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List of Approved Calculators.

This document provides guidelines for the use of electronic calculators during economics examinations at a School of Economics. It lists calculators that are approved and features that are permitted and not permitted. Calculators not on the approved list require approval from the course coordinator after checking the manual. Programmable and graphing calculators are not permitted. The approved list will not be updated until semester 1 of 2008.

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List of Approved Calculators.

This document provides guidelines for the use of electronic calculators during economics examinations at a School of Economics. It lists calculators that are approved and features that are permitted and not permitted. Calculators not on the approved list require approval from the course coordinator after checking the manual. Programmable and graphing calculators are not permitted. The approved list will not be updated until semester 1 of 2008.

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USE OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS IN

SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS EXAMINATIONS

Instruction booklets or cards (e.g., reference cards) on the operation of calculators are NOT permitted in
the examination room. Candidates are expected to familiarise themselves with the calculator's operation
beforehand.

Calculators that have been approved for use in School of Economics examinations are listed in
Table 1 below.

Students seeking approval for the use of any scientific calculator that is not listed in Table 1 should
contact their course coordinator. Approval will be granted only after checking the features listed in
calculator’s manual. Thus, students seeking approval for the use of a calculator that is not currently
approved must make the manual available to the course coordinator.

The list will be closed to updating on 27 August, 2007 and will not re-opened until semester 1 2008.
Features of approved calculators

In addition to the features of a basic (four operation) calculator, a scientific calculator typically includes
the following:

• fraction keys (for fraction arithmetic)


• a percentage key
• a π key
• memory access keys
• an EXP key and a sign change (+/-) key
• square (x2) and square root (√) keys
• logarithm and exponential keys (base 10 and base e)
• a power key (ax, xy or similar)
• trigonometrical function keys with an INVERSE key for the inverse functions
• a capacity to work in both degree and radian mode
• a reciprocal key (1/x)
• permutation and/or combination keys (nPr , nCr)
• cube and/or cube root keys
• parentheses keys
• statistical operations such as mean and standard deviation
• metric or currency conversion.

Features that are NOT permitted include:

• programmable (any calculator that can have a sequence of operations stored and then executed
automatically is considered programmable and hence not allowed)
• a set of keys whose primary function is to represent the characters of the alphabet (e.g., any
calculator with a full QWERTY keyboard)
• capable of storing alphanumeric data input by a user (this does not exclude calculators with
memories that are used to store intermediate numerical results obtained during calculations and
required later)
• capable of storing, manipulating or graphing functions entered in symbolic form (this includes
calculators with a graphic display capacity)
• capable of performing ‘hard-wired’ numerical routines for operations such as differentiation and
the solution of equations
• capable of performing ‘hard-wired’ symbolic manipulations such as addition of algebraic
expressions, binomial expansion and symbolic differentiation.

For example, calculators that are NOT approved under this policy include the Sharp EL-506R, Sharp
EL-546L, Casio fx-95, Casio fx-95MS, Casio fx-100MS, Casio fx-100W, Casio fx-115MS, Casio fx-
115W, Casio fx-500, Casio fx-570MS, Casio fx-570W, Casio fx-912MS, Casio fx-991W, Casio fx-
991ES, Casio fx-991MS, Casio fx-3950P, Texas TI-30XIIS, Texas TI-30XIIB and Texas TI-83.

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Table 1. List of Approved Calculators.
AURORA CEDAR TANDY
SC-170S SC-502 EC4032
TC-611
TEXAS
CAIEION CITIZEN TI: BA II Plus
FM-83 SR-35N TI-30X
SR-135 TI-34
CANON SR-165 TI-36X
F502 SR-260
F720 TEXET
F720I ALBERT2
FIRSTLINE ALBERT3
CASIO CF10.11 ALBERT5
FC-100V
FC-200V
FX-82 Series (82 with any letters) HEWLETT-PACKARD TRULY
FX-83ES HP-6S SC107A
FX-83WA HP-8S
FX-85ES HP-45 WITHOUT
FX-85MS BRAND
FX-85W OFFICE ONE FX-82LB Fraction
FX-85WA 3000
FX-92 720
FX-100AU
FX-100S SHARP
FX-100V EL-509G
FX-115D EL-509L
FX-115WA EL-509R
FX-122S EL-509V
FX-220 EL-509H
FX-270W PLUS EL-509VH
FX-300ES EL-509W
FX-300W EL-520L
FX-350ES EL-520VA
FX-350MS EL-520WG
FX-350TL EL-531 Series (531 with any letters)
FX-570AD EL-540G
FX-570S EL-546VA
FX-901 EL-556L
FX-911W EL-733A
FX-911Z EL-735
FX-991M
FX-991S
FX-992S
FX-D400

Note: All non-scientific, non-programmable calculators are allowed in the examination


room.

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