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AP Calculus AB Math Worksheets with Answers

480 exercises on the 22 chapters of AP Calculus AB, from Introducing Limits to Average Value, Area and Volume, and in Part 2 a worked answer for every one of them.

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About this book

The workbook practices each of the twenty-two chapters: infinite limits and asymptotes, derivatives of inverse functions, straight-line motion, L'Hopital's rule, substitution and differential equations.

Part 1 holds the worksheets, about 22 exercises per chapter, each with a short title that says what it practices, like All features of a cubic in Concavity and the Second Derivative. Part 2, which starts on page 117, gives the answers in the same order, so checking takes a minute.

For a student taking AP Calculus AB, a parent, or a teacher who wants chapter tests ready to print. Pair it with the AP Calculus AB Math Lessons to go back to the lesson when a problem gets stuck.

Detailed contents

The 22 chapters of the AP Calculus AB workbook, the number of exercises in each, and the titles of the first ones.

  1. 1

    Introducing Limits

    22 exercises · p. 6
    • Reading limit notation
    • Table for a linear function
    • Table with an undefined point
    • Limit versus function value
    • One-sided limits from a graph
    • Limit at a smooth point
  2. 2

    Evaluating Limits Algebraically

    22 exercises · p. 11
    • Direct substitution
    • Using the limit laws
    • Substitution with a root
    • Difference of squares
    • Factoring a trinomial
    • Factoring with a leading coefficient
  3. 3

    Continuity and the Intermediate Value Theorem

    21 exercises · p. 16
    • Continuity of a polynomial
    • Where is it undefined?
    • Removable discontinuity
    • Types from a graph
    • Checking conditions from data
    • Repairing a hole
  4. 4

    Infinite Limits and Asymptotes

    22 exercises · p. 21
    • One-sided infinite limits
    • An even power
    • Sign analysis
    • Asymptote or hole?
    • Asymptotes from a graph
    • Equal degrees
  5. 5

    The Derivative as a Limit

    22 exercises · p. 26
    • Average rate of change
    • Secant slope from a table
    • Derivative at a point, x squared
    • Derivative at a point, a quadratic
    • Derivative of a reciprocal
    • Derivative of a square root
  6. 6

    Power, Sum and Basic Function Derivative Rules

    22 exercises · p. 31
    • Constant and power
    • Higher power
    • Polynomial
    • Polynomial with a fraction
    • Root and reciprocal
    • Simplify first
  7. 7

    Product Rule, Quotient Rule and Trig Derivatives

    22 exercises · p. 36
    • Product with an exponential
    • Product of two polynomials
    • Product with sine
    • Exponential times log
    • Square root times cosine
    • Simple quotient
  8. 8

    The Chain Rule

    22 exercises · p. 41
    • Power of a linear function
    • Power of a quadratic
    • Square root of a linear function
    • Reciprocal power
    • Sine of a multiple
    • Cosine of a power
  9. 9

    Implicit Differentiation

    21 exercises · p. 46
    • Circle
    • Product of x and y
    • Sum of cubes
    • Mixed terms
    • Sine of y
    • Exponential in y
  10. 10

    Derivatives of Inverse Functions

    23 exercises · p. 51
    • Inverse derivative from values
    • Inverse of a cubic
    • Inverse with sine
    • Inverse of the exponential
    • Inverse of a fifth-degree polynomial
    • Inverse from a table
  11. 11

    Rates of Change in Context and Straight-Line Motion

    21 exercises · p. 56
    • Interpreting a cost derivative
    • Interpreting a temperature derivative
    • Velocity and direction
    • Velocity and acceleration
    • Speeding up or slowing down
    • Reading a velocity graph
  12. 12

    Related Rates

    22 exercises · p. 61
    • Growing ripple
    • Melting ice cube
    • Growing cube
    • Sliding ladder
    • Rectangle
    • Two cars
  13. 13

    Linearization and L'Hopital's Rule

    24 exercises · p. 66
    • Linearization of x squared
    • Estimating a square root
    • Estimating a cube root
    • Estimating a reciprocal
    • Exponential near zero
    • Sine near zero
  14. 14

    Mean Value Theorem and Extreme Value Theorem

    22 exercises · p. 71
    • MVT with a parabola
    • MVT with a cubic
    • MVT with a logarithm
    • MVT with a reciprocal
    • Two values of c
    • When the MVT fails
  15. 15

    Increasing, Decreasing and the First Derivative Test

    20 exercises · p. 76
    • Intervals for a parabola
    • Intervals for a cubic
    • First derivative test, quartic
    • First derivative test, exponential
    • A function with an asymptote
    • A square root
  16. 16

    Concavity and the Second Derivative

    21 exercises · p. 80
    • Concavity of a cubic
    • Concavity of a logarithm
    • Exponential inflection
    • Always concave down
    • Sine on an interval
    • Inflection where f double prime is undefined
  17. 17

    Optimization

    20 exercises · p. 86
    • Maximum product
    • Minimum sum of squares
    • Maximum area, fixed perimeter
    • Fence against a wall
    • Minimum fence, fixed area
    • Open box from a square sheet
  18. 18

    Riemann Sums and the Definite Integral

    21 exercises · p. 90
    • Left Riemann sum
    • Right Riemann sum
    • Midpoint Riemann sum
    • Trapezoidal sum
    • Riemann sums from a table
    • Unequal subintervals
  19. 19

    Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Antiderivatives

    23 exercises · p. 96
    • Polynomial antiderivative
    • Negative powers
    • Roots
    • Sine and cosine
    • Exponential and reciprocal
    • Trig and inverse trig forms
  20. 20

    Integration by Substitution

    23 exercises · p. 101
    • A power of a quadratic
    • A square root
    • Cosine of a multiple
    • Exponential of a multiple
    • Exponential with a quadratic
    • Sine times a power of cosine
  21. 21

    Differential Equations and Slope Fields

    21 exercises · p. 106
    • Verify a solution
    • Verify a second-order solution
    • Reading a slope field
    • Matching an equation
    • Euler, two steps
    • Euler for y prime equals y
  22. 22

    Average Value, Area and Volume

    23 exercises · p. 111
    • Average value of x squared
    • Average value of a root
    • Average value of sine
    • Average temperature
    • Average value from a table
    • Displacement and distance

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How to use this workbook

Try before you check

Work on FTC part 1, chain rule on scratch paper before opening Part 2: that is where progress happens.

Use the numbering

Answers carry the same chapter and exercise numbers as the 22 AP Calculus AB worksheets, so the right one is easy to find.

Target one chapter

Before a quiz on Introducing Limits, do its 22 exercises, then redo the ones you missed.

Frequently asked questions

How many exercises are in the AP Calculus AB workbook?

480 exercises on 254 pages, spread over 22 chapters. Each one has its answer in Part 2.

Where are the answers of the AP Calculus AB worksheets?

In Part 2, at the end of the AP Calculus AB workbook, starting on page 117. They are kept apart from the worksheets so a student can work without seeing them.

Do I need the AP Calculus AB Math Lessons along with the workbook?

No, the AP Calculus AB Math Worksheets with Answers stands on its own. But both books follow the same 22 chapters of AP Calculus AB; together they make a complete course, lesson then practice.

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