There's no "best". If you're good at the basic calculation for which you require a TI, the cheapest (usually oldest) will do. My Uni and school still forbids anything higher than 83.

marmistrz

9 Posts

February 28 2015 15:36 GMT

#63

Well, the price plays no role because I can have all of them (I simply need to download a ROM). And uni/school forbidding neither does, as on no exam I'll be allowed to use a mobile phone

micronesia

United States24680 Posts

February 28 2015 15:59 GMT

#64

I always liked the TI-86. Among other reasons, it has a simple-to-use equation solver and a simple-to-use solver for systems of linear equations.

Eventually I got a TI-89 titanium for when I moved up into the world of calculus and the like.

I don't know of any advantages of the 82/83/83+ over the 86 except that some of them are newer.

SoSexy

Italy3725 Posts

February 28 2015 16:43 GMT

#65

Dat necro bump

Ghostcom

Denmark4782 Posts

February 28 2015 17:02 GMT

#66

TI-89 for life

itsjustatank

Hong Kong9154 Posts

February 28 2015 17:09 GMT

#67

83+ is cool but the 89 is way better

marmistrz

9 Posts

February 28 2015 17:56 GMT

#68

89 is unavailable for my emulator

aRyuujin

United States5049 Posts

March 01 2015 18:16 GMT

#69

84 served me well for a few years, but 89 is mandatory for many classes because it does so much stuff for you

Chewbacca.

United States3634 Posts

March 01 2015 18:20 GMT

#70

In HS a TI-83 is going to be able to do everything you need, it is the most commonly used in class so your teachers will be teaching how to use it unlike the later versions, and higher versions aren't allowed on several tests.

Once you get to college you are likely either not going to be allowed to use a calculator, or you're going to be doing all of your work on a computer program anyway

Orome

Switzerland11984 Posts

March 01 2015 18:33 GMT

#71

I still remember being mad that the TI89 I used all through high school wasn't allowed in any of my uni statistics courses.

danl9rm

United States3111 Posts

March 01 2015 18:43 GMT

#72

I didn't even have a calculator and that was all I needed to get me through a Computer Science degree. Don't get your panties in a wad over a calculator.

Simberto

Germany11508 Posts

March 05 2015 10:10 GMT

#73

I don't get graphic calculators. I have never seen anyone use one outside of a school setting. They are this weird hybrid between a pocket calculator and an actual computer that noone seems to need, but everyone learns to use in school.

As someone aspiring to become a math teacher and giving teaching high school students 1on1 to finance my studies, i am always incredibly annoyed when someones answer to a problem is "Yeah i press F1, F3, F4, Enter". They usually have no idea what these buttons do or how any of what they are doing relates to any field of maths or real worlds situation, but they are trained to solve very specific questions using a very specific model of graphic calculator by pressing the right buttons. This is a complete waste of everyones time teaching them utterly useless skills instead of mathematic principles that are relevant to understanding what they are actually doing.

)Sky(BloOd

14 Posts

March 05 2015 10:51 GMT

#74

the person above me is on my wavelength... maybe were just dummies though.

Bojas

Netherlands2397 Posts

March 05 2015 11:33 GMT

#75

Bojas

Netherlands2397 Posts

March 05 2015 11:34 GMT

#76

They're mandatory in upper level high school in the Netherlands. I never understood why either, especially since in college, where you're supposed to build upon your high school math skills, we're not allowed to use them. Not that I'd want to, Excel is amazing. If anything they should start teaching Excel earlier.

Edit: sorry for double post, crappy internet in this train.

Cascade

Australia5405 Posts

March 05 2015 13:00 GMT

#77

I remember writing games for those back in the days. Fun times!

I remember adding a "loading" screen, and a loading bar that took 100% of the CPU. The loading screen did nothing but making sure the loading bar was moving smoothly. Just for show.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44334 Posts

March 05 2015 15:50 GMT

#78

In high school and undergraduate mathematics/ science, you won't ever need anything more than a TI-83+/84, and you'll use computer programs (e.g., Maple) for anything else that's more advanced or more visual. I've taught high school and college math, and I just tell my students that being able to use both a scientific and a graphing calculator during high school years is a great investment for many different STEM classes that they'll take in college.

That being said, a lot of times, calculators aren't necessary, and many courses I teach outright ban the graphing calculator (because it's too easy to program/ save formulas for cheating), but we'll often permit scientific calculators. The key is for math educators to only use technology (like calculators) to supplement and improve lessons and student comprehension; overuse of the calculator results in students relying on them as a crutch. I can't tell you how many college students I teach who can't do simple subtraction or multiplication since they've been using calculators for the past 6+ years of their lives for anything arithmetic-related -.-'