AP Calc Exam: One Week To Go!!! (2024 Edition)

[@vylore]

thank you for this!!! and good luck to everyone taking the exam tomorrow!!

[@turksvids]

Best of luck to you as well!

[@xythrr]

An hour before the exam. I love you.

[@gergpoo]

Thank you. I don't feel confident whatsoever going into this exam but your videos have helped me to understand more than my teacher has taught me all year.

[@turksvids]

Oh no! Well, I wish you the best of luck for sure! Still have the weekend to chip away at some topics.

[@venkateshsrinivasan8457]

bro unironically covered everything I've been struggling on. Saved me 🙏

[@emolilwasian]

Thank you so much! I've been watching your videos for weeks to prepare for the ab exam

[@turksvids]

Good luck on the exam! Still plenty of time (as of today) to find something and get great at it!

[@ibraheemshaqqou7043]

If I get this 9:42 on the test I’m literally going to start crying. Great explanation though

[@thebillymanjoe]

same bro

[@bobabola2206]

Can you do more weird frqs and multiple choice?

[@bobabola2206]

honestly some of these are weird

[@theschoolgy1985]

i concur

[@SCRIABINIST]

I mean 2022 and 2023 were pretty chill overall so I think the old video still holds

[@turksvids]

This was my attempt at it up through the 2021 FRQs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWOviIx7dq2ca9U I don't think anything from 22 or 23 would really make the cut, so I think it still covers the weirdest things you'll face.

[@SDfighter1]

Thank you so much. Been using your vids all year if I need some clarification.

[@kavi1266]

I’m cooked guys

[@turksvids]

still have hours to go!

[@cookie14467]

@@turksvids nah hes cooked

[@josiee28]

I LOVE YOU

[@FinesseYT-ps5]

Exam in 34 hours! Going for a 5!

[@turksvids]

you got this!

[@etkowatches3027]

for question 11 that you showed where you got 12. the thing that is going on is the fact that g' = f so if the average value of f is 12 then of course the average rate of g is 12.

[@chasehartmann9332]

Is this Calc AB or BC, or College calculus. Im seeing topics from Calc AB, but im realizing that we haven’t quite delved into these specific topics in such depth.

[@turksvids]

These are AB type questions BUT they’re the things my students are still getting wrong and I expect pretty much all of them to get a 5. So this is the tougher stuff. Don’t forget there will be lots of easier things as well!

[@MaeaCh]

good luck tmr yall!!!

[@mspain]

thank you!

[@turksvids]

no problem! good luck on your studies!!!

[@myaimoasis]

you should do some mcq practice test

[@billwindsor4224]

Sir - that is essentially exactly what he is doing here! Please read the sample MCQ questions from past released exams and compare them to his work here: there is direct overlap.

[@zyxmsw06]

It was so hard today frq i handed it in almost empty HELP

[@ashvinjaishankar3813]

For 12, I think because g’ = f, the average value of g’ is the same as average rate of change of g

[@turksvids]

Yeah, that's exactly it. I kind of under thought it while writing the problem and just went with it.

[@ashvinjaishankar3813]

Also for 12e, could you have also factored 2 out of the numerator and get the same result?

[@turksvids]

Oh! Haha. Yeah. I didn’t even notice. Should have made the constant terms in the numerator different for a better review problem!

[@noor-qq4zc]

thank u so much

[@user-ri3tg3on2g]

can you please make a vid with the mcq Roman numeral questions where u pick which ones are true

[@YoungPhysicistsClub1729]

i think on the actual exam, the mcqs won't be as hard as SOME of the questions on here

[@turksvids]

Definitely. These are the things my students are still struggling with and I'd say that most of my students are on track to easily get a 5. There's a whole lot of easy/straight forward questions on the exam overall.

[@YoungPhysicistsClub1729]

@@turksvids i agree, with the abundance of prep material for frqs, that would be easier to approach. mcqs on the other hand are hard to find study materials for. out of 45 mcqs, I believe around 35 or so will be quite simple, maybe only around 10-12 questions will be challenging. Would u agree?

[@turksvids]

I agree. If you do well on the FRQs and get all the "easy" ones you're pretty set for a 5. There are always a few MC that are tricky, but just enough to make sure not too many people get a perfect score.

[@Noski_Broski_]

for question 11 couldn't you just do the second fundamental theorem of calculus to get 12 as well?

[@chasehartmann9332]

When you are evaluating limits tending towards infinity could you just use basic limit rules with plugging in infinity, or is there a certain need for the extra work. Just wording I hope to get a 5 on the AB exam.

[@turksvids]

On multiple choice you can do whatever gets you the answer. On free response the work matters for sure. Check out this for FRQ quality work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqbTemuupb6Kgq8si=kIWLmYALW5b160hI

[@aaravshah3843]

I think I know what you were trying to do for #11. “Rate of change of g(x)” is synonymous to g’(x). So really, the question is asking for the average of g’(x) on [1,5]. But g’(x) is just f(x), due to the fundamental theorem. So really, it’s asking for the average of f(x) on [1,5], which is literally the given information. That’s why you get 12 lol

[@turksvids]

Yeah, that's what happened. I didn't notice/think about it while writing the question so I was surprised!

[@SomuaSomua]

I’m not in ap calc but I’m taking it next year but this year I’m in ap physics test is in a week I’m feeling ready

[@turksvids]

Nice. Good luck. Be sure to check out my videos next year!

[@Rose-pe1ob]

Turk I have a question please , I tried to do 1988 ap calc ab exam and it was rlly weird and harder not like the past few years , should I get worried for finding it hard?

[@turksvids]

The exam is pretty different now than it was then. Frqs from around 2006 are still pretty relevant. MCQ ideally from 2012 to now are most relevant. I wouldn’t worry too much and just keep looking at newer kinds of stuff if you can.

[@jamesm.3829]

you the goat

[@blablabla-jn5ue]

its 3 and I can't sleep helpp

[@Rose-pe1ob]

Turk in question 9 i rlly didnt understand how the last one is false , in mcq we keep using the limit of derivatives to check if it is differentiable , so how here it is false?

[@turksvids]

I'd say just keep doing exactly what you're doing and don't worry about that one. It's just an annoying fact that would only ever come up on a question that specifically looks like that practice question. It would never show up on FRQs or really any other multiple choice. That's the kind of thing someone might need to worry about if they're trying to get a perfect score, which is amazing but also not necessary.

[@sain.9867]

You are a savior

[@ecco3k-qv6sm]

thanks!!!!

[@turksvids]

good luck!

[@jiulover]

how did you solve the limit on question 3?

[@turksvids]

i looked at coefficients of the highest power of n in the numerator and denominator since both are the same degree (n^3). you can also use l'hopital's but it's more work. you can also expand and divide by the highest power of n in the denominator and then take the limit to infinity (the first option i gave is the fastest. it's kind of an algebra 2 type thing.)

[@jiulover]

@@turksvids thank you!

[@nardclip6317]

For 3 how did you find the exact answer

[@izakkrakora]

He looked at the leading terms of the limit, being n^3, and multiplying the coefficients together. This works out to be 3(n)(4n^2)/2n^3 which simplifies to 12n^3/2n^3. From there, he can find the limit as n approaches infinity to be 6

[@tortuga1033]

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[@yepster3]

Youre him

[@allaboutfootball-g5g]

Hey Thank you for the video! I have a question though, would saying "f has points of inflection at the points is b/c f double prime of x changes signs on those points" be a good justification? I always justify my work like that.

[@turksvids]

The big caveat there is that we don’t have f” so we want to base our answers on f’ as much as possible. “f’ changes increasing to decrease (or vice versa) therefore f” changes sign” feels like a better justification to me than just jumping to f”. As a grader I would wonder “how do we know about f” when we just have f’?” (I also really overthink some of these things and you might be fine with what you write, but you’re definitely fine with what I wrote!) good luck with your studies!!!

[@allaboutfootball-g5g]

@@turksvids Thank you for your response. Do you recall any recent questions similar to those on the AP? I want to check the scoring guideline

[@allaboutfootball-g5g]

hey so I found on the 2022 AP calc ab question 3b that "f double prime of x changes sign" only wouldn't be sufficient for the 2nd point I should mention something in the context of the f prime graph given. Thank you for your help though I see my mistake now!

[@Kuzyou]

are you turkish

[@turksvids]

Nah. It’s just part of my last name that most of my students call me.

[@trash9598]

wait so r u sure we can simply say that f’ has relative extrema as a justification for points of inflection bc i feel like my teacher taught us to be more specific (i.e, since f’’ is 0 or undefined at these points and changes monotony)

[@turksvids]

yeah, i'm 100% sure.

[@dyingoldman2312]

I’m taking the exam on the 24th.

[@turksvids]

conflict or something?

[@dyingoldman2312]

I have an AICE Literature exam on May 13th, so I got rescheduled to take the AP Calculus exam on May 24th.