What calculator should I get?

Student615
Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:01:53 +0000

Don’t worry about getting any particular calculator until you get to school and find out if you have a class that requires one (and what they suggest). There’s no point in spending $100+ if you don’t need to.

I went to school with my TI-83+ from HS. I’m a math minor and I’ve hardly used it at all and certainly haven’t needed anything more advanced. Classes that have required Matematica or Maple have supplied access and a professor that required TI-92s supplied them for the class. An 83, and for that matter probably any basic scientific calculator, will be plenty for most classes. If you find that you need something else, cross the bridge when it comes.