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5 Steps to a 5 AP Calculus AB - BC, Second Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations Series)

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the book itself is lousily organized, plus tons of little mistakes here and there

This book has way too many mistakes to be used as a good AP Prep book.

These mistakes aren't even typos,instead they get formulas wrong, answers wrong, etc.

Luckily we are a "math" family and this was just a refresher for my daughter. I wrote this review, however, out of concern for a student who is really needing a Prep book to really prepare...and do well on the exam.

The Princeton Review books seem to consistently get positive reviews. I am getting that one as a substitute.

Good luck on your AP's:).

Within the first 10 pages of the "Comprehensive" Review , I found three typographical errors, one of which mangled a well-known mathematical fact.

This is inexcusable for any mathematics text, let alone a review text.

This book (somehow) was made into a second edition, which means either

a) a revision of the original text created these typos
b) the typos were never corrected from the first to second edition.

In either event, this book would only serve to confuse calculus students.

This book helped me a lot in the class, to understand the basic things and for homework. Moreover, I dont think i would have gotten a good score on my AP exam without this book. I still have it and I am using it as a helper for my Calculus 2 class in college. Please buy this book, it will help you a lot in scoring better in the AP exam.