| Pressing the MATH menu key will display the screen at the right. |
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| Press your left arrow key once to get to the PRB or probability
menu. The 7 options showing are the only ones on this menu. |
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| We will begin with the built in random number generator. Choose
rand from the menu and continue to hit ENTER. You will get
a list of randomly generated numbers on your screen. Change the floating
point value on your MODE screen to limit the number of digits you
get. |
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| This menu lets the user do permutations and combinations with ease.
Just remember to type these in as you would say them. For instance,
"5 choose 2" you would press the following keystrokes; 5, MATH,
left
arrow, 3, 2, ENTER. |
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| The factorial option is simple to utilize. To find the solution
to 10!, just type in your ten, then MATH, left arrow, 4,
ENTER. |
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| I especially like this next built in function. My students enjoy
setting up probability experiments with the randInt( option.
Choose this option from the PRB menu and give a range of integers
for the calculator to choose from. For instance (1,6) will give random
integers from 1 to 6. This is a nice way to look at probability with
number cubes. Just keep pressing ENTER after each roll of
the die and you'll get you next roll. Pretty neat huh? Choose
randNorm(,
and randBin( in a similar manner to receive the desired results. |
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