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Home > AP Calculus Calculator Policy AP Calculus Calculator Policy Calculators and the Exam 2010-11 List of Graphing Calculators Students are expected to bring to the exams a graphing calculator with the following capabilities built into the calculator: plot the graph of a function within an arbitrary viewing window find the zeros of functions (solve equations numerically) numerically calculate the derivative of a function numerically calculate the value of a definite integral Graphing calculators having the expected built-in capabilities are indicated with an asterisk (*). However, students may bring any calculator on the list to the exam. Nongraphing scientific calculators are not permitted. Casio Hewlett-Packard Texas Instruments FX-6000 series HP 9G TI-73 FX-6200 series HP 28 series* TI-80 FX-6300 series HP-38G* TI-81 FX-6500 series HP-39 series* TI-82* FX-7000 series HP-40G* TI-83/TI-83 Plus* FX-7300 series HP-48 series* TI-83 Plus Silver* FX-7400 series HP-49 series* TI-84 Plus* FX-7500 series HP-50 series* TI-84 Plus Silver* FX-7700 series   TI-85* FX-7800 series Radio Shack TI-86* FX-8000 series EC-4033 TI-89* FX-8500 series EC-4034 TI-89 Titanium* EC-4037 FX-8700 series   TI-Nspire*/TI-Nspire CX* FX-8800 series Sharp TI-Nspire CAS*/TI-Nspire CX CAS* FX-9700 series* EL-5200 TI-Nspire CM-C* FX-9750 series* EL-9200 series* TI-Nspire CAS CX-C* FX-9860 series* EL-9300 series*   CFX-9800 series* EL-9600 series* Other CFX-9850 series* EL-9900 series* Datexx DS-883 CFX-9950 series*   Micronta CFX-9970 series*   Smart2 FX 1.0 series*     Algebra FX 2.0 series*     FX-CG-10 (PRIZM)*     Note: This list is current as of September 2011; other allowable machines will be added as necessary. Unacceptable machines, models and features include the following: Portable/handheld computers, laptops, electronic writing pads, pocket organizers; models with QWERTY (i.e., typewriter) keypads as part of hardware or software (e.g., TI-92 Plus, Voyage 200); models with pen-input/stylus/touch-screen capability (e.g., Palm, PDAs, Casio ClassPad); models with wireless or Bluetooth capability; models with paper tapes; models that "talk" or make noise; models that require an electrical outlet; models that can access the Internet; models that have cell phone capability or audio/video recording capability; models that have a digital audio/video player; models that have a camera or scanning capability. In addition, the use of hardware peripherals with an approved calculator is not permitted. If a student wishes to use a calculator not on the list, then the AP teacher must contact ETS (609 771-7300) prior to April 1 of the testing year to receive written permission for the student to use the calculator on the AP Exams.

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