Calculating With The Scratchpad - Texas Instruments TINSPIRE Manual Book

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to see the Scratchpad Calculate or Scratchpad Graph

menu. These menus are subsets of the TI-Nspire™ menus for the

Calculator and Graphs & Geometry applications. For complete listings

of those menus, refer to the documentation for those applications.

to close the Scratchpad.

Calculating with the Scratchpad

From the Scratchpad Calculate page, enter a math expression on the

entry line, then press

in standard mathematical notation as you enter them.

Each evaluated expression and result becomes part of the Scratchpad

history, displayed above the entry line.

Entering simple math expressions

Note: To enter a negative number, press

Suppose you want to evaluate

1. Select the entry line in the work area.

to return the cursor to the baseline, and then complete the

expression by typing:

to evaluate the expression.

The expression displays in standard mathematical notation, and the

result displays on the right side of the page.

Note: You can force a decimal approximation in a result by pressing

Using the Scratchpad

to evaluate the expression. Expressions display

to begin the expression.

and then enter the number.