Approximations or exact values — why not both?

TI-Nspire™ CAS (Computer Algebra System) technology provides you and your students the ability to perform both symbolic and standard numeric calculations.

The comparison screens below show step-by-step, arithmetic, algebraic and calculus calculations as they would be displayed on the TI-Nspire™ CAS handheld and TI-Nspire™ handheld.

TI-Nspire™ CAS and TI-Nspire™ handhelds share almost all of the same enhanced graphing and computer feature functionality. The CAS engine is built into the TI-Nspire™ CAS handhelds and Teacher and Student Software exclusively.

Step-by-Step Calculations

prod-nspire-compare-cas-cas1 — View exact and approximate values of solutions to an equation.

prod-nspire-compare-cas-noncas1 — An error will display without a defined variable to continue the problem.

Arithmetic Calculations

prod-nspire-compare-cas-cas3 — Simplified expressions keep their mathematical structure.

Mathematical constants and variables are recognized and simplified symbolically.

prod-nspire-compare-cas-noncas2 — Simplified expressions are approxiamted in decimal form.

Mathematical constants (n, e)and variables(x, y) provide approximate numeric answers.

Algebraic Calculations

prod-ipad-lbox-versus-num-3algebra — Simplified expressions are approxiamted in decimal form.

Find aproximate values of solutions to an equation.

Calculus Calculations

prod-ipad-lbox-versus-cas-4calculus — Calculate limits of an expression (including right-handed and left-handed limits).

Find values of the derivative at a point.

prod-ipad-lbox-versus-num-4calculus — Find numeric approximations of the derivative at a point

Find numerical approximations of the intergral value for a given interval