Calculator available on screen?

[redchesus]

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I was just reading the official DAT guide for 2010 because I'm planning to take it within the next few months

apparently for the math section, you now get a basic calculator on the screen (starting 3/2/2010)! it's the same as the non-scientific calculator on your PC

just wanted to let people know, what do you guys think?! Personally I won't use it except for long division problems which take me a while. and I bet the calculations will be more involved now (yikes!)

Source: http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/dat_guide_2010.pdf (very last page)

 

[thecoolpharmboi]

I'd say if there's a numeral keypad we can use so we don't have to click the numbers on the calculator, then, yes, it masy be helpful when you're stuck.

 

[runner222]

how are they going to compare jan-feb tests to march tests if they have a calculator?

 

[Avery07]

I was just reading the official DAT guide for 2010 because I'm planning to take it within the next few months

apparently for the math section, you now get a basic calculator on the screen (starting 3/2/2010)! it's the same as the non-scientific calculator on your PC

just wanted to let people know, what do you guys think?! Personally I won't use it except for long division problems which take me a while. and I bet the calculations will be more involved now (yikes!)

Source: http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/dat_guide_2010.pdf (very last page)

This is very exciting news!! 👍👍👍

However like someone above me said... that's going to make the QR scores between pre-march tests and those with the calc quite different. Doesn't exactly seem quite fair. I guess that's better for me though?

 

[redchesus]

how are they going to compare jan-feb tests to march tests if they have a calculator?

I'm guessing they're going to make the calculations a bit more complex to even it out? otherwise I have no idea

 

[TexasOMFS]

I hate to dash your hopes if you got excited much over this, but personally, I seriously doubt this is going to change the QR scores very much if at all. It's a NON scientific calculator meaning all the use you're going to get out of it is doing simple math, long division/fraction conversions to decimals/etc. Stuff that anyone could do on paper anyways. You still need to know your stuff as far as converting word problems to numbers, trig identities, formulas, etc. All this might do is save you a little bit of time instead of doing calculations out on paper...maybe like 2 minutes extra.

 

[Avery07]

I hate to dash your hopes if you got excited much over this, but personally, I seriously doubt this is going to change the QR scores very much if at all. It's a NON scientific calculator meaning all the use you're going to get out of it is doing simple math, long division/fraction conversions to decimals/etc. Stuff that anyone could do on paper anyways. You still need to know your stuff as far as converting word problems to numbers, trig identities, formulas, etc. All this might do is save you a little bit of time instead of doing calculations out on paper...maybe like 2 minutes extra.

I'll take the 2 minutes and run. 👍

 

[Andrew324]

This will for sure change QR scores, if you think it wont then your a noob