Calculator Help for Calculus
It is important to become familiar with your calculator prior to the AP Exam. The AP Exam is a timed test and you will not have time to learn how to use your calculator then. Keep in mind that you are allowed to have Two Calculators on the calculator active portion of your Exam. I recommend that you use your TI-83/84 for the simpler operations and your TI-89 or TI-Nspire CAS for the more complex operations.
You are also allowed to have programs installed on your calculator. I recommend that you have the most up-to-date Operating System installed. For the TI-89 update here and for the TI-Nspire Cas update here. You can find all kinds of helpful program to install on your device. For starters you can look here for the TI-89.
Note: Programs are not needed to score well on the AP Exam!
TI-Nspire CAS Manual (From another High School)
Using the TI-89 (Video Tutorials)
Algebra Concepts
Solving One-Variable Equations
Calculus
Finding Derivatives (1st and higher order)
Finding the Equation of a Tangent Line
Integration: Indefinite, Definite, and Area
Solving General Solution Differential Equations
Solving Differential Equations with Particular Solutions
Graphing Slope Fields and Plot a Curve through a Point
Using the Ti-Nspire CX CAS (Video Tutorials)
Algebra Concepts
Factor and Expanding Polynomials
Finding Intersections of Graphs
Calculus
Overview of Using the Ti-Nspire CAS for Calculus
Limits
Derivatives
Finding the Derivative at a Point
Graphing a Function an its Derivative
Saving Functions and Derivatives to Graph
Finding the Equation of a Tangent Line
Integration
Definite Integration Graphically
Differential Equations
Math with Mr. Metzinger 