(Part 2) Best office calculators according to redditors
We found 325 Reddit comments discussing the best office calculators. We ranked the 111 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Probably.
But a used TI-83 Plus is only about $30...
Amazon Used TI-83+
You're not kidding... I looked up "grade school calculator" and, the first one that popped up is exactly the same as what I remember from over 25 years ago.
Man, I loved playing with the slide covers on those things.
For anyone wondering, these calculators have a built in piano. https://www.amazon.com/Function-Electronic-Calculator-12-Digits-Launchpad/dp/B076HVG4NM
https://www.amazon.com/Function-Electronic-Calculator-12-Digits-Launchpad/dp/B076HVG4NM
Well, maybe I should have mentioned that it was a collective order. Amazon lists it with 150€. 125€ are still an awful lot of money. Additionally you are obliged to buy books and other stuff for the new school year. A tidy little sum...
This thing probably draws as much power as a blender. You'd save money by buying an equally rugged solar powered TI-108. They cost $9 on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-TI-108-Elementary/dp/B001F0271O
That's way too much, this is all you need. Big buttons so it's easy to use. Anything more than basic arithmetic then it should go in excel where it gets documented in your workpaper.
In no particular order:
Wir dürfen an der HTL "nur" einen Graphikfähigen Taschenrechner verwenden.
Texas Instruments Nspire CX-CAS
Casio fx-260 solar
More like accessing and modifing the software of the calculator.
Example of such a calculator:
https://www.amazon.de/Casio-FX-991DE-wissenschaftlicher-ClassWiz-nat%C3%BCrlichem/dp/B00VB2ISDM/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?keywords=Nicht+Programmierbarer+Taschenrechner&qid=1564094535&refinements=p_89%3ACasio&s=gateway&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzOTM1Q0Y0MjFITkRMJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODQ4NjI1MUhJVjFEUzc1UzNTRiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTU1NDEyMVlPQTNGTU5MQktEWSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl
There are white and red variants of the ALPSulator on Amazon Japan via third party sellers. You'd have to use a forwarding service like Tenso or Zenmarket.
>I believe that the government should require that all publically funded schools accept all graphing calculators regardless of who produces them or what brand they are and instead bases them off of functions necessary to complete the curriculum.
Already you can use any graphing calculator. Incidentally, there are numerous calculator companies in business. Do you mean for the government to impose penalties on schools that recommend a specific graphing calculator to complete the course? What kind of law do you want to make and what would it say?
Aside: there are legitimate reasons to ban graphing calculators that are too good in classrooms. If there is a test on integration, having a calculator that can show you step-by-step symbolic solutions can invalidate that test. You can argue that being able to integrate by hand is a stupid skill that's not worth learning, but that's a very separate argument.
See more SAT rules for calculators here. Both for a stunningly long list of competitive graphing calculators and for some features that are banned in some testing situations.
>So, for starters because of the textbook industry the use of the TI-83/84 has run rampant and has monopolistic competition on college campuses (and thus relevant work places) as a result.
So? It's tried and true. I work in finance, and we all all use Dixon Ticonderoga pencils because they work. Oh, and we all have HP-12cs, lol. Would you propose a law banning Dixon Ticonderoga because their lead is too smooth, and their grip is so light, and their eraser too supple? "Your product is too good! Destroy it and design it again!"
>This monopolistic competition allows them to charge up to $150 for a Calculator that has not been improved upon since 1996.
So? Lots of things aren't cheaper than they used to be.
>Today most phones (even non smartphones) are more powerful than both of these calculators in terms of raw hardware.
I hate responding to every single one of your points with "So?" but really: "So?"
What, specifically, do you want a graphing calculator to do that it can't do? Keep in mind also that there are way better graphing calculators out there, just nobody buys them because the purpose of a graphing calculator is to help students learn math skills more than it is actually used to solve problems.
I can't honestly think of a single function I want on my TI-84 (as a learning/educational tool) that it doesn't have. It would be nice if it were faster, I guess, but it doesn't make sense for them to redesign an entire calculator just to make it as fast as your dumb phone.
It does everything that you want it to do.
You're not going to regret it. But I would do more shopping instead of just running with Reddit's advice. Sure the CX CAS is more than you need most of the time, but did you know it's not the fastest CAS calculator on the market? HP actually makes the fastest one. Also Casio makes a very user friendly touchscreen calculator that even comes with stylus. How cool is that?
But like I said, the CX CAS is basically all you need. I just hate seeing these calculators get left out all the time.
I think that's a great project to start with. I have done something similar. I bought this calculator and took it apart. I replaced the switches with Kailh Box Navies but I wouldn't recommend any box stem switches with this unless you're up for cutting your keycaps to fit. Also, you won't be able to put your own caps on this because the PCB doesn't have standard spacing. If those are all deal breakers for you, the ducky pocket is your best bet.
Here the calculator most people get for A-Level Maths/Further Maths is either this one (£68/$88) or this one (£29/$38). A-Levels are the main academic qualifications in the UK for 16-18 year olds in college.
This is the one we were recommended to buy (even normal maths students, so count yourself lucky).
La calculatrice NumWorks est disponible depuis aujourd'hui sur amazon.ca : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0747RQGF5/
If you are going to spend 150$, get the NSpire CX II. It is actually cheaper but just a better calculator, as well as much newer
TI-Nspire CX II Color Graphing Calculator with Student Software https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SDG5719/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_CccADbTCWH9PS
Texas Instruments. Balls of steel.
>People still use desk calculators?? :)
They sure do. Here are two of the best selling calculators of any kind:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003822IRA/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I3C4EY/
... this one?
https://www.amazon.com/TI-Nspire-Graphing-Calculator-Student-Software/dp/B07SDG5719/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=ti+nspire+cx&qid=1573859874&sr=8-2
No problem. I just checked the UK Amazon, it seems like it lets me set Turkey as the final destination for a -T non-CAS and has a price of 125 GBP+12 shipping.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Texas-Instruments-TI-Nspire-CX-II-T/dp/B07S6318K8/
This has been my go to lol buttons feel nice and it's small so it can fit in my pocket sometimes easily
I wanted to give everyone an update on what calculator we decided to buy for my son for high school this year. We bought the NumWorks Calculator and are planning on him using it unless his teacher will not let him. As a back up calculator I bought the TI-84 Plus CE at Target on Sunday, since it is on sale this week for $99.99. We are going to take the TI-84 Plus CE back if he is allowed to use the NumWorks calculator, but I wanted to get it at $99.99 instead of having to potentially pay the full $139.99 price. Target offers a 30-day return policy on the calculator, so we will be able to take it back after his first week of school if he doesn't need it.
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I had already bought the TI-Nspire CX at our local Office Max for $103.91 + tax a week or so ago, but we are going to return it. It is a nice calculator and seems easy to use in some ways and more complicated in others. The documents feature seems overly complicated for a calculator, but maybe it is needed in some situations that I am not thinking of at the moment.
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Another thing that seems weird about the TI-Nspire CX is when you divide two numbers. If you put in 3 divided by 8 you would think you would get the answer of 0.375, but instead you get 3/8, which is what you entered in the first place. To get 0.375 for the answer you need to remember to use one of the three methods mentioned in the How to convert between fractions and decimals for TI Nspire CX video. I am guessing there is a reason for 3/8 = 3/8, but it seems odd to me.
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TI-Nspire CX's touchpad for moving the cursor around the screen doesn't seem that great based on the Texas Instruments TI-Nspire Review video I found. The TI-Nspire CX emulator is not bad to navigate on my PC with my mouse, but I am not sure how well the actual calculator will work with the little trackpad in the middle of the directional buttons.
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It is nice that the TI-Nspire CX calculator spells out things with full titles instead of what looks like function names on the TI-84 Plus CE. For example, to calculate an "Integral" you need to hit the following buttons on each calculator:
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TI-84 Plus CE: "MATH" > "9:fnInt("
TI-Nspire CX: "menu" > "4 Calculus" > "2 Numerical Integral"
NumWorks: "Toolbox" > "Calculations" > "int(f(x),x,a,b) - Integral"
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This is just one example, but you can see how the TI-84 uses older naming with not a lot of letters for the titles. The TI-Nspire CX isn't bad once you know which menu to look under, but the NumWorks calculator seems easier to use and they show you both the long name and the formula.
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I really recommend downloading the three emulators for these calculators at the following links and trying them yourself to see how they will work before buying one.
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Watch some videos on each on YouTube and try to figure out how to solve some problems that you find online to see which is easiest to use. The TI-84 Plus CE and the TI-Nspire CX we needed to follow instructions to get the answers to problems. Once we read the instructions for the problems for the TI calculators it was sometimes funny how easy it was to find the answer on the NumWorks. I had to do a little search for how to do a couple of things on the NumWorks, but everything was straightforward and made sense. I don't know if we are missing something and there will be things that are more complicated on the NumWorks, but currently it seems the easiest to use.
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I'm also not a fan of how the TI-Nspire CX buries the "sin", "cos", "tan", "abs", "square root", etc. functions under the "trig >" and "symbols" (not sure what to call it) buttons. I guess it is easy to use them once you find them, but I like how the TI-84 and NumWorks have those functions and others visible on the calculator either on a button or above a button that you access with the "2ND" or "shift" keys.
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My son, wife, and I went through a few more problems the other day and every time the NumWorks seemed the easiest to use without any or much help from searching on Google. The NumWorks calculator just seems more intuitive to use and things make sense. 3/8 on the NumWorks equals 3/8 = 0.375. The NumWorks even says that 6/16 equals 3/8 = 0.375 without pressing any special buttons. The TI-84 Plus CE says it is equal to 0.375 and the TI-Nspire CX says it is 3/8 unless you go through the steps mentioned in the video above, but then you just get 0.375 without 3/8. The NumWorks gives you both answers right from the start, since the developers must've determined you might need both. Do you see what I mean about the NumWorks being more intuitive?
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I really recommend the NumWorks calculator if you are allowed to use it at your high school. If you don't trust me, then try the online version or download it for your iPhone/iPad or Android device for free and see for yourself. I think you will be surprised at how well it works and how old it makes the TI-84 Plus CE and even the TI-Nspire CX feel. Engadget says "NumWorks graphing calculator is made for students raised on tech" and I would agree with that statement. I also agree with Romain Goyet, the creator and head of Numworks, when he says "If you give students something that's 25 years old, it's going to seem complicated to them." The TI-84 Plus CE seems complicated and like it was made back in the 1990s. The NumWorks graphing calculator seems like something that was made in 2017 and a lot easier to use.
I'm am international student for what it's worth. Tha's how much they retail everywhere here...
Even on amazon.uk it costs 100+£ while being on a discount too. Idk how you guys get them for much cheaper
I'm such a traditionalist that I use an old-school adding machine. It's much better than a calculator for adding/subtracting a bunch of numbers. Of course, if the numbers are already on a computer I just use excel and the SUM function.
Our physics teacher specifically instructed the invigilators for mocks to not allow them, although he is hardly the best source for information.
I think the data bank regulation actually means data you can input and store yourself, meaning you could have revision notes stored on there, rather than just constants.
The amazon listing states that the calculator is "Approved for Key stages 3, 4 and 5, recommended for Advanced GCSE, A/AS level and Highers. Allowed in every UK exam where a calculator can be used."
Seems fairly clear cut to me but the whole situation is a mess. For example, if asked to solve a quadratic equation, do you still have to do it manually and use the calculator to check? Or can you just straight up write down the solutions it gives you? Simultaneous equations? Matrix multiplication?
unfortunately, its not an advanced calculator. just a basic calc that switches to 10-key number pad. It does have calculate/send functionality, which I find pretty useful for some situations.
I did a quick search and it looks like the link I ordered from is no longer in stock. Not positive if it exists elsewhere in the amazon.co.jp realm though. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0044WWDL4
If im reading right, there might still be a red one available, but i could be mistaken. https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/offer-listing/B0041OYYS0/
Der soll mal keinen Scheiß labern. Ich habe den fx-991 gekauft und das Ding ist echt der Hammer. Bei dem Funktionsumfang und Komfort wäre ich sogar bei dem doppelten Preis zufrieden. Der Typ sollte sich lieber bei der Schulleitung beschweren gehen, statt über angeblich mafiöse Zustände im Internet zu schreiben. Für dämliche Geradengleichungen und Dreiecke braucht man doch keinen grafikfähigen Taschenrechner. Außerdem sind/waren programmierfähige TR nicht umsonst verboten. Nen fähiger Onkel/Vater kann dem Sprössling die komplette Klausur reinprogrammieren.
I personally like this one (https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-MultiView-Scientific-Calculator/dp/B001A4G1TY). The only annoying thing is exponents, instead of a "E" button there's a "X10^." I used it for a Calculus based Physics class and it worked just fine.
For you nostalgic impulse buyers out there, it's on Amazon.
$8, free shipping. And that should be a clean non-referral link.
Nope, most calculators with CAS are banned on tests such as the ACT, SAT, IB and some AP exams. You're in college so you won't have to worry about those exams, but some professors and other exams down the line might not let you use it.
I don't recommend getting the first first model, but if you must get a greyscale Nspire, get the one with a touchpad. or maybe even a TI-89 -- they are used by a lot of engineering students.
CAS stands for Computer Algebra System. Here's one I just bought.
http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-N2CAS-CLM-2L1/dp/B003EK7O1G/ref=pd_sim_e_3
Quick stall her while we crack the launch codes and use it against her.
edit: Spelling.
Casio fx-260 SOLAR Scientific Calculator, Pink https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KD1S5SU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PssIDb3538QZX
Depending on how much of hard asses testing services is at your school of pharmacy, you may not be able to use any calculator other than the ones provided by testing services during exams (I’d be surprised if they let you BYOC at any school).
The one linked above is the one we were provided. I had a fancy Ti but I went out and bought the calculator that I would be forced to test with. That way, as I do assignments and study, I’d also become a pro at using the calculator I would test with. Nothing worse than finally wrapping your head around a wordy TPN or compounding problem and then not being able to find the damn negative number button.
I went as far as buying the pink version to save a couple dollars (I’m a dude). My pink calculator has served me well through my first 3 years, haven’t needed much more than that basic scientific calculator.
> more expensive than three normal 1080p monitors.
if you're buying $99 monitors, then they're probably crap
>>Since you're all being pedantic idiots, I looked up the actual price
https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-Programmable-Calculator-Packaging/dp/B0006ZZGZI/
You're not getting a good <$93 monitor, and 7ms is only good for console gaming. Try again.