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Newsletter Contents
- AP Calculus Question of the Month
- Edmonds Community College
AP Calculus Question of the Month of July from the College Board
The College Board’s AP Central has started publishing sample monthly AP Calculus Questions. While these questions are not straight from the AP Exam they do give a flavor of the depth of subject matter understanding AP courses provide. The following question is for the month of July.
Calculus with Compass and Straight Edge?
Let's go back to the "old days"
for this month's problem. Given the graph of a parabola (of the form f(x) =
ax2 + bx + c, where a, b, and c are unknown) on a
scaled grid:
(A) Construct a,b,c, and f’(0) with compass and straight
edge.
(B) Let T(p,f(P)) be any point on the parabola. Use this point to
construct a and f’(p) with compass and straight edge.
Hint: Think symmetric difference quotient with
h = 1.
You can find this and other archived questions at the College Board’s web
site.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com
Edmonds Community College
In our last newsletter we focused on another National university, Northwestern. Northwestern, like practically every 4 year college, strongly encourages and rewards students who have challenged themselves in high school. Our local community college also does the same.
The following table shows how Edmonds Community College awards AP credit.
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Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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Math |
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AB examination |
AP-5 |
Math 151, 152 (10 credits) |
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AP-4 or AP-3 |
Math 151 (5 credits) | |
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BC examination |
AP-5 or AP-4 |
Math 151, 152, (10 credits) |
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AP-3 |
Math 151 (5 credits) A score of AP-2 on either exam places a student into Math 150 or Math 151. |
|
Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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Statistics |
AP 5, AP 4, AP 3 |
Math 240 (5 credits) |
|
Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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Art |
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Art History |
AP5 |
Art 126, 127 (10 credits) |
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Art History |
AP4 |
Art 126 or 127 (5 credits) |
|
Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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English |
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|
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Language and Comp OR Comp and Lit exam |
AP 5, 4, 3 |
Engl 105 (5 credits) |
|
Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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German, French, Spanish |
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Language |
AP5 |
101, 102, 103 (15 credits) |
|
Language |
AP4 |
101, 102 (10 credits) |
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Language |
AP3 |
101 (5 credits) |
|
Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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History |
|
|
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American |
AP 5,4 |
Hist 244 OR 245 (5 credits) |
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European |
AP 5, 4 |
Hist 106 (5 credits) |
|
Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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Political Science |
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|
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American Government |
AP 5, 4 |
Pol Sci 104 (5 credits) |
|
Comparative Government |
AP 5, 4 |
Pol. Sci 115 (5 credits) |
|
Placement Exam |
Score |
Credit |
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Psychology |
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Psychology |
AP 5, 4 |
Psych 100 (5 credits) |
For other Washington colleges' AP Credit info, please see the following:
http://www.apibboosters.org/WashingtonCollegeAdmissions.html
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Thank you,
Todd Aagard
Chairperson
AP/IB Boosters
Advanced Placement Opportunities for All Students
info@apibboosters.org