Settings on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus: The MODE Menu

Posted on March 27, 2011 at 11:10 pm

The TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus offer a variety of different settings for customizing calculations and the way graphs are displayed. While some of these options are more aesthetic, like setting the graph to be displayed in a split screen …
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SAT Test Prep #3: Calculating Sale Prices, Percentages and Discounts

Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:11 pm

One of the ways you can improve your SAT is score is identifying problems that may seem simple but are actually written to trick you. If you are rushing through a test, you may miss out on easy points. Consider …
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Business and Finance Math #5: Calculating the Effective Annual Rate (EAR) on the TI-83 & TI-84 Plus

Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:28 pm

While they are intended primarily for math and statistics work, the TI 83 Plus and TI 84 Plus also have a slew of built in financial functions similar to those available on advanced financial calculators. This tutorial describes how to …
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Business and Finance Math #4: Continuous Compounding on the TI BA II Plus & HP 12c

Posted on March 6, 2011 at 10:26 pm

Sometimes when reviewing time value of money (TVM) problems, you may encounter a situation that involves continuous compounding. As we have seen in our previous posts on interest rates and calculating effective rates, the more times compounding occurs, the higher …
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