<p>So I'm taking the Physics SAT in June and just had a couple of questions about the calculator policy. I know you're not allowed to have one, but how "mental" is the math? Is it 2+2=4 type math? Or is it 6.7 x 3.8 = 25.46 type math? I'm using the PR book for review and some of the math tends to lean more towards the latter. Or maybe it's just me....? Hahaha well, that's pretty much my question. Any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>i remember i did some “practice tests” where they gave hard numbers that needed calc.</p>
<p>don’t worry you don’t need calculator on the test the math will be stuff like 10^7 x 5.3 and stuff you can do on paper.</p>
<p>I thought it was even more qualitative than that. Questions would be like</p>
<p>"If the distance between two objects triples, the gravitational force F between them will be</p>
<p>9F
1/9 F
3 F
1/3 F
6F </p>
<p>I think? Im taking it on saturday as well.</p>
<p>i did lots of practice books like peterson, barron and i found out that comparing with the questions that come from official guide, those books still do not need calc.</p>
<p>Sometimes there will be decimals like 5.1 or 3.8 but you can round them to 5 and 4 and you can get a really close answer</p>