Calculator Tutorials

A calculator-active free response question (FRQ) may or may not require the use of a calculator in order to earn all 9 points. If it doesn't, students would need to be rock solid with the calculus in order to earn all 9 points. If it does, not having access to a calculator or not knowing how to use it properly can cost students several points on any calculator-active FRQ (not to mention MC questions). 

Providing tutorials and tips to students on how to maximize the use of a graphing calculator is in keeping with the purpose of Get Your FRQ On.

The Get Your FRQ On calculator tutorials are available on the Get Your FRQ On youtube channel.

For a list of available Get Your FRQ On playlists, click here.

When using your calculator to evaluate a derivative or an integral, use the menu commands and not the graphing interface. The graphing interface is less accurate and that lack of accuracy could creep up later in the problem. In addition, when using values obtained from your calculator that are NOT the final answer, do yourself a favor and record that number to 5 or 6 decimal places. Answers should be correct (rounded or truncated) to 3 decimal places. There is no such requirement for intermediate values, so being more precise during intermediate steps than necessary can keep your solutions within the desired bounds for accuracy.