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AP Calculus BC Units

All 10 units of the AP Calculus BC course framework, with exam weighting and topic counts. Units 1 through 8 are shared with AP Calculus AB. Units 9 and 10 are BC only, as are six topics inside units 6, 7, and 8: integration by parts, linear partial fractions, improper integrals, Euler's method, logistic models, and arc length. Weightings are from the College Board Course and Exam Description (see also the reference sheet).

1

Limits and Continuity

5-10% of exam · 16 topics

What a limit is and how to read one from a graph, a table, or algebra. The Squeeze Theorem, the three kinds of discontinuity, continuity at a point and over an interval, infinite limits and asymptotes, and the Intermediate Value Theorem.

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Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties

5-10% of exam · 10 topics

Average versus instantaneous rate of change, the derivative as a limit of difference quotients, when a derivative fails to exist, and the power, product, and quotient rules plus the basic trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic derivatives.

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Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions

5-10% of exam · 6 topics

The chain rule, implicit differentiation, derivatives of inverse and inverse trigonometric functions, choosing a procedure when several could work, and higher-order derivatives.

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Contextual Applications of Differentiation

5-10% of exam · 7 topics

Interpreting a derivative in context with correct units, straight-line motion including the difference between speed and velocity, related rates, linear approximation, and L'Hospital's Rule.

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Analytical Applications of Differentiation

10-15% of exam · 12 topics

The Mean Value and Extreme Value Theorems, increasing and decreasing intervals, the first and second derivative tests, concavity and points of inflection, reading f, f prime, and f double prime against each other, and optimization.

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Integration and Accumulation of Change

15-20% of exam · 14 topics

Riemann sums and the definite integral, accumulation functions, both parts of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, antiderivatives, and u-substitution. BC adds integration by parts, linear partial fractions, and improper integrals.

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7

Differential Equations

5-10% of exam · 9 topics

Modeling with differential equations, slope fields, separation of variables, general versus particular solutions, and exponential models. BC adds Euler's method and logistic growth.

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8

Applications of Integration

5-10% of exam · 13 topics

Average value of a function, position from velocity, accumulation in applied contexts, area between curves, volumes by cross section, and solids of revolution by discs and washers. BC adds arc length.

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Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vector-Valued FunctionsBC only

10-15% of exam · 9 topics

Differentiating and integrating parametric and vector-valued functions, motion in the plane, parametric arc length, derivatives in polar form, and the area bounded by one or two polar curves.

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Infinite Sequences and SeriesBC only

15-20% of exam · 15 topics

Convergence and divergence, geometric and p-series, the nth term, integral, comparison, alternating series, and ratio tests, absolute versus conditional convergence, error bounds, and Taylor and Maclaurin series with radius and interval of convergence.

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The whole course.

600 challenge problems · 45-question mock exam · 2,271-item all-units arcade · units 1–10

Everything above, mixed together. Work the open-ended challenge bank, sit a 45-question run that matches the length of the real BC multiple-choice section and mirrors its unit weighting — series and parametric/polar carry the BC-specific weight, exactly as they do on exam day — or blast all ten units' misconceptions in the arcade. The challenge bank runs the full 600 problems, units 1 through 10.

All of it is live: every unit above carries a topic page, a full lesson, a ten-scenario skill check, a ten-item diagnostic, targeted drills keyed to the misconceptions that diagnostic finds, and a cumulative unit exam.