TI Calculator Hacking

TI Calculator Hacking

Calc Which models are these? What will TI do with the recalled calcs? Texas Instruments is replacing thousands of calculators issued to students in Virginia after a sixth-grader discovered that pressing a certain two keys converts decimals into fractions. That would have given students an unfair advantage on Virginia’s standardized tests, which require youngsters to know how to make such conversions with pencil and paper. Link.

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