Windows 8 Tablet App

Quick Start Guide

Windows 8 Tablet App

Quick Start Guide

GeoGebra | September 2013

Windows 8 Tablet App

Quick Start Guide

What is GeoGebra?
GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education for learning, teaching and evaluation and provides many powerful features: Fully interactive, easy-to-use interface Access to an ever-expanding pool of resources at www.GeoGebraTube.org Available in many languages A fun way to really see and experience mathematics and science Adaptable to any curriculum or project Used by millions of people around the world The GeoGebra Tablet App can be found at www.geogebra.org/download or directly installed from the Windows Store.

GeoGebra Tablet App Overview

When you open our tablet app, you see the following screen elements: .

Style Bar Graphics View

Algebra View

Toolbar

Input Bar

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Open, Save, Undo

Swipe from the top or bottom screen edge to open the app menus.

Create a new GeoGebra construction

Open an existing GeoGebra construction

Save the current construction

Save your work under a different name

Undo or Redo construction steps

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Example 1: Circumcircle
Task: Construct a triangle and its circumcircle.

Preparation Open a new blank construction. Hide the Algebra view by tapping the arrow at the top. Hide the coordinate axes by tapping the axes icon in the Style Bar.

Steps Choose the tool Polygon from the Toolbar. Now tap on the Graphics View three times to create the vertices A, B and C. Close the triangle by tapping point A again. Next, tap the fourth icon from the left of the Toolbar and choose the tool Perpendicular Bisector. Construct two line bisectors by tapping on two sides of the triangle. Using the tool Intersect Two Objects you can tap on the intersection of both line bisectors to get the center of your triangles circumcircle. To finish your construction, choose the tool Circle with Center through Point and tap first on the center, then on any vertex of the triangle. Using the Move tool you can now use your finger to drag the triangle vertices around - your construction will change dynamically with them.

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Example 2: Quadratic Function

Task: Investigate the quadratic function f(x) = a x + b using sliders for a and b.

Preparation Open a new GeoGebra file. If the Algebra View is hidden, show it by tapping the arrow at the top.

Steps Create the sliders a and b by selecting the tool Slider and tapping on the Graphics View. Choose a step size of 1. Tap on the Input Bar and enter f(x) = a x + b Use the tool Move to change the value of the sliders a and b. Observe how the parabola changes dynamically. Tap on the function graph to select it. Then change its color by using the Style Bar at the top left.

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Search on GeoGebraTube
Swipe from the right screen edge and choose Search:

Enter a search term like binomial formula to find materials on GeoGebraTube:

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Choose View to interactively use a GeoGebraTube worksheet in the app browser:

Choose Edit to manipulate the construction with the fully featured app interface:

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Quick Start Guide

Contact Us
Write to us at office@geogebra.org

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