HP Prime vs TI-84 Plus CE for Jr. High and High School

[Tim Wessman]

In nearly every conceivable metric Prime is better. You however know your daughter. Is she going to be frustrated if the teacher hands out a "you do math by pressing these sequences of keys" type of document? Yes, unfortunately there are still educators like that in the world.

I am biased of course, but the success stories I hear of schools that have switched and seen math scores go up, understanding go up, and excitement about math has been pretty much constant across the board.

Have her download the free app version and go through the quick start guide together. If you decide to go with Prime, know that there is the possibility at some point a teacher will freak out and ban it.

Maybe the will be impressed that it speaks Japanese...