How to Prepare for the AP Calculus with CD-ROM (Barron’s AP Calculus (W/CD))
New with this currently available title is a CD-ROM which presents practice AP Calculus tests in a format that reflects actual test-taking conditions. The book presents four model exams in Calculus AB and four more in Calculus BC with all questions answered and explained. A general subject review covers functions and their graphs, derivatives and integrals, differential equations, sequences and series, and many applications.
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Review by In Sook Kang for How to Prepare for the AP Calculus with CD-ROM (Barron’s AP Calculus (W/CD))
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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.
Review by Samuel Niaz for How to Prepare for the AP Calculus with CD-ROM (Barron’s AP Calculus (W/CD))
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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.
Review by O’Young for How to Prepare for the AP Calculus with CD-ROM (Barron’s AP Calculus (W/CD))
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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.
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If I could rate this book on the exercises it contains, I’d surely give it a 5 star rating. However, its review is purely pathetic – it uses technical terms that befuddle high school seniors like myself and summarizes tough concepts in cumbersome formulas, none of which are explained. In short, you’d most likely get more benefit reviewing from your textbook than you would with this. So, I reason, 5 stars for the sample exercises averaged with 1 star for the review gives 3 stars. I would thus recommend this along with W. Michael Kelley’s “Master the AP Calculus AB and BC: Teacher Tested Strategies…” which really complements this book. Mr. Kelley’s practice exercises are few and spread out, while his review is superior because he knows how a high school student best learns: with calculus explained in real English (though he beautifully manages to never make the student feel incompetent).So: For REVIEW, choose Mr. Kelley’s book; for sample problems, choose this. Good luck preparing for the AP exam!
Review by Shing Hei Kwan for How to Prepare for the AP Calculus with CD-ROM (Barron’s AP Calculus (W/CD))
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It’s concise and clear for a review book. No use if you’re LEARNING form it though, since it’s designed to invoke and strengthen memory rather than to explain and teach. Great, challenging questions with good explanations.