Math-U-See Calculus
Math-U-See Calculus transforms advanced math into an engaging, step-by-step journey, helping students master big concepts like derivatives, integrals, and real-world applications with clarity and confidence.
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In a Curriculum Kit
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2026 Twelfth-Grade Curriculum Kit
Calculus is the study of change, motion, and accumulation, providing students with the mathematical tools used in fields ranging from engineering and physics to economics and computer science. Math-U-See Calculus helps students develop a strong understanding of these advanced concepts through a structured, mastery-based approach.
In this course, students explore limits, continuity, derivatives, and integrals while learning how these concepts describe and predict real-world phenomena. They develop the ability to analyze rates of change, calculate areas under curves, model motion, and solve increasingly complex mathematical problems.
Additional topics include optimization, related rates, applications of derivatives and integrals, the Chain Rule, L'Hôpital's Rule, and other foundational concepts commonly encountered in a first-year calculus course. Throughout the program, students learn not only how to perform calculations but also how to understand the mathematical principles behind them.
Like all Math-U-See levels, Calculus introduces concepts incrementally and emphasizes understanding before moving forward. Clear video instructions, worked examples, and systematic practice help students build confidence as they master advanced mathematical ideas.
Instructional videos for Calculus are available on DVD, included in the Bundle.
Designed for students who have completed PreCalculus, Math-U-See Calculus provides a strong foundation for college mathematics, engineering, science, economics, computer science, and other STEM-related fields.
(Need help picking a level? We’ve got placement tests ready for you.)
Look inside this book and read through a lesson to see how it might work for your family.
How to Use Math-U-See Calculus
- Begin each lesson by watching the instructional video. You can watch it ahead of time and teach the concept yourself, or view it together with your student. The videos introduce each new concept step by step and demonstrate the Math-U-See approach in action.
- Before teaching, review the teacher resources in your Instructor Manual. These materials provide teaching notes, practice suggestions, and answers, but most parents find that a quick review is all that's needed before getting started.
- After the lesson, choose the worksheets from the Student Workbook that best fit your student's level of understanding. Each lesson includes seven worksheets labeled A–G. Start with Worksheet A to introduce the concept, then add additional worksheets as needed for practice and review.
- Many families find that completing Worksheets A, D, and G provides a good balance of instruction, review, and challenge. However, one of Math-U-See's strengths is its flexibility. Students who need more practice can complete additional worksheets, while students who quickly master a concept can move ahead.
- Plan on completing approximately one lesson each week. With 30 lessons in the course, this pace allows ample time for instruction, practice, review, and mastery throughout the school year. If a concept needs more time, don't hesitate to slow down. Math-U-See is designed around mastery, not speed.
- Use manipulatives and visual demonstrations whenever appropriate. These tools help students develop a strong conceptual understanding before moving to more abstract mathematical thinking.
- By moving at your student's pace and focusing on mastery rather than memorization, you'll build the conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills needed for higher-level mathematics.
In the 2026 kits this course earns high school credit:
1 credit of Calculus
Math · 12th grade · Classic and Non-Religious kits
The Calculus Bundle includes the Instruction Pack (Manual and DVDs) and Student Pack (Workbook and Tests). .
Purchase this set if you have never taught Math-U-See Calculus before.
Student Pack
The Student Pack includes the Student Workbook and the Test Book.
The Student Pack is suitable for families using the Calculus level with a second student, or if you already have the Instruction Manual and DVDs.
Instruction Pack
The Instruction Pack includes the Instruction Manual and DVD Instructional videos.
Table of Contents:
Publisher: Demme Learning
Series: Math-U-See
Age Recommendation: 17+
Grade Recommendation: 12th+
Faith-Based: No
Consumable: Instruction Pack: No; Student Pack: Yes
Copyright: 2012
Lessons: 30
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
Math-U-See is a skills-based program that focuses on student mastery of a concept before progressing to the next concept. Because of this, it is not aligned with the common core and, therefore, may not meet the requirements of state standardized tests.
In other words, Math-U-See covers topics in a logical sequence, which may not exactly correlate with the more scattered assortment of skills that are typical for each grade. Parents who wish to compare the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten through sixth grade with the content taught in Math-U-See can do so here.
Your subscription includes a PDF of the Instruction Manual, so every page from the physical book is there in digital form. Pick a lesson and you'll find the menu just below the lesson video: Lesson Instruction (the PDF of the lesson pages), Solutions (the PDF solutions to the Student Workbook), and other Resources. The virtual manipulatives are in the Digital Toolbox.
If you chose the Printed Instructor's Manual instead, those same pages are in your book.
Math-U-See Calculus counts as 1 credit of Calculus on a high school transcript. To turn its grade into a GPA, use our free homeschool GPA calculator: it works out each letter grade from your student's scores, figures the GPA by year and for all of high school, and prints a grade record for the transcript.
- September 23, 2020
Kathleen W.
We’ve been homeschooling 9 children for 30 years. Although we’ve tried all the “best” like Saxon and Singapore Math-U- See is hands down the best program for this family. Math is the favorite subject of all our kids. Even our Little one in kindergarten who has severe special needs and developmental delays lives having his very own primer book this year. The community college where all of our graduates start their higher does does not allow any students to test out of Pre calculus no matter how many AP courses they have completed in high school. However, all three of our college students were given special exception to go straight to Calculus after the head of the math department at the college saw their math u see text books from Pre calculus and calculus. This program prepares them well for college as engineering, math and physics majors.
