- 144 built-in mathematic functions
- Fraction functions
- Accurate 10-digit, 10-plus-2 display
- Backspace key to fix entry mistakes
- Single variable statistical calculations
Product Description
All purpose scientific calculator offers fraction calculation, trigonometric functions and is solar powered. Global Product Type: Calculators-Scientific; Calculator Type: N/A; Calculator Style: N/A; Power Source(s): Solar.Amazon.com Product Description
For math and science students at all levels and for any home or office needing to make algebraic computations from time to time, Casio has created the FX-260 solar scientific calculator. An indispensable tool for students from high school onward, in lab classes, and for exams, the FX-260 features a two-line display, complex number calculations, and an algebraic mode, which displays the example precisely as written. Always powered up, it's useful as a household/office calculator for calculating finances, converting cooking measurements, and anything else you can think of when you wish you had a calculator at hand.
The clear, readable two-line display exhibits 10 digits in large numerals, showing the problem and answer together and permitting better tracking of your equations. With the Casio FX-260, you can quickly clear errors with the backspace key. You can also call upon 144 built-in mathematics functions and several fraction functions for basic equations and for fun. Plus, call upon the FX-260's basic scientific, exponential, and trigonometric functions for everything you need to complete your assignments and lab work. Key in and program formulas to save for future uses.
The Casio FX-260 provides one independent and six constant memory keys. It has a pragmatic key layout, making this an easy-to-use basic scientific calculator offering all the functions you'll need in a solidly constructed unit. Also, solar power means never replacing batteries. --Barbara Price
Casio FX-260 Solar Scientific Calculator
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i bought this for an exam with restrictions about what kind of calculator I could have … in my prep work I noticed a few times that button presses weren’t registering on the screen (might also have explained some of my answers ;-() … but as luck would have it in the exam it was happening OFTEN … I was on the alert for it though so it might have always been the case. My fingers were feeling the “click” though ;-( Anyway … a calculator that can’t be relied upon to register button presses is USELESS!
Rating: 1 / 5
Casio FX-260 Solar Scientific Calculator
My other calculators are an older version of the Texas Instruments TI-36X Solar, and an old Casio FX-115V, also solar, both with no battery option. I bought this new Casio FX-260 Solar locally for a great price, mainly just to see if I’d like a little bit simpler keypad than the TI-36X. I’d forgotten when I bought it that I had the FX-115V. Looking at this old Casio FX-115V it appears that this FX-260 is the modern version of it.
I like this new Casio. Although it doesn’t have a two or more line screen like other calculators costing only a little more; it doesn’t spell out your calculation as you type it in; it doesn’t write out fractions, square roots or trig functions like you would on a page; and it certainly doesn’t draw you a graph of any functions; it does calculate, which is what I want from it.
This FX-260 is a basic scientific calculator. It has a clean layout and it’s easy to find the function key you need. They’ve made their own choices on what is going to be a main function and what is a shifted function. In this version, the square root is shifted (above the x squared), whereas in my other two older calculators it is a main key. Likewise for 1/x. Pi is a main key of both Casios, but not on the older TI-36X.
The most prominent differences between these older calculators and this one is the sensitivity of the solar cells and the clarity of the screen. The new one needs less light to operate and the numbers are more sharply displayed. There is also a perceptible difference in the speed of the screen showing the result. Newer is better, as anyone would expect. So, it isn’t that these older calculators don’t match the power of this one: the newer is just sharper, more light sensitive, and quicker to show results. If you’ve got an older calculator that “works just fine” and you can’t imagine why you would need a new one, these differences might be reason enough to spend the little it’d cost to get a new version.
This is an excellent calculator for basic mathematics. The cost is so minimal that having this one along with one or more higher powered models (if you need them) isn’t, I think, being excessive.
Rating: 5 / 5
Casio FX-260 Solar Scientific Calculator
All the scientific functions, all the quality, no batteries, works in low light, and very well priced. I never use anything but this calculator, which can even tolerate semesters of chalk dust. I have purchased several of these and am very protective of those I take to class. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
Casio FX-260 Solar Scientific Calculator
I like the Casio FX-260 Solar Scientific Calculator, it fits in my shirt pocket and needs no batteries. However, the previous one (same exact model) that I purchased was a little thinner.
Rating: 5 / 5
Casio FX-260 Solar Scientific Calculator
this is a great find! It had everything I needed for an algebra class I’m taking.
Rating: 4 / 5
Casio FX-260 Solar Scientific Calculator