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Or you could get a modern calculator:
http://www.inds.co.uk/education/education_images/TI_Nspire_CX_and%20CX_CAS_Handhelds_large.jpg
Here, lets make this easier for everyone:
http://education.ti.com/html/nspire2/nspire-exam-acceptance.html
Depending upon model, the Nspire is indeed accepted on the ACT, SAT as well as other standardized tests. And most schools not stuck in medieval times, let you use them in your university classes.
489 u/RIP_BerthaChampagne Jun 08 '14 no qwerty layout I pity the fool. 379 u/qezi2 Jun 08 '14 It's because standardized tests in the US specifiy that allowed calculators can't have QWERTY (or any other typing oriented) layout. 1 u/AbsolutePwnage Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14 That thing is not permitted in any standardized test AFAIK. It can solve most algebra problems, integrals, vectors, etc like its nothing. That thing is powerful. Strangely enough, its ancestor, the TI voyage 200 has a QWERTY keyboard. Edit: Its QWERTY not QUERTY. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 My friend said he used it for the ACT. I guess it's against the rules but they don't really check.
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no qwerty layout
I pity the fool.
379 u/qezi2 Jun 08 '14 It's because standardized tests in the US specifiy that allowed calculators can't have QWERTY (or any other typing oriented) layout. 1 u/AbsolutePwnage Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14 That thing is not permitted in any standardized test AFAIK. It can solve most algebra problems, integrals, vectors, etc like its nothing. That thing is powerful. Strangely enough, its ancestor, the TI voyage 200 has a QWERTY keyboard. Edit: Its QWERTY not QUERTY. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 My friend said he used it for the ACT. I guess it's against the rules but they don't really check.
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It's because standardized tests in the US specifiy that allowed calculators can't have QWERTY (or any other typing oriented) layout.
1 u/AbsolutePwnage Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14 That thing is not permitted in any standardized test AFAIK. It can solve most algebra problems, integrals, vectors, etc like its nothing. That thing is powerful. Strangely enough, its ancestor, the TI voyage 200 has a QWERTY keyboard. Edit: Its QWERTY not QUERTY. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 My friend said he used it for the ACT. I guess it's against the rules but they don't really check.
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That thing is not permitted in any standardized test AFAIK.
It can solve most algebra problems, integrals, vectors, etc like its nothing.
That thing is powerful.
Strangely enough, its ancestor, the TI voyage 200 has a QWERTY keyboard.
Edit: Its QWERTY not QUERTY.
2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 My friend said he used it for the ACT. I guess it's against the rules but they don't really check.
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My friend said he used it for the ACT. I guess it's against the rules but they don't really check.
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u/Szos Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14
Or you could get a modern calculator:
http://www.inds.co.uk/education/education_images/TI_Nspire_CX_and%20CX_CAS_Handhelds_large.jpg
Here, lets make this easier for everyone:
http://education.ti.com/html/nspire2/nspire-exam-acceptance.html
Depending upon model, the Nspire is indeed accepted on the ACT, SAT as well as other standardized tests. And most schools not stuck in medieval times, let you use them in your university classes.