<p>Does anyone have specific tips for the "writing chemical formulas" section? </p>
<p>I'm not sure of many of the details of this section, as all my teacher has told us is that it exists, haha. Also, I saw an example somewhere on the internet -- apparently, the task is to predict the products and to answer a question about the reaction...?</p>
<p>But I guess what I'm asking is, is there any specific strategy that goes into it, or is it more of a cumulative thing that tests your general knowledge? If the former, is there any particular book or website that provides a good reference for this?</p>
<p>The best practice for this is the collegeboard free rsponse Questions from previous years, so you can get a feel for the reactions you may see ont he exam. There is no set book for these reactions, but a chemistry textbook provides a good start, with single and oub. replacement, combustion, precipitation (know solubulity rules!!!), redox, etc.</p>
<p>princeton review has a list of all reaction types and products.</p>
<p>my tip - don't listen to your teacher when she says not to study up on complex ion formation. i decided to go against her advice and in the end it worked well for me. (a couple of complex ion questions throughout the multiple choice and a complex ion formation equation in the predicting part.)</p>
<p>YES. study your complex ions. also... don't underestimate the importance of organic... there isn't a lot, but in my case those complex ions and organic might have been the reason i got a 4 instead of a 5. :-</p>
<p>there are a set of equation types that you should now - they mostly follow the same pattern, so you will be better able to predict the process of the reaction and the products</p>
<p>i recommend the PR ap chem book...it goes over the equations.</p>