Calculations on the PCAT?

[Giannag]

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This could be a potentially dumb question but my first time taking the PCAT will be next week. I saw calculators on the list of prohibited items at the exam, and I know a lot of the math section they expect us to do without it, but are we asked to do calculations in subjects like chemistry on the exam?

 

[rickywang]

This could be a potentially dumb question but my first time taking the PCAT will be next week. I saw calculators on the list of prohibited items at the exam, and I know a lot of the math section they expect us to do without it, but are we asked to do calculations in subjects like chemistry on the exam?

yes, you must be able to do things like 35.6 X 23, 273/4.6 quickly and correctly without a calculator

 

[Giannag]

yes, you must be able to do things like 35.6 X 23, 273/4.6 quickly and correctly without a calculator

oh boy. So would they ask more complicated things like how to calculate Keq or pH

 

[ciestar]

oh boy. So would they ask more complicated things like how to calculate Keq or pH

I had a Keq question on my exam, so yes.