Dear Parents/Guardians Letter
The AP Exam: The format was new in 2025
- Part 1 - 80 min - 40 MCQ - 50% of total test score
- This portion of the test will be completed online in a digital format
- Part 2 - 100 min - 4 FRQ - 50% of total test score
- Q1 - Mathematical Routines - 10 pts, 20-25 min
- Symbolically derive relationships between variables
- Calculate numerical values
- Create and use representations that describe a scenario such as drawing free body diagrams or plotting graphs
- Q2 - Translation Between Representations - 12 pts, 25-30 min
- Create a visual representation that describes a given scenario
- Derive equations mathematically relevant the the scenario
- Draw graphs to relate quantities to the scenario
- One of the following:
- Justify why previous responses do/do not agree with each other
- Use previous responses to make predictions about another situation and justify predictions
- Use previous responses to predict how representations would change if properties of the scenario were altered and justify responses.
- Q3 - Experimental Design and Analysis - 10 pts, 25-30 min
- Develop a reasonable and realistic method to answer a specific question, by varying a single parameter and measuring affects to a single characteristic.
- Describe how to answer the question via graphical or comparative analysis of the collected data.
- Use given experimental data to answer a similar, but different, question by creating a graph that can be analyzed using graphical properties such as trendlines, slopes, and line intercepts.
- Q4 - Qualitative/Quantitative Translation - 8 pts, 15-20 min
- Justify a claim about a given scenario and derive equations related to that scenario
- One of the following:
- Justify why previous responses do/do not agree with each other
- Use previous responses to make predictions about another situation and justify predictions.
- Use previous responses to predict how representations would change if properties of the scenario were altered and justify responses.
