Book description
Using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus is a hands-on guide to these two 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 the Technology
About the 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 calculators' 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.
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 Reader
Written for anyone who wants to use the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus. No advanced knowledge of math and science is required.
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 the author of Manning's Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus.
Quotes
The user manual — but shorter, clearer, and much more entertaining!
- Louis Becquey, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble
Expertly captivates readers at any level of study, and provides practical examples that students will use in their academic years and beyond.
- Samuel Gockel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The perfect complement to math and statistics courses of all levels.
- Ryan Boyd, University of Texas at Austin
This is THE manual for your calculator.
- Jonathan Walker, computer science student,NDSU
Publisher resources
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this Book
- Part 1. Basics and algebra on the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus
- Part 2. Precalculus and calculus
- Part 3. Statistics, probability, and finance
- Part 4. Going further with the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus
- Appendix A. The SATs and your calculator
- Appendix B. Calculator skills summary
- Appendix C. Something went wrong
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
Product information
- Title: Using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2013
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781617290848
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