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TI's strangle hold on the education market is stupid. Anyone that's looking for an affordable ($99)and modern calculator, check out the Numworks. It's fantastic

TI's strangle hold on the education market is stupid. Anyone that's looking for an affordable ($99)and modern calculator, check out the Numworks. It's fantastic. It does all the normal things a calculator should do and comes with a Python interpreter out of the box. Check out their simulator[0]. Also the hardware and software are open source[1]. [0] https://www.numworks.com/simulator/ https://www.numworks.com/simulator/ [1] https://github.com/numworks https://github.com/numworks

pests 6y ago
Is it accepted on tests?
- Allezxandre 6y ago
  I don't know for other countries, but as for France, it's compliant with the exam-mode that all calculators must comply to for national exams. So I can't say for your specific case, but if you're a teacher, at least this feature exists and you can use it with your students. By the way, even the iPhone has some apps compliant with this feature, where you're basically locked into the App. If you do manage to leave the App (i.e. by force restarting your phone), you void the exam start timestamp that the App saved
- jedieaston 6y ago
  It’s acceptable on the SAT and (I believe) AP exams. https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/taking-the-test/calculator-policy https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/taking-the-tes...
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- TomatoTomato 6y ago
  The NumWorks graphing calculator is approved for use on the PSAT, SAT and ACT college entrance exams.
faizshah 6y ago
I find a programmable hardware interface like that for python programs to be enticing. Does it work with anaconda? This led me down a rabbit hole of looking at the weird newer calculators like TI nspire. Do any of these calculators have a wifi interface? Would love to see whats possible if I can use urllib...
- stuntkite 6y ago
  Lol. No, i don't think it'll load up conda but the os is open source and it is an ARM cpu... So maybe if you wanna work for it? However, this mod might be your speed[0]. I've been meaning to do it to mine. Get yourself an rpi zero inside the shell seamlessly. You can switch between them on the same screen. It's pretty neat. Add a 4G modem and you got yourself a smart phone! [0] https://zardam.github.io/post/raspberrypi-numworks/ https://zardam.github.io/post/raspberrypi-numworks/

pests 6y ago

Is it accepted on tests?

Allezxandre 6y ago
I don't know for other countries, but as for France, it's compliant with the exam-mode that all calculators must comply to for national exams. So I can't say for your specific case, but if you're a teacher, at least this feature exists and you can use it with your students. By the way, even the iPhone has some apps compliant with this feature, where you're basically locked into the App. If you do manage to leave the App (i.e. by force restarting your phone), you void the exam start timestamp that the App saved
jedieaston 6y ago
It’s acceptable on the SAT and (I believe) AP exams. https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/taking-the-test/calculator-policy https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/taking-the-tes...
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TomatoTomato 6y ago
The NumWorks graphing calculator is approved for use on the PSAT, SAT and ACT college entrance exams.

faizshah 6y ago

I find a programmable hardware interface like that for python programs to be enticing. Does it work with anaconda? This led me down a rabbit hole of looking at the weird newer calculators like TI nspire. Do any of these calculators have a wifi interface? Would love to see whats possible if I can use urllib...

stuntkite 6y ago
Lol. No, i don't think it'll load up conda but the os is open source and it is an ARM cpu... So maybe if you wanna work for it? However, this mod might be your speed[0]. I've been meaning to do it to mine. Get yourself an rpi zero inside the shell seamlessly. You can switch between them on the same screen. It's pretty neat. Add a 4G modem and you got yourself a smart phone! [0] https://zardam.github.io/post/raspberrypi-numworks/ https://zardam.github.io/post/raspberrypi-numworks/