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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back. He is in 9th. 8th grade MapM was 282. I am honestly in a new territory here because I have never had to worry about anything school related. We have always been very hands off with school with all of our kids. Older sibling took regular precalculus in 10th but in a different district. Never had any tutors for math or any of the AP courses. Older sibling is in an engineering program at UMD. This DS, middle child, also wants to be a physicist. He is worried that moving down to regular precalculus will be counted against him during college admissions. He wanted to take Calculus AB in 10th, BC in 11th and AP stats in 12th. He took Algebra 1 in 6th during COVID years but did AoPS Algebra 1 concurrently, so if he has gaps they have to be from Algebra 2. I will try to persuade him to take regular precalculus. [/quote]

I don't get being a hands off parent.  Can you help him?  If not get a tutor.  Pre-cal is far harder than any other math.  Our pre-cal teacher is very good and it's a very different teaching style with a textbook and a lot more homework.  We are very hands on and a parent helps and reviews it with our child.  I would not have him drop down.[/quote]

Wait, a textbook!?! Please share the name and author. My child's teacher doesn’t use a textbook instead uses Delta Math which according to my child the problem set in Delta Math are easier than what shows up on tests/quizzes.

If you can share a textbook I would really appreciate it. I don't mind refreshing my mind on these materials and teaching it to my child. I love Math and have no problem re-learning pre-cal. [/quote]

Our school only has a classroom copy but they gave use the name to buy it.  Search around as prices vary - the editions are pretty similar and the answer guide is online.  A bunch of places have it between $10-30 used.

Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic (8th Edition)
Franklin D. Demana

Here is an online version:  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=Zmhwcy5uZXR8bXJzdGVmfGd4OjIwMDU1MDUyMDczMTJlOA

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Awesome! Thank you so very much. Really....I appreciate it. [/quote]

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