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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: M-D on February 05, 2013, 09:14:53 am

Title: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: M-D on February 05, 2013, 09:14:53 am

Hi,

I just wanted to know what are the rules for calculator usage in Calculus 1(MAST10005) and Calculus 2(MAST10006). Can calculators be used in the exams? If so can we use CAS calculators or only graphic?

thanks

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: golden on February 05, 2013, 09:35:36 am

You aren't allowed to use calculators.

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: M-D on February 05, 2013, 11:06:14 am

won't it be too difficult to do everything without a calculator? like in VCE exam 2 of both math methods and spesh allow for use of a calculator.

How is uni maths compared to VCE?

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: Gloamglozer on February 05, 2013, 11:33:35 am

The questions that you will be given will not require the use of calculators.  So in a way, yes, exams are a lot easier but compared to VCE maths, the material is taught faster.

Also, there aren't any long-winded extended response questions such as Tasmania/Victoria Jones.  But there will be some worded questions in Calculus 2.

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: LeviLamp on February 05, 2013, 11:51:48 am

Not needing to figure out when you should be using a calculator and having to stick extremely complex equations, prone to mistypes, into it to solve them sounds amazing. Definitely worth the quicker pace of teaching.

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: mark_alec on February 05, 2013, 02:06:49 pm

Calculators are not used in any university maths subject.

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: Gloamglozer on February 05, 2013, 02:32:10 pm

Quote from: mark_alec on February 05, 2013, 02:06:49 pm

Calculators are not used in any university maths subject.

Yeah.  At UoM, it is mostly MATLAB for most subjects, R and Maple for statistics and a little bit of Mathematica if you end up doing MAST30028 Numerical and Symbolic Mathematics.

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: M-D on February 05, 2013, 03:34:49 pm

how about graphs and stuff, how are they done without calculators (I mean the complex graphs)?

also what is MATLAB?

Title: Re: calculator use in Calculus 1 and 2
Post by: Thu Thu Train on February 05, 2013, 03:42:16 pm

"how are they done without calculators"

hand draw them.....