New G2 HP Prime

[Nigel (UK)]

(11-11-2018 10:09 PM)grsbanks Wrote:  

(11-11-2018 06:46 PM)cdmackay Wrote:  I get the impression that Casio is popular here in the UK. It certainly was when I was growing up, and judging by my daughter's secondary school, it is still.

Casio is popular here. In fact the list of authorised calculators in most exams over here is a very short list of two Casio machines. Everything else is banned.

I hold this from a physics teacher who would love nothing better than to see RPN accepted more widely in this country!

This isn't correct. The regulations for external examinations for all examination boards are given here (link to download pdf file here) on page 16, and don't mention any specific calculator brand or model. There are reasonable restrictions (no CAS, no communication, no retrievable formulae) but nothing that would exclude the use of a HP-35, if that's what your friend would prefer!

Casio is popular here because the calculators are fine, and they are heavily marketed. No-one else seems to try :-( RPN isn't so popular here because none of us could afford HP machines when we were growing up!

Nigel (UK)