School supply question

[pantherlj]

on my dd's 3rd grade list is a T150 Calculator. I did a google search and couldn't find what that is. Well, it actually shows me "vintage" calculators ..... Can someone link me to what we might need?

I get upset each year when I see the supply list - despite my high taxes, I still have to send in soap and kleenex ........

 

[design_mom]

Gosh, I'm not sure. My first guess was that it's a TI50 (capital "I" rather than a numeral "1", because that's how Texas Instruments names their calculators.)

I had a TI-50 in school, but I believe that model has been discontinued...and it seems sort of advanced for 3rd grade. (Here's a picture: http://ernst.mulder.com/calculators/ti-50-body.html)

Texas Instruments has a TI-15 (which sounds kind of the same when you're speaking, but obviously wouldn't be confused in writing)...and it's recommended for grades 3-5, so that seems like a good guess, except that it's not the number written on your list. http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productCategory/us_elementary.html

Can you call the school and get more info?

BTW, I don't mind buying soap/kleenex for the elementary school. That stuff was on the supply list when we were young, too. But it does bother me to buy it for daycare/preschool. What is my $950/month tuition paying for? I know it's not going to the teachers (who make way too little.)

 

[clownchk]

I'd call teh school to ask, but searching for a TI 50 showed me this: http://www.datamath.org/Sci/Slimline/TI-50.htm

it is a basic scientific calculator. I think any one with the "sine, co sine, and tangent" functions should work.

Best of luck to you!