Many students in universities across Canada find first-year calculus difficult. Facility with basic algebra is very important, as is ability to combine techniques from several areas.
University courses proceed at a faster pace than courses in school.
It is easy to fall behind and difficult to catch up, especially if your skills have diminished over the summer. In order to ease the transition from high school to university, we suggest you keep up your mathematical knowledge and skills during the summer. These cover the parts of the high school curriculum most essential as background for calculus. Many of the problems are challenging. It will take some time to work through the complete set, but do not become discouraged if you have difficulty with some of them.