TVM Solver

[Jodi Cotten]

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Does anyone know (Ed - I am sure you do!) if you can use the TVM solver on the TI for continuous compounding?  If so, HOW?  I can't, for the life of me, figure it out.  And, my instruction book is in the office - of course.  I've tried putting in a very large number for the number of compounding periods, but it's not even close.

 

Thanks,

Jodi

[Jodi Cotten]

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Hi Ed,

 

Just as I received your email I figured it out!  George Matthews sent me a link to a TI activity, maybe it was the one you are referring to, and it work.

 

For others it is:

 

N:  number of years  (not compounding periods as usual)

 

And, yes do P/Y as 1 and C/Y as 10E11 (or any big number)

Ed, I was told that P/Y and C/Y always had to be the same.  I notice that when you set P/Y, C/Y changes to match it. But, I didn't realize you could make C/Y different after it was set.  Solved the problem!

 

Thanks!

 

Jodi

----- Original Message -----

From: elaughba@...

To: mathprofjc@... ; mathedcc@...

Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 2:09 PM

Subject: Re: TVM Solver

Hi Jodi,

Charles and Roseanne Hofmann wrote a TI explorations book on the finance app - see http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/activitybook_83_money.html

Under the continuous compounding chapter they suggest using 1 x 10^11 for the number of periods per year see -  http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_detail.do?cid=us&activityid=4395

I have not looked at the book for awhile, nor have I used the finance app in several years, so this is the best I can do. Hope it works.

Best Regards,

Ed
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At 08:13 PM 11/17/2007, mathprofjc wrote:

Does anyone know (Ed - I am sure you do!) if you can use the TVM solver on the TI for continuous compounding?  If so, HOW?  I can't, for the life of me, figure it out.  And, my instruction book is in the office - of course.  I've tried putting in a very large number for the number of compounding periods, but it's not even close.
 
Thanks,

Jodi

[Ed Laughbaum]

Hi Jodi,

Charles and Roseanne Hofmann wrote a TI explorations book on the finance app - see http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/activitybook_83_money.html

Under the continuous compounding chapter they suggest using 1 x 10^11 for the number of periods per year see -  http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_detail.do?cid=us&activityid=4395

I have not looked at the book for awhile, nor have I used the finance app in several years, so this is the best I can do. Hope it works.

Best Regards,

Ed
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At 08:13 PM 11/17/2007, mathprofjc wrote:

Does anyone know (Ed - I am sure you do!) if you can use the TVM solver on the TI for continuous compounding?  If so, HOW?  I can't, for the life of me, figure it out.  And, my instruction book is in the office - of course.  I've tried putting in a very large number for the number of compounding periods, but it's not even close.
 
Thanks,

Jodi

[Jodi Cotten]

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We do a chapter in one of our liberal arts math courses on finance.  I have seen the students interest level shoot sky high when they learn how to use this APP.  Most have told me they are never selling their calculator just for this reason! I  wrote a car loan project for the class, actually just extended an officemates project, where they had to research the car, contact two different lenders, print info on the car from dealer or internet source, look up trade in value on their current car, decide on down payment and then calculate the payment.  They loved it! Go figure - liberal arts math students loving a project. :)

 

Jodi

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: elaughba@...

To: mathprofjc@... ; mathedcc@...

Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 2:09 PM

Subject: Re: TVM Solver

Hi Jodi,

Charles and Roseanne Hofmann wrote a TI explorations book on the finance app - see http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/activitybook_83_money.html

Under the continuous compounding chapter they suggest using 1 x 10^11 for the number of periods per year see -  http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_detail.do?cid=us&activityid=4395

I have not looked at the book for awhile, nor have I used the finance app in several years, so this is the best I can do. Hope it works.

Best Regards,

Ed
=============================
At 08:13 PM 11/17/2007, mathprofjc wrote:

Does anyone know (Ed - I am sure you do!) if you can use the TVM solver on the TI for continuous compounding?  If so, HOW?  I can't, for the life of me, figure it out.  And, my instruction book is in the office - of course.  I've tried putting in a very large number for the number of compounding periods, but it's not even close.
 
Thanks,

Jodi

[Matthews, George]

   We are probably all familiar with the ability of Ti-83, 84, etc to graph more than one function in a given window, either sequentially or simultaneously.

 

   On several occasions I have encountered students who had "locked" their calculator into a mode that only allows selection of one function at a time for graphing. [ I think they were all using the Ti-84, but I am not sure.]

 

   I have not been able to help them restore their calculators to normal functioning <no pun indtended>.  Can anyone help?

George

[Ed Laughbaum]

More than likely, they were running the transformation app and didn't exit. Or something else??

Ed
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At 03:13 PM 11/18/2007, Matthews, George wrote:

   We are probably all familiar with the ability of Ti-83, 84, etc to graph more than one function in a given window, either sequentially or simultaneously.
 
   On several occasions I have encountered students who had "locked" their calculator into a mode that only allows selection of one function at a time for graphing. [ I think they were all using the Ti-84, but I am not sure.]
 
   I have not been able to help them restore their calculators to normal functioning <no pun indtended>.  Can anyone help?
George

[Beth Hentges]

Try taking out all the batteries, including the back-up.  Let it sit for
a while.  Put the batteries back in and the RAM should be re-set.

(Try re-setting to default, first.)

If neither of those work, call the support folks at TI.
They know the "magic codes" that can be used to rescue a dead
calculator.
(I called them once, and the process was something like, press on 20
times, then press X, . . ."

Beth in MN


>>> "Matthews, George" <matthewg@...> 11/18/2007 2:13 PM >>>
   We are probably all familiar with the ability of Ti-83, 84, etc to
graph more than one function in a given window, either sequentially or
simultaneously.
 
   On several occasions I have encountered students who had "locked"
their calculator into a mode that only allows selection of one function
at a time for graphing. [ I think they were all using the Ti-84, but I
am not sure.]
 
   I have not been able to help them restore their calculators to
normal functioning <no pun indtended>.  Can anyone help?
George
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[Matthews, George]

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Does anyone know of a source of materials in audio format on Calculus that a student can obtain and use?

Studying text materials is of limited value for this student and the video of a CD or DVD less important than the audio [if I understand the situation].

George Matthews

[kathleen Offenholley]

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George,

You tube is surprisingly awesome for this stuff. I picked out a few good ones for my students last semester, and they went on to find other ones. The only caveat is, sometimes the lecture goes beyond what you are teaching. Also, check out some of the free stuff in itunes university. They have great recorded lectures from professors all over the US. 

The trouble with all of this is that you (and the student) have to really pick out what is relevant and good in terms of your course. And if you decide instead to record your own lectures, it's a little too much. Students are listening to lectures at double or triple speeds these days, to cut down on the time spent (see the Chronicle of Higher Ed, an article this month). (You'll sound like Mickey Mouse.) But still, that could be fun. ;-)

Kathleen Offenholley

Bourough of Manhattan Community College

----- Original Message ----
From: "Matthews, George" <matthewg@...>
To: mathedcc <mathedcc@...>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 3:24:06 PM
Subject: Auditory learners -- Calculus

Does anyone know of a source of materials in audio format on Calculus that a student can obtain and use?

Studying text materials is of limited value for this student and the video of a CD or DVD less important than the audio [if I understand the situation].

George Matthews

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[Maria Andersen]

You might try the General Calculus materials at http://www.hippocampus.com

All the calculus material is read out loud, shown visually, and captioned.  I find it pretty dry and boring, but if you need to comply with some kind of legal thing, it will do.

Maria


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[Maria Andersen]

Sorry - I guess that should've been http://www.hippocampus.org

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Maria Andersen <wyandersen@...> wrote:

You might try the General Calculus materials at http://www.hippocampus.com

All the calculus material is read out loud, shown visually, and captioned.  I find it pretty dry and boring, but if you need to comply with some kind of legal thing, it will do.

Maria


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Math Faculty, Muskegon Community College
Blogs: TCMTechnologyBlog, Busyness Girl (google them)

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Math Faculty, Muskegon Community College
Blogs: TCMTechnologyBlog, Busyness Girl (google them)