Neither course is better or worse than the other. The choice depends on what YOU want to take, or need to take.
If you're going into engineering or architecture, for example, both classes are needed.
If you have to choose one or the other, and you do not need either class for college, then the Algebra/Trig class would be my choice, as it teaches you some things that are better for everyday life than the Calculus.
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In many schools, geometry comes before algebra 2. You can ask your school if you can take geo online or at your own time. If you plan to take algebra 2 and trig, it is helpful to take geo.
Algebra is basically arithmetic with variable expressions, trigonometry comes after algebra because you need algebra to understand sine, cosine, tangent, as well as secant, cosecant, and cotangent.
Algebra 1P is a 8th grade math class. Most people keep saying that Algebra 1P is for 9th grade but it isn't in 9th grade it is in 8th grade! I'm in a honor math class, I took Algebra 1P in 7th grade and other student that in regular math class was take it in 8th grade. Only whose who very bad at math have to retake Pre-Algebra in 8th grade or they did Algebra 1P bad in 8th grade and have to retake it in 9th grade. The Regular Schedule Math Class: 7th grade- Pre-Algebra 8th grade- Algebra 1P (Algebra 1A, it is the same but different name) 9th grade- Geometry 10th grade- Algebra 2P 11th grade- Trig. 12th grade- Pre-Calculus The Honor Class Schedule: 7th grade- Algebra 1P 8th grade- Geometry 9th grade- Algebra 2P or Trig. 10th grade- Trig. or Pre-Calculus 11th grade- Pre-Calculus or Calculus 12th grade- Calculus or done!!!
At my school here's how it works:1. Pre-Algebra (unless you made a good grade on the Iowa test or whatever it was called, then you go to Algebra instead)2.Algebra3.Geometry4.Algebra 2Then Calculus and Trig. are thrown in after that.