Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Manual Book page 162

³ Try-It!é on Your TI.83 Plus or TI.73
Change a Mode Setting
Change the mode setting so that results display to 2 decimal places.
To Do This
1. Display the mode settings screen.
Note: The TI-73 mode screen varies slightly from
the TI-83 Plus.
2. Change the decimal notation setting
from to
Float
3. Press - l to return to the
Home screen, and clear the current
line, if needed.
Tip: Pressing - l always takes you back to
the Home screen, except in the Topics in
Algebra 1 application.
4. Calculate 1.479 + 2.897.
5. Change the decimal notation setting
back to .
Float
Note: Float displays a number up to 10 digits.
6. Return to the Home screen.
7. Calculate 1.479 + 2.897 again.
Tip: On the TI-73, you can press $ $ to
highlight a previous entry on the Home screen,
and then press b to paste it to the current
line.
Topics in Algebra 1
.
2
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³ TIp 2: Adjusting Your Calculator Settings
Press
.
# until
is
Float
highlighted
" until
2 is
highlighted
b to select
- l
:
` \
1 4 7 9
`
2 8 9 7
b
.
# until
Float is
highlighted
b to select
- l
- £ to display
the previous entry
b
Display
(TI.83 Plus shown)
The calculator
rounds the result to
2 decimal places.
The calculator
displays up to 10
digits.
³ TIp 2-2