A utilização da calculadora HP 12C em problemas de matemática financeira

Abstract

This work aims to encourage teachers of basic mathematics to use calculators as na auxiliary means of instruction, since it is a primordial tool for the development of student reasoning. During the first chapter it was mentioned what INEP talks about the use of the calculator in the classroom, as well as the conclusion in which the PISA evaluation system came to affirm that, Brazilian students did much better in the last evaluation having used media (computers, calculators and others). In the next two chapters we present some concepts of financial mathematics at elementary and middle school levels, and a study on the HP 12C calculator was introduced to help readers solve problems that may arise. In the last chapter we dealt with the problem of financial mathematics in a traditional way (manually) and with the use of the HP 12C to create in the reader the habit of conferring the result done manually by means of a digital tool. Thus we hope that as a result teachers and students who read this work may conclude that the use of the calculator in the classroom would not only facilitate calculations but also help develop a taste for this science and its use in the lives of all those who will deal at some point with finance.