Chapter 6

Understanding the Math Menu and Submenus

In This Chapter

arrow Familiarizing yourself with the Math menu and submenus

arrow Accessing Catalog Help from the Math menu

arrow Exploring the Math MATH submenu

arrow Uncovering the Math NUM submenu

Are you hunting for the absolute value function? Look no further — it’s in the Math menu. Do you want to convert a decimal to a fraction? You can find the function that does this is in the Math menu as well. In general, any math function that cannot be directly accessed using the keyboard is housed in the Math menu. This chapter tells you how to access and use those functions.

Getting to Know the Math Menu and Submenus

Press m to access the Math menu. This menu contains five submenus: MATH, NUM, CMPLX, PROB, and FRAC. Use the >< keys to get from one submenu to the next, and back again.

tip.eps The TI-84 Plus Math Menu doesn’t contain the FRAC submenu. However, the FRAC menu can be accessed by pressing a!. If you want to learn more about the FRAC menu, see Chapter ...

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