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Advice for a novice please...

Discussion in 'General study / exams' started by the_counting_chic, Jun 29, 2016.

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  1. the_counting_chic

    the_counting_chic Member

    Good day
    I am writing CT1 as a non-member of IFoA. I have no tertiary math qualifications. I've looked at the approved list of calculators, and have read many forum posts regarding this across different Actuarial societies. The Texas BAII Plus and the Multiview, as well as the Casio FX85 seem to be favoured.

    I have no preference regarding these tools, as the last one I have used was in 2002 in high school.

    I would prefer a calculator that would save time in the exam, and be something I can use going forward with the other CT subjects. The price is irrelevant.

    Advice will be welcomed.

    Thanks!
     
    the_counting_chic, Jun 29, 2016
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  2. Hemant Rupani

    Hemant Rupani Senior Member

    I like TI multiview over casio...
    I have used TI-30XS Multiview and some Casios.

    Advantage- while performing calculation, you can choose from previous calculations you've done just by going up-down... Whereas on Casio you need to save any output to memory
    4 line screen in Multiview, Casio have 2 lines.

    Disadvantage - Its hardware quality is bad, Casio is rough-and-tough. You can throw your Casio calculator, you'll find it working...

    PS: I don't know about BA11 plus.
     
    Hemant Rupani, Jun 29, 2016
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  3. John Lee

    John Lee ActEd Tutor Staff Member

    The casio has table mode which can solve trial and error equations in Subject CT1. However, the new texas I believe has a quadratic equation solver. Why not use both?
     
    John Lee, Jul 1, 2016
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  4. Harashima Senju

    Harashima Senju Ton up Member

    Great find. Gonna get myself one for September season
     
    Harashima Senju, Aug 26, 2016
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  5. bystander

    bystander Member

    Whichever you choose, get one quickly and start practising with it.
     
    bystander, Aug 28, 2016
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  6. amevas

    amevas Member

    So does that mean we can use two calculators in the exam?
     
    amevas, Sep 26, 2016
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  7. shdh

    shdh Ton up Member

    Definitely! The Institute has prescibed certain model of calculators, not number of calculators!

    Regards,
    Shyam
     
    shdh, Sep 26, 2016
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