the textbook of math 5 at TJ

[Anonymous]

Which textbook are students using for math 5 at TJ? Next year, my child will take math 5 during 10th grade.
I appreciate your help!

[Anonymous]

Both math 4 and 5 use the same textbook:

Glencoe Precalculus Carter, Cuevas, et al McGraw-Hill 978-0-07-660218-6

[Anonymous]

Is it true that at a base HS, students will take AP Precalc but at TJ they only get honors credit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that at a base HS, students will take AP Precalc but at TJ they only get honors credit?

TJ students take either AP Calc BC exam or atleast the AP Calc AB exam, making the AP precalc exam essentially irrelevant. The TJ precalc courses are honors level and weighted similar to AP courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both math 4 and 5 use the same textbook:

Glencoe Precalculus Carter, Cuevas, et al McGraw-Hill 978-0-07-660218-6

Thank you and appreciate very much!
I wonder what difference is between math 4 and math 5 . My kid is taking math 4 now. They will learn trigonometry with 2 units, 1 unit of vector, 1 unit of matrices, and 1 unit of parameter . In fact, they will learn almost of the precalculus textbook except the last two chapters about statistic and simple calculus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both math 4 and 5 use the same textbook:

Glencoe Precalculus Carter, Cuevas, et al McGraw-Hill 978-0-07-660218-6

Thank you and appreciate very much!
I wonder what difference is between math 4 and math 5 . My kid is taking math 4 now. They will learn trigonometry with 2 units, 1 unit of vector, 1 unit of matrices, and 1 unit of parameter . In fact, they will learn almost of the precalculus textbook except the last two chapters about statistic and simple calculus.

Math 4 continues fro Geometry -- trigonometry and 3D / vectors.

Math 5 continuing from algebra 2 -- more complicated variants and combinations of functions, an introducing limits and derivatives.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Interestingly, broadly speaking, Calculus flips the pattern of Alg 1, Geom, Alg 2,, Geometric Precalc , Algebraic Precalc.
But then Calc AB/1 is more algebraic, while CalC BC/2 adds more geometric content.
But the higher you go in math, the more algebra and geometry blend together anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that at a base HS, students will take AP Precalc but at TJ they only get honors credit?

TJ students take either AP Calc BC exam or atleast the AP Calc AB exam, making the AP precalc exam essentially irrelevant. The TJ precalc courses are honors level and weighted similar to AP courses.

?

TJ weighted AP more than Honors.

Anyway, it's ridiculous to care about this. Colleges don't care about your local weighting system, nor do they compare GPA between schools down to the .0.03 level. TJ kids aren't competing with kids from other schools on GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both math 4 and 5 use the same textbook:

Glencoe Precalculus Carter, Cuevas, et al McGraw-Hill 978-0-07-660218-6

Thank you and appreciate very much!
I wonder what difference is between math 4 and math 5 . My kid is taking math 4 now. They will learn trigonometry with 2 units, 1 unit of vector, 1 unit of matrices, and 1 unit of parameter . In fact, they will learn almost of the precalculus textbook except the last two chapters about statistic and simple calculus.

Math 4 continues fro Geometry -- trigonometry and 3D / vectors.

Math 5 continuing from algebra 2 -- more complicated variants and combinations of functions, an introducing limits and derivatives.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/3332

Interestingly, broadly speaking, Calculus flips the pattern of Alg 1, Geom, Alg 2,, Geometric Precalc , Algebraic Precalc.
But then Calc AB/1 is more algebraic, while CalC BC/2 adds more geometric content.
But the higher you go in math, the more algebra and geometry blend together anyway.

Appreciate and thanks so much! Have a nice day!

[Anonymous]

The final exam of TJ math really is hard . Even if you always have A grade at every unit test, you can not sure you still will have A grade after final exam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that at a base HS, students will take AP Precalc but at TJ they only get honors credit?

Yes

[Anonymous]

But students have harder precalculus course and tests at JT than AP precalculus at base high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But students have harder precalculus course and tests at JT than AP precalculus at base high school.

Is that fair?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But students have harder precalculus course and tests at JT than AP precalculus at base high school.

Is that fair?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Because it is TJ ! Otherwise it is not TJ if the course and tests are not harder . Math 3, math 4 , and math 5 all are semester courses. So students must run fast everyday in order to catch up the course speed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because it is TJ ! Otherwise it is not TJ if the course and tests are not harder . Math 3, math 4 , and math 5 all are semester courses. So students must run fast everyday in order to catch up the course speed.

It should be harder but shouldn't they get AP level GPA boost like the base school?