Motto:_______________

Name:_______________________

Period:_______________________

Date:_______________________

AnInspiringScavengerHuntusingtheTINspireCXHandheld!
GettingtoKnowtheKeypad

1. Whatcolorarethenumbers?___________________
2. Whatkeyislocatedundertheckey?___________________
3. WhichkeydoyoupushtoaccesstheGoldfunctionsonthekeypad?
____________
4. TheCLICKbuttonislocatedinthecenteroftheNavPad. Whatbodypart
appearsontheCLICKbutton?______
5. Ifyoumakeamistake,youcanpress/dtoundo.
6. Whatkeydoyouthinkworkslikethebackspacekeyonacomputer?Drawa
pictureofithere:______________
7. Toadjustthebrightness,holddownthe/andpress+ or - keystolightenordarkenthe
screen.Practicethis!

NavigatingtheHandheld
8. Thiscalculatorismuchmorelikeacomputerthanothercalculatorsyoumayhaveusedbefore.
Presstheckey.Whatdoyouseeonthescreenthatremindsyouofacomputer?
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9. ClickonMyDocuments.Whatdoyousee?___________________________________________
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10. Presstheckeyagain.Thereare___differentoptionsfromwhichtochoose.
a. Whichonemightyouselecttographaline?______________________________
b. Wheremightyougoifyouhadtoinputalistofshoesizes?________________________
c. Whatmightyouselectinordertofigureouttheanswerto 190969?
______________________
d. Whatis 190969?________________
11. Presstheckeyagain.Press54forHandheldStatusInfo.Hereyoufindtheavailablememory
andbatterystatus.ArrowdowntolearnaboutyourTINspirehandheld.
a. Whatversionisyourcalculator?______________________
b. Arrowfurtherdown.Towhichnetworkareyouconnected?________________________
c. PresseuntilyougettoOKandpress. Youshouldbebackonthehomescreen.
12. Whichkeywillbehelpfulifyouforgetsomething?_________________________

13. Fromthehomescreen,createanewdocument.Ablankpageappearsonthescreenandatab
labeled1.1appearsinthetopleft.ThismeansyouareinProblem1,Page1.Apopupmenu
appearsinthemiddleofthescreen.Addacalculatorapptothefirstpageofthedocument.
a. Typein 2 andpress.Writeyouranswerhere:____________________


b. Typein 15 7 7 15 andpress.Whatdoesittellyou?_____________
i. Whatpropertyofadditiondoesthisevidencesupport?
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c. Typein/tobringupthehints.Readthroughthehintstofindhowyoucanconverta
fractionanswerintoadecimal?______________________________
d. Whatisthedecimalequivalentof

?_______________

14. Pressb.Doesyourscreenlooklikethis?____
a. Exploreeachofthesemenususingthearrowkeysonthe
NavPad.
b. Press2forNumber.Press7:FractionToolsand
select1:ProperFractionsandpress.Typein
andpress.
c. Whatappearsonyourscreen?____________
d. Howwouldwewritethisonpaper?__________
e. Presstwicetohighlighttheproblemandpress.Edittheproblemusingtheand
..Typein57/9.Whatdoyounotice?
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15. Nowletsaddapagetoourdocument.Wewilldosomegraphingnext.Press/~toadda
pageandthenchooseAddGraphs
16. Pressb.ExploreeachofthemenususingthearrowkeysontheNavPad.Underwhichcategory
canyouaddagridtoyourgraph?_________________Didyousuccessfullyaddagridtoyour
graph?_____
a. HowmanyGraphTypesarethereunderGraphEntry/Edit?______
17. Plotpoints(2,2)and(4,2)atonthegridtotheright.Usingriseoverruncounttheslopeofthe
linepassingthroughthepoints.NowuseTINspiretocheck.Pressb 8 11forGeometry,
PointsandLines,Point
y
a. Whatobjectappearsonthescreenbesidetheword
4
point?______________UsetheNavPadtomove
aroundthegraphtogettothedesiredcoordinate
andpointonwillappearonthescreen.Pressx or
2
. Repeattheprocessforthenextcoordinate.
PressdtoexitthePointtool
b. Pressb814 forGeometry,PointsandLines,
4
2
2
4 x
andLine.Clickononeofthecoordinatesand
maneuvertheNavPaduntiladottedlineappears
2
passingthroughtheothercoordinate.Press.
Pressb833 forGeometry,Measurement,and
4
Slope.Hoverthemouseabovetheline.What
ghostednumberappearsbesidetheline? ______
Whatdoesthenumberrepresent?_______________
c. PressandusetheNavPadtoplacethenumbersomewherealongthelineandpress
againtopasteitintoplace.PressdtoexittheSlopetool

d. Movethearrowtohoveroveroneofthepointsuntilitturnsintoanopenfistandthe
pointisblinking.Press/xtoclosethefist.UsetheNavPadtodragthepointaroundthe
graph.Whatdoyounotice?
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e. Whatistheslopeofahorizontalline?_______
f. Whatistheslopeofaverticalline?_______
18. NowwewanttoinsertaListsandSpreadsheetspage.Press~46forInsert,Listsand
Spreadsheets.WhatMicrosoftOfficeprogramdoesthisresemble?________________
a. ThecolumnsarelabeledA,B,C,etcsoalwaysnameyourlists.Therowsarelabeled
___________.Arrowaroundthespreadsheetandlookatthebottomleftcornerofyour
screen.CanyougotocellE3inthespreadsheet?_________
b. Thelightgraylinethatappearsbelowthedarkgraycolumnsiscalledthecommandline.To
simulaterollingasingledie25times,typein=randint(1,6,25)inthegraylinebelowColumn
Aandpress.
i. Whereisthe=key?_________________________________________
ii. ArrowuptothewhitespacetotherightofColumnA
andlabelthecolumndice.Wewanttoseethe
resultsofourexperimentvisually,soweneedto
graphthedata.Todothis,arrowuptothetopof
columnAuntilthewholecolumnturnsblue.Then
pressb34forData,QuickGraph.Asplitscreen
appearsonthehandheld.Press/eacouple
timestoseehowthecalculatorfocusesoneitherthe
spreadsheetanddotplot.Highlightthedotplot,and
pressb12 forPlottype,BoxPlotandseea
BoxandWhiskerPlotofyourdata.Repeatthe
processbutthistimepress3 foraHistogramtosee
ahistogramofyourdata.Sketchthehistograminthe
boxtotheright.
19. Pressc togotothehomescreenanddrawtheiconfortheNotespage_______.Highlightit
andpresstoaddanotespage.
a. Onyournotespage,answerthisquestionbytypingintothecalculator:Whatarethefirst
threedigitsof?

20. Nowwearegoingtosaveyourdocument.Bringupthedocumentmenubypressing~ andthen

press1forFileand5forSaveasThiswillallowyoutogiveyourdocumentanameandchoose
wheretosaveit.Namethedocumentafteryourself,Lastname.firstname.Mr.Biggerwillbe
checkingthecalculatortogiveyouyourfirstclassworkgrade,whichweallknowshouldbea100!

Whatquestionsdoyoustillhaveaboutthecalculator?