The exam

The AP Macroeconomics exam

AP Macroeconomics Exam Friday, May 7, 2027

Format

Section	Questions	Time	Share of score
I: Multiple Choice	60	70 minutes	66.65%
II: Free Response	3	60 minutes	33.35%

A four-function calculator is allowed on both sections. The free-response time includes a reading period before you start writing.

The 3 free-response questions

Question 1. Long. The long question: one scenario with several parts, worth twice as much as each short question.
Question 2. Short. A short question, a smaller scenario with fewer parts.
Question 3. Short. A second short question, set on its own scenario.

Across the three questions College Board names four kinds of task: making assertions, explaining why an outcome happens, numerical analysis, and drawing graphs or other visuals. When a question says to draw a correctly labeled graph, every axis and every curve needs a label.

Multiple-choice weighting by unit

Unit	Approximate weighting
Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts	5–10%
Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle	12–17%
Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination	17–27%
Unit 4: Financial Sector	18–23%
Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies	20–30%
Unit 6: Open Economy—International Trade and Finance	10–13%

Ranges as printed in College Board's AP Macroeconomics Course and Exam Description.

Past free-response questions

All 120 free-response questions College Board has released for this course from 1999 to 2026, each with a space to write your answer and the scoring guidelines to score it.

Practice past questions

Full practice exams

Each one follows the format above, one section at a time on its own clock.

2 full practice exams