HL Math Calculator Sheet: How to find it and what does it expect you to put in

Note if you forget where anything is, you can find it using CATALOG and the letter it begins with.
MODE check if Radian or Degree : Func or Seq : Real or a + bi or re^ i.
n
x is in MATH NUM 1: abs( e.g. abs(-7)
Cr MATH PRB 3: nCr e.g. 5 nCr 3 is 5C3
3
you need to to remember the brackets : 3 4 7 (due to BODMAS)
Careful For
47

Statistics To put in data STAT EDIT 1: Edit... Put scores x in L1 and frequencies f (x) in L2. Then

STAT CALC 1: 1-Var Stats L1 , L2 gives x (mean), Sx (unbiased estimate population std. dev.), x
(sample std. dev.), Q1, Med, Q3 (quartiles). (Note: if you do not put in , L2 it will treat the frequencies as all
being 1).

Graphs Y = e.g. Y1 = X2+1

WINDOW set x and y min & max then GRAPH .

CALC 1: Value (e.g. X = 0) , evaluates Y1(X). Change to other functions, Y2, Y3, with .
2: zero / 3: minimum / 4: maximum asks for left bound, right bound, guess.
5: intersect asks for first curve, second curve, guess. Change curves with , enter guess or use .
6: dy/dx put in X value (or use ) and ENTER
gives dY1/dX at X (or where the cursor is) change curve with (Before ENTER ).
7: f(x)dx asks for lower limit, upper limit, gives definite integral and shades region.
Calculus MATH MATH 8: nDeriv(Expression, Variable, Value (, Tolerance)) e.g. nDerive (X2 , X , 2).
dY1
If in Y = you set Y2 = nDeriv(Y1 , X , X) then Y2 will be
and you can graph it.
dX

d 2 Y1
Similarly Y3 = nDeriv(Y2 , X , X) will give you
. Note that Y1 is on VARS Y-VARS 1: Function
dX 2
MATH MATH 9: fnInt (Expression, Variable, Lower limit, Upper limit (, Tolerance))
e.g. fnInt (X2 , X , 1, 2). Gives a numeric value of the definite integral.
Drawing Start with your graph, then DRAW
1: ClrDraw Clears all drawn elements.
5: Tangent( Put in X-value ): it draws the tangent and tells you its equation.
8: DrawInv Expression e.g. Y1, draws the graph of the inverse of the expression.
Sneaky tricks
2nd ENTER (ENTRY) recreates previous line but allows you to edit it. Repeat to go back in history of lines.
INS allows you to insert symbols in an existing line.
MATH MATH 1: Frac e.g. 1.3333333333Frac might convert to exact value.
For a discrete probability distribution you can put x in L1 and P(x) in L2. 1-Var Stats L1 , L2 will give n = 1 and
will give as x and

as x.

Normal

DISTR DISTR 2: normalcdf (Lower limit, Upper limit, , ) e.g. normalcdf (1 , 3 , 2 , 1/2)
If and not specified, it
DISTR 3: invNorm(probability, , ) e.g. invNorm(0.7 , 4 , 2) takes them as 0 and 1.

Binomial

DISTR DISTR 0: binompdf (n, p, value) gives P( X = value)

DISTR A: binomcdf (n, p, value) gives P( X value)

Poisson

DISTR DISTR B: poissonpdf (, value) gives P( X = value)

DISTR C: poissoncdf (, value) gives P( X value)

If value not specified it gives list

Matrices MATRX EDIT to change size and entries MATRX MATH 1: det (matrix) e.g. det ([A]) using
MATRX NAMES to enter matrices by their names (letters). MATRX MATH B: rref (matrix) e.g. rref ([A])