Texas Instruments TI-83 Calculator Notes

Calculator Notes for the TI-83 and TI-83/84 Plus
CHAPTER 1
Note 1A • Setting the Mode
Press to display a screen like that shown here. The settings highlighted are
MODE
the ones that you will use most often in this course. If your calculator does not
display these settings, follow the steps below to change them.
1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the setting you want to choose.
2. Press to register your selection.
ENTER
3. When you have selected the settings you want, press
from the mode screen.
In this class you will need to change some of these settings during the year. The
comments below may not mean much to you now, but your textbook will refer
you back to this note several times during the course.
a. and
NORMAL SCI
displayed. Both modes are used in the chapter on exponents. Usually
this setting should be on
b. and
FLOAT 0 1 2...
mode is useful in hiding long decimal answers and will make
FLOAT
some numbers clearer. It is best to leave this setting on
in applications such as money, where only two decimal places make
more sense. Remember to change this setting back to
are done.
c. In this course you will use only the
important until you reach Chapter 11.
d. tion and
FUNC PAR
Most of the work in this course will be in
e. and
SEQUENTIAL
equations one at a time, or to graph all the equations simultaneously.
f. Usually you'll want your screen set to
been working with a program, you may find that you are left with a
split screen. If this happens, be sure to change this setting back to
The remaining settings in the mode screen are not important in this course. If
you find that your screen looks very strange when you try to do something, it's
a good idea to look at the mode screen and check to see if any settings have
been changed.
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entific refer to the way in which numbers are
mode.
NORMAL
refer to other ways in which numbers are displayed.
DEGREE
ametric are two different types of graphing modes.
taneous tell the calculator to graph the
SIMUL
FULL.
Discovering Algebra
to exit
[QUIT]
2nd
, except
FLOAT
when you
FLOAT
mode. This setting is not
mode.
FUNC
Occasionally, after you have
FULL
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