Calculator Policies for Standardized Exams

Calculator Town is proud to announce a new feature of our website! We have just added a page of links to calculator policies for a number of standardized exams. Visit this page to easily find the calculator policies for the exams you are taking. This will help ensure that you purchase an approved graphing calculator or scientific calculator for all the exams you need to take.

Don't be one of those people selling your calculators on Craig's List or eBay with the message "I bought this calculator for the SAT but found out I couldn't use it."

Check out the policies now!

Taking the SAT exam with an Approved Calculator

The SAT exams are well known and inspire fear and concern in high school students throughout the United States and abroad. They are administered by the College Board on select dates throughout the year.

Unlike other exam administrating organizations, the College Board does not provide a list of specific calculators models that are approved for usage. According to their site any graphing calculator, scientific calculator, or four-function calculator is approved* for usage provided that it:

• is a standalone device (e.g., not part of a cell phone or PDA)
  
• is not a stylus-driven device
  
• does not utilize a writing pad
  
• does not have a QWERTY (typewriter-like) keypad
  
• does not have printing capabilities.
  

Calculator Town sells several calculators that are approved for use on the SAT exam. Click on the links below to learn more about and buy these approved calculators.

• HP 33s Scientific Calculator w/ HP Solve
  
• HP 50g Graphing Calculator with SD Card Slot
  
• TI-89 Graphing Calculator Titanium
  
• TI-Nspire Graphing Calculator
  

* Calculators can only be used on the mathematics portion of the SAT exam.