Scientific calculator practice

TI-30XS-style practice calculator

BCSP publicly states that its exams provide an on-screen calculator emulating the TI-30XS scientific calculator. This SafePath tool is independent practice software; it is not the BCSP or Pearson VUE exam calculator and is not affiliated with BCSP, Pearson VUE, or Texas Instruments.

• Pick the closest rounded listed value.
• Inches are not feet. Diameter is not radius.
• OSHA 5 dB / 90 and NIOSH 3 dB / 85 travel as matched pairs.
• TRIR and DART use 200,000 hours.
• Use 2nd for inverse trig, 10ˣ/eˣ, √x, Ans, and percent.
• Practice order of operations, implied multiplication, powers, roots, logarithms, fractions, Ans, and scientific notation.
• Use MODE for DEG/RAD/GRAD, NORM/SCI/ENG, FLOAT/FIX, and Classic/MathPrint behavior.
• Keyboard: digits/operators, Enter, Backspace/Delete, Escape, and arrow keys.
• The calculator opens only when you need it and keeps recent history in this browser.