User manual ASTON THERMICA ATE 7-R

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[. . . ] When ¸ or ¹ appear in the display, the entry line contains additional characters to the left or right. When º or » appear, additional characters are above and below the entry line. The display, pending operations, settings, and memory will be retained. 3 1 7 • 4 5 © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TIN34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 37 Arrows, Equals, On, Second, Off Enter 46 - 23. Scroll to see your previous entries. Press Display 46 - 23 41 - 26 81+57 !$ < & %¦ 46 U 23 !!!!1 "" 6 < 81 T 57 < %¦ & ##$ 15. 138. º º º 81+57 º © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TIN34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 38 Reset Reset the calculator. Press Display %© %© " < - RESET: RESET: N - Y N Y MEM CLEARED ~ Pressing & and - at the same time also resets the calculator immediately. Using %© or & and returns all settings to their defaults and clears the memory. © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TIN34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 39 Last Answer (Ans) Use Last Answer (Ans) to calculate (2+2)2. Press Display 2+2 %« 2 T 2 < %« F < Ans 2 4. 16. º © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TIN34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 40 Editing the Display Keys These numbered paragraphs provide explanations for the corresponding numbered keys on the illustration below. Once the display is clear, it moves the cursor to the most recent entry. J deletes the character at the cursor or at the immediate left of the cursor. Hold J down to delete all characters to the right. 2 Notes • • The examples on the transparency masters assume all default settings. Pressing - does not affect the memory, statistical registers, angle units, or numeric notation. 2 3 1 © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 41 Delete, Insert Enter 4569 + 285, and then change it to 459 + 2865. 20. º 4 º © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 54 Powers as “repeated multiplication” Use this formula and repeated multiplication to find the volume of a cube with a base of 5 meters. V = l x w x h = 5 x 5 x 5 = 53 o%š Press Store the operation: Display OP2 = %š V 5 < Initialize using 1: OP2 = ×5 1 1”5 º 1 o Continued 1 5. © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 55 Powers as “repeated multiplication” (Continued) o o 2 3 5”5 25”5 o%š º 25. 125. º © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 56 Using G as a constant Use this formula to find the volume of each cube. V = base3 o%š Store the operation: %š G 3 < Use the stored operation: OP2= OP2=^3 2^3 3^3 4^3 º 2 o 3 o 4 o 1 1 1 8 27 64 º º © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers 57 Decimals and Decimal Places Keys These numbered paragraphs provide explanations for the corresponding numbered keys on the illustration below. % ‚ displays the following menu, which lets you set the number of decimal places. F0123456789 F 6 Notes • • The examples on the transparency masters assume all default settings. % ‚ 8 removes the setting and returns to standard notation (floating decimal). The FIX setting affects all decimal results including the mantissa of scientific notation results. The TI-34 Û automatically rounds the result to the number of decimal places selected. For example, when the decimal is set to 2 places, 0. 147 becomes 0. 15 when you press <. The TI-34 Û also rounds or pads resulting values with trailing zeros to fit the selected setting. For example, when the decimal is set to 5 places, 0. 147 becomes 0. 14700 when you press <. [. . . ] Lets you set a seed value for random integers. Displays the following menu of variables. ABCDE rand © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers A-5 Quick Reference to Keys Key %B (Continued) A Function Displays a menu of all trig functions: sin sin-1 cos cos-1 tan tan-1 Calculates the sine. Calculates the inverse tangent. @ Separates a whole number from the fraction in a mixed number. © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers A-6 Display Indicators Indicator 2nd FIX STAT DEG, RAD x10 º» ¸¹ B Meaning 2nd function. or " to scroll. © 1999 ASTON THERMICA INCORPORATED TI-34 Û: A Guide for Teachers B-1 Error Messages Message ARGUMENT DIVIDE BY 0 C Meaning A function does not have the correct number of arguments. [. . . ]