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Building Sequences and Series with a Spreadsheet

Subject Area
Math: Precalculus: Other Topics: Matrices, Sequences, and Series
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

Building Sequences and Series with a Spreadsheet

Activity Overview

This lesson has students create sequences and series in a spreadsheet.

About the Lesson

In this activity, students will learn how to construct a .tns file to investigate sequences and series and to discover some interesting patterns while avoiding tedious calculations. They will explore both arithmetic and geometric sequences and series as well as the Fibonacci Sequence.

Subject Area
Math: Precalculus: Other Topics: Matrices, Sequences, and Series
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
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