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Boonyak

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Do supervisors actually check individual calculators or no?
 

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at my school, the teachers check to ensure your calculators dont have any illegal buttons, instead of checking the model number . But im not sure how the actual supervisors would do it
 

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I doubt you could smuggle in a Ti-83 without getting noticed, but i remember my friend had a chinese fx-83 which looks exactly like the 82, but had a table function which actually let you compute the roots of equations.

I doubt the supervisor could tell the difference between the two
 

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I doubt you could smuggle in a Ti-83 without getting noticed, but i remember my friend had a chinese fx-83 which looks exactly like the 82, but had a table function which actually let you compute the roots of equations.

I doubt the supervisor could tell the difference between the two
Yeah, i've come across some Casio graphic calculators that look exactly like the Casio fx-82AU. People with those have a fair chance of taking it in, cause the supervisors never individually check each students calculator
 

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at my school the supervisors have a list of the names of approved calculators and asks you to find your calculator on the list.
they are individually checked
 

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at my school the supervisors have a list of the names of approved calculators and asks you to find your calculator on the list.
they are individually checked
Wth??????
I guess the ones at my school are lenient then
Nevertheless, its never worth the risk of sneaking one in
 

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Oh well, a super calculator like a ti wouldn't be too useful anyway, considering the amount of working out that needs to be shown
 

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Yeah before you enter the room, they check the code for the calculator.
 

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Will you really jeopardise your HSC by taking in a calculator that will give you next to zero help in the exam? Consider that!
 

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