TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies | C. C. Edwards

TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies | C. C. Edwards | "This Calculator Changes Everything!"

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	TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies C. C. Edwards For Dummies, 2004 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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If you have a T1-84 Plus Graphing Calculator, you have a powerful, sophisticated tool for advanced math. In fact, it?s so sophisticated that you may not know how to take advantage of many of its features and functions. That?s a good problem to have, and TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies is the right solution! It takes the TI-84 Plus to the next power, showing you how to: Display numbers in normal, scientific, or engineering notations Perform basic calculations, deal with angles, and solve equations Create and investigate geometric figures Graph functions, inequalities, or transformations of functions Create stat plots and analyze statistical data Create probability experiments like tossing coins, rolling dice, and so on Save calculator files on your computer Add applications to your calculator so that it can do even more

TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies was written by C.C. Edwards, author of TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies, who has a Ph.D. in mathematics and teaches on the undergraduate and graduate levels. The book doesn?t delve into high math, but it does use appropriate math examples to help you delve into: Using the Equation Solver Using GeoMaster and its menu bar to construct lines, segments, rays, vectors, circles, polygons, perpendicular and parallel lines, and more Creating a slide show of transformations of a graph Using the Inequality Graphing application to enter and graph inequalities and solve linear programming problems

There?s even a handy tear-out cheat sheet to remind you of important keystrokes and special menus, And since you?ll quickly get comfortable with the built-in applications, there?s a list of ten more you can download and install on your calculator so it can do even more! TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies is full of ways to increase the value of your TI?84 Plus exponentially.

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Purchased this book that was recommended when I was shopping for a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator (that replaced a ten-plus-year-old TI-82) during the holidays for my high school sophomore daughter. While I was reading the book at the airport to understand this calculator, I taught daughter something new, and she has raved about both ever since. Calculator was recommended by her math teacher.

"This Calculator Changes Everything!"

I have taught Physics for a number of years, and with all of the advances in computer and calculator based labs, I have begrudgingly wadded into the pool of new technology in the science classroom. I have had considerable problems with students using "canned programs" and fancy probes and sensors. I have always felt that we are simply training monkeys, and not educating.

However, what I have failed to understand, is that the "calculator standard", for which it seems that most secondary and post-secondary institutions are at the cutting edge, will likely be the TI 83/84. Even newer models still follow the basic calculator organization, and only improve upon, or add features. In many ways, this entire organization of the calculator could be as everyday later as the Square Root key on my old calculator.

With this in mind, it is now a reality that students can use the multi-functionality of this type of calculator in a manner that might be completely different than most numerical based subject teachers are aware. I think that its proper use is exceptionally good at efficiently providing "brute force" solutions to numerically based problems.

I felt that I had to add the above, more philosophical view of education before I began with the text review.

While Texas Instruments does produce a considerable amount of support material, it is not organized in this particular way, nor written with the light language that makes study, and reflective reading, a joy. The author has done a very good job at making this model or class of calculator, very easy to use, and I think that with this rather trivial investment in money, was a big time saver for me on my road to using this extraordinary piece of technology available to my students.

I will of course further my research into the graphing calculator, and would like to know if someone finds a similar book at the intermediate or advanced level. BUT, if you are looking at this particular type of calculator for the first time, and YOU VALUE YOUR TIME, you want to buy this book. It gets you off and working quickly.

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TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies

Concise "How-to" serves as a quick and easy reference guide on getting the most out of your TI-84 Plus.

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