If you are taking the Regents Sequential III exam, you have probably already

taken the Sequential I and II exams, so this will be d6j~ vu for you. But just in

ease you have a bad memory, here is what you need to know.

1. Not only are you allowed to use a scientific calculator for the exam, you

MUST use one. The calculator must have logarithmic and trigonomet-

ric features. It MAY NOT have infrared communication ability (for ob-

vious reasons), and it may have statistical functions, ~, and other cool

features. It MAY NOT be a graphing calculator.

2. You must have a straight edge and should probably bring a compass.

3. You are supposed to be provided with blank paper for writing Part II

answers, and graph paper (for graphing), but we wouldn't take any chances

if we were youl In other words, come preparedl

4. You have to take the test in blue or black pen. You may only use pencil

for graphs and diagrams.

SCORING

There is no partial credit for Part I of the test. There are 35 questions and

you must answer 30 of them.

There is usually a "Probability" question that can be time-consuming.

you don't know how to do it, skip it.

Remember that about two-thirds of Part I is multiple choice, which means

that there are Princeton Review techniques that you can use to get the right

answer (we'll get to them in a little bit). So, you will probably prefer to skip

a question that is not multiple choice and stick to the ones that are.

The test is NOT in order of difficulty. However, you will probably find that

Part I stuffis much easier than Part II stuff. Most of the difficulty will come

from how well you know the material. If you are weak in trigonometry, you

aro going to have a very difficult time with this test.

Taking the Regents Exam ~