Bert Bates, one of the authors of the famous K&B book, just mentioned a few days ago here on the forums that the Math class is not on the
SCJP 5 and 6 exams (it is on the SCJP 1.4 exam).
Bitwise operators are indeed also not on the SCJP 5 or 6 exams.
[ September 10, 2008: Message edited by: Jesper Young ]