Casiofx-CG50 Graphic Calculator (UK version)

Before I bought this for my son I did research about this to see if it is allowed for GCSE plus for calculator it's high end price costing £118 but it is more expensive outside Amazon I found.It's has approval from exam boards which can be seen on Casio website.My son used the fx-CG50 said it's amazing it could understand maths better plus it has periodic table showing each element in detail. I asked my son will it help you better for GCSE maths, his reply was yes I think I will get much better grade with this calculator.Price I will say it is expensive 🫰 but if it helps to improve education by a bit it's cheap ☺️Quality is amazing on this it's colourful display.It has it own charging port to charge when battery life is low.Quantity of ways of doing maths is amazing showing graphs etc ...Weight is good too and efficiency of the product looks amazing 🤩Overall I would say it was an excellent buy to invest in my son future. 😃

The product is very nice – professional, sturdy, and works exactly as described. I’m happy with the quality. However, I was surprised that I had to pay an additional delivery fee, which is not the usual experience I expect from Amazon.

Great calculator, had to look up a video for some functions but has worked out great

Good for A-Level Maths and FM.

This is the big brother of the 991EX, looks similar with the carbon fibre finishing, although the key layout varies a fair bit from that model.First impressions out of the box are that it's a lot bigger than the standard Calc, and it used 4 'AAA' batteries, I would prefer a rechargeable battery, but I suppose this keeps the cost down. You get a USB cable in the box to update the CG50 and connect it to your PC.There are masses of functions here, including conic sections, graphing, Python programming even a Periodic table. It can be quite difficult to find things that were just keys on the 991EX, but after an initial panic, pressing menu 1 gets a standard calculation screen up.Its natural competitor is the TI 84 which is a bit more expensive in the UK (about £130, depending on spec) and the CG50 is superior to the TI84 as it's faster and with a better screen, although the price has jumped from up to £110 over summer.The CG50 has a great screen, and calculations persist between sessions. I'm impressed with it, having colour on your charts really shows up the lines well. It's a big jump up from even the £90 Casio b&w Casio calculator.So should you buy it? I think it's a great graphing calculator and will help any A level student to understand functions, graphing and Conic sections. I think it improves your chances, and some of the Pearson books have examples using this calculator. Recommended.

So yes, you can get free graphing calculators to run on your laptop or even on an androd phone - but you can't take those into the exam!Casio seems to have got both the GCSE and A-Level market in the UK stitched up, as the UK teachers tend to make thier models the top recommendation at each level.So if you are heading to A-level math's or university for Math's and engineering, this looks to be the "recommended buy". It is costly, but works well.Not taking an exam? The Android or tablet alternatives are really great because not only can you get free ones but you can change input paramets using slider controls to see the effect in "real time" if your smartphone has a good fast processor.It runs on 4xAAA batteries, and you get a set in the box with the device.You also get the connection cables to run this under Python - useful if you want to add a special favourite function.Don't tell teacher - but this means you can go online and get computer "games" to run on the CG50. The games are all basic compared with android phone ones - but you can get the typical "game boy" ones and there's a chess program too.It has the typical Casio sliding protective cover - but I'd still advise getting the zip case; the reason is the plastic cover doesn't keep out the fluff, dust and debris that seems to fill my college bag and it's expensive to replace this if you damage the keyboard buttons or drop it from your bag onto a hard floor or crush it under those heavy STEM textbooks!