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The type of calculator we can use in 8th grade is: Texas Instruments (TI-30Xa School
Edition)
What can and can’t this calculator do? And how do we do the operations that it can do?
Can the calculator:
If so, how:
1.
1. Help you with vocabulary?
2.
2. Use variables?
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3. Add or Subtract fractions?
4.
4. Multiply fractions?
5.
5. Divide fractions?
6.
6. Square a number?
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7. Square root a number?
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8. Tell you what two consecutive whole
numbers a square root fall betweens?
9.
9. Do exponents?
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10. Combine Like Terms?
11. Do the distributive property?
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12. Turn a verbal sentence into a
mathematical expression?
12.
13. Add Integers?
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14. Subtract Integers?
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15. Multiply Integers?
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16. Divide Integers?
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17. Do the order of operations?
a. 15- 3(4) you should get 3
17.
a.
b. 18 +12 you should get 6
7-2
b.
c. 17 – (32 – 2) you should get 10
c.
d. 4[15 – (2 +5)] should get 32
d.
e. -3 + 5 – 2(-3 + 7)
e.
18. Classify a number?
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19. Do scientific notation?
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20. Put numbers in order from least to
greatest?
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21. Find the prime factorization?
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22. Find greatest common factor?
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23. Find least common multiple?
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24. Graph?
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25. Do percents?
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26. Find percentages?
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Summary of the functions of a
calculator:
Any other questions about the
calculator?
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