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Ideal for curricula in which graphing technology may not be permitted. Ideal for curricula in which graphing technology may not be permitted. MultiView display shows multiple calculations at the same time on screen. MathPrint shows math expressions, symbols and stacked fractions as they appear in textbooks Ideal for high school through college: Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics, Calculus, Biology, etc. Convert fractions, decimals and terms including Pi into alternate representations. Select degrees/radians, floating/fix, number format modes.
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Andrew W –
Excellent function for such a small, inexpensive package.
I bought this calculator for my upcoming FE Exam in October 2013. I have been using it for the past couple of months to get acquainted and to study. When I was in school I used the TI-89 Titanium religiously. Unfortunately that’s not permitted on the FE exam so I chose this one. Upon using it I must say that for a non-graphic calculator it’s fantastic. The shortcut keys (for exponents, powers of 10, fractions, etc.) are a nice touch. The built in equation solver, polynomial equation solver, system of equation solver certainly shave a lot of time off of my calculations concerning static equilibrium, quadratic equations and circuits. This calculator also does Matrices, up to 3×3 and vectors in three dimensions. It even has popular constants (permittivity, Boltzmann, Ideal Gas, standard atm, etc) built in along with a whole conversion menu. On top of that it does numerical integration and numerical derivatives and plenty of other things I’m probably not going to mention.I consider it to be more user friendly than the TI-89 Titanium because of the shortcut keys and nice interface. For example, to calculate a determinant on the TI-89 you must press 2nd, MATH then scroll to Matrix, then select Det( and press enter. Then you have to remember the syntax which is det([a1, a2, a3][b1, b2, b3][c1, c2, c3]) and finally press enter.On the Ti-36X Pro all you have to do is press 2nd, Matrix and scroll to edit and enter how many columns and rows you want in the specified matrix, press enter and then put in your values. Then once the values are saved you go back to the Matrix menu and select Determinant and put in the name of the matrix where you saved the information. Pretty slick for a smaller calculator.The four line display provides enough room to see what your doing and the text is fairly large which I like. With the bigger calculators you usually have to squint to see some numbers, especially in low-light situations. This calculator also features Mathprint. This means that fractions, integrals and most other mathematical notation shows up as it’s supposed to. However if you don’t like this there is a feature to turn it off. This is especially useful for when you’re calculating something like a parallel resistance circuit and you want to see that big fraction to make sure you didn’t make a mistake.Of course no review is complete without listing the gripes. There’s not too many problems with this calculator however there are something that really bug me. The first one being that there is no option to toggle “insert” like the TI-89 has. Usually I find myself needed to edit an equation that I just entered. Therefore I have to press second, then insert and put whatever I needed into the equation. Not a big deal but can get annoying at times.Second, I don’t like the chrome arithmetic buttons. At times I find myself hitting the subtract button when I wanted to do some addition. However I solved this problem by running a fine-tipped sharpie over the buttons and rubbing off the excess on the surface. Now the symbols have a black color in contrast with the chrome. Much easier to see and I suggest this method if anyone else has this problem.Third, you must press a button multiple times to get what you need. For example say I want to type a complex number (3+5i) on the screen. I press 3, +, 5 and then I have to press the “pi, e, i” key three times just to get the “i” symbol. Can be a bit annoying/frustrating and you might make a mistake if you’ve had way too much caffeine as I normally do. Although I suppose they had to do this to consolidate space in the design process so I can respect that. Just a little annoying but I guess it comes with the territory. This can add a bit of time to the learning curve if you’re not used to these “multipress” buttons.That’s basically it. For a non-graphing calculator I give it a 9/10. Comparing budget calculators, I’ve had the TI-30Xa and the Ti-30XIIS before and this one blows them out of the water obviously, hence the name TI-36X PRO. I’ve never had a Casio calculator so I can’t compare. With this many features and usability at the price of $17 or so it’s certainly an exemplary buy. A great budget engineering calculator and certainly the best to use on the FE exam in my opinion. Go with this one!
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Samara Overvaag –
Great calculator. Switched from using a TI-84 to this (TI-36X)
This calculator packs a punch, and I love it. I used to primarily use a TI-84 as a physics major, but I had to purchase this calculator (TI-36X) for an engineering course. I was surprised to discover how useful it is, so I now use this primarily for both lab and lecture courses.It is easily portable and does not require a charging cord, so I never have to worry about not having a charged calculator for an exam. There are several useful functions I use often–the definite integral function being one of them. This calculator can also solve simple systems of equations. These are great for double checking hand calculations during an exam or lab. The rational number function is also great, and it will provide answers as fractions that can be turned into decimals. I am also able to switch back and forth between scientific and engineering mode, which is also very convenient for expressing answers in SI units with prefixes.Although it may seem like a “downgrade” from my TI-84, I really do not see it that way. I like having a simple calculator for exams and daily use. Compared to my TI-84, I am able to crunch numbers more quickly, in my opinion. Of course, I still use both calculators, but this one is my favorite of the two for these reasons.The only problem I have really ever experienced with this calculator is that there is a limit to the number of “entries” that you can type at once. I ran into this problem while computing several exponentials at once, but things can always be broken down into separate calculations.
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Alex –
Best Calculator for Engineering Undergrads
I prefer this as my daily driver over my ti84. Better interface and buttons. It is pretty much a ti30xs that got a tuneup for the advanced sciences.For sciences, all of the needed constants and conversions are there with easy to read alignment. For the maths, this does derivatives, definite integrals as well as some basic matrix math. The equation solver is one of the best features of this calculator that does stuff Mathway can’t even do.
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Mr. H –
Best engineering calculator
I bought this calculator as an upgrade to the Canon F-710.This calculator is perfect for my intended field of study – engineering (electrical). It can do operations ranging from simple addition/subtraction to 3×3 matrices and integrals. It also does complex numbers.It took me less than 2 days to feel comfortable using this calculator. I needed to reference the manual for some more complicated tasks, but the majority of operations were simple and straight forward to do with the TI-36X Pro. It really is easy to use. The calculator has a panel that allows for use of solar energy.The build quality of the calculator seems great. The calculator has 6 phillips screws at the back, attaching the front to the back. I cannot speak too much on this topic though; I’ve only owned the TI-36X Pro for a month. Packaging was great; no issues there.The cover uses two sets of plastic clips that snap into ridges to secure it to the calculator. They seem to be holding up well so far, but based on the experiences I’ve had with similar plastic clips, they usually snap off after some time. But it may be too early to say anything about those on the TI-36X. So I will wait and see.Another issue – The squareroot and answer functions do not have their own buttons, but are instead 2nd functions. For me, these are two commonly used buttons, and should have had their own primary buttons. It would have been even better if the matrix, complex, vector and system solvers had primary buttons as well, But that is a small issue; at least it has them, and there are only so many primary buttons one can have before the calculator’s physical size becomes an issue,But aside from those 2 small issues, I think this might be the best non-programmable, non-graphing calculator ever made.
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Omar Alvarez –
Excelente calculadora, amigable y profesional
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Lopez –
Très bonne calculatrice qui convient pour les examens ou concours scientifique ou technique lorsque les calculatrices scientifiques sont interdites
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Good product, overall experience is better. Battery running long enough, one time charge easily cover the whole day. –
I can easily do my stat mathematical problem
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Fabio (’84) –
Non c’è molto da dire, Texas Instruments è un marchio che conosco da anni, e anni fà in un centro commerciale trovai per caso una Texas Instruments, non questo modello, e mi ero trovato benissimo. Sinceramente ho preso questa Calcolatrice per provarla e testarla. Fa il suo dovere, è ottima, la consiglio….. Io ho fatto il reso perchè francamente cercavo ben altro. E’ davvero un’ottima calcolatrice, non guardate me che ho fatto il reso. Ripeto, Io l’ho presa per metterla alla prova. Funziona davvero bene ed inoltre Texas Instruments è un’azienda che è specializzata in calcolatrici soprattutto scientifiche. Io per esempio Ho puntato sì su Texas Instruments, ma ho preferito la “Texas Instruments TI 30X II Solar Calcolatrice Tascabile”. Che tra l’altro questo modello che ho preso quì su Amazon pensate che è l’evoluzione di quella che avevo preso al Centro Commerciale anni fà, con la differenza che quella che avevo preso al Centro commerciale NON AVEVA le celle Solari, solo pile a bottone. Immaginate il mio stupore, a distanza di anni ho trovato quasi lo stesso modello che presi al centro commerciale, ma ovviamente più evoluta. Quindi, per le mie preferenze ed esigenze, questa non va bene, ma se vi piace esteticamente e cercate una eccellente calcolatrice, questa è decisamente una calcolatrice che consiglio! 😉
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Oscar Hemmingsson –
Mainly use it for distributions, makes life a whole lot easier.
Andrew W –
Excellent function for such a small, inexpensive package.
I bought this calculator for my upcoming FE Exam in October 2013. I have been using it for the past couple of months to get acquainted and to study. When I was in school I used the TI-89 Titanium religiously. Unfortunately that’s not permitted on the FE exam so I chose this one. Upon using it I must say that for a non-graphic calculator it’s fantastic. The shortcut keys (for exponents, powers of 10, fractions, etc.) are a nice touch. The built in equation solver, polynomial equation solver, system of equation solver certainly shave a lot of time off of my calculations concerning static equilibrium, quadratic equations and circuits. This calculator also does Matrices, up to 3×3 and vectors in three dimensions. It even has popular constants (permittivity, Boltzmann, Ideal Gas, standard atm, etc) built in along with a whole conversion menu. On top of that it does numerical integration and numerical derivatives and plenty of other things I’m probably not going to mention.I consider it to be more user friendly than the TI-89 Titanium because of the shortcut keys and nice interface. For example, to calculate a determinant on the TI-89 you must press 2nd, MATH then scroll to Matrix, then select Det( and press enter. Then you have to remember the syntax which is det([a1, a2, a3][b1, b2, b3][c1, c2, c3]) and finally press enter.On the Ti-36X Pro all you have to do is press 2nd, Matrix and scroll to edit and enter how many columns and rows you want in the specified matrix, press enter and then put in your values. Then once the values are saved you go back to the Matrix menu and select Determinant and put in the name of the matrix where you saved the information. Pretty slick for a smaller calculator.The four line display provides enough room to see what your doing and the text is fairly large which I like. With the bigger calculators you usually have to squint to see some numbers, especially in low-light situations. This calculator also features Mathprint. This means that fractions, integrals and most other mathematical notation shows up as it’s supposed to. However if you don’t like this there is a feature to turn it off. This is especially useful for when you’re calculating something like a parallel resistance circuit and you want to see that big fraction to make sure you didn’t make a mistake.Of course no review is complete without listing the gripes. There’s not too many problems with this calculator however there are something that really bug me. The first one being that there is no option to toggle “insert” like the TI-89 has. Usually I find myself needed to edit an equation that I just entered. Therefore I have to press second, then insert and put whatever I needed into the equation. Not a big deal but can get annoying at times.Second, I don’t like the chrome arithmetic buttons. At times I find myself hitting the subtract button when I wanted to do some addition. However I solved this problem by running a fine-tipped sharpie over the buttons and rubbing off the excess on the surface. Now the symbols have a black color in contrast with the chrome. Much easier to see and I suggest this method if anyone else has this problem.Third, you must press a button multiple times to get what you need. For example say I want to type a complex number (3+5i) on the screen. I press 3, +, 5 and then I have to press the “pi, e, i” key three times just to get the “i” symbol. Can be a bit annoying/frustrating and you might make a mistake if you’ve had way too much caffeine as I normally do. Although I suppose they had to do this to consolidate space in the design process so I can respect that. Just a little annoying but I guess it comes with the territory. This can add a bit of time to the learning curve if you’re not used to these “multipress” buttons.That’s basically it. For a non-graphing calculator I give it a 9/10. Comparing budget calculators, I’ve had the TI-30Xa and the Ti-30XIIS before and this one blows them out of the water obviously, hence the name TI-36X PRO. I’ve never had a Casio calculator so I can’t compare. With this many features and usability at the price of $17 or so it’s certainly an exemplary buy. A great budget engineering calculator and certainly the best to use on the FE exam in my opinion. Go with this one!
Samara Overvaag –
Great calculator. Switched from using a TI-84 to this (TI-36X)
This calculator packs a punch, and I love it. I used to primarily use a TI-84 as a physics major, but I had to purchase this calculator (TI-36X) for an engineering course. I was surprised to discover how useful it is, so I now use this primarily for both lab and lecture courses.It is easily portable and does not require a charging cord, so I never have to worry about not having a charged calculator for an exam. There are several useful functions I use often–the definite integral function being one of them. This calculator can also solve simple systems of equations. These are great for double checking hand calculations during an exam or lab. The rational number function is also great, and it will provide answers as fractions that can be turned into decimals. I am also able to switch back and forth between scientific and engineering mode, which is also very convenient for expressing answers in SI units with prefixes.Although it may seem like a “downgrade” from my TI-84, I really do not see it that way. I like having a simple calculator for exams and daily use. Compared to my TI-84, I am able to crunch numbers more quickly, in my opinion. Of course, I still use both calculators, but this one is my favorite of the two for these reasons.The only problem I have really ever experienced with this calculator is that there is a limit to the number of “entries” that you can type at once. I ran into this problem while computing several exponentials at once, but things can always be broken down into separate calculations.
Alex –
Best Calculator for Engineering Undergrads
I prefer this as my daily driver over my ti84. Better interface and buttons. It is pretty much a ti30xs that got a tuneup for the advanced sciences.For sciences, all of the needed constants and conversions are there with easy to read alignment. For the maths, this does derivatives, definite integrals as well as some basic matrix math. The equation solver is one of the best features of this calculator that does stuff Mathway can’t even do.
Mr. H –
Best engineering calculator
I bought this calculator as an upgrade to the Canon F-710.This calculator is perfect for my intended field of study – engineering (electrical). It can do operations ranging from simple addition/subtraction to 3×3 matrices and integrals. It also does complex numbers.It took me less than 2 days to feel comfortable using this calculator. I needed to reference the manual for some more complicated tasks, but the majority of operations were simple and straight forward to do with the TI-36X Pro. It really is easy to use. The calculator has a panel that allows for use of solar energy.The build quality of the calculator seems great. The calculator has 6 phillips screws at the back, attaching the front to the back. I cannot speak too much on this topic though; I’ve only owned the TI-36X Pro for a month. Packaging was great; no issues there.The cover uses two sets of plastic clips that snap into ridges to secure it to the calculator. They seem to be holding up well so far, but based on the experiences I’ve had with similar plastic clips, they usually snap off after some time. But it may be too early to say anything about those on the TI-36X. So I will wait and see.Another issue – The squareroot and answer functions do not have their own buttons, but are instead 2nd functions. For me, these are two commonly used buttons, and should have had their own primary buttons. It would have been even better if the matrix, complex, vector and system solvers had primary buttons as well, But that is a small issue; at least it has them, and there are only so many primary buttons one can have before the calculator’s physical size becomes an issue,But aside from those 2 small issues, I think this might be the best non-programmable, non-graphing calculator ever made.
Omar Alvarez –
Excelente calculadora, amigable y profesional
Lopez –
Très bonne calculatrice qui convient pour les examens ou concours scientifique ou technique lorsque les calculatrices scientifiques sont interdites
Good product, overall experience is better. Battery running long enough, one time charge easily cover the whole day. –
I can easily do my stat mathematical problem
Fabio (’84) –
Non c’è molto da dire, Texas Instruments è un marchio che conosco da anni, e anni fà in un centro commerciale trovai per caso una Texas Instruments, non questo modello, e mi ero trovato benissimo. Sinceramente ho preso questa Calcolatrice per provarla e testarla. Fa il suo dovere, è ottima, la consiglio….. Io ho fatto il reso perchè francamente cercavo ben altro. E’ davvero un’ottima calcolatrice, non guardate me che ho fatto il reso. Ripeto, Io l’ho presa per metterla alla prova. Funziona davvero bene ed inoltre Texas Instruments è un’azienda che è specializzata in calcolatrici soprattutto scientifiche. Io per esempio Ho puntato sì su Texas Instruments, ma ho preferito la “Texas Instruments TI 30X II Solar Calcolatrice Tascabile”. Che tra l’altro questo modello che ho preso quì su Amazon pensate che è l’evoluzione di quella che avevo preso al Centro Commerciale anni fà, con la differenza che quella che avevo preso al Centro commerciale NON AVEVA le celle Solari, solo pile a bottone. Immaginate il mio stupore, a distanza di anni ho trovato quasi lo stesso modello che presi al centro commerciale, ma ovviamente più evoluta. Quindi, per le mie preferenze ed esigenze, questa non va bene, ma se vi piace esteticamente e cercate una eccellente calcolatrice, questa è decisamente una calcolatrice che consiglio! 😉
Oscar Hemmingsson –
Mainly use it for distributions, makes life a whole lot easier.