Originally Posted by
KylanH
I do hope you can use a calculator, although I'm thinking it may have recently changed.
Jack, when did you take your stage 2?
I think the calculator should be allowed. Not because the questions really demand one, you're not doing triganometry (allthough possibly pythagoras), but the calculator only helps get you a figure based on the logic, equation manipulation, and firm understanding of the question, so if you can't grasp the question the calculators useless anyway.
Kylan, I did my stage 2 in March, then stage 3 in June. It's possible that the no-calculator rule is a policy of resits. I was taking my physics test along with other stage 2-ers and I don't know if they were also disallowed. But hey I passed without it and had to resit WITH it, so who knows? But mental maths will always be handy, so that's a good skill to work on. Good luck pal