<p>What kind of calculator do you use in ACT test? My son prefers the basic scientific calculator, but do you think using the graphing calculator might help to answer some of the graph questions on the test?</p>
<p>Yes, he should use one.</p>
<p>On the ACT, there are multiple opportunities to make silly mistakes. Graphing calculators allow test takers to see what calculations they are doing than better a scientific calculator. Furthermore, the scrolling up and down feature makes it easier to check answers.</p>
<p>Although, the test makers say you don’t need one, someone who wants to get a high score should have one. If stuck on a graph or a trig question, your calculator can save the day. I know that the scientific calculator allows you to do most of the trig questions,but questions on radians, advanced trig graphs, and rational functions need one for checking purposes. You can get a lot of easy points this way.</p>
<p>If he has never used one before, buy or borrow one immediately. Ask him to use it when he practices then math section. Test day is not the day to learn its functions!
The more you use a graphing calculator the easier it will be to use on test day! Familiarity is the key to mastery on the ACT.</p>
<p>seconding the suggestion for a graphing calculator</p>
<p>Thanks. That’s what I want to know. Maybe he can bring both calculators to the test!</p>
<p>to my knowledge, he can only use one unless one dies on him, so bring both but don’t expect to use both.</p>