Calculators........! (1 Viewer)

[rnitya_25]

ok, i have a problem, my dad bought me a scienfitif calculator from china...it looks like an fx-82 any normal calculator you could use, but the model number is fx-100W and its not approved by the board. now, its not a graphic calculator or anythin, it just looks like a normal scientific calc that everyone uses at school but supposedly it has some internal function that i don't even know and for that sole reason its not apporoved in HSC. what i want to know is, do the supervisors(people who walk around and also let you into the exam hall) in our hsc room, do they actually check your calculator and see if its ok or not? do they actually check your model? i need to know so i can get used another calc right away......thanks

 

[joel_x10]

should get a new one to be on the safe side. my school recommends taking in two approved calculators in case one breaks or goes flat etc.

 

[Dreamerish*~]

my calculator broke in a math exam

 

[thunderdax]

batteries of my calculator ran out of juice in MX2 exam

 

[JamiL]

if u wanna take it in, i take a approved 1 in aswell... and yer id take 2 in, incase 1 breaks. my calculator lasted me 5 years n then ran out of juice about 2weeks b4 my 2u exam. so i have a new 1 for this year, and i would take in another just incase as u have seen anything can happen

 

[Meldrum]

It's illegal to use a non-bored-approved calculator and, trust, the examiners do look at them as they pass: especially Sydney ones. If they see a calulator that's out of the norm, they will shit on your face for it...they get 'teacher-street-rep' for doing so.

If you're worried about your calculator hitting the fun, take another.

 

[ishq]

I take three.
And batteries.

 

[richz]

lots of people have calculator problems, i hope i dont get that . I'll make sure i take 2 in next time. Also about that one i would take one that is board approved and that one.

 

[Trev]

batteries of my calculator ran out of juice in MX2 exam

I'm sure my batteries are nearly dead, but i'm not particuarly worried because it has one of those solar cells on top Hoorah for them!

 

[Captain pi]

ok, i have a problem, my dad bought me a scienfitif calculator from china...it looks like an fx-82 any normal calculator you could use, but the model number is fx-100W and its not approved by the board. now, its not a graphic calculator or anythin, it just looks like a normal scientific calc that everyone uses at school but supposedly it has some internal function that i don't even know and for that sole reason its not apporoved in HSC. what i want to know is, do the supervisors(people who walk around and also let you into the exam hall) in our hsc room, do they actually check your calculator and see if its ok or not? do they actually check your model? i need to know so i can get used another calc right away......thanks

This all depends on what course you are studying. If you are studying General Mathematics, it sounds permissible. Just check it with the descriptions on the Board's website.

If you are studying one of the related courses – Mathematics (15240), Mathematics Extension 1 (15250), or Mathematics Extension 2 (15260) – or a Science course, or any of the courses that require a "Board-approved calculator", you can only take in a calculator on that approved list.
As alluded to (I think 'Board-approved', rather than 'bored-approved' should be appropriate; we're not an official site!), you simply cannot take in a calculutor that is not on the approved list.

In other words, you will need to get another calculator.

 

[JamiL]

yer i get wot ur sayn captian pi... but they didn cheak mine or ne1 else 4 that matter last year. so i cant see it as a problem, if it looks real similar 2 a approved 1. if it looks different then i wouldn take it in