AP Physics C: Mechanics

[Up to date with CollegeBoard-provided info as of March 2022.]

[Rearrangement of content coming in 2023-2024 school year for May 2024 testing.]

Unit # & multiple choice section weighting:

  • Unit 1: Kinematics, 14%–20%

  • Unit 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion, 17%–23%

  • Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power, 14%–17%

  • Unit 4: Systems of Particles and Linear Momentum, 14%–17%

  • Unit 5: Rotation, 14%–20%

  • Unit 6: Oscillations, 6%–14%

  • Unit 7: Gravitation, 6%–14%