Which calculator is more handy for Calculus 1?

[halik]

Originally posted by: Epiphany

Originally posted by: phreakah
let's just say my calc grade went from an F to a B after i got my 89

professor allowed us to use our calculators for tests LOL

settled. 89 it is. Price differention between the 89 and the rest is pretty minimal.

thanks yall

youll love it, it does multivar calc w ease (surface integrals etc). Most helpful thing ever, especially for calc 3 hw. Faster than maple imo, at least you dont have to deal with the funny syntax and such.

Too bad they didnt allow us to use em in calc 2 or 3... but then again if you get some crazy integral that you can do by hand, you must've @#@# up somewhere

 

[Chaotic42]

You made a sound decision, especially if you're going to be taking lots of math classes.

 

[brtspears2]

Ti-89, but there is no need for a calculator for most of Calc I anyways.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Dont waste your money on a 86. Either get a 83 silver or a 89.

Yeah a 83+silver is nice.

plus it's fast enough to play some neat games!

 

[RagingBITCH]

Unless you're going to be an engineer and take some massive hardcore math classes, the 83 is more than good enough for Calc 1. If you're so stupid you can't figure it out on paper anyway, well, you shouldn't be taking Calculus.

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
get ti-89 titanium!

I just got mine yesterday.
It's pretty slick
I had an 83+ before that.

 

[DanJ]

Should just get the Ti-92 that just does the problems for you.:Q

 

[MetalMat]

Be a man, just get a TI-83+ like I did. Passed through Calc 1,2,3 & Differential Equations with it. Just download the program to do integrals and the other to convert from imaginary to magnitude/angle .

 

[SilverTorch]

89 over 86, I have both.

89 will make your home work so much easier

 

[ActuaryTm]

Sadly, was confined to the use of a BA-35 the entire length of my mathematical education. Either of the above choices should be acceptable, as long as the motivation to use the calculator as a tool (and not a crutch) is present.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Sadly, was confined to the use of a BA-35 the entire length of my mathematical education. Either of the above choices should be acceptable, as long as the motivation to use the calculator as a tool (and not a crutch) is present.

Don't mean to thread hijack, but how is it being an actuary?

 

[cw42]

funny... at my univ calculators are BANNED from pre-calc and calc.

 

[HokieESM]

Get whatever you want.... most of these calculators now can do basic calculus for you (even symbolically).

I will suggest that you learn NOT to use it as a crutch. A lot of my statics students couldn't perform simple integrals in their head because of this. Also, if you NEED a calculator to do anything in calculus I, there are problems to begin with.

The biggest boon for these calculators is their ability to numerically solve equations. But if your teacher is worth one whit, you won't have any numerical solutions. I also happen to "borrow" an 86 and an 89 when test time comes around--just to make sure that there's one problem, it can't symbolically integrate.

 

[cw42]

Originally posted by: HokieESM
Get whatever you want.... most of these calculators now can do basic calculus for you (even symbolically).

I will suggest that you learn NOT to use it as a crutch. A lot of my statics students couldn't perform simple integrals in their head because of this. Also, if you NEED a calculator to do anything in calculus I, there are problems to begin with.

The biggest boon for these calculators is their ability to numerically solve equations. But if your teacher is worth one whit, you won't have any numerical solutions. I also happen to "borrow" an 86 and an 89 when test time comes around--just to make sure that there's one problem, it can't symbolically integrate.

you're a prof? what classes do u teach?

 

[digitalsm]

I dont know about your calc classes but mine prohibited Ti-89s, and most only allowed the use of a 83+ on half the test. Id go with the Ti 83+ or the new improved version, the Ti 84+

 

[Ameesh]

ti-89 is the one you want, it will last you through college

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: electricJ
Get the Ti-89.

But for goodness sakes, be sure to learn how to differentiate and integrate by hand...

Agreed, altho i got through calc i, ii, and iii with just my 83+.

 

[So]

83+ will do fine and actually force you to learn. 89 for Calc3 and up.

 

[PoPPeR]

TI-89's are banned in my college math classes

 

[Justin218]

I can't even use a graphing calculator in any calc class. No notecard or anything either. it is terrible.

 

[silverpig]

I never used a graphing calc in university math. All of the questions I ever did were proofs or were easy to do without a calculator. Well, up until you needed mathematica to do some of them.

 

[Turkish]

just get a Ti-83+

 

[PowerEngineer]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
TI-89's are banned in my college math classes

And I believe are also banned from AP and IB tests.

 

[Skiguy411]

How can you find out which calculators are banned?

Do they usually tell you on the schools website?

For instance, anyone know about NCSU?

 

[XZeroII]

I learned Calc 2 years ago in a class that didn't allow a graphing calculator of any kind. It was actually much better that way since I think I learned a lot more.