frontpagematrixguy posted Jul 21, 2025 02:36 AM
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frontpagematrixguy posted Jul 21, 2025 02:36 AM
Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Python Color Graphing Calculator (Black)
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That being said, you can get them on ebay for about $50. People use them a year (or semester) and sell them.
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If you have a deal on a TI-30, post that.
There are students who take more than just the SAT. My children had TI-30 calculators that got them through 9th grade. After that they needed graphing calculators for their various math classes and AP tests. There are options to use built-in Desmos for AP tests, but that wasn't always available in class so a standalone graphing calculator was preferred.
Then an engineer invented a program that mimicked deleting programs.
Also, if your child is enrolled in an IB program, check that the Python version is permitted on IB exams. If it's not, then it's going to be useless to them.
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I also had to have a graphing calculator in my math classes years ago in middle school and high school (different state and well before there were other options). I mean it literally was a requirement in my trig and calculus classes (and strongly encouraged in my algebra classes in middle school) to have a graphing calculator because they were an integral (pun intended) part of various tests and homework assignments. I also needed them in one of my college math classes (this was also before there were other options like Desmos). I appreciated having one because I taught myself TI-BASIC and while I'm not a computer scientist, I do an extensive amount of coding now for my job. Programming simple games on my calculator during school and at home was part of the foundation for what I do now.
I'm not saying people should buy this unless they have some specific need for it. Your experience getting by with a scientific calculator, however, does not match what others need. Again, my children have to have some type of graphing calculator so a TI-30 will not work. We have a couple scientific calculators sitting in drawers for now because of their class graphing calculator requirements.
I don't know how any math teacher would teach on a desmos calculator, since how do you give a class test and allow students to use a desmos calculator?
Also, if your child is enrolled in an IB program, check that the Python version is permitted on IB exams. If it's not, then it's going to be useless to them.
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