Re: question about the 86 and the 89


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Re: question about the 86 and the 89



Does Mu Alpha Theta allow the 89?

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Daniel Moraseski
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Freedom wrote in message <3626452e.49555800@news-server>...
>On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:03:35 -0400, Tucker <tucker1@ameritech.net>
>wrote:
>
>>every math competition in my area banned it...
>>they banned it on ACT's? ti still says it can be used on act/sat...The
>>ti-89 isnt worth it then if you need another calc just for big tests...
>
>No, TI doesn't! You obviously skipped over the documents. TI says that
>it is banned on the ACT.
>
>The TI-89 is worth it. It's pathetic that you ahve become dependant
>upon a calculator for a simple test! How do you think it was when no
>calculators were allowed? I took the ACT one year before calculators
>were allowed, and my with-calculator score was only slightly higher.
>(And that's just because I learned more math over the time period
>between tests.) Plus, the monitors (I forgot what the name is) for the
>ACT test just checked to see whether you calculator had a QWERTY
>keyboard or not. If you really wanted to cheat, you could use a little
>paint, a new case, or just keep the calc in your pocket until it's
>time to use it.
>
>I found a scientific calculator to be more than adequate for the ACT.


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