Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
1. Basics and algebra on the TI-84 Plus
Chapter 1. What can your calculator do?
1.1. Five examples of what your calculator can do
1.1.1. Calculating the volume of a cube
1.1.2. Solving the Quadratic Formula
1.1.3. Graphing sine and cosine
1.1.4. Calculating the area under a curve
1.1.5. Fitting a line to data
1.2. This book and your calculator
1.2.1. Your calculator, a multipurpose tool
1.2.2. What you’ll need
1.3. MathPrint vs. non-MathPrint calculators
1.4. Summary
Chapter 2. Get started with your calculator
2.1. Before you begin
2.2. Performing basic calculations
2.2.1. Simple arithmetic
2.2.2. Dividing sums: demonstrating the importance of parentheses
2.2.3. Using exponents
2.2.4. Roots of numbers
2.2.5. Continuing a calculation: Ans
2.3. More homescreen skills
2.3.1. More on 2nd and ALPHA
2.3.2. Editing an equation
2.3.3. Repeating a calculation
2.3.4. MathPrint focus: entering and displaying fractions
2.4. Finding functions
2.4.1. Examples of homescreen math functions
2.4.2. A guide to finding functions
2.5. Setting modes
Numeric options
Graphing options
2.6. Solving equations and checking your answers
2.6.1. Using the Equation Solver tool
2.6.2. Boolean algebra with the Test/Logic menu