From your experience

[JinXi]

I can't stand the CAS calculators. Sure, they have more controls than the space shuttle and can help process the most difficult of questions as a "get out of jail free" card, but they just feel WAY too cumbersome.

I strongly prefer Exam 1 as I prefer to "pack light" with just a pencil or two, an eraser, a sharpener and my brainpower.

CAS Calc took AGES to process a question on TSFX 09 today...

Yea the thing is I *think* VCAA would ensure that the calc won't take too long to solve the questions so that hopefully no one freaks out from calculator freeze

Or they might decide to throw in an equation in which the Calculator may or may not want give "More Solutions Exist."

[Martoman]

like a polynomial with a trig, just graph em.

[Stroodle]

Yeah, when it's possible I just push clear on the classpad to break the operation, then use the graph instead.

[chap]

cheers for link.

[jasoN-]

that is a good link, too bad I don't need to use it anymore :/, had to struggle through the fail solving speeds for the year

[schnappy]

Do fellow classpad users have issues with finding the median of a continuous PDF? How do you go about doing it... I always get no solutions!

I can't find any problems, can someone post a 'find the median of this contin PDF' bla bla problem up? So I can fiddle with it...

[Duck]

I agree with the hatred of CAS, but count yourselves lucky that you get a non-calc exam. Wasn't it only calc like 5-6 years ago?

[AzureBlue]

I agree with the hatred of CAS, but count yourselves lucky that you get a non-calc exam. Wasn't it only calc like 5-6 years ago?

Yes, a decade or so ago I recall you were allowed to bring in calcs for both exams, but they couldn't do like algebra and weren't as powerful as they are now - so you would have to do some questions manually and some with the calc.

[m@tty]

I can't stand the CAS calculators. Sure, they have more controls than the space shuttle and can help process the most difficult of questions as a "get out of jail free" card, but they just feel WAY too cumbersome.

I strongly prefer Exam 1 as I prefer to "pack light" with just a pencil or two, an eraser, a sharpener and my brainpower.

CAS Calc took AGES to process a question on TSFX 09 today...

Yea the thing is I *think* VCAA would ensure that the calc won't take too long to solve the questions so that hopefully no one freaks out from calculator freeze

Completely different story with Spesh ... From memory the last question in 09 took 3 minutes or something. And if you didnt specify the domain properly it gave a different solution to what was required. Worst question ever.