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Title: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: thatisanote on February 05, 2011, 03:31:07 pm

What would be the best (read: most time saving) calculator to use in exams for subjects other than maths or subjects where calculators that are not programmable or with symbolic functions are allowed?

Anything from http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/b2c/display/(cpgsize=10&layout=5.1-25_120_120_190_192_191_193_204_5_120_120_206_120_120_201_72_120_120_195_196_120_14&uiarea=14&carea=4C3B55A96EBF09F2E1008000AC193D36&cpgnum=1)/.do?rf=y would be good.

Some of my thoughts:

Fx100Au has a SOLVE function - what does that mean?
Ti-30XB seems pretty good - would it be allowed? It has a table function that eg for tabling y = 5 + x for x values from 5 to 10
HP SmartCalc 300s seems decent - thoughts?

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: tarek on February 05, 2011, 03:33:54 pm

Ti- 30XB FTW! and it is allowed :)

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: Pixon on February 05, 2011, 03:35:18 pm

There's a similar thread to this in which I endorse the TI-30XB.

http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,35833.msg389464.html#msg389464

Good value as well! I'm fairly certain that it's allowed in VCAA exams...it's definitely approved for the SAT sciences.

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: thatisanote on February 05, 2011, 03:44:59 pm

hah awesome looks like i'll grab that ;)
i have the nspire 1, is there anything about the 2nd one worth upgrading for?
i wish it had buttons to skip to the start or end of a line.. ffs

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: pi on February 05, 2011, 07:45:00 pm

Ti-30XB Multiview!

Its the best!

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: m@tty on February 05, 2011, 09:40:41 pm

I also have the Ti. It's been good to me for two years.

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: thushan on February 06, 2011, 10:40:22 am

I like my Sharp EL-531WH

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: iNerd on February 06, 2011, 10:41:23 am

Casio fx82-au, NO PLUS.

Hate PLUS.

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: pi on February 06, 2011, 12:14:51 pm

Quote from: Bazza16 on February 06, 2011, 12:03:38 pm

Quote from: Rohitpi on February 05, 2011, 07:45:00 pm

Ti-30XB Multiview!

Its the best!

Do you have one? didn't it come onto the booklist this year for the year 9's?

I bought it from my brother (now MHS year 10) for a $2 discount (he bought 2 with a $5 discount off the total price, or something like that)! (yes, my brother is pretty shifty sometimes)

Title: Re: Best calculator for non-maths subjects?
Post by: shivesh on February 06, 2011, 12:35:46 pm

I think the fx 82-AU is a fairly decent calculator and it can
store a few calculations or values so you can to an extent
erradicate care less errors. ;D