I think you need more numbers than that. At least 1, pi, and e. Definitely don’t need any numbers bigger than 4.

>Calculators are generally useless in Calculus. Or at least they should be. Calculus is a process, and normally you are graded on that process, not on the answer.

Yes.

It's been so long since I took calculus but that's the reason why we weren't allowed calculators in my Calculus class. All the formulas needed for the test were also provided (as we weren't being graded on our memorization skills either)

My professor also said don't bother doing simple arithmetic just to simplify an answer - leave it at 12/56 or whatever.

Turns out, it was a really, really great system.

It's been a while since I took calculus, but I seem to remember that a TI-89 calculator could show its steps when solving a problem.

Yeah I also had a TI-89 and you could directly type in most calc problem and get a great step by step answer. The symbolic solver on that thing was great.

Yep. We all had either TI-89 or -92. I used it to check myself after doing practice problems.

> Calculators are generally useless in Calculus. Or at least they should be.

Mathematica, on the other hand...

Wolfram Alpha and Mathematica got me through Calculus. I paid for an account because I absolutely loved the "show step by step process" feature so you could actually learn how and why you were getting various results.

In calculus a calculator can often give you the answer but you only get credit for showing the steps which the calculator can't help you with.

Just get or a program a calculator that shows steps then.