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Is a graphing calculator for Larson's Algebra 1 (Chalkdust) Necessary?


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We're on Section 4 in Larson's and it is giving technology tips on how to use your graphing calculator for this section. Does this mean we need to purchase one now or very soon? I thought graphing calculators were used much later.

 

Thanks for any help. It's been so long since I did algebra that I only used an abacus.

 

Laura

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You can use an online graphing utility, but you might want to go ahead and buy the calculator now. He'll need it later on, anyway. There will be other mentions/demonstrations of the graphing calculator as the year goes on. I went ahead and bought the calculator around the same point you're at because I had never used one and figured my son would be best served by taking advantage of all the instruction in its use that Dana Mosely would be providing!

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Thanks. It just seems that so many people here are against using calculators at this point,

 

Laura

 

Not everyone. :)

 

Prof Mosely made these videos for remedial community college math students -- not 7th/8th graders. I let dd & ds use calculators in alg 1 because they knew their stuff...well.

 

Dd did not use a graphing calc in 8th when she did CD alg 1. Ds did.

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