Calculator Advice
Choosing a calculator
For the lowest level courses, get the model you will eventually need in a later course (e.g., a student in MATH 1100 who will eventually take MATH 1160 should get a TI-83/84, but a student in MATH 1100 who will eventually take MATH 1500 should get a TI-73).
- MATH 1090鈥攁ny (get a model that will be required in your later courses*)
- MATH 1100鈥攁ny (get a model that will be required in your later courses*)
- MATH 1110鈥攁ny (get a model that will be required in your later courses*)
- MATH 1140鈥攁ny (recommended: TI-83/84 Plus)
- MATH 1160鈥擳I-83/84 or TI-83/84 Plus
- MATH 1180鈥攁ny (recommended: TI-83/84 Plus, TI-89 or higher)
- MATH 1220鈥攁ny (recommended: TI-89 or higher)
- MATH 1230鈥攁ny (recommended: TI-89 or higher)
- MATH 1500鈥擳I-73
- MATH 1510鈥擳I-73
- MATH 1700鈥擳I-89 or higher
- MATH 1710鈥擳I-89 or higher
- MATH 2000鈥攁ny (recommended: TI-83/84 Plus)
- MATH 2650鈥擳I-73
- MATH 2720鈥攁ny (recommended: TI-89 or higher)
- MATH 3510鈥擳I-92, Voyage 200
- MATH 3740鈥攁ny (recommended: TI-89 or higher)
- MATH 5540鈥擳I-73
- MATH 5550鈥擳I-73
*Students in MATH 1100 will typically take MATH 1140 (for general education credit), MATH 1160 (for business), MATH 1500 (for elementary education), or MATH 1110 (if going on to other higher mathematics courses).
Students in MATH 1110 will typically be going on to MATH 1180 (for eventual calculus) or MATH 2000 (brief calculus).
Models
The TI-83 (not Plus), TI-86, TI-92 and the TI-92 Plus are no longer manufactured. Certainly these older calculators may still be used in courses allowing any calculator.
The designation TI-89 or higher indicates the TI-89 (including the Titanium), TI-92 Plus and Voyage 200. We consider these to be functionally equivalent for courses in pre-calculus and calculus, and all will be allowed. However, secondary mathematics education majors and minors should purchase a Voyage 200 calculator for the geometry application to be used in MATH 3510.