How To Find Slope On The TI Nspire

The TI-Nspire is a multipurpose calculator that has graphing capabilities. The TI-Nspire allows you to effortlessly exchange documents between the computer and your calculator, allowing you to view your graph on your computer or on your calculator's screen. A common calculation to perform on a graph includes finding the slope of a line or the slope between two points on a given line. The TI-Nspire allows you to perform these operations with a systematic sequence of buttons.

Step 1

Push the house icon, "6," then "2" buttons.

Step 2

Push the "Menu," "6," and "1" buttons, in that order.

Step 3

Press the directional arrow buttons to navigate towards each point and define it. Push "Enter" once you reach each point.

Step 4

Push the "Menu," "6," then "4" buttons. Use the directional buttons to hover over each point, and press "Enter" to connect the points with a line.

Step 5

Push the "Menu," "7," then "3" buttons. Use the directional buttons to hover over the line, and press "Enter" to reveal the measurement of the slope.