Calculators

Hi, i'll be taking A level maths next year and im wondering whats the best calculator for it?

Preferably a calculator that can graph, solve quadratics and do simple integration

Note that you're not allowed a calculator that can do symbolic differentiation and integration, but you can have one that does numerical definite integration. Anyway, I use the TI-84 Plus CE-T, which costs around £100.

Is it allowed in the official exams?

Ti-84 or the like for your graphing and statistics usage, and a Casio FX991-ES Plus, which is much more intuitive for all your numerical calculations.

Hi, i'll be taking A level maths next year and im wondering whats the best calculator for it?

Preferably a calculator that can graph, solve quadratics and do simple integration

Trust me, you don't have to spend 100 plus dollars on a calculator. I haven't coursed A levels, I did the Spanish equivalent of A levels, but I have just checked the syllabus for A levels and it is almost the same (the only difference is that at A levels you go deeper on statistics than in Spain, whereas I have done tridimensional geometry and people don't do that at A level maths), and I have always used a normal 10 euro (about 7 pounds) calculator, because in Spain you can't use a calculator that does integration, derivation or anything further than logarithms, powers and roots. So, as I have said, you will probably just need a normal calculator.

For a level, you need to be able to do a minimum of a classwiz, the normal 10 pound calculator is not allowed. (Doesnt have some of the statistic distrubuitions etc)

I used a TI-84 Plus and a Casio fx 991 ES Plus for my C3 C4 exams (which I should add I got 100s for :P). And to be honest, the £100 calculator only helped for like 1 question. It's more useful for further maths when you're given more complicated functions that you should not be expected to graph. And what you can do with the TI-84 is just graph them and see useful features like the turning points and stuff like that.

The 991 ES Plus is one I definitely recommend to my students, because it's just beast. You can solve algebraic equations, do definite differentiation and integration so you can use it double check practically everything. So in theory, if there are 10 questions in the paper then that calculator should nab you 10 guaranteed marks.

PM me if you want more instructions on how to use the fx 991 efficiently when your exam season comes by

Oh, I see. Sorry If what I said before was bs. The maximum complexity I reached in statistics was the normal and binomial distributions, and it is true that you can't represent the normal distribution on a 10 pound calculators, but in the final exams in Spain the examiners give you the normal distribution chart, hence why in Spain all calculators that can graph are not allowed

Lol, no need to spend £100 on a calculator.
Many use the casio fx-991ex plus, or 991ex classwiz
both can do absolutely everything you need for a level that is allowed
max £25

The FX-991 isn't sufficient for A-Level. The Classwiz is sufficient, but a graphical calculator is still extremely useful, for reasons I have explained in previous posts.

Note that you're not allowed a calculator that can do symbolic differentiation and integration, but you can have one that does numerical definite integration. Anyway, I use the TI-84 Plus CE-T, which costs around £100.

They literally do the same things not normal fx-991 but the fx-991es-plus i was talking about, the new one, uses a QR code too and updated display

Side note, you can play basic video games on that!

In any case, neither of the calculators you mentioned can sketch graphs, solve simultaneous equations in up to 10 variables, access probabilities from a whole range of distributions, etc.