This lesson is part of our free online GED classes, generously provided by Onsego GED Prep. In this lesson, we talk about the TI-30XS App and what is the best app for you to use to be successful on the GED Math subtest.
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On CLEP exam day, test takers aren't allowed to bring their own calculators into the testing room. Because of this, calculators are integrated into the CLEP exam software to help test takers solve questions on some CLEP science and math exams and the Financial Accounting exam.
The TASC Mathematics Test assesses your ability to reason with numbers. On the Mathematics Test, you will have 105 minutes to answer approximately 52 questions. You will spend 50 minutes answering questions with the aid of calculator and 55 minutes answering questions for which you may not use a calculator. You may take a 15-minute break between those two sections. Questions on this test will target skills such as:
Has anyone written a calculator emulator in Snap, specifically TI-30X? Texas Instruments charges an outrageous $80 for theirs, which is more than the calculator itself, which is only around $15. It would be useful for teaching GED remotely. Would there be copyright issues if it resembled the actual calculator too closely?
@yeet_king That's not how copyright works. From my understanding, anything that requires original design work is "copyrighted", in a sense. If you can charge 80 dollars for it you can probably copyright it, at least @erob I don't think that there are any yet. There are plenty of good calculators online already though, so I'm unsure why you're looking to Snap, unless you have lesson plans already written for that model of calculator.
Thanks everyone for your help. I found an android app for the TI 30 which I think is pretty similar. I don't know how much alike the virtual calculator has to look, for the GED/HISET the students will only need to use probably 5% or less of the functions. I found an online version of the TI 30XS on this guys page (alone with other calculators and things), but it's within a Pearson site, so I don't know how long it will be there. For anyone interested:
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