calculator skills

Question 1

How do you solve any equation in your calculator?

Answer 1

set y1= left side of = and y2 = right hand side of = find where they intersect

Question 2

How do you find an intersection point on a calculator?

Answer 2

2nd trace intersect cursor to where they cross and hit enter 3 times

Question 3

Finding a solution to system of equations on the calculator what do you do?

Answer 3

Solve both equations for y= plug them in for y1 and y2 2nd trace intersection

Question 4

How do you find a max/ min point on a calculator?

Answer 4

plug in equation for y1 2nd trace max/min follow left and right bound instructions

Question 5

What buttons do you press on the calculatorm after you put in the equation to find the max/min

Answer 5

2nd Trace

Question 6

Where do you put the cursor when the bottom of teh screen says left bound?

Answer 6

to the left of the max/min

Question 7

Where do you put the cursor when the bottom of teh screen says right bound?

Answer 7

to the right of the max/min

Question 8

What button do you hit on your calculator to write an equation?

Answer 8

y=

Question 9

What button do you hit on your calculator to write an x?

Answer 9

x,T,o,n

Question 10

How do you change your screen so you can see further up on the graph?

Answer 10

window change the yMax

Question 11

How do you change your screen so you can see further down on the graph?

Answer 11

window change the yMin

Question 12

How do you change your screen so you can see further left on the graph?

Answer 12

window change the xMin

Question 13

How do you change your screen so you can see further right on the graph?

Answer 13

window change the xMax

Question 14

What buttons do you press if you get an error when looking at the graph?

Answer 14

zoom zstandard

Question 15

To get to intersection on the calculator what buttons do you press?

Answer 15

2nd Trace

Question 16

After you have clicked on intersection on the calculator, what do you do to find the intersection point on the graph?

Answer 16

move cursor to intersection point and press enter 3 times

Question 17

How do you quit out of a screen when clear doesn’t work?

Answer 17

2nd mode

Question 18

How do you put an exponent into your calculator?

Question 19

To put a fraction into a calculator what must go around the top and bottom of the fraction bar?

Answer 19

( )

Question 20

How do you change a decimal into a fraction on the calculator?

Answer 20

math frac (enter, enter)

Question 21

To find an x intercept on the calculator what do you do in the y= screen?

Answer 21

y1= equation y2=0

Question 22

If you are finding x intercepts from the calcualtor, and you set y2=0, what buttons do you press next?

Answer 22

2nd trace– intersection