Using the Calculator

Resetting: turn on (bottom left key)

press 2
nd
key, press + key, press !, press "!, press 2!
display #ill read R$% Cleared!
press clear button to clear out screen
&U''(&)*+,: al#ays reset calculator before beginning your #ork
-ractions: a) key to use #hen entering a fraction:
n
d
e.ample: to enter the fraction
/
0
press / key, press the $123$ key, press they y4
key, press enter for the first option of
n
d
key, press 0 key, cursor right
b) key to use #hen entering a mi.ed number: U
n
d
press the $123$ key, press the y4 key, arro# do#n once to the second option, press enter
then use arro#s to fill in5 (.ample: to enter
6
/
2 press 2 key, press $123$ key,
press y4 key, arro# do#n once to the second option, press enter, then arro# to the right
once, press 6 key, cursor do#n, press / key, cursor right (*f you choose the 6
rd
option, it
#ill toggle bet#een mi.ed numbers and improper fractions5!
c) key to use #hen changing improper fractions (#hen the number on top is larger than the
number on bottom) to mi.ed numbers and changing mi.ed numbers to improper fractions:
press $123$ key, press y4 key, arro# do#n t#ice to the second option, press enter key
e.ample: to change
"0
6
to a mi.ed number enter as abo7e in part a!, press $123$
key, press y4 key, arro# do#n t#ice to the second option, press enter key to get
"
6
/
e.ample: to change
2

6 to an improper fractionenter as abo7e in part b!, press

$123$ key, press y4 key, arro# do#n t#ice to the second option, press enter key to get
26

%$'*C 8(9 &(:U(,C(: changes ans#er to a decimal, press again and it #ill change it back
2ractice: (#rite ans#ers as fractions, mi.ed numbers, or both #hen possible)5 9ou can find this %agical
&e;uence by, press $123$ key, press y4 key, arro# do#n three times to the fourth option, press enter
"5
6 <
/
+ 25
" 2
2 6
65
6 <
=
" 2 + <5
2
= >
/ 6 /5
/ 2 "
/ 0
6 +
)ake ans#ers from practice problems " ? / and re#rite as a decimal rounded to the gi7en places listed
belo#5 (Use the n@d se;uence and %agic 8ey &e;uence)5 9ou may also use the %$)3 key and use
fraction or decimal options5
-i. key: press mode key, cursor do#n to -1+$)! (float #ill gi7e you the entire decimal ans#er), to
round to a particular place cursor o7er to that number5 -or e.ample, if you #ant to round to
decimal places, you #ould cursor o7er to ! and press enter to select it5 1ast, press 2
nd
key
and then mode key to e.it5 )he calculator #ill continue to round to decimal places until you
go back in and change it5 (note: to round to the nearest #hole number (no decimal) you
#ould choose A!)
2roblem B" ? round ans#er to no decimal place
2roblem B2 ? round ans#er to t#o decimal places
2roblem B6 ? round ans#er to three decimal places
2roblem B< ? round ans#er to four decimal places
2roblem B/ ? #rite ans#er as a decimal (no rounding)
Cecimals to -ractions: key to use: (f

d)
e.ample: to change A5/0= to a fractionenter decimal, press $123$, press
y4, press <, press enter to get
"
"2/
2ractice:
"5 A56< 25 6526= 65 A52>/ <5 A5""<
(.ponents: keys to use:
2
x
key and D key
e.ample: to enter
2
/
press /, press
2
x
key, press enter to get 2/
e.ample: to enter
<
/
press /, press D key, cursor right, press enter to get 02/
2ractice:
"5
=
2
4 EEEEEEEEEE 25
6

4 EEEEEEEEEE 65
2 6
< /
4 EEEEEEEEEE
<5
( )
2
<
6
4 EEEEEEEEEE /5
( )
/
6
2
4 EEEEEEEEEE
&;uare Root: keys to use: 2
nd
key and key
(note the )*6AF& calculators #ill gi7e the ans#er in radical form, press the magic key to get the decimal
form, but the 'R$23*,' C$1CU1$)+R& G*11 C+ ,+) ha7e the functionality to gi7e ans#ers in
radical form5 )
2ractice: (#rite ans#er in decimal form)
"5
"0
25
"2
65
660
<5
0=
/5
60=
)rigonometry: keys to use: sin, cos, tan
2ractice: (round ans#ers to < decimal places #hen possible)
"5 sin 6A
o
25 2(cos 0A
o
)
65
<
tan </
o
<5 6(tan =A
o
)
/5
/
sin/
o
%aking )ables: 2ress the y4 button, enter your e;uation so that your e.pression is e;ual to y or f(.),
Use the F,),,n key to insert X for your variable, and use the
parentheses to
protect your variable on either side. (.ample: Using the e.pression /(.) to
make a
table of inputs and outputs, press the y4 key, press /, press (,Use the F,),,n key
to
insert X for your variable, press ) key, press enter5 9our e.pression has no# been
locked into place5 )o see the table of inputs and outputs, press 2
nd
key, press graph
key5 9ou should no# see a table of 7alues5
%ultiple outputs: 9ou can also put more than one e.pression in at a time, #hich #ill create more than
one column in your table5 2ress y4, cursor do#n to 92, add "A(.) as our e.pression by
pressing the "!, press the A!, press the ( key, use the F,),,n key to insert X
for
your variable, press the ) key, hit enter to lock this expression into
place. To see the
table of inputs and outputs, press the 2
nd
key, press graph key. ou
should no! see a
table of values !ith " colu#ns. The $rst colu#n is input values, the
second colu#n
corresponds to % expression and the third colu#n corresponds to
the 2 expression.