Graphing Calculator Help

DisneyFan25863 · 07-29-2006, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I had one of the first generation of graphing calculators in high school. We were allowed to use them for homework but not tests or anything like that. Went through differential equations in college without ever using one.

Once again..wow. I've been using my graphing calculator for every math test since 8th grade. You had to write out all your sines and such? That must have been torture...

Matterhorn Fan · 07-30-2006, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DisneyFan25863

Once again..wow. I've been using my graphing calculator for every math test since 8th grade. You had to write out all your sines and such? That must have been torture...

Beginning in seventh grade, we were allowed to use calculators. We were encouraged to buy "scientific" calculators, thus the TI-30.

Graphic calculators came out while I was in high school, but, unlike Alex, I didn't have one. It did seem to me, though, that the students who had them were at no advantage.

So, you don't have to graph sines and cosines? Just what DO you do in math classes these days?

DisneyFan25863 · 07-30-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

So, you don't have to graph sines and cosines? Just what DO you do in math classes these days?

We have to graph them, but there are also equations and problems where you can use your calculator to quickly find the answer.

BarTopDancer, you are probably right. Our classes are 2 hours long, but we don't normally use the entire period for the tests (which are normally around 30 questions)

Alex, one of the main reasons I'm looking at the 89 is that it has the ability to do 3D equations, which would be useful in the future for me.