TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies

By Jeff McCalla and C.C. Edwards

Book Overview

If you have a TI-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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764571400
• ISBN13: 9780764571404
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great for Dummies like ME

This book is a great intro to the TI 84 Plus calculator! It is perfect for someone like me who went to school before these fabulous calculators were made and therefore never learned how to use one. I love my calculator! This book enhanced my appreciation.

You gotta get this book

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.

Helpful and easy to read

This book is so helpful! I often find instruction manuals confusing and this book is so much easier to use than the manual that came with the calculator. It is easy to read and the format makes it simple to find the topic you need. I am taking introductory statistics and the stats info helped me study for my test. This book is excellant and very easy to use.

Good reference book to buy

It was better of course than the book that came with the calculator however it didn't give you all the infomation on how to use the inverses and the finance problems in the book, needs more samples of how to enter the problems.

This book is great for people who own a TI-84 Plus!

The TI-84 is a very hard calculator to use but with this book, you'll use this calculator like you had it since you was a baby! This book has complete details of all the TI-84 functions and the book explain how to use the functions in a very understanding way! Overall, I think that this is a great book and you should get it right now if you own a TI-84 Plus.