what is a non-programmable calculator

xxx-Sarah-xxx

what is a non-programmable calculator im really confused and i feel dumb asking this question lol

Reply 1

QuantumTheory

Any of the five quidiish scientific ones will do :smile:

Programmable ones are ones where you can store notes in, like expensive graphical ones.
Gawd, I love my calculator :smile:

Reply 2

xxx-Sarah-xxx

QuantumTheory

Any of the five quidiish scientific ones will do :smile:

Programmable ones are ones where you can store notes in, like expensive graphical ones.
Gawd, I love my calculator :smile:

thanks coz my teacher said i could only use a non programmable calculator i was thinking is it the normal caluculators or the scientific ones or the ones where pictures of triangles can show up shapes and that

Reply 3

QuantumTheory

Yeah, if it says it has a memory, like say 54Kb on the front, it is.
But they're usually really expensive, so don't worry.
You doing AS or A2 or GSCE or Uni level maths?
Jess

Reply 4

Mithent

xxx-Sarah-xxx

A normal calculator which looks mostly like this should be fine:
http://www.activitiesforlearning.com/ProductImages/Casio%20Scientific%20calculator%20.jpg

It just has a screen to display numbers and keep track of the calculation you're entering.

Graphic calculators are likely to be programmable, and look like this:
http://uk.geocities.com/priyasaravan/math/pictures/casio.jpg

They have larger screens that can display graphs etc. The problem with programmable calculators is that you could store programs to solve problems on them rather than learning how to do them yourself.