In that section, if you don’t know how to work a problem, you have to write down what you do know and hope to earn at least part of the available points.Įvery multiple-choice question on the AP Calculus exam can be described as a “stand-alone” question. Contrast this with Section II of the AP Calculus exam, which accounts for the other 50% of your score. The multiple-choice section consists of two parts: Part A contains 30 multiple-choice questions for which you are not allowed to use your graphing calculator, and Part B contains 15 multiple-choice questions for which you may (and in fact, will most likely need to) use your calculator.Īlthough you might not like multiple-choice questions, there’s no denying the fact that it’s easier to guess on a multiple-choice question than it is to guess the correct answer to an open-ended question. The multiple-choice questions on the AP Calculus exam count for 50% of your total score.
