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Approvable calculators and bilingual dictionaries
Approvable calculators and bilingual dictionaries
Calculator approvals
Calculator approvals will be available from Monday 24 March until 17 April. Get your non-programmable calculator approved so that you can use them in your exams.
Bring your calculator with you on the day so we can put an approval sticker on it to confirm it's been approved.
Make sure you check if you have a calculator from the:
Location
Business School foyer (Belinda Hutchinson Building, H70)
Times
Each weekday, from:
- 10 am to 1 pm
- 3 to 6 pm
The earlier you get your calculator approved, the sooner you can be organised for exams. The approval process only takes a few minutes once you're being seen by our team in the approvals hub.
Your unit of study coordinator decides which kind of calculator, if any, can be used in your final in-person exam. This will be outlined on your personal exam timetable. You may need to get your calculator approved before you are allowed to bring it into your exam.
Types of calculators:
- programmable – these do not need to be approved if they are permitted in your exam
- non-programmable – these need to be approved before your exam, unless they are on the pre-approved list.
Any non-programmable calculators need to be from the lists on this page if you want to use them in your exam. Make sure that you understand the information about what you can bring into your in-person exams.
Even if your calculator has been approved or is a model on the pre-approved list, an exam invigilator is allowed to check calculators on the day of exams to ensure that no misconduct is occurring.
Pre-appoved calculators
Several models of calculator have been pre-approved and you can use them in exams without having them approved at the approvals hub.
Please note that an exam invigilator may still check your calculator in the room of your exam prior to its commencement.
If you have one of following models of calculator, you do not need to have them approved:
- Casio fx-82 series calculators
- fx-82 Solar II
- fx-82 AU
- fx-82AU PLUS
- fx-82AU PLUS II 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-82CN X
- fx-82DE
- fx-82DE X
- fx-82ES
- fx-82ES PLUS 1st or 2nd edition/PLUS A 1st or 2nd edition/PLUS II
- fx-82EX
- fx-82FS
- fx-82LA PLUS
- fx-82MS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-82ZA/PLUS/PLUS II
- fx-8200AU
- Casio fx-100 series calculators
- fx-100AU
- fx-100AU PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-100MS 1st or 2nd edition
- Casio fx-991 series calculators
- fx-991CN CW
- fx-991CN X
- fx-991D PLUS
- fx-991DEX
- fx-991ES PLUS 1st or 2nd edition (Two Way Power)/PLUS C/PLUS C II
- fx-991EX
- fx-991ID ID PLUS
- fx-991LA PLUS (Two Way Power)
- fx-991MS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-991W
- fx-991 ZA PLUS (Two Way Power)
- Texas Instruments BA II Plus
Miscellaneous models
- Kmart Pocket Calculator
Abacus
- SX-II MATRIX a
- SX-II MATRIX n
BIAOLANG
- 82MSADG98110
- 82ESADG98140
- 82ESADG98152
- ADG98152
CADET
- FX-350MS
Canon
- F-604
- F-715S
- F-715SG
- F-717SGA
- F-730SX
- F-789SGA
- F-960SG
Casio
- fx-115ES PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-115MS
- fx-122S
- fc-200V 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-220/220 PLUS
- fx-300ES PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-300MS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-350CN CX/PLUS/X
- fx-350ES PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-350EX
- fx-350HB
- fx-350MS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-350TL
- fx-375ES
- fx-500ES
- fx-JP500
- fx-570ES/PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-570 EX
- fx-570VN/PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-570MS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-570SPX
- fx-580VNX
- fx-718SGA
- fx-83GT X
- fx-85ES PLUS
- fx-85GT PLUS/X
- fx-85MS
- fx-87DE PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-92/+
- fx-95CN X
- fx-95ES PLUS 1st or 2nd edition
- fx-95MS
- fx-95SG PLUS/PLUS II
- fx-96SG PLUS
- fx-97SG X
- fx-999CN CW
Casio fx-82MS LOOKALIKE
- JOINUS JS-82MS-A/C/S/3/5
- JOYKO CC-23
- KARUIDA 82MS-B
- KAERDA KA-82MS/82MS-B
- KENKO KK-82MS-D
- KENKO DS-803MS
- Kmart Scientific Calculator - specifically the black/navy model with "SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR" above screen
- NUOS10 fx82ms
- OLIN AL-82MS-2
- TAKSUN TS-82MS-2
- RICHMISS RC-350MS-5
- RSB fb-350MS
- SCIENTIFIC CALC F-82MSP-1
- SUNWOOK EC-1882
- XINNUO fn-82ESA-4
Deli
- DL-1548
- DL-1700/No.1700
- DL-1710
- DL-1708
- DL-1728
- D552MS-2
- D82CN PLUS
- D82ES/PLUS
- D82MS
- D82TM
- D991CN PLUS
- D991ES PLUS
- JD991CN PLUS
EATES
- D-82MSP
- FC-991CN-C
- FC-82CN-C
Hewlett-Packard
- HP10S
- HP10S+
- HP300S+
- HP 10sll
- HP 10bII+
- HP 300S+
InSystem
- InSystem IN-F16
Jastek
- JasCS1
- JasCS EVO
- JasCS2 EVO
KINYO
- KPE-681
M&G
- 82MS ADG98770
- 82MS ADG98110
- 82ES ADG 98140
LIBERTY
- LB-5023CA
Scholar
- SC-250MX
Sharp
- EL-VN82
- EL-W82CN
- EL-243S
- EL-506TS
- EL-506X
- EL-509T
- EL-510RT
- EL-531TH
- EL-531THB-GR
- EL-531THB-WH
- EL-531VH
- EL-531WH
- EL-531X
- EL-531X/XG/XH/XT
- EL-531XH
- EL-533X
- EL-546X
- EL-W516XG
- EL-W531S/II
- EL-W531HA
- EL-W532TH
- EL-W532THB-WH
- EL-W532XH
- EL-738/F/FB/XTB
- EL-W82TL
Texas Instruments
- BA II Professional
- TI-30XA
- TI-30XB
- TI-30X Plus MathPrint
- TI-30XB MultiView
- TI-30XS
- TI-30XS MultiView
- TI-30XIIS
- TI-34MultiView
- TI-36X PRO
VINACAL
- 570ES PLUS II
Bilingual dictionaries
You can bring a bilingual dictionary into your exam if you have first had it checked and approved.
- Bilingual dictionaries used during exams can only provide word-to-word translations.
- Dictionaries that provide definitions or explanations of the meaning of words aren't allowed.
These guidelines have been developed to be fair and consistent by making sure the dictionaries don't offer assistance during exams other than pure translation of words.
Once your bilingual dictionary has been approved, it will be stamped with an official University of Sydney stamp and can be used in all exams that allow the use of bilingual dictionaries.
Your dictionary may be inspected before your exam begins to ensure it is free of information that could be used for cheating.
Dictionaries with these features will not be allowed in your exam:
- dictionaries that contain images of any kind, including dictionaries that have had pages with images torn out
- electronic dictionaries
- dictionaries containing notes
- standard English-to-English dictionaries
- thesauruses
- textbook-style dictionaries, such as an accounting dictionary
- periodic tables.
Examples of bilingual dictionary formats
The following table may be useful for identifying bilingual dictionaries.
If your bilingual dictionary:
- exclusively uses the bilingual dictionary format, it can be approved
- uses the standard dictionary format, it will be rejected.
Bilingual dictionary format
House: Casa (Spanish)
Book: Libro (Italian)
Water: 水 (Shuǐ) (Mandarin)
Standard dictionary format
House: A building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people.
Book: A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Water: A colourless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
Last updated: 21 March 2025
