![]() Graphing calculators include a range of capabilities and can typically be programmed to perform various specialized tasks for science and engineering, such as p-value analysis. Graphing calculators are hand-held computers capable of plotting graphs, solving equations and performing analysis on functions. Even compared to the calculators available as late as the 1970s, graphing calculators are incredibly advanced and perform operations and analysis that would’ve been unimaginable to users of early arithmetic and algebraic calculators. ![]() Calculating machines, which hardly resemble today’s calculators, weren’t invented until the 17th century. The earliest tool for performing mathematical operations was likely an abacus, which allowed ancients to add and subtract units on a frame. Today’s digital screens and easy-to-read graphs of the calculator bear no resemblance to the earliest calculating tools, which featured stone and beads and couldn’t perform computations. Modern students of math may not realize that the invention of these tools is relatively recent. History of the graphing calculatorĬalculators have evolved over centuries from large computing machines into today’s highly functional, pocket-sized devices capable of performing complex computations, graphing multiple lines at once and analyzing graphs of functions. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ![]() ![]() This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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