Which AP Calculus AB/BC prep book's practice test relates closely to the actual exam?

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<p>Give me worst to best etc..</p>

<p>I know Barron's is like far from the actual thing...famed for its difficulty.</p>

<p>What about Peterson's or PR?</p>

<p>Because I was comparing the really old AP Exams from like 1960s - 1980s and they are a lot more difficult than than the PR ones, or I guess more poorly worded.</p>

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<p>In my perspective, PR is easier than the actual AP exam. You should know that first part of MC is computation; second part of MC is mostly conceptual. I guess you’re having difficulty with the second part since PR doesn’t emphasize concept that much. (Correct me on that since I need to know why you’re having difficulty). For free-response, practice the real thing on AP Central.</p>

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<p>Actually I find the first part more challenging, the part without the calculator.</p>

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<p>Oh, hmmm. So, do you know your differentiation and integration rules and theorems? Moreover, the right-hand, left-hand, and trapezoidal rule? Arc length, series, polar, parametric? Are you sure you’re having a hard time on that one? Really, I can’t see how since the first part is computation and computation is suppose to be straightforward.</p>

<p>Well, I saw the first part of the Calculus BC Practice Exam and there are some series problems, but overall it doesn’t seem too hard though. I’m guessing you need to review some important rules and topics of calculus once more.</p>

<p>Here’s the practice exam I look at in case you don’t have this: <a href=“http://ww2.wyomingcityschools.org/~harmsm/ap%20central%20practice%20bc%20exam/college%20board%20bc%20practice%20exam.pdf[/url]”>http://ww2.wyomingcityschools.org/~harmsm/ap%20central%20practice%20bc%20exam/college%20board%20bc%20practice%20exam.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Are you sure that is an old exam? Because the difficulty looks exactly like the ones from PR lol, the M/C questions I have are on a different level, I mean the one on that link is a joke compare to the M/C I have</p>

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<p>ok heres the gist on AP Calc BC guys.
Applies to ALL of you taking Calculus for TPR.
TPR tends to have MC’s that are much easier in concepts
There are little in-depth applications (i.e. critical thinking and planning to solve the prob)
HOWEVER tpr requires a lot of hands-on dirty algebraic work. So… choose your poison
TPR vs CB Exams</p>

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<p>oh, hmm, i don’t really have the old exam nor have I saw one before (maybe some on my friends’ calc hw), but shouldn’t you focus on the more recent ones since it will resemble this year’s exam?</p>

<p>Are you able to send me an old exam that I may look at? or just show me one MC example through posting.</p>

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<p>how can you make an assumption that an audit exam will represent the coverage of the real exam this year?</p>

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<p>Well, it was made by Collegeboard. And if it’s made by Collegeboard, then it’s made by the same committee who makes the AP Calculus exam.</p>

<p>Besides, from personal experience, I took the Calculus AB Practice Exam and the difficulty was similar to last year’s exam: straightforward computation for the first section and difficult conceptual questions for the second section.</p>

<p>Like you said, it’s just an assumption, so I can be wrong.</p>

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<p>Wait, should you give me your email? I can send it to you.</p>

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<p>Actually, I don’t need it since I found a 1963 one.</p>

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<p>Oh I see from the 1969. It’s just a mix of concepts and computation. No wonder you’re having a hard time. Moreover, you should also know back then, precalculus was also tested. I would have a hard time with doing this because of the mix.</p>

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<p>You sure it is just the pre-calc? I honestly no clue what some of the questions are asking for lol.</p>

<p>Isn’t it a bit weird that there is no stuff on vectors??</p>

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<p>Oh wait, there’s no precalc in BC, lol. i was looking at the AB accidentally. The vectors–it doesn’t seem that weird because I don’t expect a lot of them on the ap exam. Most likely the conceptual ones are.</p>

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<p>(I guess I should have read my post first) sorry for causing possible confusion. I meant that the conceptual questions are the cause of your difficulty with the MC.</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any AB calc exams? Message me if you do.</p>