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MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Gresham, Oregon 97030

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COURSE TITLE   Using the TI-83 Graphing Calculator
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Students must be proficient in:
 
 
 
 
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Writing (WR90)
Mathematics (MTH20)
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: (for catalog)

An introduction to using the TI-83 graphing calculator including basic entry, graphing, tables, introductory programming, and other calculator functions.

PREREQUISITE:

It is recommended that the student is at or above the level of Math 65.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REQUIRED OF STUDENT: (text, supplies, etc.)

TI-83 graphing calculator and manual, pencil/pen, paper.

LIST THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES OR STUDENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES AS DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING SYSTEM FOR THIS COURSE:

Items I through XVIII, (XXI - XXX optional) Other topics may be included depending on time and student interest.

The student shall be able to use and/or understand each of the functions listed

(All capitals indicates a calculator key or menu selection)

  1. Basic Entry
    1. Slide the cover on and off.
    2. ON/OFF
    3. 2ND
    4. UP ARROW/DOWN ARROW Adjusting screen resolution
    5. PI
    6. MODE Sets modes to default
    7. ENTER
    8. QUIT
    9. ADD, SUBTRACT
    10. ANS
    11. STO
    12. ALPHA, Letters

  2. Basic Entry
    1. MULTIPLY
    2. LEFT and RIGHT PARENTHESIS
    3. CLEAR
    4. DIVIDE
    5. DELETE
    6. INSERT

  3. Fractions and Decimals
    1. MATH
    2. FRAC
    3. DEC

  4. Basic Entry
    1. NEGATIVE
    2. RECIPROCAL
    3. ABSOLUTE VALUE
    4. ENTRY (Recall)

  5. Basic Entry
    1. SQUARE
    2. MATH
    3. CUBE
    4. CARAT (Exponents)
    5. SQUARE ROOT
    6. CUBE ROOT
    7. ANY ROOT

  6. Scientific and Engineering Notation
    1. Entering numbers in Scientific and Engineering notation
    2. EE
    3. Converting between Scientific and Engineering notation
    4. SCIENTIFIC MODE
    5. ENGINEERING MODE

  7. Decimal Degrees and Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds
    1. Converting from Decimal Degrees to Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds
    2. ANGLE
    3. DMS
    4. TICK MARK

  8. Graphing: Basic Features, Linear Graphs
    1. Select default modes
    2. Y =
    3. Entering a function
    4. X, T, THETA
    5. Turn off STATPLOTS/PLOTSOFF
    6. ZOOM
    7. ZSTANDARD for the Standard window/Graph a line
    8. WINDOW, XMAX, XMIN, YMAX, YMIN, XSCL, YSCL
    9. ARROW KEYS/Cursor
    10. TRACE
    11. ZDECIMAL
    12. TBLSET
    13. TABLE
    14. ZOOMIN
    15. CALC/ROOT
    16. Use toggle to turn functions "on" and "off"
    17. GRAPH
    18. SIMULTANEOUS
    19. SPLITSCREEN/Moving between the graph and home screen
    20. FULLSCREEN
    21. CALC/INTERSECT
    22. DRAW, PEN, CLRDRAW

  9. Format
    1. WINDOW
    2. FORMAT Choices, RECTANGULAR COORDINATES, POLAR COORDINATES, COORDINATES ON/OFF, GRIDON, AXESOFF, LABELON

  10. Graphing a Relation
    1. Solve for y and graph the relation by graphing two functions
    2. ZSQUARE

  11. More Graphing
    1. Graph a polynomial
    2. Extend the range to get a better picture of the graph
    3. CALC/VALUE to find a function value for a given x-value
    4. Evaluating functions using function notation on the home screen
    5. Find function minimums and maximums using CALC/MINIMUM and MAXIMUM

  12. What To Do When You Can't Find The Graph
    1. Determining the domain by inspection
    2. Tracing on the domain of a function to find the range
    3. Using the above information to set the window appropriately

  13. Graphing a Piece-wise Defined Function
    1. Input the "pieces" into separate functions
    2. From TEST, use LESS-THAN, GREATER-THAN, LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO, GREATER-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO and parentheses to specify domains.
    3. Switch to DOT mode

  14. ex , NATURAL and COMMON LOGARITHM
  15. Graphing ex and the NATURAL LOGARITHM
    1. Graph ex and LN X
    2. Graph the composition of ex and LN X using function notation

  16. Graphing in POLAR MODE
    1. Select POL
    2. Select RADIAN
    3. Graph r = 55, r = SIN(THETA), and r = COS(THETA)

  17. Converting Between Degrees and Radians
    1. ANGLE/DEGREE symbol
    2. RADIAN/DEGREE symbol
    3. ANGLE/RADIAN symbol

  18. CONVERTING BETWEEN RECTANGULAR AND POLAR COORDINATES
  19. Programming: Storing Information
    1. PRGM
    2. EXEC, EDIT, NEW, CREATE NEW
    3. ALPHA, ALPHA-LOCK
    4. Store information in a program, exit the program, and return

  20. Programming: Writing a program that Performs a Task
    1. CONTROL, EXECUTE, INPUT/OUTPUT
    2. INPUT, DISPLAY
    3. STORE
    4. EXECUTE

  21. Summing a Sequence
    1. MATH/SUM
    2. LIST/SEQ

  22. List
    1. STAT/EDIT/LIST, input a list
    2. SORT into ascending and descending order
    3. STAT/CALC/1-VAR STATS

  23. Two-Variable Stats
    1. Linear Regression

  24. Exponential Regression
  25. Stat Graphs
    1. STATPLOT
    2. Scatterplot
    3. Broken-line Graph
    4. Boxplot
    5. Histogram

  26. Matrices
    1. MATRX, EDIT, create a matrix
    2. Find the determinant

  27. Matrix Arithmetic
    1. Add, subtract, and multiply matrices

  28. Solving a System of Equations Using Matrices
  29. Row Reducing a Matrix
    1. MATRX MATH
    2. AUGMENT
    3. *ROW+, *ROW, ROW+, ROWSWAP

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:

Demonstrate the use of each of the features outlined. Student practice in class in workshop format. Lecture and class discussion.

EVALUATION PROCESS:

Attendance and participation
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