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Technology FAQs: Calculators

About Borrowing Calculators

  • RHC Library offers TI-83 and TI-84 graphing calculators only to students who are enrolled in a Math class. Science classes, such as Chemistry, do not qualify.

  • The Math Science and Engineering Center (MSEC) is allowing students to use graphing calculators at the MSEC while a student is at the Center. They do not loan out graphing calculators.

  • There are also phone apps and online graphing calculator emulators (for free) and rental (for a fee) options available. See below.

Free Graphing Calculator Alternatives (Apps & Online)

The Calculator Drawer (Internet Archive) 

The Calculator Drawer has online emulations of many different calculators, including the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator.

With everything running in a web browser (including mobile browsers on smartphones), no downloading or installing of software is necessary. 

wabbitemu

Wabbitemu creates a Texas Instruments graphing calculator right on your Windows, Mac, or Android device. Wabbitemu supports the TI-73, TI-81, TI-82, TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-85, and TI-86. Fast and convenient, Wabbitemu allows you to always have your trusty calculator with you. Because Wabbitemu is an emulator, the calculator it creates will act exactly like the real thing.


Desmos is a free graphing calculator which you can use on the web or download to your phone

Rent a Calculator (for a Fee)

Graphtor.com a fee-based calculator rental service for students (about $30 a semester):

  • graphtor

Or see one of the other calculator rental services below: