Choose Your Weapon
What Should My Weapon Do?
The graphing calculator can be built to or be programed to do the following--
- find the zeros of a function
- produce the graph of a function within an arbitrary viewing window
- compute the derivative of a function numerically
- compute definite integrals numerically
Which Calculators Are Legal?
Legal Graphing Calculators
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| Casio | fx-6000 | fx-6200 | fx-6300 | fx-6300 | fx-6500 | fx-7000 | fx-7300 |
| fx-7400 | fx-7500fd | fx-7700 | fx-7800 | fx-8000 | fx-8500 | fx-8700 |
| fx-8800 | fx-9700 | cfx-9800 | cfx-9850 | | | |
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| Hewlet-Packard | HP 28f | HP 48 | HP 38 | | | | |
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| Radio Shack | EC-4033 | EC-4034 | EC-4037 | | | | |
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| Sharp | EL-5200 | EL-9200 | EL-9300 | | | | |
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| Texas Instruments | TI-80 | TI-81 | TI-82 | TI-83 | TI-85 | | |
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| Other | Micronta | Smart2 | | | | | |
Illigal Machines
- Nongraphing scientific calculators
- Pocket organizers(Wizard, etc.)
- Electronic writing pads or pen input devices(Newton, etc.)
- Devices with QWERTY keyboards(HP-95, TI-92, etc.)
- Devices with QWERTY keyboards(HP-95, TI-92, etc.)
How To Choose Wisely
Although some people may believe that the more expensive calculators provide an advantage, cheaper calculators that contain more personalized programs by the user can me just as advantagous or even better. Moreover, cheaper calculators save you money which can be used to pay for the Calc AP AB Test. In summary, the best calculator is the one you are most familiar with.
