Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Manual Book page 38

Chapter 1: Number Sense
Section 3: Real Numbers
Activities
The help you practice real number concepts. You can select from two activities—
Activities
and
Raining Reals
your worksheet.
1. Make sure you are in the
2. Highlight an activity using $ or #, and press b.
Scoring: Every correct
placement earns 2 points.
The game automatically
ends if you have
answered incorrectly four
times (shown in the top
right corner), or you press
áQUITâ to stop.
Topics in Algebra 1
Follow these steps to play the activity and complete
What Is My Property?
for this section.
Activities
Raining Reals
1. Highlight a level (silver = less difficult; gold = more difficult),
and press b to select it.
2. As the numbers fall on your screen, quickly determine if the
"raining" number is rational or irrational.
3. Press ! to move the number into the
" to move the number into the
answer is incorrect, the correct answer is displayed; press any
key to resume play.
4. Follow your teacher's instructions for how long to play the
activity.
5. What level did you play?
6. What was your final score?
7. How many incorrect answers did you have?
(Shown in top right corner of the screen.)
8. Write a paragraph describing the activity. Describe your
strategy for playing.
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Name
Date
IRRATIONAL
set, or press
RATIONAL
set. If the
Student Worksheet 1-24