UsingsomeoftheTInspiresbuiltinfunctions

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TheTInspirehasalotofbuiltinfunctionsthatcansavealotoftime.Youwillbelearningsometoday.
1. Firstwelllookathowtogetthecalculatorto
convertafractiontoadecimal.
Turnyourcalculatoron.
2. PressAtoselectCalculate.
3. Typeinthefraction andpressenter.

Rememberhow?HitCtrl

4. PressMenu2toselecttheNumbermenu.

5. Press1forConverttoDecimalandpress
enter.

Convertthefractionsbelowtodecimals.

Yourcalculatorshouldreturnthevalue0.375.

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6. Heresacoolfunction.Letstakeadecimal
andturnitintoafraction.

Typeinthenumber.3125andpressenter.

7. PressMenu2topulluptheNumbermenu.
Select2fromthismenutoApproximateto
Fraction.Hitenter.

Approximatethefractionforeachdecimalbelow.

.32=________

.48=________

Didyouget
?
1.75=________

Somefunctionsrequiretheuseofthe,key.Itis
2.78=________
thekeyjustaboveandtotherightofenter.

8. Letslookatremainders.Youknowthat
Findtheremainderforeachproblembelow.
wouldbe4witharemainderof4.The
calculatorcanbeusedtofindtheremainder.
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HitMenu26andtheputin
andhitenter.
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Theremainder,4,shouldappearonyourcalculator.
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9. Nextletsdosomethingreallycool.Remember Factoreachproblembelow.

thisfactortreestuff?
120=_______________________

150=_______________________

400=_______________________

315=_______________________

840=_______________________
Wecandoallofthiswiththecalculator!
HitMenu23andthentype180andhitenter.
Seethesameanswer?
10. Letsfindtheleastcommonmultiple(LCM)
FindtheLCMofeachpairofnumbersbelow.
of12and30.

20and50______________
PressMenu24toseelcm().

Inthe()type12,30enter.
25and12______________

Youshouldsee60.ThatistheLCMof12and30.
17and13______________

50and36______________

11. Thenspirereturnsfractionalanswersas
improperfractions.Thereisafunctionthat
willchangeanimproperfractionintoamixed
number.

andpressenter.Youshouldsee
.
Typein

12. Now,pressMenu271topullupthe
Convertthefollowingfractionsintoproperfractions.
ProperFractionfunction.Insteadofretyping
theproblem,pressanstopullupthelast
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answeryoufound.Hint:anscanbefoundonthe()key

inblue(remembertohitCtrl).Hitenter.

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Didyourcalculatorgiveyou
?Thisishow
thenspireshowsamixednumber.Itwouldbesimilar
touswriting

Becarefulwhenyoutypeamixedfractionintothecalculator!Ifyou

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13. Thecalculatorcanroundnumbers.Trythis:
Roundeachnumberbelowtothenumberofdecimal

placeslisted.
Menu281pullsuptheRoundingfunction.

.354214to4places____________________
Typein.61267,3andpressenter.

.123432to3places____________________
Thismakesthecalculatorroundto3decimalplaces.
Didyouget0.613?
3.14159to2places____________________

2.23425to4places____________________

14. Letsdoonelastthingfromadifferentmenu. Findthevalueofeachfactorialbelow.

Typein5x4x3x2x1andpressenter.
7!___________
Didyouget120?

9!___________
Thecalculatorcandothisautomaticallyforyouifyou
tellitthehighestnumber,inthiscase,5.
4!___________

Type5thenMenu51andhitenter.
6!___________

Whatsymbolappearedafterthe5?__________

Thisiscalledafactorial,usedofteninprobability.

15. Thatsitforthislesson!Goodjob!

typein
onthenspire,thecalculatorwouldactuallymultiplythe
wholenumberandthefractioninsteadofaddingthem.Youmustputin
the+sign.

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