus vitios]

but my question is mainly regarding how much calc 1 you must know for calc 2

Calc I at my school = derivatives, limits, squeeze theorem, left and right limits, limits at infinity, limit definition of the derivative, chain and product rules, implicit differentiation, mean value theorem, linearization of a function, newton's method, first and second derivative tests, concavity and extrema of a graph, related rates, optimization, introduction to integration, integration by substitution, and probably a few more things I'm forgetting.

 

[Jorriss]

but my question is mainly regarding how much calc 1 you must know for calc 2

You need to have your integration and differentiation down decently.

But you don't need to remember stuff like mean value theorem or tid bits like that.

But you need to be able to take derivatives and find integrals.

Limits more so conceptually than mechanically for sequences/series.