Candidates may use electronic calculators in all the examinations subject to the following conditions:

• Candidates must provide their own calculators
• Under no circumstances should hand-held personal computers, of any description, be taken into the examination room
• Calculators must be silent, have visual display only and be battery or solar operated
• Any stored data and / or stored program facilities must be cleared before the calculator is taken into the examination room
• Candidates are advised that in all calculations intermediate results should normally be shown to gain full marks

The following calculators ONLY are permitted:

• Casio FX82 (with or without any suffix)
• Casio FX85 (with or without any suffix)
• Hewlett Packard HP9S
• Hewlett Packard HP 12C (with or without any suffix)
• Sharp EL531 (with or without any suffix)
• Texas Instruments BA II Plus (with or without any suffix)
• Texas Instruments TI-30 (with or without any suffix)

The list of permitted calculators will be reviewed each year by the Education Committee. Student comments are considered and should be forwarded to the Examinations Team for submission.

Calculators which have been discontinued by the manufacturer, or which the Education Committee has decided to remove for any reason, will remain on the list for one year to give students time to become familiar with an alternative.

Candidates are advised that invigilators will be asked to report the use of calculators not on the permitted list and the Board of Examiners will decide how to treat such cases at the results meetings.

No extra time will be allowed for candidates who do not use calculators or whose calculators break down in the course of the examination. Exam supervisors will not have extra batteries or calculators.

Copies of actuarial tables including a list of standard formulae will be available to candidates in the examination room. The use of slide rules is permitted.

Candidates may not use their own books or notes during the examination.

A number of calculators are returned to us as lost property from the examination centres after each session. Students are advised to label their calculators with their name and/or ARN so that these may be returned.

The permitted calculators are available for purchase from the Publications Unit.