<p>Would a standard (under $25) calculator suffice for most finance classes?</p>
<p>Or would you recommend using a more advanced calculator, such as a Ti-84 silver plus?</p>
<p>For finance, we were just required to get the TI-BA II. You can get it for less than $25 online or from Walmart. I didn’t buy it though. My professor allows us to use the Financial calculator app on our phones. You can download from the app store.</p>
<p>A TI-BA II Plus is standard for my classes. You can use a graphing calculator–they have financial applications–but they lack some of the capabilities of financial calculators. Financial calculators aren’t generally too expensive, though. I got mine from Walmart for less than $30. </p>
<p>(By the way, unlike RachelTSU, my professors will NOT allow the use of cell phone apps as a replacement for calculators, so keep that in mind: not all schools will allow that. In fact, I’m surprised that any do.)</p>
<p>Hi ThereseR,</p>
<p>You can use the TI-84 Silver Plus calculator but it’s probably best to use the TI-BA II Plus because many finance textbooks and finance classes uses that tool. I tried using the TI-84 calculator because I didn’t want to buy another calculator, but it’s harder to learn the finance functions on your own while everyone is using the TI-BA II calculator. Just a heads up on that.</p>