Calculators for Upper Level High School and College Mathematics

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.    Introduction
   Things to do before you
                   start!

     Adjust the contrast
    •    Find the HOME screen 
    •    Set the clock
    •    Record your ID number 
    •    Check out the MODE key
    •    Set the DEFAULTS
    •    Turn off the desktop APPS
    •    Use the APPS key

 
2.  Working from the
        HOME Screen

   •  Tabs from HOME screen
   •   I don't see decimal answers!
   •   Expanding expressions
   •   Factoring polynomials
   •   Solving equations
   •   Finding zeros
Hints:
   •  Editing
   •  Dealing  w/ unexpected answers
   •  Cleaning the screen quickly
   •  Dealing  w/ calculator hang up
3.  Introduction to
          Graphing

   •   Tabs from the Y= screen
   •   Set the window
   •   Evaluating specific values
   •   Defining functions

 

 

 

 

4.   More Graphing
    •   Tabs from the Graph screen
    •   Piecewise defined functions
    •   Algebra of functions
    •   Composition of functions
    •   Inverse functions

        

 

5.      Limits
   •  Limit command
   •  Limits approaching infinity
   •  One-sided limits

 

6.      Derivatives
    •  Differentiate command
    •  Second derivative
    •  Derivative at a specific value
    •  Use of parameters
    •  nDeriv command
    •  nDeriv at a specific value
    •  Formula used for nDeriv

 

7.    Maximum and
           minimum

    •  Max/Min from HOME screen
    •  Use of the "with" bar
    •  Maximum from Graph screen
    •  Minimum from Graph screen
     

 

8.        Integrate
    •   Integrate command
    •   Find numerical values
    •   Find antiderivative
    •   Find antiderivative + C
    •   nInt command

        

 

9.        Other
    •   Send/Receive programs (.pdf)
    •   Send/Receive OS (.pdf)
            (Operating System)