Explorations in beginning & intermediate algebra using the TI-82/83 Book

PREFACE TO THE INSTRUCTOR. PREFACE TO THE STUDENT. PART I: BASIC CALCULATOR OPERATIONS. Correlation Chart. Introduction of Keys. 1. Getting Acquainted with Your Calculator. 2. Shortcut Keys: How to be More Stroke Efficient. 3. Fractions and the Order of Operations. 4. Evaluating Expressions through Substitution and Use of the STO Key. 5. Checking Solutions and the Simplification of Expressions. 6. Introduction to Positive and Negative Exponents. 7. Scientific Notation. 8. Rational Exponents and Radicals. 9. TI-83/85/86 Appendix: Complex Numbers. PART II: GRAPHICALLY SOLVING EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES. Correlation Chart. Introduction of Keys. 10. Graphical Solutions to Linear Equations. 11. Linear applications. 12. Graphical Solutions: Linear Inequalities. 13. Graphical Solutions: Absolute Value Equations. 14. Graphical Solutions: Absolute Value Inequalities. 15. Graphical Solutions: Factorable Quadratic and Higher Degree Equations. 16. More Graphical Solutions: Quadratic and Higher Degree Equations. 17. Solving Non-Factorable Quadratics. 18. Applications of Quadratic Equations. 19. Graphical Solutions: Quadratic Inequalities. 20. Graphical Solutions: Nonlinear Inequalities. 21. Graphical Solutions: Radical Equations. PART III: GRAPHING AND APPLICATIONS OF EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES. Correlation Chart. Introduction of Keys. 22. How Does the Calculator Actually Graph? (Exploring Points and Pixels). 23. Graphing Linear Equations in Two Unknowns. 24. Preparing to Graph: Calculator Viewing Windows. 25. Where Did the Graph Go? (Adjusting the Viewing Window to Fit Graphs). 26. Discovering Slope. 27. Applications of Systems of LinearEquations. 28. Domain and Range. 29. Functions. 30. Graphing Equations with Radicals. 31. Discovering Parabolas. 32. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. 33. Predict-a-Graph. PART IV. STAT PLOTS. Correlation Chart. Introduction to Keys. 34. Statistics: Plotting Paired data. 35. Frequency Distributions. 36. Line of Best Fit. APPENDIX. Appendix A: Linking Between Calculators. Appendix B: Troubleshooting . Appendix C: TI-82 Menu Map. Appendix D: TI-83 Menu Map. Appendix E: TI-85 Menu Map. Appendix F: TI-86 Menu Map. Appendix G: Accuracy Checks. Index.