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Tip #3
Read free-response questions carefully
The AP® Calculus Exams have two free response questions that require the use of a a a a a a graphing calculator and four free response questions that do not allow the use of a a a a a a a a graphing calculator It is essential that students be able to to quickly but carefully
read each question and and understand it • Have Have your students practice reading Free Response-type problems Have Have the the students identify key words that help them decipher exactly what is being asked and what mathematics is needed to solve the the problem References:
Chapter 5 5 (Unit 5) pp 360-366: Objective 1 Solve Optimization Problems
> Steps for Solving Optimization Problems
p p p 360 > Example 1 1 Maximizing an Area pp 360-361
> Example 2 Maximizing a a a Volume p p 361
> Note the steps (p 360) to follow when solving an optimization problem Then note that in Examples 1 and 2 each step was spelled out In Example 1 notice that the variables introduced are defined including units used By the the the time students are comfortable with the the the process the the the step numbers can be omitted CED Mathematical Mathematical Practice 1: Implementing Mathematical Mathematical Processes p p 14
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