Calculators in the IPT exam? (1 Viewer)

[televators]

Are we allowed to take calculators into the IPT exam?

My teacher has always said no, and disallowed it throuhgout the course, but is it true that all calculators are banned for the HSC in this exam?

 

[Wilmo]

Teacher saying no = HSC saying no (most of the time anyway)


Calculators have never ever been allowed in the HSC... What do you do when a question asks you to calculate how many kb something is? You uses the formula and leave it as a fraction.

It good cause it saves time not having to work things out and shows you know what you're doing. Its a computer course and doesnt need you to know the maths, it just needs you to know HOW to do the maths

 

[prusso]

no calculators in either sdd or ipt

 

[televators]

thanks guys, my teacher taught something right for once!

 

[melsc]

thats weird...coz in my prelim exams we need them so we can do binary/hex binary/dec and hex/dec conversions....do u do these in yr 12

 

[Lorie]

yeah the board of studies doesn't let you use calculators in IPT. It's kinda strange why they don't, but it does restrict the maths they can ask, which can either be taken as a good or bad thing depending on the person. I think ipt and sdd are the onlt subjects they don't let you use calculators.

 

[redslert]

depends on the exam written
if there is a question that needs calculation then yes you need one, else you don't
the timetable of exams released by the board should have exam material requirements at the back

 

[Gemstone]

Yeah your not allowed calculators in the IPT exam. I've never come accross a question in an IPT paper that actually asked you to calculate anything. I've had a couple of one's where they asked how many kb's are used but they just ask for the working not the answer. They just want to know you know how to figure it out but I don't think they ask you to actually figure it out.

Melsc - Hex/Dec? That's not in the IPT course at all.

Gemma

 

[redslert]

binary and other coding are in the prelim course and not HSC