Texas Instruments TI36X Solar Scientific Calculator

by Texas Instruments

Product Details

Product Manual [123kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 3.1 x 6 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000JBNM
• Item model number: TI36X
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #10 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Calculators > Financial & Business
  • #15 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Calculators > Scientific
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 14, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Ideal for students at every level, from junior high school algebra to college calculus, the Texas Instruments TI36 packs a lot of punch in a small, inexpensive unit. This solar-powered calculator combines features for statistical analysis, Boolean logic operations, and unit conversions in one sleek package.

Math students will appreciate TI36X's ability to perform fractional equations and calculate angle units (radians, grads, degrees) when performing trigonometric functions. Everyone will find the calculator's English/metric conversions helpful.

The TI36Xs single-line LCD is a little difficult to read when the unit is lying on a desk, and users in need of graphing functions will have to look elsewhere. Overall, however, for a calculator in this price range, the TI36X provides enough power for most high-level math and science needs.

Product Description

Texas Instruments TI36XSOLAR Solar Scientific Calculator TI36XSOLAR Calculators

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great buy!, August 13, 2002

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D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Instruments TI36X Solar Scientific Calculator (Office Product)

I'm a research scientist. I started using a slide rule in high school about 1947, a computer in 1958, and scientific calculators some time in the early 1970s. Despite the power of computers I still like to have ready access to a good calculator, and my favorite brand (for versatility and ease of use) is Texas Instruments. The TI36X especially impresses me. It is a very powerful, very user-friendly scientific calculator for less than [price]. It performs virtually all scientific functions plus basic statistics and linear regressions and is light-powered in virtually any light. In my view, this is an incredible bargain. In fact, although I already have Texas Instruments calculators in my bedroom, den, living room, and at work, I couldn't resist the TI36X and bought one. It's a terrific calculator! If you don't need graphing capability, I highly recommend this powerful bargain calculator.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Enough for the PE Exam, August 14, 2005

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Daniel P. Mcgrath (Chester, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Instruments TI36X Solar Scientific Calculator (Office Product)

As one of the "official seven" calculators now allowed on the PE exam, this inexpensive calculator was all I needed (civil exam, anyway). As a former die-hard HP fan, it took some retraining to "un-RPN" my fingers, but lots of practice problems using the calculator that I would be using on the test and I was OK. The display is clear and readable, the solar panel powers the calculator with just the light from a computer monitor. Bottom line: a good calculator and a great value.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice Layout But Has Flaws, May 18, 2004

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James Warshawsky (Banning, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texas Instruments TI36X Solar Scientific Calculator (Office Product)

In terms of price and features, this is a nice scientific calculator. The layout of the functions is quite apt. I like the case design and the cover. It has only a one-line display but I can live with that. The purple text used to label the functions activated by the "3rd" key is admittedly a little hard to read.

However, consider this calculation and its result:

(262144 * 4096) - (2^18 * 2^12) = -0.01

The correct answer, obviously, is 0. That may be a silly calculation to perform, but I actually did this once as a check.

TI's support - via email - suggests that this is a normal rounding error. I am not sure that this is acceptable in a calculator of this class. The size of the operands doesn't seem unreasonably large.

If it were not for that, I would give the calculator 4 stars. It's really too bad because I like the layout of this calculator MUCH better than that of the Casio. But I worry about getting other errors that won't be immediately obvious to me.

I can't prove one or the other how likely this rounding error is to happen in "typical" calculations.