Calculus AB and BC (Cliffs AP) [Paperback]

Kerry J. King (Author), Dale W. Johnson M.A. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0764586831 | ISBN-13: 978-0764586835 | Edition: 3

CliffsAP study guides help you gain an edge on Advanced Placement* exams. Review exercises, realistic practice exams, and effective test-taking strategies are the key to calmer nerves and higher AP* scores.

CliffsAP Calculus AB and BC is for students who are enrolled in AP Calculus AB and/or BC or who are preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination in these areas. The Calculus BC exam includes all of the material in the Calculus AB exam plus additional selected topics, notably on sequences and series. Inside, you’ll find test-taking strategies, a clear explanation of the exam format, a look at how exams are graded, and more:

• A topic-by-topic look at what’s on the exam
• Tips for test preparation
• Suggested approaches to free-response and multiple-choice questions
• Two full-length practice tests
• Answers to frequently asked questions about the exam

Sample questions (and answers!) and practice tests reinforce what you’ve learned in areas such as limits and continuity, antiderivatives and definite integrals, and polynomial approximations. CliffsAP Calculus AB and BC also includes information on the following:

• Trigonometric functions
• Algebraic techniques for finding limits
• Derivatives of exponential functions
• Differential equations and slope fields
• Radius and interval of convergence of power series
• Numerical solutions to differential equations: Euler's Method

This comprehensive guide offers a thorough review of key concepts and detailed answer explanations. It’s all you need to do your best — and get the college credits you deserve.

*Advanced Placement Program and AP are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse this product.

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About the Author

Kerry King is Math department chair at Arcadia High School and has taught Calculus since 1985. During that time, her students have averaged an 85% pass rate on the AP Calculus exams.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 3 edition (May 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764586831
• ISBN-13: 978-0764586835
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for all year studying, July 14, 2003

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A. Georgas (Mobile, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calculus AB and BC (Cliffs AP) (Paperback)

This is yet another great Cliffs AP prep book. I used it only for the AB sections. I bought the book early in the school year and really only used it in preparing for my tests. If you practice everything along the way, there is really no need to use it in May for cramming. In May I would do a couple of free responses from previous AP exams, review your integral equations for finding volumes, and make sure you know all you derivatives and integrals (but you already knew that.) I made a 5, and I'm sure you will too if you prepare along the way and do some practice free responses. I would probably either get the Barron's or the Princeton Review if you plan on self studying for the BC, though.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Falls short of the mark ..., June 21, 2007

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Ernie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calculus AB and BC (Cliffs AP) (Paperback)

Let me preface this by saying that I spent the last year helping my daughter self-study for the AP Calculus Exam given in May 2007. I bought 4 AP Calculus review guides, 2 textbooks, and looked up the openly available free response questions from the actual tests for the last 7 years. Unfortunately, I agree with the more recent reviews that this guide is inadequate. My overall impression was that Cliffs wanted to expand into other "study" areas besides their well-known CLiffs Notes in literature booklets and put this book together for such a purpose.

The book is filled with typographical errors which are annoying. More over, the book is just too easy. Anyone who has looked at the actual free response questions given on either the AB or BC tests will quickly realize the inadequacy of this book.

The AP test is no longer one in which simple differentiation and integration will carry the day. You need to know how to use your calculator to solve problems, clearly understand the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and its applications, be able to read graphs and determine their properties as they relate to calculus, and be able to use data tables in solving problems. This book does none of these adequately.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars okay, July 13, 2007

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E. Chang (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calculus AB and BC (Cliffs AP) (Paperback)

basically what most of the other reviewers said. this calc prep book is too easy for the ap tests that are now being administered. there are quite a few typos which makes everything a little more confusing. the lessons are okay, but only if you want to review or clear up a fuzzy area. i dont think you can learn calc from this book. what's helpful though is that in the back there are these english-to-calculus translations that are great to memorize and help tremendously for the test. but other than that, look elsewhere for an outstanding calc book.