Is my calculator programmable or non programmable?

Question

For my chemistry class I can use a progrrammble calculator for everything except quizzes an exams. Right now I have a TI-89. What type is it? Thanks!

Answer 1

All college bound high school students in the US should have a pair of nice Casio's as below, and one of the TI-83/84 family for up through trig/stats/precalc.

The TI-89 is a quite powerful programmable calculator, based on the Motorola 68000. Get it for calculus classes, as it has a simple symbolic integration program, also strong statistical, matrix and vector functions. The TI-92 is similar but nicer, but has a qwerty keyboard so is not allowed on many tests.

I prefer the TI-84Plus Silver Edition for high school, based on the Z80 processor, because it is allowed on more exams. It has good statistical functions, weak on vectors and calculus. The TI-83 has fewer functions making it somewhat less useful, and lesser versions of the TI-84 are much slower and omit a few programs, so slightly less capable. For 95% of students, TI-83 is OK, especially as a backup, but better to spend extra $30 or so and get the TI-84SE.

These TI calculators are actually general purpose computers in a calculator case. You can program them to some degree from the keyboard, but much more powerful are compilers on the PC that can download real programs to either one. Teachers typically supply unprogrammed TI-83's for tests at our district to prevent you from using nifty programs.

If programmable is not allowed, get any of the Casio ES models. These have wonderful 2 line displays that make it simple to check your work, edit and errors, and that show fractions and square roots properly. For example, FX115ES, which lists for $34, and goes on sale for as little as $20. The FX300ES has fewer features (I'm not sure which, since a 12 year old sister took my 115ES), lists for $24, and has sales to $15. In fact, buy two - in case one is broken or taken by a little sister (who lost it at school within a month!). They are carried by department stores like Walmart and Target, as well as office supply stores. Great sales in Sept in office supply stores. Also take it with you to any test as a backup in case your TI fails.

You should do homework on the calculator you use for tests, because otherwise you won't know the calculator well enough.

Answer 2

http://education.ti.com/educationportal/...

yes

Answer 3

It is a programmable calculator. Thus, not a good idea to use it on your tests.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-89#Progr...