MATH DEPARTMENT CALCULATOR SKILLS (and how to get them!!)
Getting started videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26mDU7WyGdk&feature=related
The difference between the minus and negative buttons/symbols,Working with the
hotkey menu system, Error:Syntax, The default overwrite feature, Using the
ENTRY and ANS features, Using INS feature to insert, Using the Clear Button
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j842EIAMXyU&feature=relmfu
Using the Math, Fraction feature, Finding square roots, Squaring numbers, Raising
to other powers, Finding the 3rd root, Finding the nth root
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAuNjd71VvA&feature=relmfu
Factoring using TI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=bRax59zzXoQ&feature=endscreen
MAT 102
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Set and adjust the window to view a complete graph
(demonstrated at about minute 3:00 of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQLr35fOaKI&feature=related )
Enter linear, quadratic, absolute value, and radical functions into calculator
Entering equations in Y=
Pressing GRAPH
Using TRACE
Using Arrow Keys left and right in TRACE
Using Arrow Keys up and down to jump between functions in TRACE
Clearing equations in Y=
Turning off equations in Y=
Making some equations graph with thicker lines
Making the calculator shade above a line
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MAT 110
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELOrnSWiJw&feature=relmfu
“Read” the domain and range of the function from the graph
Find the vertex of a quadratic function
Find the x-intercepts and y-intercept of a function
Find x-intercepts using quadratic formula and discriminant found at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQLr35fOaKI&feature=related
Set and access the table function
Enter and shade inequalities and systems of inequalities
MAT 111
MAT 120
o Enter data into calculator in lists
http://www.midlandstech.edu/beatyk/Movies/To%20enter%20data%20into%20TI83.html
o Find one- and two-variable summary statistics including mean,
median, standard deviation, variance, and 5-number summary
1. mean, median, max, min, Q1, Q3, and both standard deviations
(and how to tell the difference between them)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu09pTqgiqg
2. Find variance, range, good tricks to go back to previous screens,
IQR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMk_kJFmlPw&feature=relmfu
3. Find weighted mean, GPA, scores with frequencies, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naOgHR7A4T0&feature=relmfu
4. Find weighted mean (more than previous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeEP4z4hQ4&feature=relmfu
5. Find mean, variance, standard deviation for grouped data
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwC0hUsr6gs&feature=relmfu
o Graph data: Histogram and Boxplot
1. Entering data, setting up StatPlot, making a histogram, the
TRACE key
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By0qU-YYBJA
2. Find upper fence, using StatPlot to make a boxplot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0XNXaDmsGI&feature=relmfu
o Combinations and Permutations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHk4xjnH7o&feature=related
o Finding binomial probabilities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiDrsHDW1UA&feature=fvwrel
o Expected value for a discrete probability distribution - story
problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AiqITqbvi4&feature=relmfu
o Finding "at least" binomial probabilities using binomcdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUyqbzlfIS0&feature=relmfu
o Find area under standard normal curve (to the left, to the right, 2
separate ends)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msyto4gMoh8&feature=relmfu
o Find invNorm(area to the left of a z-score)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUNaiWz1E8k&feature=relmfu
o Using normalcdf to find the probabilities/areas/percentile
rank/proportion under any normal curve - story problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro2U2Ld1d84&feature=relmfu
o Using invnorm to find the cutoff scores/percentiles under any
normal curve - story problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdD1wx8erU&feature=relmfu
o Confidence Intervals
1. About a mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg8GbnyEOz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0DYjMizuBM&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooApW2M49pA&feature=relmfu
2. About a proportion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg8GbnyEOz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejv8gQCrVU&feature=relmfu
o Hypothesis Tests
1. Z-test, Using InvNorm to find critical value
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsWi0VY5FA&feature=related
2. T-test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCSmw4Be54
3. Proportion-test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bi-RueuSyA&feature=relmfu
o Scattergrams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FDs07CRRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHk4xjnH7o&feature=related
o Correlation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzYIGrJ7esU&feature=fvwrel
o Compute regression model
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHk4xjnH7o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_h7nqNqgPs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojW6OEDfC4&feature=related
MAT 140
Factoring using TI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=bRax59zzXoQ&feature=endscreen
MAT 141