TI-83 Calculator Usage

 

Common problems in getting started

  1. Screen too light or blank, even though calculator is turned on.
  2. Fix: Darken the screen, by pressing [2nd] [uparrow key]

  3. Screen completely black
  4. Fix: Lighten the screen, by pressing [2nd] [downarrow key]

  5. Calculator won’t graph: it reads ERR: WINDOW RANGE
  6. Fix: Make sure Xmin is smaller than Xmax, and Ymin is smaller than Ymax

  7. Graph doesn’t match what you expected it to look like
  8. Fix: Make sure you entered the function correctly – keep numerator and

    Denominator in parentheses, etc.

  9. Can’t get weighted mean, screen reads ERR: DIM MISMATCH
  10. Fix: Make sure the data list and weighting list have the same number of elements

  11. ERR: SYNTAX
  12. Fix: Make sure you didn’t confuse the subtraction key with the negative key

  13. Strange looking decimals

Fix: Make sure that in [MODE] you have (Float) highlighted