Basic Calculators

On the midterms and final exam in STA257, students are permitted to bring one "basic" calculator. What does that mean?

A basic calculator should be able to perform basic arithmetic, and take squareroots and exponents.

A basic calculator may be able to compute other functions such as log and trig (not needed), and have simple numerical memory.

However, a basic calculator may NOT be programmable, nor graphing, nor capable of symbolic algebra nor writing equations, nor able to solve integrals nor equations nor inequalities.

Also, a basic calculator may NOT be able to communicate in any way with any other device nor with the internet. Cell phones absolutely may NOT be used.

In summary: Basic calculators should be able to perform basic arithmetic operations, and nothing more.

For greater clarity, the following types of calculators (with UofT Bookstore links if available) *ARE* permitted as basic calculators (though this list is not complete):

And, the following calculators are very basic but *ARE* still permitted:

However, the following calculators do *NOT* qualify as basic calculators, and thus are *NOT* permitted to be used on the STA257 midterms and exam:

If you have a calculator which is not on the above lists, but which you feel might qualify as a basic calculator, then you may email sta257@utoronto.ca explaining your situation. Please include your calculator's precise model number, together with a link to a web page which describes it. If your claim is found to be valid, then your calculator will be added to the list.

If you have any questions about this calculator policy, please email sta257@utoronto.ca. Thank you.