Calculus AB and BC (Cliffs AP)

Book Description:

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.



From the Back Cover:

The inside tips and tricks you need to score big When it comes to pinpointing the stuff you really need to know, nobody does it better than CliffsNotes™. This fast, efficient test-prep guide delivers a complete program to help boost your score on the Calculus AB and BC exams.

* Expert test-taking strategies
* Focused reviews and exercises
* Realistic full-length practice exams
* Comprehensive exam overview
* Action plan for effective preparation
* Accurate self-assessment tests

With incisive coverage of key concepts, lots of multiple-choice and free response sample questions, and detailed answer explanations, this comprehensive guide is all you need to do your best — and obtain the college credits you deserve. Visit the CliffsNotes Test Prep ThinkTank @ cliffsnotes.com Free test samples and schedules Free test-taking tips and tricks Free info on other test resources Free CliffsNote-A-Day™ tips Plus hundreds of downloadable Cliffs titles Get the credit you deserve with CliffsAP CliffsAP guides are available for most Advanced Placement exams. See inside for a complete listing of these and other titles from the experts at CliffsNotes.



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 850ass rate on the AP Calculus exams.