You’re allowed to use a calculator for part of the Math Test—but there's more to it than making sure you’ve got a fresh set of batteries.

Important: Bring Your Own Calculator Calculators are not provided at the test center, and you can’t share a calculator.

Quick Facts

Only the calculators listed on this page are acceptable for the Math Test—Calculator portion of the test.

You may not use a calculator while working on the Reading, Writing and Language, or Math Test—No Calculator portions, and must put the calculator away during these sections of the test.

You will be dismissed and your scores canceled if you use your calculator to share information during the test, or to remove test questions or answers from the test room.

Calculator Smarts

Bring your own calculator. You can’t share one.

Don’t bring a brand-new calculator. Bring one you know. Practice for the test using the same calculator you’ll use on test day.

The Math Test includes some questions where it’s better not to use a calculator, even though you’re allowed to.

It may help to do scratch work in the test book. Get your thoughts down before using your calculator.

Make sure your calculator is in good working order and that batteries are fresh. The test center will not have batteries or extra calculators. If your calculator fails during testing and you have no backup, you'll have to complete the test without it.

Important: SAT Subject Tests Calculator Policy You can use calculators only for the Subject Tests in Mathematics. See the rules and recommendations.

Acceptable Calculators

If you have a calculator with characters that are one inch or higher, or if your calculator has a raised display that might be visible to other test-takers, you will be seated at the discretion of the test coordinator.

Only battery-operated, handheld equipment can be used for testing. No power cords are allowed.

Calculators permitted during testing include:

Most graphing calculators (see chart)

All scientific calculators

All four-function calculators (not recommended)

Brands and Models

These calculators all pass the test.

Casio

Hewlett-Packard

Radio Shack

Sharp

Texas Instruments

Other FX-6000 series

FX-6200 series

FX-6300 series

FX-6500 series

FX-7000 series

FX-7300 series

FX-7400 series

FX-7500 series

FX-7700 series

FX-7800 series

FX-8000 series

FX-8500 series

FX-8700 series

FX-8800 series

Graph25 series

FX-9700 series FX-9750 series

FX-9860 series

CFX-9800 series

CFX-9850 series

CFX-9950 series

CFX-9970 series

FX 1.0 series

Algebra FX 2.0 series

FX-CG-10

FX-CG-20 series

FX-CG-50

Graph35 series

Graph75 series

Graph95 series

Graph100 series

FX-CG500** ** The use of the stylus is not permitted. HP-9G

HP-28 series

HP-38G

HP-39 series

HP-40 series

HP-48 series

HP-49 series

HP-50 series

HP Prime EC-4033

EC-4034

EC-4037 EL-5200

EL-9200 series

EL-9300 series

EL-9600 series**

EL-9900 series ** The use of the stylus is not permitted. TI-73

TI-80

TI-81

TI-82

TI-83

TI-83 Plus

TI-83 Plus Silver

TI-84 Plus

TI-84 Plus CE

TI-84 Plus Silver

TI-84 Plus C Silver

TI-84 Plus T

TI-84 Plus CE-T

TI-85

TI-86 TI-89

TI-89 Titanium

TI-Nspire

TI-Nspire CX

TI-Nspire CX II

TI-Nspire CX II-T

TI-Nspire CM-C

TI-Nspire CAS

TI-Nspire CX CAS

TI-Nspire CX II CAS

TI-Nspire CX II-T CAS

TI-Nspire CM-C CAS

TI-Nspire CX-C CAS

TI-Nspire CX II-C CAS Datexx DS-883

Micronta

NumWorks

Smart2

Unacceptable Calculators

You are not allowed to use any of the following items as a calculator: