GRAPHING CALCULATORS
GRAPHING CALCULATORS
Incredibly accurate and helpful information can be found for your calculator on the Texas Instruments website. Click on the icon for your calculator to go to the specific site for your calculator. Many of these have been discontinued and some are new models.
| Picture of Calculator | Current or Discontinued | Comments |
 TI-82 |
Discontinued
|
Predecessor to the TI-83 and the upgradeable TI-83 Plus. |
 TI-83 |
Discontinued
|
Predecessor to the upgradeable TI-83 Plus. |
 TI-83
Plus |
Currently Available | Recommended for most Math Courses at Shoreline Community College. |
 TI-83
Plus Silver |
Discontinued
|
Recommended for most Math Courses at Shoreline Community College. Has more memory and faster processor than standard TI-83 Plus. |
 TI-84
Plus |
Currently Available | Recommended for most Math Courses at Shoreline Community College. Has more memory and faster processor than TI-83 Plus, and has more Apps. |
 TI-84
Plus Silver |
Currently Available | Recommended for most Math Courses at Shoreline Community College. Has more memory and faster processor than standard TI-84 Plus, with even more Apps. |
 TI-85 |
Discontinued | Replaced by the TI-86 |
 TI-86 |
Discontinued
|
Has some usefulness, but not recommended for use in Shoreline math classes. Would require additional time and effort to learn all of the tools. |
 TI-89 |
Currently Available
|
Fantastic machine which can probably do all that a TI-84 can do and more, but has a much different interface. Requires you to learn how to use it on your own. If you purchase this for a statistics course, you would need to download additional statistics software. |
 TI-89
Titanium |
Currently Available | Fantastic machine which can probably do all that a TI-89 can do and more, but has a much different interface. Requires you to learn how to use it on your own. If you purchase this for a statistics course, you would need to download additional statistics software. |
TI-92 |
Discontinued | Updated by I92 Plus |
 TI-92
Plus |
Discontinued
|
Updated by the customizable TI-200 Voyager. |
 TI-200
Voyager |
Currently Available | You can do so much with this, but it has far more power and many more tools than you would ever need in a math class at Shoreline. |
TI-83/83 Plus
General Information
-setting contrast, modes, computations, special functions, memory, editing
Graphing Functions in Rectangular Coordinates (Intro)
-entering equations, window, zooms, trace, estimating extrema, table of values
Graphing Functions in Rectangular Coordinates (Advanced)
-graphing discontinuous functions, compound functions, inverses; using split screen
Angle Conversions
-conversion between radians and degrees and between DMS and decimal measures
Finding Minima, Maxima, and Solving Equations
-finding extrema without graphing and approximating solutions of equations
Curve Fitting
-entering data points and finding best-fitting curve
Graphing Functions in Polar Coordinates
-graphing in polar mode, zooming, tracing, converting to and from rectangular
Numerical Differentiation
-approximating derivatives using dy/dx and nDeriv
Numerical Integration
-approximating proper integrals and evaluating improper integrals
Matrix Operations
-matrix operations, multiplicative inverse, row echelon form, determinant
Annuity Computations
-calculating present and future values of annuities
Programming
-four illustrations of creating a program
Statistics on the TI-83
- entering data, creating histograms and boxplots, calculating probabilities
Copying Items
-instructions on sending information from one calculator to another
Computing Sequences and Sums
-displaying sequences and computing the sum of the terms of a sequence
TI-85
General Information
-setting contrast, modes, computations, special functions, memory, editing
Graphing Functions in Rectangular Coordinates
-entering equations, window, zooms, trace, approximating extrema
Angle Conversions
-conversion between radians and degrees and between DMS and decimal measures
Graphing Functions in Rectangular Coordinates -- advanced topics
-graphing discontinuous functions, compound functions, and inverses
Solving Equations
-using "poly", "solver", and "simult" to solve equations
Complex Numbers / Poly Function for Quadratic Equations
-introduction to complex numbers and their operations; using "poly" function
Curve Fitting
-entering data points and finding best-fitting curve
Graphing Parametric Equations
-setting mode, creating graph, zooming, tracing
Operations with Complex Numbers
-four basic operations, powers, converting between rectangular and trig form
Graphing Functions in Polar Coordinates
-graphing functions in polar mode, zooming, and tracing
Vector Computations
-adding and subtracting, scalar multiplication, cross product, norm, dot product
Matrix Operations
-matrix operations, multiplicative inverse, row echelon form, determinant
Numerical Differentiation
-computing first, second, and higher order derivatives; possible errors
Numerical Integration
-approximating proper integrals and evaluating improper integrals
Programming
-four illustrations of creating a program
Copying Items
-instructions on sending information from one calculator to another
Computing Annuities
-explains how to use the various annuity programs available through the MLC
Computing Sequences and Sums
-displaying sequences and computing the sum of the terms of a sequence
Unit Conversions
-explains how to use the built-in unit conversion function
TI-86
General Information
-setting contrast, modes, computations, special functions, memory, editing
Graphing Functions in Rectangular Coordinates (Intro)
-entering equations, window, zooms, trace, approximating extrema
Graphing Functions in Rectangular Coordinates (Advanced)
-graphing discontinuous functions, compound functions, inverses
Angle Conversions
-conversion between radians and degrees and between DMS and decimal measures
Using the TI-85 and TI-86 Poly Function
-introduction to complex numbers and use of "poly" function
Curve Fitting
-entering data points and finding best-fitting curve
Graphing Parametric Equations
-setting mode, creating graph, zooming, tracing
Graphing Functions in Polar Coordinates
-graphing functions in polar mode, zooming, and tracing
Vector Computations
-adding and subtracting, scalar multiplication, cross product, norm, dot product
Matrix Operations
-matrix operations, multiplicative inverse, row echelon form, determinant
Numerical Differentiation
-computing first, second, and higher order derivatives; possible errors
Numerical Integration
-approximating proper integrals and evaluating improper integrals
Computing Annuities
-explains how to use the various annuity programs available through the MLC
Programming
-four illustrations of creating a program
Copying Items
-instructions on sending information from one calculator to another
Computing Sequences and Sums
-displaying sequences and computing the sum of the terms of a sequence
Unit Conversions
-explains how to use the built-in unit conversion function
TI-89
General Information
-setting contrast, modes, computations, special functions, memory, editing
Graphing Functions in 2-D Rectangular Coordinates
-entering equations, window, zooms, trace, evaluating extrema, table of values
Graphing Functions in 3-D Rectangular Coordinates
-setting mode, entering equations, determining window, zooming, tracing
Solving Equations
-solving equations using "solve" and "csolve"
Curve Fitting
-entering data points and finding best-fitting curve
Vector Computations
-adding and subtracting, scalar multiplication, dot and cross products, norm, unit vector
Matrix Operations
-addition, matrix and scalar multiplication, multiplicative inverse, determinant
Differentiation
-symbolic and numeric calculation of first, second, and higher order derivatives
Integration
-definite and indefinite integration; exact and approximate results
Computing Sequences and Sums
-displaying sequences and computing the sum of the terms of a sequence
Trouble-shooting Techniques and Cute Tricks
Piecewise Functions on the TI-89
-miscellaneous collection of topics. Please contribute!
TI-92 Plus
General Information
-setting contrast, modes, computations, special functions, memory, editing
Graphing Functions in 2-D Rectangular Coordinates
-entering equations, window, zooms, trace, evaluating extrema, table of values
Graphing Functions in 3-D Rectangular Coordinates
-setting mode, entering equations, determining window, zooming, tracing
Solving Equations
-solving equations using "solve" and "csolve"
Curve Fitting
-entering data points and finding best-fitting curve
Vector Computations
-adding and subtracting, scalar multiplication, dot and cross products, norm, unit vector
Matrix Operations
-addition, matrix and scalar multiplication, multiplicative inverse, determinant
Differentiation
-symbolic and numeric calculation of first, second, and higher order derivatives
Integration
-definite and indefinite integration; exact and approximate results
Computing Sequences and Sums
-displaying sequences and computing the sum of the terms of a sequence
Trouble-shooting Techniques and Cute Tricks
Math Learning Center, Shoreline Community College-miscellaneous collection of topics. Please contribute!
