Books for Prep










 : Barron's AP Calculus (Barron's How to Prepare for Ap Calculus Advanced Placement Examination)

List Price: $16.99
Amazon.com's Price: $11.55
You Save: $5.44 (32%)
Prices subject to change.



Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours



Save $10.00 when you spend $50.00 or more on Qualifying Items offered by Amazon.com. Enter code BMLSAVES at checkout. Click to Display

This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 515.076
EAN: 9780764136795
Edition: 9
ISBN: 0764136798
Label: Barron's Educational Series
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: January 01, 2008
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Studio: Barron's Educational Series




Accessories: Related Items: Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display



Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Both Calculus AB and Calculus BC are covered in this comprehensive AP test preparation manual. Prospective test takers will find four practice exams in Calculus AB and four more in Calculus BC, with all questions answered and explained. The manual also provides a detailed 10-chapter review covering topics for both exams. Students who choose to purchase the optional book and CD-ROM combination will get two additional practice tests, one in Calculus AB, and the other in Calculus BC. The authors also offer an overview of the AP Calculus exams, which includes good advice to students on making best use of their graphing calculator.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great Preparation for Multiple-Choice Questions
I used this book solely for the multiple-choice practice problems, not the review or tests, so I can only vouch for the MC problems. The coverage of topics is both broad and deep, with well over 500 problems of varying difficulty. Taking the AP Exam, I felt confident, prepared, and familiar with every problem type. The only complaint I have is the lack of fully developed solutions to the MC problems. The short one- or two-line explanations were always enough to answer any of my questions, but for ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Calc AB student
This book has its pros and cons. On the one hand, it has an incredible amount of practice problems (organized by chapter) and is well organized in that topics and practice problems specified for "just BC students" are well marked(However, arc length is on the AB syllabus, not just BC as this book says it is). The book also provides four practice tests for both AB and BC, more than you will find in any other Calculus prep book.

However, many of the practice problems found in the "end ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Best AP review
Best review for AP exam out there. I teach the AP course and have tried many others. The questions in this book are challenging - prepping an AP student well for exam day.







 






In association with Amazon.com