<p>Would anyone mind posting an outline of the topics that are covered in the AP Calculus AB?????</p>
<p>I would appreciate your help</p>
<p>Analysis of graphs (predicting and explaining behavior)
Limits of functions (one and two sided)
Asymptotic and unbounded behavior
Continuity
Derivatives
Concept
At a point
As a function
Applications
Second derivatives
Integrals
Interpretations
Properties
Applications
Techniques
Numerical approximations
Fundamental theorem of calculus
Antidifferentation</p>
<p>that’s seriously it?</p>
<p>There should be a list somewhere on Collegeboard.</p>
<p>But it’s seriously more like:
- Limits
- Derivatives
- Integrals</p>
<p>And all of the subsets in between.</p>
<p>Just look it up on college board.</p>
<p>[AP:</a> Calculus AB](<a href=“AP Calculus AB – AP Students | College Board”>AP Calculus AB – AP Students | College Board)</p>
<p>Christ, you AB kids have it easy</p>
<p>Why do colleges keep giving credit to Calculus AB/BC if it’s so…simple?</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>Because the curriculum for AP Calculus AB/BC is fairly in-line with most college’s/university’s Calculus I and Calculus II curriculum?</p>
<p>Also, simple is relative, l’H</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s basically limits, derivatives, integrals.</p>
<p>Most of the focus is on derivatives and integrals though.</p>
<p>Haha yes simple is definitely relative.
At my school, the class is really easy. The tests are pretty tough since they’re really AP MC and FR questions but we have so many other grades and extra credit that a ton of ppl get As. But I really have a hard time with the material sometimes. It gets quite tricky. And I never have enough time on the MC.</p>
<p>wow… at my school all Calculus courses are relatively difficult (obviously BC more so than AB, which is in turn more so than regular) but that fact is exacerbated by the fact that we have an absolutely incompetent teacher who won’t teach properly and expects us to know everything without teaching us well… that test is basically a self-study for me, and I’m only taking the AB exam. I’m one of the lucky few with an A, and I’ve had to work for it.</p>
<p>The AP curriculum sort of sucks compared to the curriculum of a true Calculus I & II sequence. </p>
<p>Even us BC kids have it lucky.</p>
<p>^
So it seems. Although, I think a supplementary reading should adequately prepare someone for Calculus I & II. Personally, I found Stewart’s “Calculus” a great way to learn REAL Calculus that AP either doesn’t cover or doesn’t put much emphasis.</p>
<p>It actually TEACHES you Trig Sub, albeit it ( the book) is looked down upon by the inner math circles. Hmm math circles… ha.</p>
<p>Don’t forget U-Substitution.</p>
<p>AP Calc is more suited for weak math students to get a taste of mathematics so they can be well rounded in college. “Real” college calculus requires far more understanding than the superficial knowledge of AB and BC. In fact, a lot of college based calculus is based on proofs, and I’m pretty sure 99% of AP Cal students would be thoroughly confused even trying to solve one problem.</p>
<p>does anyone know what percentage u need to get a 5, 4, and 3?</p>
<p>I’d say if you’re getting 75/108, you should be “safe” to get a 5. That’s not a guarantee, but I think it’s pretty solid. Some years, you could score even less than 75 and get there.</p>
<p>I’d say a 60/108 should leave you as “safe” to get a 4, and 45/108 should leave you as “safe” to get a 3.</p>
<p>Even missing these benchmarks by 5 points will probably have you get there most years.</p>
<p>^whoa… by “safe”, u mean sitting at the score’s high end? Because I think a 45+/108 roughly will get you a low 4… and 60~65 is a low 5 i think…</p>
<p>70/108 is usually a 5.</p>
<p>I have never seen a curve low enough where 45+ gets you a low 4. The absolute lowest I’ve ever seen it is in the low 50’s (don’t remember the exact number, but I want to say it was 52 or 53) to get a low 4. The lowest 5 cut score I’ve ever seen was 67/108.</p>
<p>What I meant is that if you think you earned 75 points out of 108, you should likely be shocked if you didn’t actually earn a 5.</p>