How to Prepare for the AP Calculus [Paperback]

Shirley Hockett (Author), David Bock (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764117904 | ISBN-13: 978-0764117909 | Publication Date: February 28, 2002 | Edition: 7

This updated manual offers four practice exams in Calculus AB and four more in Calculus BC, all with answers and explanations. Extensive review sections cover functions and their graphs, derivatives and integrals, differential equations, sequences and series, and many applications. Students will also find important information about the AP testing program and guidelines for using a graphing calculator on the exam. Test-taking tips help students get higher scores.

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From the Back Cover

[back cover]


Choose Barron’s Method for Test Success on the AP Calculus

Read and understand the overview of the AP Calculus exam

Devise your personal study plan to strengthen your weak areas

Use this book’s review sections to improve your skills in all test topics

Take the book’s practice tests—either in Calculus AB or Calculus BC— and score your results

Review the answers and explanations for all test questions



It’s Your Path to a Higher AP Calculus Test Score --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 7 edition (February 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764117904
• ISBN-13: 978-0764117909
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,012,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a bit harder than actual test, September 26, 2004

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In Sook Kang - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Prepare for the AP Calculus (Paperback)

I bought two books, barrons' and Princeton's. The former was much harder to understand and contains more information than the latter. When I studied
Princeton's, I was relieved, but when I studied barrons I
became afraid that the test was really that hard. However,
when I took the real test, I found that the actual test
was more like Princeton's than Barrons'; and I got 5 on
the exam. I recommend you to buy this book for experiencing
the hardest questions that would be on the actual exam.
If you only use Princeton's, you may be frustrated to find
that there are some questions that aren't on the Princeton's
practice exams.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT'S GOOD!, February 25, 2003

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"samuelkhan99" - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare for the AP Calculus (Paperback)

I bought this book along with AP Calculus Princeton Commenting on the content of this book, I would agree that the questions are tougher. They are even tougher than the Princeton Review Problem Sets. My advice is that to use both books. The Princeton book is good for explaination and basic calculus Q's. The Barronn's is good for harder Q's and additional explaination to the (BC) parts of the book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, September 30, 2004

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O'Young (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare for the AP Calculus (Paperback)

I had several sources to help me do well in AP Calculus AB. One of them was this book.

Finney, Demana et al. "Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic" just doesn't include enough problems. To boot, the presentation is pretty poor as too many images are bombarded at your eyes. Barron's includes a lot of extra problems for you to make sure you can apply what you know.

Provided that you work hard in class and outside, this book can help you get a five.