The Aftermath of the 2010 Calculus AB Exam

<p>I’m really not sure, but I assume that they would move the amount down for all the grades.</p>

<p>So how many points do you think I would need for a 4?</p>

<p>Ok, that’s what I was wondering. Who know’s what they will do, lets just all hope that we passed.</p>

<p>scholar, it really depends on the national average. My gut tells me that there will be a change in the points, especially with number 5 part D and number 6. Just so you know, a 55 banks it.</p>

<p>So… the test writers must have just visited a carnival when they wrote this exam.</p>

<p>LOL, I guess, and they live where it snows.</p>

<p>Anybody know how well I can still do if I have about:</p>

<p>7-9 MC questions missed,
Two parts of the last FRQ (#6) left blank, and
A few parts of other FRQs that I’m not sure if I did right?</p>

<p>Could I still potentially get a 5? Thanks for the help. lol Got destroyed by the last question on the FRQ.</p>

<p>For those who are curious, here is the curve for the 2008 Calc <em>AB</em> test:</p>

<p>Multiple Choice: (#Correct - #Wrong/4) * 1.2272 + a possible 54 points (9 per free response).</p>

<p>AP Grade (Score Range): 1 (0-20), 2 (21-33), 3 (34-47), 4 (48-64), 5 (65-108)</p>

<p>My personal opinion is that this test was more difficult than the 2008 test (especially the FRQs!), so I’m looking for a more lenient curve as well. My Calc teacher forced us to buy the 2008 exam which came which this scoring worksheet. Hope this information was helpful :P</p>

<p>yeah…the MC parts are quite easy this year…well…some questions in FR are sort of challenging…</p>

<p>so what do u guys think this year’s curve will be?</p>

<p>The FRQs were *<strong><em>en *</em></strong><em>es. I still can’t believe we got 3 *</em>**en modeling problems!</p>

<p><em>sigh</em>
i’m just glad we’re done
one more ap test 4 me then i’ll be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
i’m so nervous though
:O</p>

<p>Are we allowed to discuss actual problems yet? I have a question on one lol</p>

<p>^ Describe it vaguely :slight_smile: </p>

<p>I personally thought most the FRQ were easier than those administered in past tests. I felt that only one out of the six wasn’t extremely straightforward.</p>

<p>FRQ’s had easy beginning questions…but the c)'s and d)'s were killers!</p>

<p>The FRQ was just a big “smh” moment. I decorated one of the boxes for the answers with various iterations of “■■■” written in cursive, in print, and in a variety of creative forms like the middle finger.</p>

<p>I did apologize to my grader through a note at the bottom in tiny print. I hope they read it.</p>

<p>

Any one in particular (try to describe the question vaguely)? The c and d parts were definitely more difficult, but I didn’t think any of them were over the top.</p>

<p>Ok, I have a question in general…when you’re trying to rotate an area between a curve and a line around a different line above, and find the volume, how do you do that?</p>

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You would take the large radius (value of the line above - the formula of the line FURTHEST away from it that was given in the original (a) section of the question), square it, then subtract the smaller radius (value of the line above - the formula of the line CLOSEST to it that was given in the original (a) section of the question), square it, then integrate.</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<p>pi*integration symbol((# - big radius)^2 - (# - small radius)^2)dx</p>

<p>Easy. :)</p>

<p>thats a basic “washer” formula which you should’ve known…</p>

<p>i think if I had more time I could’ve done better on the frq…but some of the questions were just worded differently and set up very creatively, making it kinda difficult to go about solving</p>

<p>I shouldn’t have stayed up until 2 AM last night … I ended up making horribly stupid mistakes.</p>

<p>Oh well, there’s no way I can get <5 anyways.</p>