Calculator use?

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This may be a dumb question, but are we allowed to use calculators on either the math or chemistry sections? Also, do they provide a periodic table on the chemistry section? thanks.

 

[CaliRx]

This may be a dumb question, but are we allowed to use calculators on either the math or chemistry sections? Also, do they provide a periodic table on the chemistry section? thanks.

I have already asked this question and I have complained about it too😀! And the answer is NO for both. Good luck!

 

[femmefatale3001]

You really do not need a calculator for the PCAT. Most of the questions were calculus questions. As far as chemistry, I did not find a need for the periodic table...about 1/2 were organic, so know your reactions. I would just know the comparative electronegativities of the halogens. They give you any molecular weights you would need to calculate in the question.

 

[panzer]

So we don't even get basic calculators?

 

[omnione]

So we don't even get basic calculators?

Nope....just your brain.😉

 

[azPharmD2B]

Why do people keep fretting about this? Seriously, you don't need a calculator. If you can't do the little bit of calculations either in your head or scribbled quickly on paper go take remedial arithmetic!

 

[omnione]

Why do people keep fretting about this? Seriously, you don't need a calculator. If you can't do the little bit of calculations either in your head or scribbled quickly on paper go take remedial arithmetic!

You have to notice that the people asking about the calculators in this thread haven't taken the PCAT yet. Given that calculators were allowed for the SAT and ACT (at least when I took them) and those math sections were easier, it's a fair question for the first-time taker.

To the people who asked this question, you all need to read the PCAT Candidate Information Booklet. This question could have been answered by reading that.😉