<p>I've been taking Calculus BC practice tests and so far, I am only legitimately missing one or two questions in a section, but missing quite a few more simply due to stupid, careless mistakes. Those of you that have take the Calculus AB or BC exams or even any other AP exam, how did you minimize your careless errors?</p>
<p>Practice a lot. Other than that, the best way to minimize careless errors is to maximize your awareness, which is reduced by physical needs. In other words, make sure you won't be hungry, make sure you went to the bathroom, make sure you just woke up after a long night's sleep, etc... those are the best ways to reduce stupid mistakes, in my experience with any math exam.</p>
<p>SLLLLLOOOOWWW DOOOWWWNNNN; seriously, I know its timed, and if you slow down too much you'd probably end up not finishing, but remember the test is curve 70%+ is usually a 5...so even if you don't finish like 4-5 questions, if you get the others 100% right, it'll automatically make up for it....</p>
<p>also CONSTANT PRACTICE should help tons...</p>
<p>good luck :)</p>