When it comes to learning math, memorizing the Order of Operations is probably one of the earliest encounters students have with mnemonics. PEMDAS- or more commonly, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally helps students remember what order to do their…
When it comes to learning math, memorizing the Order of Operations is probably one of the earliest encounters students have with mnemonics. PEMDAS- or more commonly, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally helps students remember what order to do their…
Below are some step-by-step instructions (with pictures) for programming/saving lists of data and using the spreadsheet capabilities on a TI-NSpire CX CAS calculator. 1. With the calculator on, go to the home screen/main menu by clicking the ON button. 2.…
The days of a consistent user interface with Scientific Graphing Calculators from Texas Instruments seem to be waning. While many schools still encourage the use of TI-83/TI-84/TI-89 models, some are pushing the more recent release, the TI-Nspire CX CAS- whose…
Much of Algebra I and Algebra II is spent learning how to solve polynomial equations- in particular, finding solutions / roots / zeroes of an equation. This process can be very tedious, but fortunately, there are some theorems and techniques…