Calculators for engineering (1 Viewer)

[Li0n]

we can still use the calculators we used at school right? (FX-82L or whatever)
Im getting sick of them, they last 2 weeks......

 

[sunny]

At UNSW during exams you are issued a calculator for the exams. It is an FX-911W.

https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/academiclife/assessment/examinations/Calculator.html

If your FX-82TL only lasts two weeks, you're doing something seriously wrong.

 

[Li0n]

sorry my 82TL lasted me from year 7 till year 11, and then i baught an 82MS, i went through 4 or 5 of them till year 12....

 

[Slidey]

Sunny, I've got basically Ti 92+, will it be useful during normal tutes and such?

 

[shannonm]

you cant use calcs in class tests thou, only the solar casio they lend you for the exam.
i have a ti-89 and found it pretty useful for checking results and simplifications, etc, but dont depend on it cause yeah you cant use it in class tests

 

[Slidey]

Rightio then. Hey, what about laptops - what do you do with them during tests so they don't get stolen and such?

 

[laney]

you don't always get issued with a calculator for your exams.
you'll have to check if you're going to or not

 

[shannonm]

notebooks:
in tutes for class tests, just in your bag at your feet or the seat next to you.
you dont really bring them for final exams and stuff..

 

[Li0n]

you don't always get issued with a calculator for your exams.
you'll have to check if you're going to or not

i don't understand :/

 

[sunny]

i don't understand :/

Not all exams require a calculator. You are told on the exam timetable what materials will be provided (eg calculator) and what you are allowed to bring.

 

[Zahri]

Since I'm on the market for a new calculator anyway, what's the closest I can get to a fx-911W? Particularly the closest battery-operated calculator. I'm not familiar with its particular quirks.

 

[shannonm]

well one of my calcs is a solar/battery fx-82MS
the button placement is similar enough as to not make you totally lost when thrown the 911 for the first time. a few differences but you'll be fine

 

[sunny]

The uni sells the FX911Ws in various stationary shops on campus.

 

[Zahri]

Which ones?

 

[sunny]

Quad store, stationary shop next to the chemist in Matthews, and the shop at the top of the Basser steps (under Esmes). They all sell calculators.