The first handheld graphing calculator, the Casio fx-7000G, appeared in 1985. Since then, graphing calculators have become a common — and controversial — tool for learning mathematics. These devices ...

Anyone who’s taken classes in geometry, algebra, trigonometry or other advanced math forms has certainly encountered the graphing calculator before. These multi-function devices make incredibly ...

(CNNMoney) A glimmer of hope has arrived for parents tired of having to buy their high school students an overpriced calculator. Smarter Balanced, which administers school proficiency tests in 15 ...

Come with me back to teenagedom in 1999. You listened to Offspring (or the Backstreet Boys) on CDs inside a Discman. You made calls on a landline, which you probably just called "the phone." It's ...

Graphing calculators are a mainstay of both high school and college-level math and science courses. Most of us have had, or will have, experience working with either a Casio or a Texas Instruments ...

Young people these days live most of their lives online, so why shouldn’t they be plotting graphs and performing advanced calculations there as well? For the first time this spring, students taking ...

Graphing calculators have a sexiness only true nerds can understand, but should that be you, check out FooPlot, a sleek online graphing calculator that's fast and easy to use. The FooPlot graphing ...

With the rapid rise and ubiquity of handheld computing devices, I sometimes have to remind myself that I’ve always had handheld computing devices of one sort or another, for as long as I can remember.

Gone are the days of squinting to look at graphs on the small monochromatic screen of your graphing calculator. The Graphing Calculator HD app provides users with an easy-to-use and powerful ...

“It’s hard to believe, but my students were among the first in the world to do it,” gushes middle school math teacher Cathy Yenca. “And after two test runs prior to testing day, there really weren’t ...

Saving equations in a calculator can be useful for many reasons. You may want to store equations in a calculator so they can be graphed. You may also want to save an equation so you can see what you ...

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