AP Precalculus 2024-2025
Midterm Review Topics and Review Questions
January 13-16, 2025
AP Precalculus Midterm Dates:
- Block 6: Monday, January 13, 2025
- Block 2: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Block 5: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Block 8: Thursday, January 16, 2025
AP Precalculus Midterm Overview:
- Total 24 questions
- MCQ = 22 questions
- FRQ = 2 questions
- Duration = 90 minutes
- Desmos calculator is available for all questions within the performance matters platform
- Students can also use a handheld calculator as long as it is cleared before and after the exam
AP Precalculus Midterm Topics:
- Transformations of functions
- Compositions of functions
- Identifying types of symmetry
- Writing the equation of a parabola given the vertex and a point
- Average rate of change
- Using 1st, 2nd, 3rd, … differences to determine the degree of a function
- Factoring polynomial functions
- Characteristics of a rational function (domain, hole, asymptotes, end behavior, intercepts)
- Area of a circle
- Pascal's triangles when expanding polynomials
- Odd vs even functions
- End behavior of polynomials
- Possible Rational Zeros
- Multiplicity of zeros
- Finding the inverse function
- Domain of square root functions
- Increasing and decreasing intervals
- Locating absolute and local extrema
AP Precalculus Review Questions
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1. Find the domain of the function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 2
𝑥 −2𝑥−15
1
2. Find the domain of the function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 2
2𝑥 +15𝑥−8
3. Find the equation of the parabola that passes through the point (5, − 1) and has a vertex of (3, 1).
4. Find the equation of the parabola that passes through the point (2, 23) and has a vertex of (− 1, − 4).
6 4 2
5. List all possible rational zeros of the function: 𝑔(𝑥) = 4𝑥 − 5𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 2
3 2
6. List all possible rational zeros of the function: 𝑔(𝑥) =− 5𝑥 + 𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 12
2 3
7. Given the function 𝑓(𝑥) =− (2𝑥 + 8) (3𝑥 − 9) , state the values of x for which the graph of 𝑓 is
tangent to the x-axis, and justify your answer.
3 2
8. Given the function 𝑔(𝑥) =− 𝑥(𝑥 − 5) (𝑥 − 9) , state the values of x for which the graph of 𝑓 is tangent
to the x-axis, and justify your answer.
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9. Use the binomial theorem to find the fourth term of the expansion of (2𝑥 − 3) .
5
10.Use the binomial theorem to find the third term of the expansion of (3𝑥 + 1) .
2 2
11.The area of a circle is given by the formula π𝑟 and the area of a square is given by the formula 𝑠 . A
circle is inscribed in a square whose side lengths are 14cm. Find the area of the circle rounded to the
nearest hundredth.
2 2
12.The area of a circle is given by the formula π𝑟 and the area of a square is given by the formula 𝑠 . A
shaded circle with a radius of 3 inches is inscribed in a square. What would be the area of the
unshaded region rounded to the nearest hundredth?
2
13.Find the range of the function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 16.
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14.Find the range of the function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 64.
3 2
15.The function ℎ is given by ℎ(𝑥) =− 2𝑥 + 𝑥 + 8. Use limit notation to describe the end behavior of the
function ℎ.
4 3 2
16.The function ℎ is given by ℎ(𝑥) = 6𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 9. Use limit notation to describe the end behavior
of the function ℎ.
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17.Let 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 1 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 4𝑥 + 2.
a. Find 𝑓(𝑔(𝑥)).
b. Find 𝑔(𝑓(𝑥)).
c. Are 𝑓 and 𝑔 inverse functions? Explain why or why not.
3𝑥−5 𝑥+5
18.Let 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥+1
and 𝑔(𝑥) = 3−𝑥
.
a. Find 𝑓(𝑔(𝑥)).
b. Find 𝑔(𝑓(𝑥)).
c. Are 𝑓 and 𝑔 inverse functions? Explain why or why not.
4 3 2
19.Write in factored form: 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 8𝑥 + 25𝑥 − 72𝑥 + 144
4 2
20.Write in factored form: 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 5𝑥 − 36
21.Determine whether each function is even, odd, or neither. Explain.
4 2
a. 𝑓(𝑥) = 5𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 2
5 3
b. 𝑓(𝑥) = 6𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 𝑥
22.Determine whether each function is even, odd, or neither. Explain.
5 3
a. 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥 − 3𝑥 − 𝑥
4 2
b. 𝑓(𝑥) = 7𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 5
2
𝑥 −2𝑥−8
23.Given the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2 :
𝑥 +5𝑥+6
a. Find the coordinates of the hole in the graph of the function 𝑓.
b. Find the intercepts.
2
𝑥 −2𝑥−3
24.Given the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2 :
𝑥 −5𝑥+6
a. Find the coordinates of the hole in the graph of the function 𝑓.
b. Find the intercepts.
25.A quadratic model is appropriate for the function below. Use the data to determine the value of a.
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 22 7 2a -5 -2 7 22
26.A cubic model is appropriate for the function below. Use the data to determine the value of b.
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 44 7 -6 -7 -2b -21 -58
2 2
27.Identify the types of symmetry: 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
2
28.Identify the types of symmetry: 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 2
4 3 2
29.Use a graphing utility to graph: 𝑦 =− 0. 25𝑥 + 0. 5𝑥 + 1. 5𝑥 .
a. Determine the open interval(s) over which the function is increasing.
b. Determine the open interval(s) over which the function is decreasing.
4 3 2
30.Use a graphing utility to graph: 𝑦 = 0. 5𝑥 − 0. 75𝑥 − 2. 5𝑥 .
a. Determine the open interval(s) over which the function is increasing.
b. Determine the open interval(s) over which the function is decreasing.
31.The table shows some values of 𝑓(𝑥). The average rate of change of 𝑓(𝑥) over the interval 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4
is 9. What is the missing value in the table?
x 0 1 2 3 4
𝑓(𝑥) 8 6 1 3 ?
4 3 2
32.Use the graph of the function 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 2𝑥 − 15𝑥 − 36𝑥 + 3.What is the average rate of change
between [− 2, 4]?
