TI-Nspire For Dummies

by Jeff McCalla, Steve Ouellette

Overview

The updated guide to the newest graphing calculator from Texas Instruments

The TI-Nspire graphing calculator is popular among high school and college students as a valuable tool for calculus, AP calculus, and college-level algebra courses. Its use is allowed on the major college entrance exams. This book is a nuts-and-bolts guide to working with the TI-Nspire, providing everything you need to get up and running and helping you get the most out of this high-powered math tool.

• Texas Instruments’ TI-Nspire graphing calculator is perfect for high school and college students in advanced algebra and calculus classes as well as students taking the SAT, PSAT, and ACT exams
• This fully updated guide covers all enhancements to the TI-Nspire, including the touchpad and the updated software that can be purchased along with the device
• Shows how to get maximum value from this versatile math tool

With updated screenshots and examples, TI-Nspire For Dummies provides practical, hands-on instruction to help students make the most of this revolutionary graphing calculator.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118004661
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/07/2011
Series:	For Dummies Books
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jeff McCalla teaches Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis. He is a T3 instructor for Texas Instruments and co- founder of the TI-Nspire SuperUser group.

Steve Ouellette wrote the first edition of TI-Nspire For Dummies as well as CliffsNotes^® Guide to TI-Nspire.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting to Know Your TI-Nspire Handheld 9

Chapter 1: Using TI-Nspire for the First Time 11

Chapter 2: Understanding the Document Structure 25

Chapter 3: Creating and Editing Documents 37

Chapter 4: Linking Handhelds 47

Part II: The Calculator Application 51

Chapter 5: Entering and Evaluating Expressions 53

Chapter 6: Working with Variables 69

Chapter 7: Using the Calculator Application with Other Applications 77

Chapter 8: Using the Calculator Application with TI-Nspire CAS 85

Part III: The Graphs Application 99

Chapter 9: Working with Graphs 101

Chapter 10: Using the Graphs Application to Do Calculus 131

Part IV: The Geometry Application 135

Chapter 11: Working with Geometric Objects 137

Chapter 12: Using an Analytic Window in the Geometry Application 159

Part V: The Lists & Spreadsheet Application 165

Chapter 13: Applying What You Already Know about Spreadsheets 167

Chapter 14: Working with Data 177

Chapter 15: Constructing Scatter Plots and Performing Regressions 189

Chapter 16: Manual and Automatic Data Capture 201

Part VI: The Data & Statistics and Vernier DataQuest Applications 209

Chapter 17: Constructing Statistical Graphs 211

Chapter 18: Working with Single-Variable Data 215

Chapter 19: Working with Two-Variable Data 227

Chapter 20: Data Collection 237

Part VII: The Notes Application 249

Chapter 21: The Why and How of Using Notes 251

Chapter 22: Taking Notes to a Whole New Level 255

Part VIII: TI-Nspire Computer Software 261

Chapter 23: Getting Started with TI-Nspire Computer Software 263

Chapter 24: File Creation and Display in Documents Workspace 271

Chapter 25: File Management with Content Workspace 287

Part IX: The Part of Tens 295

Chapter 26: Ten Great Tips and Shortcuts 297

Chapter 27: Ten Common Problems Resolved 305

Appendix A: Safeguarding in Press-to-Test Mode 311

Appendix B: Basic Programming 315

Appendix C: Working with Libraries 331

Index 337