<p>Also, I was wondering... can you have saved formulas and stuff on your calc for the test? Do they check it, or what?</p>
<p>upper level courses don't allow any kind of calculatos in my school...</p>
<p>I meant tests like the SAT IIC math.</p>
<p>I took it without a graphing calc. I mean it would save alot of time and brain cramping on some problems but it isnt TOTALLY necessary if you are a strong math student.
Use it anyways its a huge advantage if you have an 89</p>
<p>i used my ti-83+ and got a 730/800 on the math IIc. the ti-89 can be quite confusing if you have a short amount of time to get used to it, plus, you can program stuff into ti-83 too and no, the proctors don't check. so, if you wanna know how to program stuff, pm me or something but i'm pretty sure the book that comes with the calc tells u how to do the quadratic formula</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Do you think if I got the calculator (possibly an 89) at the end of next month, would I have enough time to figure it out by the end of this school year when I take the SAT II?</p>
<p>o yeah! that's enough time. just get urself used to all the features and also, know the many features that may help you on the test.</p>
<p>OK :)</p>
<p>That's when my birthday is... I'll ask my dad for it :)</p>
<p>a good old 83+ can do everything, including some calculus. it was all i needed for the math II test. i used (but do not own) an 89 in calculus, and the differentiation and integration features were very handy. i think the "factor" feature was neat, too, but those are about the only things (besides unimportant things like speed and memory) that separate it from my old 83+, which can solve equations, graph derivatives, and more - all with basic, included functions.</p>
<p>...if you're good, you can make an 83+ do calculus, too! i taught mine to take derivatives of simple polynomials (like 3x^2 + 5x +10, i forget if it could do cubics and upward; i lost my memory and haven't touched the idea since sophomore year) using the power rule. it took 30 seconds to do a problem i could do in under 2, but it's still cool to see what the old things can do if you just ask politely.</p>
<p>the point is, a good calculator (nothing too fancy - like i said, even an old 83+ works wonders) is very important (to me, at least). i can confidently say that my score would have suffered without one.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info :)</p>