Precalculus is designed to prepare you for more challenging math courses. Precalculus introduces to you the concepts that you will be learning about in further classes. You will be learning about limits and derivatives for the most part. ... Limits are important because they are used often in advance concepts of calculus.

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The identified most essential learning competencies in Math puts a premium on the development of numeracy skills which are fundamental to practical and real-life problems, rather than Math content-knowledge; and on the development of higher-order thinking skills that goes beyond procedural fluency.