Review: Texas Instruments TI-30XIIS
Essentials
Company: Texas Instruments
Type:
Scientific
Power:
Solar with CR-2032 backup
Year: First produced in 1999, but since then Texas
Instruments produced TI-30XII in many colors!
Pictured is the blue TI-30XII I bought from Target in 2012. Fun fact: Blue is
my favorite color.
You
can the colors Texas Instruments is currently selling here: https://education.ti.com/en/purchase/retailcolors?category=scientifics
Price: $10 - $20.
Prices tend to be lower at Target, WalMart, Amazon, and major stores,
towards the higher end at pharmacies and stationary stores. Price can be much lower if you get it at swap
meets.
My
particular one has the production code K-0312N (March 2012).
There
is a battery operated version, the Ti-30XII B.
Given a choice, I’d pick the solar version.
Features
The
TI-30XII is a basic scientific calculator.
The display has two lines. The
top line is the expression line, and the bottom line stores the result.
The
top line also serves as menu choices and prompts.
What
is impressive about the display is how the digits and display are in large,
clear font.
Features
include these:
*
Fractions with fraction and decimal conversion
*
Combinations, permutations, factorial
*
Trigonometric and hyperbolic functions
*
1 and 2 variable statistics. Enter
statistics mode by pressing [2nd] [DATA] (STAT) and choosing between
1-Var and 2-Var. 2-Var mode allows for
Linear Regression analysis (ax + b).
There
are five variables: A, B, C, D, and E. The way they are accessed is not through an
ALPHA key, but a menu. Personally, I
prefer the ALPHA key
If
you need help with operating the TI-30XIIS, there is plenty of online tutorials
available.
Final Verdict
I
would recommend the TI-30XIIS if you like a basic scientific calculator where
you are able to see the expression that you entering. This calculator is good for quick
calculations and having an inexpensive calculator.
Eddie
This
blog is property of Edward Shore, 2017
