TI-84 Plus CE Guidebook for High School & College by Marco Wenisch

The classroom-proven guide to the TI-84 Plus CE: fully revised and updated 2027 Edition.

This book is for users of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator family, including the TI-84 Plus CE Python. It focuses on the most relevant functions for high school and college. No previous experience is required: It starts off with the basics of the calculator, like accessing all the different menus, editing equations, and how to graph functions. Furthermore, it explains all the settings of the calculator and gives you recommendations about what you should choose to get the most out of it.

The book continues to teach you how to analyze your functions (finding zeros, minimums, maximums, and intersections) and how to calculate integrals and derivatives. Additionally, it gives you all the information you need to solve equations and work with matrices and lists.

The statistics chapter teaches you the difference between permutations and combinations, and shows you how to perform one- and two-variable statistical data analyses, regressions, and probability distributions.

The last chapter shows you what the preinstalled apps can do for you: solve polynomials and systems of equations, graph inequalities and conic sections, calculate loans and savings, draw and measure geometric figures, and more. You will also find out exactly what your calculator may and may not do on the SAT, ACT, and AP exams, and what the most common error messages mean and how to fix them. And the back-of-book index lets you look anything up in seconds.

Buy this book if:

- you are a high school student;

- you are in college;

- you want to learn how to use your TI-84 Plus CE quickly and easily;

- you don't want to read a 300+ page book about how to write programs on your calculator.

Why is it so easy to understand the TI-84 CE with this book?

- Short and easy to understand explanations of each topic. I don't spend a whole page talking about how to use one key. I've kept it short and concise.

- Images of the real calculator keys between the text. For instance, when I say "Press GRAPH and use the arrow keys...", the book shows the real buttons. This makes it super easy to follow the steps on your calculator.

- Simple step-by-step keystroke sequences for most calculations. Look at one, and you instantly know how to do it. It's that simple!

- Lots of screenshots to give you real examples.

This book is your perfect buddy for these calculator models:

- TI-84 Plus CE

- TI-84 Plus CE Python

- TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition

These calculators have a color display. If you have an older calculator with a black and white display like the TI-84 Plus or TI-83 Plus, this book is not for you. However, I have written another book just for the older calculators. I decided to write two books so I can show you exactly the right screenshots and keys that apply to the calculator model you have (most other books just use a similar calculator to make one book for all models).

About the Author

My name is Marco. In high school I was good at mathematics and often helped my classmates understand it, especially how to use their calculators. I know students don't need a 300-page book to understand a graphing calculator. So I kept this one short, simple, and free of confusing background information, with step-by-step keystroke sequences you can look up in seconds. No need to read through a long text.

2027 Edition

Already own an earlier edition? The 2027 Edition adds a full chapter on the preinstalled apps, a guide to what is allowed on the SAT, ACT, and AP exams, the most common error messages, and a back-of-book index.

TI-84 Plus and TI-84 Plus CE are registered trademarks of Texas Instruments Incorporated. This is an independent publication and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Texas Instruments.