Texas Instruments TI-83-Plus Guide Book

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TIp 2: Adjusting Your Calculator Settings
Topics in Algebra 1 © 2001 Texas Instruments
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TIp 2-2
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Try-It!
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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 Press Display
(TI
.
83 Plus shown)
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
Float
to
2
.
#
until
Float
is
highlighted
"
until
2
is
highlighted
b
to select
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.
- l
:
4. Calculate 1.479 + 2.897.
1
`
4 7 9
\
2
`
8 9 7
b
5. Change the decimal notation setting
back to
Float
.
Note: Float
displays a number up to 10 digits.
.
#
until
Float
is
highlighted
b
to select
6. Return to the Home screen.
- l
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.
- £
to display
the previous entry
b
The calculator
rounds the result to
2 decimal places.
The calculator
displays up to 10
digits.

Texas Instruments TI-83-Plus Specifications

General

Brand	Texas Instruments
Model	TI-83-Plus
Category	Calculator
Language	English