NumWorksGraphing Calculator

I love it, specially for professors that only let you use a scientific calculator on tests 🙂‍↔️

The media could not be loaded. Pros:More updated interface than the TI-84Simple to useOpen source hardwareEpsilon (the calculator's "OS" (more like a math interpreter) is open sourceThin and lightCosts less than the TI-84 plus ceLess confusing naming scheme than TIUses a more updated chip than the TI-84 Plus CE (STM32 ARM Cortex M4 based microcontroller vs Zialog eZ80)Runs MicroPython (which is good for running custom code on the calculator, like a stoicheometry calculator for chemistry)Web-based interface on computer that allows you to update the calculator and upload python codeClean designApp-based interfaceIt doesn't just give decimals and fractions, it gives both, and can simplify expressionsCan calculate complex numbersCons:No dark mode (Small complaint though (and it wouldn't fit in with the white theme of the calculator)Cannot write custom apps or install custom firmware. I found this out when I was trying to add an overclocking script. I got everything set up, but a critical folder on GitHub was blocked off. This does make sense because it prevents people from writing cheating software for the calculator. Since it's been approved for exams like the SAT (and that's one of the main selling points), it has to store all user data in RAM, and if you could modify its code you could have a user program permanently on the calculator that could allow you to cheat on a test. They could have made it completely open source in hardware and software, but that would have made it not legal on any standardized test.Buttons are somewhat mushyLimited button layout compared to ti-84 plus ceNobody else really has this calculator so there is less available for it than is available for something more popular like the ti-84 plus ceWhite plastic is easy to scratch and markGraphing program is slow when navigating because it redraws all of the graph every time you move.Keyboard is hard to use (but that's because I am not used to typing on a calculator and there are not very many buttons)The video shows some of the calculators features in calculator mode.

helped Timmy get ACT score of 37.

This is so much easier and nicer to use than the TI-84

as a 9th grader, i believe this calculator is much better then the ti84 and is much more user-friendly.

I don’t know what exactly the reason my kid teacher wanted us to buy this. I already spent one hundred on a TI graph calculator. I tried this not very impressed.

There is a lot to like about this calculator and the company that makes it. The calculator is a great example of excellent and attractive engineering. The simplicity of the design is much appreciated, especially when compared with standard graphing calculators. It is a beautiful product and has some nice unexpected features that really set it apart from others. It is one of a few calculators that can perform prime factorization of an integer with the factor() command. Although it does not support general number base conversion, it will easily display the hexadecimal and binary values of any integer, in addition to the prime factors. That is a nice unexpected touch.The calculator is programmable via the MicroPython language. Python has become one of the most popular programming languages today, and many refererence books and Internet sites are available to help the programmer. Python can be difficult for a new programmer, but I will report that Numworks support is excellent. I contacted Numworks via their support email address about a programming problem and the president of the company replied with excellent information on my problem. It doesn't get any better than this.While MIcropython programs can be entered directly on the calculator, it is much easier to enter programs on your computer using the Numworks workshop website and download them to the calculator with the supplied cable. That process was flawless on my Chromebook.All in all, a terrific little calculator.

This calculator is excellent on its own but what I really love about it is the simulator available for free that lets you use the exact calculator on your computer. I don't have to always have the calculator on me to do school work, I can just load up the simulator in another window and do some work as if I actually had it. Then when I'm back on the physical device all the practice I got on the computer applies naturally.