Gain the Competitive Advantage of Calculator Fluency

• 58 Lessons Dedicated to Learning Calculator & Program Fluency
• Access to over 500 Math-Related Digital Flashcards (via Quizlet)
• Practice Worksheets for Nearly Every Lesson (500+ Questions in Total)
• 50 Downloadable Calculator Programs for the TI-84 Plus and Ti-84 Plus CE

Course Outline/List of Lessons

Course Introduction

• Welcome to the ACT Calculator Course
• About Your Instructor
• How to Get the Most Out of This Course

Disclaimers, Downloads, and Additional Resources

• Ti-84 Plus vs Ti-84 Plus CE: What's the Difference and Who Cares?
• How to Download & Install the Programs
• Digital Flashcards on Quizlet
• Disclaimers & Important Information about ACT's Calculator Policy

Calculator Basics

• Editing Inputs (Recalling, Replacing, Inserting, & Deleting)
• The Calculator's Buttons & Interface
• The Math Menu
• Options with Fractions
• Graphing and Window Adjustments
• Using the Table Feature
• The Matrix Menu
• Dealing with Imaginary Numbers

Key Programs to Know

• Putting Your Calculator in All the Best Modes & Settings for the ACT: ACTSET1 & ACTSET2
• Finding the Area of a Quadrilateral: AREAQUAD
• Finding the Area of a Triangle: AREATRI
• Finding Radius, Diameter, Area, and Circumference of a Circle: CIRCLE
• Using the Distance Formula: DISTANCE
• Finding the Equation of a Line from Standard Form: LINEAXBY
• Finding the Equation of a Line from Two Points: LINEP1P2
• Using Pythagorean Theorem to find the Hypotenuse of a Triangle: PYTHHYP
• Using Pythagorean Theorem to find the Missing Leg of a Triangle: PYTHLEG
• Using the Quadratic Formula: QUADRAT
• Finding the Arc Length of a Sector: SECTARCL
• Finding the Sector Area of a Sector: SECTAREA
• Finding the Slope, Parallel Slope, or Perpendicular Slope of a Line: SLOPES
• Doing Right Triangle Trigonometry (Sin, Cos, Tan, Csc, Sec, or Cot): SOHCAHTO
• Setting Up Systems of Equations
• Solving a 2x2 System of Equations: SYSEQ2X2
• Finding Missing Values for a Right Triangle Using Trigonometry: TRIGVALU
• Finding the Volume of a Cylinder: VOLCYLIN
• Finding the Volume of a Rectangular Prism/Box: VOLRECT

Additional Programs

• Arithmetic Sequences: ARITHSEQ
• Finding Coterminal Angles (from Degrees): COTERMD
• Finding Coterminal Angles (from Radians): COTERMR
• Converting from Degrees to Radians: DEGTORAD
• Finding the Endpoints of a Line Segment: ENDPOINT
• Distributing Binomials: FOIL
• Finding Information on Geometric Sequences: GEOSEQ
• Finding the Sum of the Interior Angles of a Polygon: INTANGLE
• Least Common Multiples & Greatest Common Factors: LCMGCF
• Finding the Equation of a Line Given the Slope and a Point: LINEPTSL
• Finding the Equation of a Line from Slope-Intercept Form: LINEYMXB
• Finding the Midpoint of a Line Segment: MIDPOINT
• Find the Prime Factors of a Number: PRIMFACT
• Radian to Degree Conversions: RADTODEG
• Solving Repeated Decimal Pattern Problems: REPEATED
• Finding the Surface Area of a Cone: SACONE
• Finding the Surface Area of a Cylinder: SACYLIND
• Finding the Surface Area of a Right Prism: SAPRISM
• Finding the Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism/Box: SARECT
• Finding the Surface Area of a Sphere/Ball: SASPHERE
• Finding Answers in Scientific Notation: SCINOTAT
• Finding the Central Angle of a Sector in a Survey: SECTSURV
• Simplifying Square Roots: SIMPRAD
• Solving a 3x3 System of Equations: SYSEQ3X3
• Finding Missing Values or the Area for an Angle-Angle-Side Triangle: TRIAAS
• Finding Missing Values or the Area for an Angle-Side-Angle Triangle: TRIASA
• Finding Missing Values or the Area for a Side-Angle-Side Triangle: TRISAS
• Finding Missing Values or the Area for a Side-Side-Side Triangle: TRISSS
• Finding the Volume of a Cone: VOLCONE
• Finding the Volume of a Right Prism: VOLPRISM
• Finding the Volume of a Sphere/Ball: VOLSPHER

Course Wrap Up

• Wrapping Things Up
• Student Feedback & Program Requests