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I love this thing:

The keys are almost as big as my laptop keys, so you can imagine how fast I can type on it. In fact, I avoid my TI calculators, which I still lug around because I hate "dialing" slowly for the answers. They're terrible! WHY DO THEY THINK YOU WANT TO TYPE ON AN ADVIL!!?!? I only go back to them when I have lots of exponents or square roots in an equation.

I can't find a regular big calculator with exponents and square root. Actually, square root is common, but I hardly ever need it. Can someone help me with this?

Thanks.

Isaac wrote:In fact, I avoid my TI calculators, which I still lug around because I hate "dialing" slowly for the answers. They're terrible! WHY DO THEY THINK YOU WANT TO TYPE ON AN ADVIL!!?!?

Maybe those of us who have to do math beyond a 5th-grade level know that the smaller buttons mean far more features?

This is what I would use.

Of course, you'd need to have a iPad in order to use it.

I can be pretty fast on my TI-85.

fliptw wrote:I can be pretty fast on my TI-85.

Oh yeah. I mean if you hold it with both hands and type on in it like a GameBoy, using your thumbs, I bet you could.

TopGun. Most math I do is pretty much at the Fifth Grade level. So speed and accuracy is more important than lots of functions. However, when dealing with exponents, using the M+ M- buttons (which I use the heck out of), it can be easy to make mistakes. Like I'll have to multiply 1.0243 times itself 48 times. If I accidently do it 47 times I have the wrong answer. So I type RM * 1 * RM * RM * RM * RM .... until I'm at the 48th.

Anyway, never mind you all. Thanks anyway.

you could use python.

See if your school offers Maple.

Maple is like the best calculator you could ever imagine, plus about a hundred more features.

You need a computer to use it, but it'll basically do all of your leg work for you.

Jeez, when I was in school, calculators were not allowed =/.

snoopy wrote:See if your school offers Maple.

Maple is like the best calculator you could ever imagine, plus about a hundred more features.

You need a computer to use it, but it'll basically do all of your leg work for you.

Ewwno. Maple is godawful. At least use Mathematica.

TechPro wrote:This is what I would use.

Of course, you'd need to have a iPad in order to use it.

The ad at the bottom is amazing.

Top Gun wrote:

snoopy wrote:See if your school offers Maple.

Maple is like the best calculator you could ever imagine, plus about a hundred more features.

You need a computer to use it, but it'll basically do all of your leg work for you.

Ewwno. Maple is godawful. At least use Mathematica.

Or if you have an Internet connection:

Wolfram Alpha

Yes, Alpha is a fantastic website.