They probably meant electronic calculators. When I asked my prof about using a sliderule, they said that was fine. (Granted, that was in physics where the grad

They probably meant electronic calculators. When I asked my prof about using a sliderule, they said that was fine. (Granted, that was in physics where the graders usually use the final answer as a check and rarely deduct many marks if all of the work leading up to an incorrect numerical answer is correct.)