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Accessing Catalog Help from the TI-84 Plus Calculator's Math Menu

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Many of the Math menu functions on the TI-84 Plus calculator have a hidden Help feature available at the press of a single key! To access the Catalog Help from the Math menu, follow these steps:

  1. Press [MATH].

  2. Use the following keys to select the appropriate submenu of the Math menu:

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  3. Use the following keys to place the cursor on the function you want to use:

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    Here, the cursor is in front of the fMin function from the MATH submenu. See the first screen.

  4. Press [+] to access the Catalog Help.

    It’s easy to forget the syntax for a function you don’t use very often. To save time, go ahead and type the syntax directly on the Catalog Help screen before pressing [ENTER]. See the second screen.

  5. Press [TRACE] to PASTE or [GRAPH] to ESC.

    Two on-screen prompts in the bottom-right corner of the screen can be activated by pressing the keys located directly below the on-screen prompts. ESC takes you back to the submenu, and PASTE inserts the function as shown in the third screen.

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Jeff McCalla teaches Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis. He is a T3 instructor for Texas Instruments and co- founder of the TI-Nspire SuperUser group.

C.C. Edwards is an instructor at Coastal Carolina University and a former editor of Texas Instruments' Eightysomething, a newsletter for parents and educators.