Breaking that barrier down means recognizing calculus for what it is-simply a tool for studying the ways in which variables interact. Through relevant instruction and practical examples, you'll soon learn that real-life calculus isn't nearly the monster it's made out to be.Ĭalculus is a required course for many college majors, and for students without a strong math foundation, it can be a real barrier to graduation. This user-friendly math book leads you step-by-step through each concept, operation, and solution, explaining the "how" and "why" in plain English instead of math-speak. By breaking down differentiation and integration into digestible concepts, this guide helps you build a stronger foundation with a solid understanding of the big ideas at work. I'll try and keep this thread updated with my progress and hope that somebody who's taken the exam will see this on the front page.ĮDIT: Oh, and just to be sure about something: instantcert doesn't offer anything on calculus, right? I don't see anything on their website pertaining to calculus or the exam.Slay the calculus monster with this user-friendly guideĬalculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition makes calculus manageable-even if you're one of the many students who sweat at the thought of it. I should get in about 150-200 hours of study before the test (I haven't had math outside of calculations made in lab in a long while). I've heard that chemistry was supposed to be difficult, but I made a decent score with a relatively light effort.Ī: CLEP Calculus w/ CD-ROM (REA): Gregory Hill: BooksĪfter I finish the REA book, I'll look into some AP clep books and see how those compare. This is my motivation for taking the calculus exam. Good job, this is a comparably tough subject in terms of progressive knowledge and problem-solving, so it's good to see you have form Yeah. Irnbru Wrote:Notice someone asking here has already passed Chemistry. Good job, this is a comparably tough subject in terms of progressive knowledge and problem-solving, so it's good to see you have form Notice someone asking here has already passed Chemistry. If you can work through a calculus chapter or section, answer the questions, go back a day later and -recognise- the type of questions and answer them, you are doing the right thing. :eek: You must work up to and through the problems in a systematic manner so that you get enough practice. You cannot pass calculus with flashcards. I used both of these titles and others to supplment my 'recommended' text when i did the maths several years ago. Okie, enough battering us about the head with this nonsense.Īny book suited for a first class in calculus is suitable provided you have roughly the prerequisite knowledge. Recognising graphs and being able to read properties such as potential degree or choosing which graph might be the differentiated/original/integrated is worth points.ĭe Moivre's theorem is in there, too so you need those complex numbers. Manipulation of trig functions and identities is very much required, especially when dealing with integration by parts or trigonometric substitution. However, after hammering at limits, most (harder) limit problems in calculus I can be solved by differentiating the numerator and denominator until the answer appears, i.e. Limits are a big part of real and complex Analysis (which is happily, very limited here). Studying limits and answering problems on them is often harder than differentiating functions or evaluating integrals. The study of the calculus I itself also (normally) follows a progressive route which is roughly Limits, then Differentiation, then Integration. Including, but not limited to Algebra, Trigonometry, Complex numbers, Graphs and functions. This means, that the syllabus for precalculus has to be fairly well known to you. Okie, let's get the bad news out of the way first :confused:Ĭalculus (and maths in general) is one of those subjects where prerequisite knowledge and experience of solving 'easier' problems is necessary.
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