Barron's How To Prepare For The AP Calculus

by Hockett, Shirley O.

• ISBN13: 9780764123825
• ISBN10: 0764123823
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Barrons Test Prep

Summary

Updated to reflect the most recent Advanced Placement exams in Calculus, this manual presents four practice exams in Calculus AB and four more in Calculus BC, all with questions answered and explained. Extensive review sections offer brush-ups in functions and their graphs, derivatives and integrals, differential equations, and sequences and series. Additional features include test-taking tips and guidelines for using a graphing calculator. Review material includes multiple-choice questions, free-response questions, and many applications problems.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. viii
The Courses	p. viii
Comparison of Calculus AB and Calculus BC Courses	p. viii
The "New" AP Calculus Courses	p. viii
Topics That May Be Tested on the Calculus AB Exam	p. ix
Topics That May Be Tested on the Calculus BC Exam	p. x
The Examinations	p. xi
The Graphing Calculator: Using Your Graphing Calculator on the AP Exam	p. xi
Grading the Examinations	p. xvi
The CLEP Calculus Examination	p. xvii
This Review Book	p. xvii
Topical Review and Practice
Functions	p. 1
Limits and Continuity	p. 22
Differentiation	p. 45
Applications of Differential Calculus	p. 93
Integration	p. 152
Definite Integrals	p. 184
Applications of Integration to Geometry	p. 225
Further Applications of Integration	p. 274
Differential Equations	p. 297
Sequences and Series	p. 339
Miscellaneous Multiple-Choice Practice Questions	p. 393
Miscellaneous Free-Response Practice Problems	p. 430
Practice Examinations: Sections I and II
AB One	p. 455
AB Two	p. 477
AB Three	p. 498
AB Four	p. 523
BC One	p. 551
BC Two	p. 568
BC Three	p. 586
BC Four	p. 603
Formulas and Theorems for Reference	p. 623
Index	p. 633
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.