Update for the 2025 AP Exams: For all exams that allow or require calculators, except AP Statistics, you can use the built-in Desmos graphing calculator through the Bluebook testing application. Note that for Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and Precalculus, Desmos will only be available in the calculator-required parts of the exam. These exams continue to have parts where no calculator is allowed.
Desmos, if you didn’t know, makes a web-based graphing calculator that’s 1000% more powerful and fun to use than the plastic jobs you might have used when you were a student. Plus it’s free, so students can practice at home with the same tools they can now use on the AP exams.
Update on Using Calculators on AP Exams
by Michael Keany
Oct 3
From Dan Meyer - Math Worlds
Desmos, if you didn’t know, makes a web-based graphing calculator that’s 1000% more powerful and fun to use than the plastic jobs you might have used when you were a student. Plus it’s free, so students can practice at home with the same tools they can now use on the AP exams.