Graphics Calculator Basics and Features to Learn

This page is made for mathematics majors planning to be teachers.

The following are considered basic graphics calculator keys. Become familiar with their use and purpose.

ENTER
2nd QUIT
2nd ENTRY
ANS
DEL
INS
CLEAR

Y=
GRAPH
WINDOW
TRACE
ZOOM

  • ZBOX
  • ZSTANDARD
 MODE
FORMAT
TABLE
TBL SET		 "Scientific Calculator" keys such as +,-,*,/ sin, cos, tan, (, LN, ^, e, pi, EE, etc.
The next group of keys to learn are:

STAT-EDIT
STAT PLOT (incl. 2nd L1)
Y= with shading
ZOOMSTAT
STAT-CALC

  • 1-Var Stats
  • LinReg, QuadReg, ...

Diagnotics-ON
CATALOG
CALC (all 7 features)

 

Par MODE
VARS
Y-VARS
MATH (quite a few, don't forget NUM)

 

 STO>
ALPHA
: (it's green near the bottom)
{ and } and ,
MEM - Reset
The next group of keys to learn are:   Interesting things to check out:

PRGM
APPS

LINK
Black cable
TI-Connect cable

 

STAT-TESTS
DISTR
MATRX

DRAW (Tangent is nice)
SOLVER + SOLVE

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Page last updated: August 28, 2003