Pre-Calculus

Course Length

2 Semesters

Designed to follow Algebra II, this rigorous full-year course builds upon students understanding of various aspects of functions: graphing, composition, inverses, modeling, systems, and inequalities. Students expand their knowledge of trigonometric functions to include graphs of reciprocal functions, and they apply trigonometry to a variety of real-world problems. Students prove trigonometric identities and use them to solve equations.

Throughout the course students make connections between geometry and algebra as they: use graphs to solve polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic inequalities; perform operations with complex numbers and vectors; use coordinate algebra to derive equations of ellipses and hyperbolas; and find limits of functions. The standards of mathematical practice are embedded throughout the course as students apply mathematical concepts in modeling situations, make sense of problem situations, solve novel problems, reason abstractly, and think critically.

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Overview of Concepts

• Unit 1: Functions and Modeling
• Unit 2: Trigonometry
• Unit 3: Analytic Trigonometry
• Unit 4: Complex Numbers and Polar Coordinates
• Unit 5: Vectors
• Unit 6: Matrices
• Unit 7: Systems and Matrices
• Unit 8: Analytic Geometry
• Unit 9: Sequences and Series
• Unit 10: Limits