Tips:

Learn the reference handbook. A LOT of the information is in there or can be solved using the information in there. Learn how to use the allowed calculators. I used the Casio fx !!". #ith that one $ou can insert a matrix into the calculator and do a lot of the things $ou need to %determinants& etc.' and I use them to solve a s$stem of e(uations. Taking the exam was harder than the material on the exam for. )$ hour two of the afternoon session I was so burnt out. *a$be tr$ to actuall$ do a full + hour practice exam, -ince $ou asked specificall$ about determinants: II.C& the fastest %manual' wa$ to calculate a determinant it to triangulate or diagonali/e the matrix and multipl$ the diagonal.