HW for 4/30 - 5/5

Your only homework for this interval is to study for the AP exam, which is on Wednesday 5/4 at 7:30 a.m. (Provided you are taking the exam, you will not have class on Wednesday.)

Optionally, if you're looking for some further free-response problems to try, see the 2010 Form B problems on the AP site. We haven't done any of the problems from that set.

HW due Fri. 4/29

• Tonight’s homework is to finish the set of 6 free response problems from the 2010 AP Calculus BC exam, which we began in class.
  
• Friday's class will be an open question-and-answer session. Please bring at least one good question to ask, related to anything in the AP curriculum.

HW due Thu. 4/28

Tonight’s homework is to finish this set of past AP problems begun in class, which focus on finding lengths, areas, and volumes in parametric, polar, and rectangular forms: 2009 BC3, 2009 (Form B) BC 4, 2005 (Form B) BC 6, 2008 (Form B) BC1, 1996 BC6, and 2007 BC1. (You can get all of these except the 1996 from the official AP site.)

HW due Wed. 4/27

Tonight’s homework is to finish this set of past AP problems begun in class, which focus on (1) key theorems about functions and derivatives; (2) integrating rates to find net changes: 2007 AB 3, 2005 BC 3, 2006 BC 2, 2007 BC 2, 2005 BC 5.

No HW due Tue. 4/26

There's no homework over the vacation, but in case you wish to try a second full AP exam for additional practice, I am handing out the entire 2003 AP Calculus BC exam.

HW due Fri. 4/15

In the handout "11.10 Second-order differential equations: oscillations" do problems 1-11 odd and 13-23 (all).

HW due Thu. 4/14

In the handout packet "11.6 Applications and Modeling" do problems 1, 4-8, 12-14, 21-24.

HW due Wed. 4/13

Finish the set of past AP problems focused on solving differential equations: 2006 (Form B) BC 5, 2006 AB 5, 2006 BC 5,2007 (Form B) BC 5, 2007 (Form B) AB 5.

HW due Tue. 4/12

Finish this set of past AP problems begun in class, which focus on rates, related rates, and linear approximations: 2007 BC5, 2007 (Form B) BC3, 1991 AB6, 2009 (Form B) AB1, 2008 (Form B) BC2, and and 1996 AB6. [All except the 199x problems may be downloaded from the official AP site linked in the right column. You'll need to get those ones from me on paper.]

Starting next week, several of our class periods will begin with a single problem from a past AP exam taken as a quiz.

HW due Fri. 4/8

Do these problems from past AP exams, focusing on derivatives and extrema: 2007 AB6, 2007 (Form B) BC4, 2008 (Form B) BC5, and 2009 (Form B) BC5.

Starting next week, several of our class periods will begin with a single problem from a past AP exam taken as a quiz.

HW due Thu. 4/7

• Spend your homework time tonight reviewing the one topic from the year that you need to review most.
  
• Bring your completed practice AP exam to class Thursday for scoring.
  

HW due / classes on Tue. 4/5 and Wed. 4/6

Over two homework assignments plus two class periods, you will complete the entire 2008 AP Calculus BC exam as a practice exam. See the class handout for the expected timetable for completing the work. The whole exam should be finished by the end of class on Wednesday 4/6.