<p>On the free-response section, i had little to no time left and was doing a problem straight off my calculator. I had like 10 seconds left and wrote my answer on the answer booklet without showing any work on how i got to it. If the answer is right will they not give me any points because i didn't show the work/setup?</p>
<p>You probably will get 1 point on that part of the problem.</p>
<p>you will get some points probably. I haven't actually seen a scoring rubric for calc. But, if you got it wrong, even by a couple of decimal places, you won't get anything. It probably would have been better to just set everything up, and not solve it.</p>
<p>also do you have to box/ circle your answers?</p>
<p>You'll probably get 1/2 or 1/3, depending on how many points that part of the question was. </p>
<p>I don't think it's necessary to box/circle, as long as it's abundantly clear that that's your answer. I mean, there's nothing about it in the directions...</p>
<p>if you define a function to be f(x) in part a of a question on the noncalc, and then take f<a href="a">3</a> (third derivative of f at a), do you have to show how you got the derviative, even if it is only basic power rule?</p>
<p>To the OP:</p>
<p>Sometimes you get a point, and sometimes you don't. The real key is whether they ask you to show your work or support your answer. Also, some AP questions seem to be more jam-packed than others, so if you can see 10 legitimate scoring points in there, sometimes 2 of them are "combined" to be a single point to get the total down to 9, and therefore the answer is insufficient.</p>
<p>Also, in some cases, "bald answers" (as they call them) get no credit if it seems like a likely guess.</p>
<p>okay thanks</p>