Ok – let me be REAL clear about something right from the start: I was a French major in college because I hate math (although I do like Accounting…addition, subtraction, MAYBE some multliplication….after that…I’m done!).
So for this review…I had only one choice: to give the TI-Nspire Calculator to Brad for him to check it out (he was a Mechanical Engineering major at Villanova. Calculators like this are his “crack”). Brad’s comments? “It’s really cool and it will help you figure out words-and-phrases-I-never-heard-before-in-my-life-but-I-am-fairly-sure-they-have-to-do-with-a-Flux-Capacitor”.
So in order to avoid me sounding like a COMPLETE idiot when it comes to the TI-Nspire Calculator (ummm – it’s a calculator? it does graphs? my brother-in-law showed up last night and also went nuts over it and begged me to have mine for my nephew and when I said “yes”, my nephew told me that I was saving his education? I’m assuming that this all means something in the “Math Geek World”), I’m reverting to the product specs on this one……actually, I am copying the review of one of my favorite Math Geek Frugal Bloggers (Briana, who is also hosting a giveaway of a TI-Nspire Calculator)
This calculator is really a 3-in-1: A graphing calculator, software package, and a T84 plus keypad (available by mail in rebate).
The touchpad gives the TI-Nspire an almost mouse like feel. The TI-Nspire is permitted on the SAT, AP, ACT, IB, PSAT/NSMQT, and Praxis as well as many state tests!
Texas Instruments wants to give one Moms Need To Know reader a fantastic giveaway package!
Texas Instruments Giveaway Package:
- TI-Nspire Graphing Calculator with Touchpad ($139.99)
- 60 minutes of FREE tutoring help from Tutor.com ($34.99)
- Math Rocks T-Shirts ($12)
- Water Bottle ($8)
- Cell Phone Charm ($5)
To enter to win (each counts as a separate entry, so leave a separate comment!)
1. Leave a comment letting me know what kind of math student you were. Were you a “French Major” math student like me? Or were you a “Math Geek”? And who in your family is going to get this calculator?
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For each one of these that you do, leave a separate comment for another chance to win!
This giveaway will remain open until August 23 at 12:00pm EST at which time I will pick a winner using random.org and notify the winner by email
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I was horrible at math! Better at languages though. : )
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I took calculus in school but I didn’t like it at all, that’s for sure! I only do math when I have to, I don’t like it. My daughter would get this calculator if I won, she’s in 8th grade and in all the gifted classes
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I wasn’t a geek, but I did like all my math classes. This is for my daughter
Thanks for the giveaway…I was a B student up through Calculus; my kids get this cool TI graphing calculator if we win.
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I was really bad in math and still am. I would give this to my grandson who is a senior in highschool this year. He plans on attending college so this who be great for him.
hated it and did not do well!
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I was so-so in math. But could really use this for my aprenticiship as an electrician.
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I was a Math Geek. It was always my favorite subject in school. I will get this if I win.
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I was a math geek. I had a TV in my room, and I figured out that it was easy to watch TV and do math, so that was always the homework I did first. And then if my show wasn’t over, I’d do extra problems so I had an excuse to keep watching TV. I kid you not. And like I tell my own kids, math is great. 1+1=2. Any way you look at it, it’s still the same. You can’t talk your way around it – it just IS what it is.
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Oops – and I forgot to say in my first entry that I’d give this calculator to my son, the college physics major!
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Like you I was a French Major at math. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division I could handle but Algebra was the end of my math education.
Oh, I forgot this calculator would be for my daughter.
I was a math geek, teenage son is one as well.
That’s an easy question, I was a science and math geek in high school. My mom stopped being able to help me with math before I even got into high school since I took Algebra I in 8th grade. I was actually a math major at the community college after high school too (didn’t finish, but that is a different story). I will be the one using this calculator because I am in the process of finishing the degree that I started after high school.
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I always loved math – but, this calculator would be for my hubby!
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I was a total math geek. That is why I have a math/computer science major. My daughter who is in middle school would get this calculator.
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I have my master’s degree in math, so I suppose that would qualify me as a math nerd.
This would be for my daughter
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I have a masters degree in Aerospace Engineering so I guess you could say I am a math ‘nerd’. I will be the one using this calculator because I am now a math teacher and this will be a great addition to my classroom.
i am a math geek, i work in accounting now, this calculator will be for my sister who is going back to school
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My husband and I were very good at math. Our oldest daughter is the same. She goes to a magnet middle school (7th grade) and is taking high school credit math courses..Algebra 1, Geometry, etc…
Thank you for the entry, my daughter could use this.
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