I know that calculators are not permitted for the QR portion..Is it permitted for any other portion..like General Chem? How much did not having a calculator slow you guys down?

I know that calculators are not permitted for the QR portion..Is it permitted for any other portion..like General Chem? How much did not having a calculator slow you guys down?

No calculators allowed on any section. When I took the DAT years ago, the GChem either had easy round numbers to work with OR they were just set ups. Don't know if this has changed though.

Some questions on QR can be quite time consuming. It would probably be best to brush up your basic math skills to try to speed things up a little bit.

thank you!!

I wouldn't worry too much about the math portion of G-chem. It's mainly approximations (log and etc), and setting up an equation that's comparable to one of the answers (not all of the answer choices are numerical answers - ie. for Pv=nRT, you'll have to answer for pressure, and it will be in the form nRT/V).

For QR, there are better people out there to answer this question than me. I'm slower in math, and I just had to practice over and over again for speed.

ohhh yeah that makes sense. In the Gen Chem section in my DAT study book it seemed like they were interested in, "how would you execute this problem.." vs. "what's the right answer..."

your brain is the only calculator you can use. That and your fingers