Calculators 

"Selecting calculators for the business or home office may not be as simple as expected. Calculators do much more today than ever before, including complex computerized calculations. Graphic calculators and scientific calculators can perform very advanced calculations. Most offices need to have calculators for working with cash, making sales presentations, tallying sales, and other ordinary tasks. For some jobs, the hand held models are best, but most offices still want to have a good desktop model also. Making a selection of a calculator is simple when all that is desired is a basic calculator. They are the least expensive and have few extra features. For more difficult math that requires entering formulas, memorizing figures and doing advanced mathematics or algebraic equations, the choices get tougher. The calculator selected should match the job it is expected to do. This is cost effective, and the learning curve also will match the difficulty of the job. Scientific calculators, graphing calculators and business calculators are used in many business situations, such as real estate, banking, science, medicine, dentistry, pharmaceutical, construction and other trades. The calculators are important to business success; it is well worth the investment to get the right model. Hand held models may be battery powered, have an adapter for using standard electrical outlets, or they might be solar powered. Some have extensive memories and allow data to be downloaded to a computer. Portability is important to those persons who need to do calculations at a remote site, away from the office. One solution for workers that need to figure job costs, computations and other mathematical calculations while in the field is to have a solar calculator . Several manufacturers, including Casio, Royal and Texas Instruments, make very affordable hand held solar calculators. Prices start around $4.99 for a basic model. Desktop calculators are larger than hand held models. Some desktop models use roll paper for printing results in one or two colors. These are heavily used by office accountants, administrators, sales representatives and others who do computations as part of their job. They are attractive and fit nicely on a desktop. These models are best when a record of calculations is desired. Most offices require a mix of hand held and desktop calculators to supply to their employees. Discount savings are possible when ordering online in bulk quantities. Stay on top of business with state-of-the-art electronics. Calculators from reliable companies like Casio, Texas Instruments, Royal, Canon, Hewlett Packard and Sharp can provide employees with fast answers to mathematical questions. Models are reliable and priced right so every employee can have the type of calculator needed to best perform their job duties. View a wide variety of all calculators in the online Sears Office Products, Calculators catalog. "