TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies [Paperback]

C. C. Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0764571400 | ISBN-13: 978-0764571404 | Edition: 1

If you have a T1-84 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.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

With tips that work for earlier versions, too

Get a handle on the tool that does everything from basic math to probabilities!

Count yourself fortunate to have found this book! It’ll help you squeeze all the value from this handy device that not only solves equations and creates graphs, but also constructs geometric figures, finds the slope and equation of a line, generates random numbers, and simulates tossing coins and rolling dice.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Use the math and angle menus
• Perform geometry functions with GeoMaster
• Measure an angle
• Construct lines, polygons, circles, and arcs
• Graph inequalities
• Communicate with PCs or other calculators

About the Author

C. C. Edwards has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and is currently teaching mathematics on the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has been using technology in the classroom since before Texas Instruments came out with their first graphing calculator, and she frequently gives workshops at national and international conferences on using technology in the classroom. She has written forty activities for Texas Instrument’s Explorations Web site, and she was an editor of Eightysomething, a newsletter formerly published by Texas Instruments. She is also the author of TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies.
Just barely five feet tall, CC, as her friends call her, has three goals in life: to be six inches taller, to have naturally curly hair, and to be independently wealthy. As yet, she is nowhere close to meeting any of these goals. When she retires, she plans to become an old lady carpenter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (June 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764571400
• ISBN-13: 978-0764571404
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

C.C. Edwards is an instructor at Coastal Carolina University. Previously, she was the editor of Eightysomething, Texas Instruments' newsletter that explored the features of graphing calculators for parents and educators.

Customer Reviews

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95 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you don't buy the TI-83 Plus for Dummies book, you will not get this one., September 17, 2005

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Douglas L. Datwyler (UTAH) - See all my reviews
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If you don't buy the TI-83 Plus for Dummies book, the TI-84 Plus book won't do you any good. There are way TOO many references to the TI-83 book and the book is written in a way that implies you spent the money to upgrade to a TI-84+, rather than buying the TI-84+ out right.

Save your money, unless you agree that spending the money for both books is a good deal.

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Downright Terrible, June 18, 2008

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Robert S. Clark "Sean Clark" (Parker, CO) - See all my reviews
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I have literally not gotten one single answer out of this book. It is a dark unholy thing...just lurching into the night. Even the index is terrible in that it is extremely limited. There is not even an entry on how to use logorithmic functions. I have literally had way better luck pressing buttons in all kinds of combinations to slowly figure out how to use my graphing calculator. Even the manual that came with the unit is way better than this book.

If you buy this rotten book, then plan to take up smoking. You will need to because it is extraordinarily stressful to try and find a single answer to anything out of this rotten text.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference book to buy, August 12, 2006

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J. Mize "J Mize" (Macon, Ga USA) - See all my reviews
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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.