Introduction

As part of a review of content, this course will be deleted from OpenLearn on 13 January 2020. You can find more Mathematics courses on OpenLearn here.

This course explores reasons for studying mathematics, practical applications of mathematical ideas and aims to help you to recognize mathematics when you come across it. It introduces the you to the graphics calculator, and takes you through a series of exercises from the Calculator Book, Tapping into Mathematics With the TI-83 Graphics Calculator. The course ends by asking you to reflect on the process of studying mathematics.

In order to complete this course you will need to have obtained a Texas Instruments TI-83 calculator and the book Tapping into Mathematics With the TI-83 Graphics Calculator by Barrie Galpin and Alan Graham (eds), Addison Wesley, 1997 (ISBN 0201175479).

This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Mathematics.