Texas Instruments TI-30Xa Scientific Calculator

Once you get to a certain level of math classes, a regular old calculator just isn't good enough anymore you need a high-functioning calculator that can perform algebraic, trigonometric, and statistical problems in addition to general mathematical tasks. For high school or college students tackling advanced math, this is a great tool (and a thoughtful back-to-school gift), and with more professors allowing the use of calculators during classes and exams, it's a necessary one. Easy to use and easy to slip into a backpack, the TI-30Xa will soon become indispensable for both the serious and the striving math student. Dana Van Nest.

The Texas Instruments TI-30Xa scientific calculator can do this for you. It is extremely handy when it comes to figuring tricky fractions It can add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions when entered in a traditional numerator/denominator format This calculator can also do a variety of conversions, from fractions to decimals, degrees to radians to grads, DMS to decimal to degrees, and polar to rectangular The display screen holds up to 10 digits