Texas Instruments TI-73 Explorer User Manual page 9

For ti-73; ti-83 plus;

Hide thumbs Also See for TI-73 Explorer:

Table of Contents

Completing the Factor Activity

The Factor activity lets students practice factoring numbers into

the product of primes.

In the Factor activity, a random number with the prime

factorization of the form A

prime bases; X and Y are the powers of the prime bases. You

determine which values for A, B, X, and Y create the correct

prime factorization of the number.

1. From the

displayed.

2. Select

is at

highlighted.

TI-73 / TI-83 Plus Logic Ladder

MAIN MENU

to display the first number to factor. The arrow

START

. The default selections for

is generated. A and B are the

, select

FACTOR

A random number is

generated whose prime

factorization is of the form

. Your number will

be different than this one.

. The

FACTOR

, and

are

menu is

Page 9

Table of Contents

Logic ladder