"Math Help" Department of Mathematics - Pellissippi State

Pellissippi State math students! This resource was designed for you. We hope it will be helpful in whatever math course you are taking. The material below is arranged by courses taught at PSTCC.
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[If you need guidance in deciding whether you have the necessary background to do well in a certain course, we recommend that you take the Web-Based Readiness Quizzes (from State University of NY at Buffalo). These quizzes  cover courses from Intermediate Algebra through Differential Equations.]
 

=> Developmental Math
        resources for DSPM0890

• Basic Mathematics (DSPM0891, 0892, 0893) - previous course DSPM0700
  
• Elementary Algebra (DSPM0894, 0895, 0896) - previous course DSPM0800
  
• Intermediate Algebra (DSPM0897, 0898, 0899) - previous course DSPM0850
  

=> Precalculus/College Algebra
        resources for: MATH 1130 (College Algebra), MATH 1730 (Precalculus)
        and MATH 1710/1720 ( Precalculus sequence)

=> Calculus
        resources for: MATH 1830 (Basic Calculus and Modeling), MATH 1910 (Calculus I)
        MATH 1920 (Calculus II)  and MATH 1840 (Technical Calculus)

=> Statistics
        resources for:MATH 1530 (Elementary Probability & Statistics) and
        MATH 2050 (Introduction to Statistics)

=> Finite Math
        resources for: MATH 1630 (Finite Mathematics)

=> Misc. math help:

• Success in Math (great tips!)  (Saint Louis University)
  
• Math words (Yes, all of them!)
• Math Study Skills Self-Survey (get a grade & explanation) www.purplemath.com/stdysrvy.htm
• Asset (Placement Test) examples. The math portion starts on p.15 of 21 pages
• Math Anxiety   - 10 ways to reduce it (Turn up the sound for this one.)
• Homework guidelines that really work. www.purplemath.com/guidline.htm
• When are we ever going to use this??? Exactly How Math is Used in Technology
• Do you need some graph paper?

=> Calculator help:
        The links below may be useful in many different courses.
        More calculator help may be found by clicking on a specific course category above.
        All Blue links are written by PSTCC math instructors. Blue/Green links are outside
        resources. Use your browser's "back" button to return to "Math Help".

TI-83/84

TI-86

TI-84 Basics(Georgia Perimieter College, Dr. Calandra Davis, Asst. Prof. of Mathematics) Calculator video tutorials and worksheets!!!  (for TI calculators 83, 83+, 84, 84+) --- by Claire Suddeth Calculator Help for College Algebra  (Oklahoma City Community College) TI-83,84,85,86, & 89 for statistics, matrix operations, graphing, etc.  (joconnell at Ohlone Community College) Calculator Basics - Functions (J. Ahrens) Calculator Basics - Graphs & Tables (J. Ahrens) Calculator Basics - Expressions & Equations  (J. Ahrens) TI-84 tutorials, audio & video (Atomic Learning) Good Info (animation )escweb.net TI-83/84 Troubleshooting (Oak Road Systems)  TI-83/84 Procedures & Help (Good Stats and Calculus info - Oak Road Systems)  Regression instructions  (J. Ahrens) Online step-by-step manual Prentice-Hall  TI-83 Guidebook (TI)

TI-86 Tutorial(UTK)  TI-86 Tutorial (For Calculus,  from TI)  Regression instructions  (J. Ahrens) Online step-by-step manual Prentice-Hall  TI-86 Guidebook (TI)

 

Other calculators
Online step-by-step manual Prentice-Hall (9 calculators)

 

Students and Instructors! We hope you find "Math Help" useful. Additions/changes are being made regularly. If you have any suggestions, we want to hear from you. mailto:crenier@pstcc.edu

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