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Precalculus for the AP® Course
First Edition| ©2027 Stephen Kokoska; Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Alan Noell
Precalculus for the AP® Course gives you a clear, AP®-aligned framework for helping students bridge foundational algebra and dynamic modeling while building the conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills they need throughout the course.
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Precalculus for the AP® Course gives you a clear, AP®-aligned framework for helping students bridge foundational algebra and dynamic modeling while building the conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills they need throughout the course.
Organized to follow the AP® Precalculus Course and Exam Description (CED), the text provides a rigorous, approachable progression through course content, including Unit 4 topics and the Laws of Sines and Cosines. Students explore functions, identify mathematical patterns, and apply concepts through examples and problems designed to strengthen understanding.
Integrated AP® practice makes it easy to reinforce course skills throughout the year. AP® Practice and Review Problems at the section, chapter, and unit levels provide ongoing opportunities to apply learning, while a full-length AP® Practice Exam brings course concepts and skills together for exam preparation. Point-of-use margin features provide additional guidance on AP® Exam expectations, notation, technology, mathematical communication, and problem-solving strategies.
Stepped-Out Problem-Solving and Break It Down provide scaffolded support for working through challenging problems. Clear, structured examples model the problem-solving process step by step, helping students understand not only how to reach a solution but also how to reason through and communicate their mathematical thinking.
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Precalculus for the AP® Course gives you a clear, AP®-aligned framework for helping students bridge foundational algebra and dynamic modeling while building the conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills they need throughout the course.
Organized to follow the AP® Precalculus Course and Exam Description (CED), the text provides a rigorous, approachable progression through course content, including Unit 4 topics and the Laws of Sines and Cosines. Students explore functions, identify mathematical patterns, and apply concepts through examples and problems designed to strengthen understanding.
Integrated AP® practice makes it easy to reinforce course skills throughout the year. AP® Practice and Review Problems at the section, chapter, and unit levels provide ongoing opportunities to apply learning, while a full-length AP® Practice Exam brings course concepts and skills together for exam preparation. Point-of-use margin features provide additional guidance on AP® Exam expectations, notation, technology, mathematical communication, and problem-solving strategies.
Stepped-Out Problem-Solving and Break It Down provide scaffolded support for working through challenging problems. Clear, structured examples model the problem-solving process step by step, helping students understand not only how to reach a solution but also how to reason through and communicate their mathematical thinking.
Features
Precalculus for the AP® Course gives you a clear, AP®-aligned framework for building conceptual understanding, strengthening problem-solving skills, and preparing students for the AP® Exam and future mathematics courses.
- Clear AP® Alignment and Instruction organize chapters around AP® Precalculus Units, with section objectives, worked examples, detailed solutions, and real-world applications that make complex concepts more approachable. Point-of-use features provide additional support with notation, mathematical communication, technology, interpretation, and problem-solving strategies.
- AP® Practice That Builds Throughout the Course connects worked examples to section exercises and ongoing AP® practice. AP® Exam Tips, Retain Your Knowledge exercises, Break It Down problems, chapter reviews, unit practice tests, and a full-length AP® Practice Exam give students multiple opportunities to revisit concepts and develop multiple-choice and free-response skills.
- Digital Support in Achieve extends instruction with Precalc Clip worked-example videos, AP® Chapter Review Exercise Videos, and diagnostic assessments that help you identify prerequisite skills students may need to review.
- Preparation for What Comes Next continues beyond the AP® Precalculus curriculum with AP® Calculus Tips, Advanced Math Tips, and targeted practice in Chapters 9 and 10. Achieve’s Get Ready for AP® Calculus assessment can also help identify skills to reinforce before students move into AP® Calculus AB or BC.
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Precalculus for the AP® Course
First Edition| ©2027
Stephen Kokoska; Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Alan Noell
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Precalculus for the AP® Course
First Edition| 2027
Stephen Kokoska; Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Alan Noell
Table of Contents
Chapter 0: Prerequisites
0.1 The Coordinate Plane: Lines and Circles
0.2 Linear Inequalities
0.3 Nonlinear Inequalities
Unit 1: Polynomial and Rational Functions
Chapter 1: Polynomial Functions
1.1 Function Essentials
1.2 Rates of Change
1.3 Rates of Change: Linear and Quadratic Functions
1.4 Rates of Change: Polynomial Functions
1.5 Polynomial Functions: Characteristics Related to Zeros
1.6 Polynomial Functions: End Behavior
Chapter 2: Rational Functions
2.1 Rational Functions: End Behavior
2.2 Rational Functions: Zeros
2.3 Rational Functions: Vertical Asymptotes
2.4 Rational Functions: Holes
2.5 Equivalent Representations of Polynomials and Rational Expressions
Chapter 3: Transformations and Modeling
3.1 Transformations of Functions
3.2 Function Models: Selection, Assumptions, Limitations
3.3 Function Models: Applications
Unit 2: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 4: Exponential Functions
4.1 Rates of Change: Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences, Linear and Exponential Functions
4.2 Exponential Functions: Characteristics and Properties
4.3 Exponential Function Models
4.4 Composition of Functions
Chapter 5: Logarithmic Functions
5.1 Inverse Functions
5.2 Logarithmic Functions: Characteristics and Properties
5.3 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations and Inequalities
5.4 Function Models: Logarithmic
5.5 Semi-Log Plots
Unit 3: Trigonometric and Polar Functions
Chapter 6: Trigonometry Part 1
6.1 Periodic Phenomena
6.2 Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Functions
6.3 Sine and Cosine Graphs
6.4 The Sine and Cosine Functions: Transformations
6.5 Sinusoidal Function Models
6.6 The Tangent Function
Chapter 7: Trigonometry Part 2
7.1 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
7.2 Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities
7.3 The Secant, Cosecant, and Cotangent Functions
7.4 Trigonometric Identities and Simplifications
7.5 Verifying Trigonometric Identities
Chapter 8: Polar Functions
8.1 The Polar Coordinate System
8.2 Polar Function Graphs
8.3 Rates of Change in Polar Functions
Unit 4: Functions Involving Parameters, Vectors, and Matrices
Chapter 9: Parametric Equations and Functions Defined Implicitly
9.1 Parametric Equations: Definitions and Graphs
9.2 Parametric Equations: Modeling Motion
9.3 Parametric Equations: Rates of Change
9.4 Parametric Equations: Circles and Lines
9.5 Functions Defined Implicitly
9.6 Conic Sections
9.7 Rewriting Equations in Parametric Form
Chapter 10: Vectors and Matrices
10.1 Vectors
10.2 Vector-Valued Functions
10.3 Matrices
10.4 The Determinant and the Inverse of a Matrix
10.5 Linear Transformations
10.6 Representation of Functions using Matrices
10.7 Matrix Models
Appendix
A.1 Law of Sines
A.2 Law of Cosines
Precalculus for the AP® Course
First Edition| 2027
Stephen Kokoska; Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Alan Noell
Authors
Stephen Kokoska
Steve Kokoska received his undergraduate degree from Boston College, and his M.S and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. His initial research interests included the statistical analysis of cancer chemoprevention experiments. He has published a number of research papers in mathematics journals, including: Biometrics, Anticancer Research, and Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. He has also presented results at national conferences, written several books, and been awarded grants from the National Science Foundation, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, and the Ben Franklin Program.
Steve is a long-time consultant for the College Board and conducted workshops in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and China. He was the AP Calculus Chief Reader for four years, and has been involved with calculus reform and the use of technology in the classroom. He has been teaching at Bloomsburg University for 25years and recently served as Director of the Honors Program.
Steve has been teaching introductory statistics classes throughout his academic career, and there is no doubt that this is his favorite course. This class (and text) provides students with basic, life-long, quantitative skills that they will use in almost any job and teaches them how to think and reason logically. Steve believes very strongly in data-driven decisions and conceptual understanding through problem solving.
Bruce Crauder
Benny Evans
Alan Noell
Precalculus for the AP® Course
First Edition| 2027
Stephen Kokoska; Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Alan Noell
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