The Calculator and YOU

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The Calculator and YOU!!
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The Calculator is a wonderful tool but sometimes
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you want to kick the stuffn out of it!
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Welcome to the Tutorial CenterCalculator Workshop

• A calculator is only as smart as the user!
• The calculator can only do what YOU know how to
  do!
• It isnt a cure-all for everything!!!
• They will walk 5 miles to ride a
• horse one mile.
• Sometimes it is just easier and
• faster to do the long-way

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Where to Get Help

• Manual
• Online Manual
• Tutorial Center
• Instructors
• Friends
• Nerds tied up in your basement

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Common Calculator Issues

• Order of Operations
• Data Input
• Modes
• Graphing

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Common Calculator Issues

• Order of Operations
• Data Input
• Modes
• Graphing

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Order of Operations

• Algebraic (all modern calculators)
• Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
• () x / -
• RPN (HP only) and Stack Manipulation
• Faster Input
• Steep Learning Curve (only your basement nerd
  probably knows how to use it)

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Algebraic Entry

• Solve for f(3)

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Algebraic Entry

• Store 3 into x
• 3 STO? x
• Type in eqn just as you see it!

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Algebraic Entry

• Store 3 into x
• Type in just as you see it?

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Algebraic Entry

• Store 3 into x
• Type in just as you see it?
• Well, ignore the f(x)

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Algebraic Entry
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Algebraic Entry

• Did you get 20735?

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Algebraic Entry
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Algebraic Entry
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Common Calculator Issues

• Order of Operations
• Data Input
• Modes
• Graphing

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Data Input

• 2nd
• Alpha

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Common Calculator Issues

• Order of Operations
• Data Input
• Modes
• Graphing

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Calculator Modes
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Common Calculator Issues

• Order of Operations
• Data Input
• Modes
• Graphing

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Graphing

• Graph y-2x248x15

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Graphing

• Graph y-2x248x15

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Graphing

• Graph y-2x248x15

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Graphing

• Graph y-2x248x15

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Graphing

• Graph y-2x248x15
• And graph yx24x4

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Graphing

• Graph y-2x248x15
• And graph yx24x4

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Trig Graphing

• Graph y3sinx

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Trig Graphing

• Graph y3sinx
• Mode
• Zoom Trigzoom

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Trig Graphing

• Graph y3sinx

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The calculator as a very useful tool in your
tool box of problem solvers!
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Calculator Tool

• Memory
• Lists
• Tables
• Catalog
• Programming
• Manual

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Thank You