<p>I have never taken calc before and I barely know what it is so.....It is really true that a TI-98 would be incredibly helpful for the calculus? I've heard that it has programs that you can just plug in the numbers and get the answer. I have a TI-83 but I would like to know if it is worth paying the money to buy an even better one. Any info would be great.</p>
<p>89..not 98
And yeah, you can plug in the numbers and get the answer. It's a great calc. All praise Texas Instruments :p
I hate the TI-83..I'd go for the 89, because you can use it anytime, even in grad school.</p>
<p>A calculator is by no means an easy way out of things. Most of your in-class tests will be non-calculator, and only a portion of the ap test allows it. A calculator helps you out for METICULOUS things.</p>
<p>BTW, Calculus is not difficult, and yes, the 89 is really useful (83 is such outdated technology).</p>
<p>Yeah, sorry I meant 89. Thanks, that helps a lot. That seems like it would be great for the AP test. Is calc more of a "show your work class" or "just get the right answer"? Cause if the latter the calc must be a godsend.</p>
<p>I have the 89 Titanium and love it.. (It is <em>basically</em> the same as the 89, except a little nicer, has more memory, etc.. the regular 89 would be basically just as helpful, but I'd still recommend forking in the extra 30 bucks or whatever)</p>
<p>You'll constantly be more appreciative of its usefulness, especially when you get into higher math like calculus...</p>
<p>My parents bought me one, but it got stolen, so I emptied my bank account ($100) and borrowed $40 and bought a new one -- yeah, put your name on it as soon as you get it, hehe.</p>
<p>If you really want to learn the material and plan to take other Calculus courses in college...than get some prep-books, stick with your TI-83 and learn the material.</p>
<p>If you want to get by with maximal ease and minimal pain...get a TI-89, load up on calculus programs, and have fun.</p>
<p>If you are going to take the AP test, than a lot of the math is conceptual so a calculator won't help very much if you don't know the material.</p>
<p>No calculator for a lot of the class? How on earth is that possible?? That just ruined my day....</p>
<p>Calc is definately more show your work....that's why 6 free response questions on the AP exam constitute 55% of the test...and 45 multiple choice problems are the rest.</p>
<p>Some people will become lazy and rely on the calculator (I've done that now, to a degree, even though i'm not in calculus)... if you do that, it's your choice. Just beacuse you have a calculator which can do something doesn't mean you're not going to learn how to do it... it MIGHT mean that, depending on who you are, but that's why it's your choice.</p>
<p>It's helpful, I'd say get it... unless you think you're a person who'd become compeltely reliant on it...</p>
<p>Clearly it's not a magical solution..</p>
<p>I am a little worried I'd become reliant. But I am really hoping that I could at least check all my answers on the test with the calc and if they are wrong, I'd see that they were wrong and could go back and redo them. That is really my hope for the calc. Not just write down automatically what the it says. Does this seem reasonable? Again, I've have never taken the class and have no real idea what I'm talking about....</p>
<p>If you want to prevent becoming reliant on an 89, use it only to check your answers and nothing more.</p>
<p>That is my plan...just to check. But that could seriously save valuable points if I found dumb mistakes in my work. I guess it is worth the cost.</p>
<p>I'm not in calculus either, but that is what I use my calculator for most of the time. I make sure I know how to do the problem, and check my work..or if I'm positive I know how to do it, then just use the calculator answer. I don't use the calculator until I first get all of the problems right on the homework though. Test time comes..you show the work because you know how to do it and you're positive you have the right answer cuz the calc is right there.</p>
<p>The main thing an 89 is reaaallly useful for is when you have some meaty derivatives to find and after 5 lines of work, you find that you made a small mistake and screwed everything up. So, you can work backwards, checking to see if your step in the process is equivalent to the official answer to find where your mistake was. </p>
<p>You gotta love the built in boolean expression stuff.</p>
<p>I have no idea what "boolean expression" is but it sounds good...</p>
<p>Another question: are there different types of TI-89's. Like for the TI-83, there is regular, plus and silver. Is so, which one do recommend?</p>
<p>ti-89 titanium > ti-89 > ti84 silver > ti83 silver > ti84 plus > ti83 plus > ti-83</p>
<p>Is the titanium that much better than the regular TI-89? What is the real difference (except price, of course).</p>
<p>TI-83 Plus is best....</p>
<p>TI-89 Titanium would solve everything for u.. and u wouldnt learn anything</p>
<p>I realize that but wouldn't it be great to check all your answers on a test or on the homework to make sure you didn't make any dumb mistakes? Wouldn't that save a ton of points for careless errors?</p>