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Math anxiety is often associated with poor students’ performance in mathematics. This study analyzed the impact of math anxiety and the factors that caused the anxiety in pre-calculus of Senior High School Students taking Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Strand at Sorsogon State College, Sorsogon City. The research design utilized was descriptive- correlational. Eighty-eight (88) respondents out of one hundred eighty (180) students or two (2) out of four (4) sections from the Laboratory High School were randomly selected to take a math anxiety test. Among them, sixty-seven (67) students were found to have math anxiety. Results revealed further that there is a significant relationship between math anxiety and performance of students in pre-calculus. The Nature of the Subject, Student’s Factor and Parents Factor were the primary causes of the anxiety of the students. Anxiety-less workbook in pre-calculus was constructed based on the findings. Keywords : Math anxiety, Performance, Impact, Pre-calculus, Senior high school