A Primer on Financial Calculators

Abstract

Like it or not, business calculators have become a necessity of
every day life for our students. This paper is not meant to condone or condemn the practice of employing calculators to teach
a subject (or topic area), but to aid both the teacher and the
student in the function and use of financial calculators. The
objective of this paper is to test the most popular financial calculators for basic problem solving, accuracy and ease of use.
We also present elementary primers to the basic usage of each
of the calculators discussed. The primers represent an easy to
understand, step by step instruction which could make teaching
easier for the instructor and learning easier for the student.