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Writing programs on your TI-83 is a great way to store equations and functions for
whenever you need them but can't remember them.

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a Graphing Calculator

1. Turn your calculator on and press the Program [PRGM] button. Select [NEW] at the
top of the screen and name your program 'ADD'.

2. After naming your program, press the Program [PRGM] button again. This time, a
list of commands should appear. Scroll to the I/O selection and select the first
option, Input, by pressing enter [ENTER].

Your screen should look like this:

3. For this program, your first line of code will read:

: Input "Variable A: ", A

(Anything in "quotations" will show up on the screen. After placing a comma, the
letter you type, 'A' in this example, will represent the variable in the final equation)

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4. Press enter to start a new line of code and repeat steps 2 and 3. This time, call your
variable "Variable B".

: Input "Variable B:", B

5. Press enter to start a new line of code, but instead of selecting "Input", from the I/O
screen, select "Disp".

Enter the following line of code:

: Disp "Answer: ", A + B

6. Press 2nd [QUIT] to exit the programming screen and return to the home screen.
You have written your first program that will perform simple addition.

To access your program press the Program [PRGM] button. You should be at
[EXEC], select the program ADD and then press [ENTER]. On the top of your
screen you should see prgmADD, press [ENTER] to continue. Follow the prompts
and make sure everything works. If something went wrong, or you received an error
message, then go back and take a look at your message.

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