Does your calculus professor allow the use of calculators?

[notfred]

I'm wondering why they even build these damn things...

 

[LordJezo]

At Rutgers you can use up to a TI-86 in calc.

 

[fonzinator]

No...calculators are cheating.

 

[Orsorum]

No. Do the calculations in your head, gddmit.

 

[Haircut]

No, we weren't allowed calculators for any math classes.

 

[Anubis]

calc 1: yes
Calc 2: NO
calc 3: NO
Electryodynamics: NO
Differential EQ's: Yes but cant be anything better then an TI-83

 

[Booster]

How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

 

[fonzinator]

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

They always let us use tables for those functions so we wouldn't need a calculator.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: fonzinator

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

They always let us use tables for those functions so we wouldn't need a calculator.

Exactly.

For most people, after a few years of trig and precalc, you should have the most common values memorized anyway.

 

[Orsorum]

Calc, diff eq, matrix algebra, no.

Statistics, probability, yes.

 

[Viper GTS]

I've always been able to, a simple:

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Will prevent people from benefitting too much from the advanced calcs (TI-92+/89).

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[Dedpuhl]

We were allowed to use any calculators in Calculus 1-3 and DE. I had the TI-92+ and I wasn't given any grief about it.

 

[Booster]

Originally posted by: fonzinator

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

They always let us use tables for those functions so we wouldn't need a calculator.

Heck when I was at school I also used tables. But later on not. Now I can't even derive simple numbers w/o a calculator.

 

[Deeko]

no

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Booster

Originally posted by: fonzinator

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

They always let us use tables for those functions so we wouldn't need a calculator.

Heck when I was at school I also used tables. But later on not. Now I can't even derive simple numbers w/o a calculator.

In the work force, most people have calculators and reference tables readily available.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: fonzinator

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

They always let us use tables for those functions so we wouldn't need a calculator.

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

calculators will hinder you for this. You're supposed to know the trig properties for sin and cos so that you can break and convert them to useable functions. If you use a calculator, all you'll have is a number, which makes some equations infinitely more difficult.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

calculators will hinder you for this. You're supposed to know the trig properties for sin and cos so that you can break and convert them to useable functions. If you use a calculator, all you'll have is a number, which makes some equations infinitely more difficult.

That depends entirely on your calculator.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

calculators will hinder you for this. You're supposed to know the trig properties for sin and cos so that you can break and convert them to useable functions. If you use a calculator, all you'll have is a number, which makes some equations infinitely more difficult.

That depends entirely on your calculator.

In general.

 

[slikmunks]

in high school, yes... in college, no....

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: fonzinator

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

They always let us use tables for those functions so we wouldn't need a calculator.

Tables?


Wow.. my professors talk about those things they way people talk about slide rulers...

I think I have seen a table during my time at college.. in the way back pages of the calc books but that is about it.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Originally posted by: fonzinator

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

They always let us use tables for those functions so we wouldn't need a calculator.

Tables?


Wow.. my professors talk about those things they way people talk about slide rulers...

I think I have seen a table during my time at college.. in the way back pages of the calc books but that is about it.

Soooo useful.

 

[Ylen13]

Yes, well in high school we were required to have/use calculator.So in college if they don't let met use it i will drop class.Can't do it in the head.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Zakath15

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Booster
How are you going to calculate all these sin, cos, lg w/o a 'scientific' calclator? Maybe students should be forbidden to use calculators even at statistics classes?

calculators will hinder you for this. You're supposed to know the trig properties for sin and cos so that you can break and convert them to useable functions. If you use a calculator, all you'll have is a number, which makes some equations infinitely more difficult.

That depends entirely on your calculator.

In general.

Maybe, but if I type (sin(x))^2 + (cos(x))^2 into my calculator, it returns "1".

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Ylen13
Yes, well in high school we were required to have/use calculator.So in college if they don't let met use it i will drop class.Can't do it in the head.

If you rely on the calculator you won't know jack, you SHOULD be able to do it in your head. That's the whole point of banning the calculator, it's for your benefit.

You're a fool.

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