Testing into Calculus

[jackal head]

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Has anyone here done it before? I need to take this math placement exam so I can skip pre calc, I just have no idea how in depth the material will go, will it really be as in depth as a final pre calc exam?

 

[diastole]

I just did it about a month ago. My placement exam had just 20 questions, had an unlimited amount of time to do it, and you couldn't go back to previous questions. I took my last math class 20 years ago so there was some math on there that I once knew but had no idea how to do.

From what I remember, it had lots of algebra, some logs, and some trig which I didn't remember at all. You have to be able to factor and know your rules on exponents. I think there were some functions. One thing that saved me was that you don't actually have to know how to do a problem to get it right on a multiple choice exam. You can plug answers back into the original problem and find the correct choice. Despite remembering nothing about trig, I passed with room to spare.

I can't answer about a pre-calc final because I don't even know what is considered pre-calc. Is that the same thing as advanced algebra and trig?

 

[Principessa07]

i went right into calculus from high school.. i took math 12 a year ago and algebra wasnt as great as it was when i was in high school. i didnt need a placement exam.
however if u have the time to take pre-calc in college, DEFINITELY do it.. itll help u in some aspects and save you stupid mistakes when u actually need algebra. if i had the time i wouldve but it didnt work out.

 

[UES Girl]

Has anyone here done it before? I need to take this math placement exam so I can skip pre calc, I just have no idea how in depth the material will go, will it really be as in depth as a final pre calc exam?

I took that test but it was quite a few years ago. Back then I remember the test being quite easy, I passed it with flying colors.

 

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It depends on your school how difficult it's going to be. One of my friends aced AP Cal and the placement test put him in pre-cal (wtf?)..So it really depends. I had taken pre-cal in hs and talked the counselor out of pre-cal so I went straight to cal. But trust me, cal has little to do with pre-cal. Pre-cal is like algebra on dope.