Texas Instruments TINSPIRECX manual Contents

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First Steps with TI-Nspire™

Contents

TI-Nspire Keypad Layout	Page 5
Tutorial 1	Page 6
TI-Nspire Documents: basic ideas

•Memory

•Battery Life

•Documents, problems, pages, applications and home screen

•Use of / key and keyboard shortcuts

•Home Screen

•Scratchpad

•Document Browser to navigate around documents and folders

•Page Sorter to navigate inside documents

•Different menus in different contexts

•The Document menu

Tutorial 2

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The Calculator application: arithmetic and algebra

•Basic calculations

•Standard layout of expressions

•Recalling previous expressions and results

•Approximate (decimals) and exact (fractions) evaluations

•Templates and menus

•Document settings

•Defining and using variables

•Working with Statistical Distributions

Tutorial 3

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The Notes application

•Purposes of the application

•Page layouts with split screens

•Templates for the Notes menu

•Using Interactive Notes

•Creating Questions using the Teacher Software

Tutorial 4

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Graphing

•The work area, entry line, function history

•Entering, editing, deleting and hiding functions

•Grabbing and dragging labels

•Setting the axes

•Tracing along graphs

•Marking and labelling points and coordinates

•Using the Analyse Graph Tools

•Transforming graphs and their functions manually

•Using Sliders

•Sequence Plotting

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Contents First Steps About this document Contents Appendix TI-Nspire CX Keypad Layout TI-Nspire Documents Nothing on the screen?Memory Charging the handheld Battery LifeHome Screen First Steps with TI-Nspire Tutorial 1 TI-Nspire documents Scratchpad Documents, Problems and PagesNavigating Documents First Steps with TI-Nspire Tutorial 1 TI-Nspire documents Contextual Menus Check list of some key points in Tutorial Basic operations Calculator ApplicationApproximate Calculations History LessonMenu of maths templates TemplatesDocument settings dialog box Effect of changed settingsGetting Set Some Algebra Ways to define variablesUse of function notation Calculator Menu Statistical Distribution TablesLists of random integers List of defined variables Variables Linked to DocumentsWhy use Notes? Making NotesVarious text formatting Instructions Recording results Splitting the Screen Format sub-menuWays to split the screen You must press /e and then b Use of Q+A template An inserted comment Use of proof template and symbolsMore Options from the Notes Menu Interactive NotesAsking Questions Check list of some key points in Tutorial Graphing View GraphingGraphs & Geometry Two Views Graphing FunctionsGrabbed tick mark on the axes Grab and Drag PracticeChanging the Axes Open-hand cursorZoom settings Grabbed-sheet icon Editing, Deleting or Hiding a FunctionChanging f2 in the function history Points of intersection Tracing GraphsPoints and coordinates Trace picks out significant pointsCoordinates and labelled points Analyse Graph MenuUsing Sliders Manually Moving GraphsAlternative icons Transformed graph and equation Sequence Plotting Check list of some key points in Tutorial Drawing the base of the triangle GeometryView for Plane Geometry Two Parallel LinesWhat’s grabbable? Construct the TriangleMany options in the Construction menu Storing the measurement as a variable Making MeasurementsVariables and Text Measurement menuChanging the attributes of the triangle Tidying Up and Using AttributesDynamic Changes Ready to grab a and slide itUnlocked/Unpinned Points B and C. Try Moving point B Area is now lockedCheck list of some key points in Tutorial Entering Data as Lists Lists & SpreadsheetUsing Formulae Conflict resolutionOne way to enter a formula Typical Spreadsheet Actions Capturing Data Function TablesHand-made function table Graph and table side by side Simple function table Options for function tablesFrequency Charts Charts with One Variable One and Two Variable StatisticsShoe Sizes and Hand Spans Upper quartile displayed Charts for Categorical DataPie Chart displaying categorical data Comparing BoxplotsCharts with Two Variables Fitting a Line by Hand and EyeReady to add a 2nd variable Drawing the Regression Line Getting the StatsCalculated regression line Statistics Calculations menu Effect of moving a point from here … … to here Dragging on the ChartsWorking with Frequency Data Sets of statisticsTexas Instruments Education Technology Check list of some key points in Tutorial Multiple Representations Draw and Measure a CircleMeasured circle Collecting Just a Little Data Setting up a scatter plot Data capture is under waySpreadsheet for Data Capture Two ScatterplotsMoving a straight line by hand Not a linear relationship Go to Town with Data CollectionFit a Straight Line Linear relationshipDifferent Approach to Scatterplots RegressionBasic quadratic ready for fitting… … and dragged into place