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Calculators for Upper Level High School and College Mathematics

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.    Introduction
     
Things to do first!

  •   Adjust the contrast
  •    Find the HOME screen 
  •    Set the clock
  •    Record ID number 
  •    Check out MODE key
  •    Set the DEFAULTS
  •    Turn off desktop APPS
  •    Use the APPS key
2.  Working HOME Screen
•  Tabs from HOME screen
•   Where's decimal answer?
•   Expanding expressions
•   Factoring polynomials
•   Solving equations
•   Finding zeros
Hints:
•   Editing
•   Dealing
w/unexpected ans
•   Cleaning screen quickly
•   Dealing  w/calc hang up
3.  Introduction Graphing
•   Tabs from the Y= screen
•   Set the window
•   Evaluate specific values
•   Defining functions

 

 

 

 

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

        

 

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

 

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

 

7.   Maximum & minimum
  •  Max/Min from HOME
  •  Use of the "with" bar
  •  Maximum from Graph
  •  Minimum from Graph      

 

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)  
 
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