<p>I am so worried now since it's only 4 days till the exam.</p>
<p>I am trying to review. However, I don't know what part to really focus on.</p>
<p>Any suggestion for me ? I really want to get at least a 4. The last time I did the practice test, I got a high 3.</p>
<p>know all basic integration
know your derivatives
know how to get max and mins and inflection points
know mean value theorem
know the fundamental theory of calculus I and II
know related rates and implicit differentiation</p>
<p>then you'll be good,</p>
<p>Practice a lot of related rates too because there's almost always a related rates FR question.</p>
<p>Isn't there usually an area and volume one as well?</p>
<p>Also, know how to do tangent lines and make inferences based off of equations for them. (probably not a big portion of the test, but it's what I've been studying because I'm so bad at them!)</p>
<p>Hey, sorry to sort of hijack the thread here, but do you know if they clear calculator memories on the AB test?</p>
<p>No, they don't.</p>
<p>yes, you can basically cheat using a TI-89</p>
<p>yes, you NEED to know area of a sector and volume using washers (we call them disks).</p>
<p>yes, you NEED to know slope fields; there is a good chance it will be on this year's FR, and almost a 100% chance it will be on the multiple choice somewhere.</p>
<p>and god help you if you don't know related rates, because that's almost always on there, too.</p>
<p>amen for BC FR questions being nearly identical to AB FR...</p>
<p>To emphasize on some stuff that I'm reviewing</p>
<p>FTC Part II
Solids of Revolution
Particle Motion
Slope Fields
Riemann Sums</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Any tips for related rates or volume, area (dish, shell, cross section) ?</p>
<p>Do we need to use Mean Value Theorem a lot ? Which theorems are necessary also, besides the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus I.II ?</p>
<p>is there a way i can store formulas and stuff on my calc, TI-86? so i can find them if i forgot some formula, like trapezoid rule on the calculator part.</p>
<p>what formulas would you recommend for a calculator for the ap exam?</p>
<p>should we have the sin/cos/tan functions memorized? like sin(30), cos(60), tan(45) etc etc?</p>
<p>b/c i really don't know those that well. i'm studying them now obviously, but i'm afraid they'll come up on the non-calc MC and i'll blank</p>
<p>You should know (pi/4), (pi/2), and 0 for sin, cos, and tan. You <em>need</em> to know the radian equivalents: degrees won't get you very far.</p>
<p>I'm immensely scared of the free response section.</p>
<p>Some theorems/definitions you should know</p>
<p>Definition of the derivative
Definition of continuity
Intermediate value
Mean
Average value of function over an interval
etc.</p>
<p>trapezoidal rule is really easy, just (b-a)/2n(f(x0) + 2f(x1) + 2f(x2)...f(xn))</p>
<p>You should know sin, cos, and tan for 0, pi/6, pi/4, pi/3, and pi/2. Large angles will just be a matter of remembering which function is positive in what quadrant (all pos in I, sin is pos in II, tan is pos in III, cos is pos in IV). For csc, sec, and cot, just flip the respective function.</p>
<p>Adding to what jamesford is saying about definitions you should know..make sure you know what the problem is talking about when they say differentiable or twice differentiable..and yes MVT,IVT, and AVT will probably show up at least once for each....</p>
<p>my school is screwed up</p>
<p>im getting a D+ on AP calc AB as well as 8 other classmates out of a class of 17. When we took mock test, everyone scored a 5. when i say everyone, i mean EVERYONE.. we even took 2 mock tests.. then why the hell are we getting a D+.. Screw my school</p>
<p>Also, you should know the derivatives of the trig functions.
sin(x) -> cos(x)dx,
cos(x) -> -sin(x)dx,
tan(x) -> sec²(x)dx,
etc.</p>
<p>Titan, I'm in the same boat as you.</p>
<p>Uh, I'm a screwed if I don't know what the AVT is? MVT is Mean Value and IVT is Intermediate Value, I know, but I swear I've never heard of the third one.</p>
<p>Love my school.</p>