Three Easy Ways to Start This Week
Project the Question of the Day
Students answer on paper or in their heads, then you click the choice and talk through why each answer is right or wrong. Every visitor sees the same question each day.
Host a Class Showdown
A live quiz on your projector. Students join on their own devices with a 5-character code, and faster correct answers earn more points. Pick vocabulary, AP questions, case sets, or task review rounds.
Point students to Smart Review
Spaced repetition for every vocabulary term and 300 practice questions. Ten to twenty minutes a day keeps earlier units from fading before May.
Fitting the Site Into a Unit
Each unit has a review page, practice questions with explanations, and short topic guides, and Units 1 to 4 also have vocabulary by section. Here’s one way to use them across a unit.
| Stage | What to use | How |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | Unit review page, vocabulary by section | Preview the unit’s big ideas. The vocabulary lists are grouped by section (1-1, 1-2, and so on), which makes short section quizzes easy to build. |
| Teach | Topic guides, case studies | Project a topic guide during a mini-lesson, or assign one as a reading. Each ends with five Check Your Understanding questions with explanations. The four case studies (one each for Units 1 to 4) come with reading questions and sample answers. |
| Practice | Calculation Practice, unit practice questions | Calculation Practice gives every student different numbers with worked steps. Each unit also has 50 practice questions with an explanation for every choice: 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 4, 5. |
| Review | Class Showdown, unit practice tests and study guides | Run a Showdown round the day before the test. For Units 1 and 2, assign the 70-question practice test (Unit 1, Unit 2) or the study guide (Unit 1, Unit 2). |
| After the test | Smart Review | Remind students to keep the unit turned on. Questions they miss on the Question of the Day, the unit practice question pages, or the practice bank’s quick concept mode are added to their review automatically. |
Ideas for a Class Period
Start fast
The Question of the Day, or three problems from Calculation Practice on the skill from yesterday’s lesson.
Read a case together
Project a case study, have pairs answer the reading questions, then compare with the sample answers.
Score like an AP reader
Students score sample answers in FRQ Scoring Practice and see why each earns or misses points. Then they write their own on the FRQ practice page.
Show what full credit looks like
Walk through an annotated FRQ model answer after students draft their own response to the same prompt.
Self-checking practice
Assign a few case sets or a 10-question review set in the practice question bank. Students see an explanation for every choice as soon as they submit.
Plans that run themselves
A case study with its reading questions, a unit practice test (Units 1 and 2) or unit practice question page, or Budget Life Sim with a short written reflection. None of them need setup or logins.
Class Games and What They Teach
Students join live games at apbusinessexamprep.com/join with the code on your screen and a first name or nickname.
| Game | Format | What it teaches |
|---|---|---|
| Class Showdown | Whole class, live | Review rounds you choose: vocabulary, AP multiple choice, AP case sets, and task review rounds. Results download as a CSV. |
| Market Share | Groups of 2 to 6, each on their own device | A business board game: buy companies, bid in auctions, and answer AP practice questions |
| Stock Market Challenge | Class league | Investing and diversification with real prices and pretend money, ranked against classmates and the S&P 500 |
| Price It Right | Solo or class leaderboard | Pricing strategies, competition, and break-even |
| Cha-Ching | Solo, or up to 4 players | Entrepreneurship: prices, wages, quality, and marketing; ends with an income statement and balance sheet |
| Capy Mart | Solo | Running a store and reading a nightly income statement |
| Capy Kicks | Solo | Supply chains, lead times, and bottlenecks, plus a Beer Game mode on the bullwhip effect |
| Budget Life Sim | Solo | Personal finance: 24 months of paychecks, bills, credit, housing, and cars |
| Paper Trail | Solo or pairs | Forensic accounting: flag stolen money, name the schemes, find the assets |
| Match the Statement | Solo | Sorting line items onto the income statement, balance sheet, or cash flow statement |
Tip: after a solo game, ask students to explain one decision with a course term, like one line of their Capy Mart income statement or why their Cha-Ching business lost money.
Supporting the Course Projects
Canvas Project guide
A step-by-step guide to each part of the canvas, hypothesis testing, and how FRQ 1 asks about it.
30 testable ideas
Helpful for students who are stuck. Each idea has a hypothesis, a cheap test, and ballpark numbers.
Worked examples
Three complete Canvas Projects and a sample Financial Advisor Project, with teacher notes.
Exam Season
The first exam is Tuesday, May 4, 2027: 60 multiple-choice questions in 70 minutes (60%), then 4 free-response questions in 90 minutes (40%). Units 1 to 4 are tested.
Diagnose (about 6 weeks out)
Give the full-length practice exam: 60 questions in case sets, a 70-minute timer, and an estimated AP score. Students’ unit results show where to focus review.
Target (weeks 5 to 2)
Assign unit practice and case sets in the practice question bank for weak units, and practice one FRQ type a week on the FRQ practice page. Share the study plan with students who want a week-by-week schedule.
Simulate (final two weeks)
For a fresh Section I, use the Full Exam Simulation in the practice question bank: a new 60-question section with the 70-minute timer. Then run the timed Section II simulation on the FRQ practice page and have students check their estimate with the score calculator. Students who use Smart Review get a final review of the cards they’ve started, spread across April 27 to May 2.
Match the question level to the job
One concept at a time, for recall and quick practice. Easier than the exam on purpose.
One exam skill in depth, like a calculation or applying a framework such as SWOT.
Like the real exam: a business case with data, and questions that ask you to apply and analyze.
Review questions work well as warm-ups and homework, Skill Builder sets for practice, and AP Exam Level sets for test prep. How we write and label questions.
Practical Notes
- No accounts and no gradebook. Students never sign up. Live games ask only for a first name or nickname and a game code.
- Easy to assign. Every page has its own link, so you can drop it into Canvas, Google Classroom, or Schoology.
- Progress lives on each device. Streaks, Smart Review cards, and practice history save in each student’s browser. Some school devices clear that at sign-out, and Smart Review has a backup button for that.
- Collecting work. There’s no teacher dashboard, so ask students to submit their score or a screenshot of their results. Class Showdown results download as a CSV, and the Stock Market Challenge and Price It Right class games show a leaderboard.
- Independent. Built by a teacher who teaches the course. Not affiliated with College Board.
The full list of free teacher resources is on the For Teachers page. If you find an error or have an idea, the contact page comes straight to us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the site free for my students?
Yes. Every practice test, study tool, and class game in this guide is free, and students never need an account, email, or login.
Can I see how my students did?
There’s no teacher dashboard or gradebook. Class Showdown shows answers live on your screen and lets you download results as a CSV file, and the Stock Market Challenge and Price It Right class games have leaderboards. For everything else, ask students to share their score or a screenshot of their results page.
Does it follow the College Board course?
It’s organized by the course’s units, and every practice question is labeled by level. It’s an independent resource and isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by College Board.
Will it work on school Chromebooks?
Yes. Everything runs in a web browser on Chromebooks, laptops, tablets, and phones, with nothing to install.
How do I report an error or suggest something?
Use the contact page. Corrections from teachers are the fastest way the site gets better.