jonesloonybin Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 My daughter is going to be doing Chalkdust Pre-Algebra this year. What type/brand/model of calculator will she need?? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I recommend the TI 30 or TI 34 series. We have the TI-30XIIS (solar) and the TI 34X. Both have multi-line displays that actually SHOW the steps that the student types in. These are the only calculators I recommend through Algebra 2. Cost is about $15 and if you look around they come in neat neon colors too! (makes them easier to find). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 DD is just about through with Saxon 87, and it has come up once or twice, but I have not allowed her to use them except for one really long iterative calculation (annually compounding interest over a lot of years.) She's not that strong in math, and I have thought that the calculator would lull her into thinking that she's finished when she really has gone off on a tangent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I let my students use a calculator at the Pre-Algebra level for solving problems that are more than one step--meaning complex calculations. The students have to know what to do with the numbers in order to solve the problem--and if that is what I am testing then they can use a calculator. If I am testing how well they can manually work a computation (long division, multiplication of multi-digits or decimals...) then they must do that work by hand. At the Algebra 1 level I allow my students to use a calculator for percents and complex decimals and some radicals/roots. Most of the time they will NOT be using a calculator. I don't like them to use it for basic work--but again if it is a multi-step problem then I don't mind as much--the calculator will only help if they plug in the correct numbers and the correct opperation! Again I like the multi-line display calculators--Wal-Mart has the ones I like for $12 this week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesloonybin Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 I got one of the TI 30 series from Target. I will not have her use it for day to day use but the book I have does have some sections where it is starting to show her how to do things on the scientific calculators. I do want her to know how to use one but she has to do all her lessons by hand. The one I bought was $13.00 and it was pink..:001_smile: so she is happy. Thank you all for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 TI-84 Plus Silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I have a gifted daughter in math. I let her use a calculator. My problem is that while she is gifted in math, she doesn't like it. I know the reason is arithmetic so I am not stressing that and encouraging her to focus on higher level math ideas. SHe does have her arithmetic down and that is why I no longer feel a need to stop calculators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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