srainbow Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Help needed. My 10th grader daughter has just finished Algebra 2 at the college. So she now has Alg. 1 and Alg. 2 done, and well. She is not a mathy student however. She has had a little geometry from Alg 1 Saxon, but I believe she may need more. I think we were hoping she would take Trig and then pre calculus at the college maybe Junior year and/ or senior year. When should we do geometry? Can we do it this year in one semester? Can we skip it? Does anyone have a good book idea? Will collegeswant to see Geometry? Trig and precalculus are semester classes so we have some wiggle room. Looking for guidance! Thanks. p.s. I will be looking through old threads too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 My opinion: Your daughter should take Geometry before she takes Trigonometry. At our local community college, one can take College Algebra (the first half of Pre-Calculus) after taking Algebra 2. However, in order to take Trigonometry (the second half of Pre-Calculus), one must either take or test out of Geometry. Note: My daughter took both College Algebra and Trigonometry (separate courses) at the local community college. Both courses used the same book: Pre-Calculus by Sullivan. Regards, Kareni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I agree with Kareni that it is good to have geometry before trig. Also, some colleges specify that students must have had algebra and geometry, though when I went looking for the example that I remembered from previous years, I discovered that they had changed the wording to "three units of mathematics beyond prealgebra, including the completion of Algebra II." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srainbow Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 I just wanted to say thank you,ladies, for your input. We will be doing geometry this semester (and maybe a little into summer). I so appreciate well trained mind support!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Geometry needs to be before trig. I mean, maybe she can do trig without geometry, but there is no point to geometry after trig. That would be like taking algebra 1 after algebra 2. If you can do algebra 2, you do not need algebra 1. We are using Jurgenson's. I will admit though, I do not assign much for the proofs. I find proofs easy, as does my son, but time consuming and tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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