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northernsoul
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Post by northernsoul »

Can anyone help? Have been asked to buy a calculator with a pi button for year 7 work. Having scoured the shops, all the calculators appear to have everything else but a pi button. Does anyone have a calculator with a pi button? Or do the scientific calculators that are generally available have hidden functions that aren't evident from just looking at the keypad? :?
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Post by WP »

They may have a button with a pi written above it in colour, indicating that you get it by pressing a shift key.
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Post by hermanmunster »

My Casio (bought from ASDA or Tesco - can't remember :oops: ) has a pi button in this case it is by using the shift key and the 10 to the power of x key.

Don't take this the wrong way but it will be a greek pi ie

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really sorry couldn't find a small one
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Post by SunlampVexesEel »

http://www.casio.com/products/images/FX-115ES/xlarge/

Bottom row on the x10x key.

These calculators are cheap as chips in Tesco.

also... CASIO FX-85ES. The cheaper cousin and almost as capable.
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Post by hermanmunster »

Ta SVE - couldn't find a piccy of that!
same keypad as mine

Amazing how much calculator you get for the money these days!
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Post by doodles »

DS1 needed one for yr6 so I went into local shop and asked for a calculator for GCSE so it would have necessary buttons, it was very cheap about £6 I think.
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Post by northernsoul »

Big thank you to everyone for replying. If only the pi symbol was that large on the calculators HM! Must take my glasses with me next time.... :roll:
Will shop with confidence tomorrow, so thanks again.
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Post by hermanmunster »

Good Luck!!

as others have said they are quite cheap - I paid about £6 for my Casio fx83-ES from a supermarket.

Does more than I can ever remember needing for A level maths! (but then we used to use log tables in those days. :wink: )
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Post by northernsoul »

ah yes, log tables! and slide rules ..... what happened to those?
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Post by hermanmunster »

northernsoul wrote:ah yes, log tables! and slide rules ..... what happened to those?
still get used in the munster household sometimes!!
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