5 STEPS TO A 5: 500 AP Chemistry Questions to Know by Test Day! (2012)

Congratulations! You’ve taken a big step toward AP success by purchasing 5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP Chemistry Questions to Know by Test Day. We are here to help you take the next step and earn a high score on your AP Exam so you can earn college credits and get into the college or university of your choice.

This is book gives you 500 AP-style multiple-choice questions that cover all the most essential course material. Each question has a detailed answer explanation. These questions will give you valuable independent practice to supplement both your regular textbook and the groundwork you are already covering in your AP classroom. This and the other books in this series were written by expert AP teachers who know your exam inside and out and can identify crucial exam information and questions that are most likely to appear on the test.

You might be the kind of student who takes several AP courses and needs to study extra questions a few weeks before the exam for a final review. Or you might be the kind of student who puts off preparing until the last weeks before the exam. No matter what your preparation style is, you will surely benefit from reviewing these 500 questions that closely parallel the content, format, and degree of difficulty of the questions on the actual AP exam. These questions and their answer explanations are the ideal last-minute study tool for those final few weeks before the test.

Remember the old saying “Practice makes perfect.” If you practice with all the questions and answers in this book, we are certain you will build the skills and confidence needed to do great on the exam. Good luck!

—Editors of McGraw-Hill Education

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

The AP Chemistry exam has a multiple-choice section during which you are not allowed to use a calculator. In this section, you can round fairly generously to solve problems faster. However, do not round generously in the free-response problems. Calculators are allowed for most of the free-response section so you’re expected to be precise in your calculations (and obey the rules for significant figures).

The questions in this book cover the material for both the free-response and multiple-choice sections of the AP Chemistry exam. Some calculations are best done with a calculator, but all of them can be done without one. In the multiple-choice section of the AP Chemistry exam, there will never be a problem that requires the correct answer from a different question to solve. To cover all the material related to the exam in this book, topics from free-response questions have been adapted into multiple-choice style questions. This required that some questions occur in groups referring to a common experiment or data set. These questions may rely on answers from other questions.