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Using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus [Minkštas viršelis]

(Naujas leidimas: 9781617293153)
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 367 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 232x188x20 mm, weight: 624 g, illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Aug-2013
  • Leidėjas: Manning Publications
  • ISBN-10: 161729084X
  • ISBN-13: 9781617290848 (Naujas leidimas: 9781617293153)
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 367 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 232x188x20 mm, weight: 624 g, illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Aug-2013
  • Leidėjas: Manning Publications
  • ISBN-10: 161729084X
  • ISBN-13: 9781617290848 (Naujas leidimas: 9781617293153)
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Summary

Using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus is a hands-on guide to these powerful graphing calculators. This easy-to-follow book includes terrific tutorials and plenty of exercises and examples that let you learn by doing. It starts by giving you a hands-on orientation to the calculators so you'll be comfortable with the screens, buttons, and the special vocabulary they use. Then, you'll start exploring key features while you tackle problems just like the ones you'll see in your math and sciences classes.

About this Book

With so many features and functions, the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus graphing calculators can be a little intimidating. This book turns the tables and puts you in control! In it, you'll find terrific tutorials that guide you through the most important techniques, dozens of examples and exercises that let you learn by doing, and well-designed reference materials so you can find the answers to your questions fast.

Using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus starts by making you comfortable with these powerful calculator' screens, buttons, and special vocabulary. Then, you'll explore key features while you tackle problems just like the ones you'll see in your math and sciences classes.

Written for anyone who wants to use the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus. No advanced knowledge of math and science is required.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

What's Inside

  • Get up and running with your calculator fast!

  • Lots of examples
  • Special tips for SAT and ACT math
  • Covers the color-screen TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition

About the Author

Christopher Mitchell is a teacher, PhD candidate, and recognized leader in the calculator enthusiast community. You'll find Christopher (aka Kerm Martian) and his cadre of calculator experts answering questions and sharing advice on his website, cemetech.net. He is also the author of Manning's Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus.

Table of Contents

    PART 1 BASICS AND ALGEBRA ON THE TI-83 PLUS/TI-84 PLUS
  1. What can your calculator do?

  2. Get started with your calculator

  3. Basic graphing

  4. Variables, matrices, and lists
  5. PART 2 PRECALCULUS AND CALCULUS
  6. Expanding your graphing skills

  7. Precalculus and your calculator
  8. Calculus on the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus
  9. PART 3 STATISTICS, PROBABILITY, AND FINANCE
  10. Calculating and plotting statistics

  11. Working with probability and distributions

  12. Financial tools

  13. PART 4 GOING FURTHER WITH THE TI-83 PLUS/TI-84 PLUS
  14. Turbocharging math with programming

  15. The TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition

  16. Now what?
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
About this book xv
Part 1 Basics And Algebra On The TI-83 Plus/ti-84 Plus 11(100)
1 What Can Your Calculator Do?
3(22)
1.1 Five Examples Of What Your Calculator Can Do
4(13)
Calculating The Volume Of A Cube
5(2)
Solving The Quadratic Formula
7(3)
Graphing Sine And Cosine
10(2)
Calculating The Area Under A Curve
12(2)
Fitting A Line To Data
14(3)
1.2 This Book And Your Calculator
17(3)
Your Calculator, A Multipurpose Tool
17(2)
What You'll Need
19(1)
1.3 Mathprint Vs. Non-Mathprint Calculators
20(3)
1.4 Summary
23(2)
2 Get Started With Your Calculator
25(32)
2.1 Before You Begin
26(3)
2.2 Performing Basic Calculations
29(7)
Simple Arithmetic
30(1)
Dividing Sums: Demonstrating The Importance Of Parentheses
30(2)
Using Exponents
32(1)
Roots Of Numbers
33(1)
Continuing A Calculation: Ans
34(2)
2.3 More Homescreen Skills
36(5)
More On 2nd And Alpha
36(1)
Editing An Equation
37(1)
Repeating A Calculation
38(1)
Mathprint Focus: Entering And Displaying Fractions
39(2)
2.4 Finding Functions
41(6)
Examples Of Homescreen Math Functions
42(3)
A Guide To Finding Functions
45(2)
2.5 Setting Modes
47(4)
2.6 Solving Equations And Checking Your Answers
51(5)
Using The Equation Solver Tool
51(3)
Boolean Algebra With The Test/logic Menu
54(2)
2.7 Summary
56(1)
3 Basic Graphing
57(26)
3.1 Getting Started With Graphing
58(3)
3.2 Visualizing Solutions And Examining Graphs
61(10)
A Ball Is Thrown: Maximum And Minimum Of A Function
61(6)
Two Trains: Intersection Of Two Functions
67(4)
3.3 Manipulating Graphs
71(7)
Viewing Different Parts Of The Graph
71(3)
Modifying Graph Format Settings
74(3)
Graph Styles, Shading, And Inequalities
77(1)
3.4 Using The Table
78(3)
Examining Graph Values
79(1)
G-T And Horiz Split Screen
80(1)
3.5 Summary
81(2)
4 Variables, Matrices, And Lists
83(28)
4.1 What Are Variables? Why Do I Need Them?
84(7)
Plugging X Into A Polynomial
86(1)
Finding The Volume Of A Box
87(2)
Testing The Pythagorean Theorem
89(2)
4.2 Using Sequences Of Numbers: Lists
91(4)
Typing Lists
92(1)
Storing Lists Into List Variables
93(1)
Isolating A Single List Element
94(1)
4.3 List Operations And Functions
95(6)
List-Wise Algebra Operations
95(2)
List-Wise Math Functions
97(2)
Element-Wise List Operations
99(2)
4.4 Exploring 2d Matrices
101(3)
Typing Matrices On The Homescreen
102(1)
Creating And Using Matrix Variables
102(1)
Typing Matrices In The Matrix Editor
103(1)
4.5 Matrix Operations And Functions
104(5)
Matrix-Wise Algebraic Operations
104(2)
Single-Matrix Operations
106(3)
4.6 Summary
109(2)
Part 2 Precalculus And Calculus 111(60)
5 Expanding Your Graphing Skills
113(28)
5.1 Parametric Mode
114(7)
Parametric Example: Graphing A Circle
116(2)
Parametric Example: Throwing A Baseball
118(2)
Parametric Example: A Lissajous Curve
120(1)
5.2 Graphing Polar Functions
121(4)
Polar Example: A Spiral
123(1)
Polar Example: Polar Rose
124(1)
5.3 Graphing Sequences
125(5)
Sequence Example: A Sequence Of Squares
126(1)
Sequence Example: The Fibonacci Series
127(3)
5.4 Drawing On Graphs
130(7)
Graphscreen Drawing Tools
131(2)
Using Drawing Tools On The Homescreen
133(3)
Drawing Graphlike Functions: Drawinv, Drawf, And Shade
136(1)
5.5 Saving Graph Settings And Pictures
137(3)
Saving And Recalling Picture Variables
138(1)
Saving And Recalling Graph Databases
139(1)
5.6 Summary
140(1)
6 Precalculus And Your Calculator
141(17)
6.1 Imaginary And Complex Numbers
142(3)
Complex Number Functions And Symbols
142(2)
Complex Roots With The Quadratic Formula
144(1)
6.2 Experimenting With Trigonometry
145(6)
Trig Functions
146(3)
Trigonometry And The Unit Circle
149(2)
6.3 Understanding Limits
151(3)
6.4 Exponents And Logarithms
154(2)
6.5 Summary
156(2)
7 Calculus On The TI-83 Plus/h-84 Plus
158(13)
7.1 Derivatives And Slope
159(3)
Calculating Derivatives On The Graphscreen
160(1)
Calculating Derivatives On The Homescreen
161(1)
7.2 Finding Minima, Maxima, And Inflection Points
162(3)
7.3 Integrals And Area Under A Curve
165(5)
Computing Integrals On The Graphscreen
166(2)
Computing Integrals On The Homescreen
168(2)
7.4 Summary
170(1)
Part 3 Statistics, Probability, And Finance 171(64)
8 Calculating And Plotting Statistics
173(29)
8.1 Working With Data Lists
174(4)
8.2 Calculating Properties Of Data
178(6)
Summarizing Data
179(1)
1-Var Stats And 2-Var Stats
180(4)
8.3 Statistical Plots
184(9)
Using Scatter And Xyline
185(3)
Plotting A Histogram
188(1)
Understanding Box Plots
189(3)
Normal Probability Plots
192(1)
8.4 Regression: Fitting Lines To Data
193(7)
Linear Regression
194(3)
Exponential Regression
197(2)
More Regression: The Many Options
199(1)
8.5 Summary
200(2)
9 Working With Probability And Distributions
202(21)
9.1 Calculating Pdfs And Cdfs
203(10)
Probability Distribution Functions
204(4)
Cumulative Distribution Functions
208(4)
Inverse Cdfs
212(1)
9.2 Drawing Distributions
213(3)
9.3 Combinatorics
216(3)
9.4 Generating Random Numbers
219(3)
9.5 Summary
222(1)
10 Financial Tools
223(12)
10.1 Financial Variables And Tools
224(1)
10.2 Solving Finance Problems
225(10)
Investments And Interest
226(2)
Mortgages And Loans
228(3)
Other Finance Tools
231(4)
10.3 Summary 233
Part 4 Going Further With The TI-83 Plus/ti-84 Plus 235(61)
11 Turbocharging Math With Programming
237(23)
11.1 Hello World, Your First Program
238(4)
What's A Program?
239(1)
Creating And Writing A Program
239(2)
Testing The Hello World Program
241(1)
11.2 Writing A Quadratic Formula Solver
242(4)
Coding And Testing The Quadratic Formula Solver
243(1)
Understanding The Quadratic Formula Solver
244(2)
11.3 A Crash Course In Programming Commands
246(11)
Input And Output
247(2)
Conditional Statements
249(3)
Menus, Labels, And Jumps
252(2)
Loops
254(3)
11.4 Putting It All Together: Programming, Sats, Math, And More
257(2)
11.5 Summary: Taking Programming Further
259(1)
12 The TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition
260(22)
12.1 Arithmetic And Algebra
262(5)
The Homescreen And The Mode Menu
263(1)
Mathprint Features
264(1)
Os-Wide Catalog Help
265(1)
The Equation Solver
266(1)
12.2 Graphing Features
267(7)
Your First Graph In Color
268(2)
TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition Graphing Features
270(4)
12.3 Drawing In Color
274(2)
12.4 Statistics Features
276(4)
Using Quickplot & Fit-Eq
277(2)
Using Manual Stat Plots
279(1)
12.5 Summary
280(2)
13 Now What?
282(14)
13.1 Connecting Your Calculator
283(4)
Transferring Files To And From Computers
283(3)
Transferring Files Between Calculators
286(1)
13.2 Finding And Using Apps And Programs
287(2)
13.3 Writing And Publishing Your Own Programs
289(3)
Programming Tools
290(1)
Forums And Archives
291(1)
13.4 Sensors, Robots, And Hardware
292(2)
13.5 Final Thoughts
294(2)
Appendix A The SATs and your calculator 296(11)
Appendix B Calculator skills summary 307(19)
Appendix C Something went wrong 326(10)
Index 336
AUTHOR BIO Christopher Mitchell is a teacher, student, and recognized leader in the TI-83+/TI-84+ enthusiast community. You'll find Christopher (aka Kerm Martian) and his community of calculator experts answering questions and sharing advice on his website cemetech.net.