Diagnostic

Are you ready for AP Calculus?

Calculus is rarely the thing that makes calculus hard. What makes it hard is the algebra, the trigonometry, and the function work that the course assumes you already have and never stops to reteach. This is sixteen questions in exactly that material.

It is not a test and there is no grade at the end. It is a placement tool, and its only purpose is to tell you, specifically, which of four areas would cost you the most in September.

Before you begin

Length 16 questions, four per topic area. About 15 minutes.
Calculator None. Every answer is exact by design.
Skipping Allowed, and counted as information rather than as a wrong answer.
Results Immediate, broken down by area, with every question explained.
Privacy Everything runs in your browser. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere.

Every question, and what each answer meant

The wrong options were not random. Each one is a mistake students actually make, and which one you chose says more than whether you were right.

The full review plan for what you missed

This diagnostic is the short version of a thirty-item one I give my own students, and each area above has a review packet behind it. Leave an address and I'll send the getting-started guide for AP Calculus, which covers the setup, the notation, and the early mistakes most worth avoiding.

Your address is used for this list only. See the privacy notice.

A word on what this does and doesn't tell you. Sixteen questions cannot see everything, and a low score here is not a verdict about whether you can do calculus. Most students who struggle with calculus are not missing the calculus; they are missing three or four specific pieces of algebra that show up inside every problem, and those are fixable in a matter of weeks when someone names them.

If you'd like help closing the gaps this found, that is what I do. Private instruction & rates, or write to hi@katherinedelno.com.