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CALCULATOR
TECHNIQUES
DISPLAY :
237.615 O
237 036'54"
BASICS
HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN
DEGREES, RADIANS AND GRADIANS
Convert 210 47'12" to decimal degrees.
DISPLAY :
210 47 012 0
21.7866666 7
BASICS
HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN
DEGREES, RADIANS AND GRADIANS
Convert 120 0 to radians.
DISPLAY :
120 0
2
3
BASICS
HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN
DEGREES, RADIANS AND GRADIANS
π
Convert radians to degrees.
2
DISPLAY :
r
2
90
BASICS
PAST CE BOARD EXAM
What is 120 0 in centesimal system?
ENTER
DISPLAY :
0
120
400
3
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE POLAR AND
RECTANGULAR COORDINATE OF A
POINT IN THE CARTESIAN PLANE
PAST CE BOARD EXAM
Find the polar coordinate of the point (4, - 6).
DISPLAY :
Pol ( 4,6)
r 7.211102551 , 56.30993247
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE POLAR AND
RECTANGULAR COORDINATE OF A
POINT IN THE CARTESIAN PLANE
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
Find the value of cos if the terminal side
contains the point P(-3,-4)
Solution :
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE POLAR AND
RECTANGULAR COORDINATE OF A
POINT IN THE CARTESIAN PLANE
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
DISPLAY :
Pol ( 3, 4 )
r 5, 126 .8698976
NOTE : r is stored automatically to X and to Y.
DISPLAY :
cos( Y )
3
5 BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
Find the rectangular coordinate of a point
whose polar coordinate is (3,120 0 ).
DISPLAY :
Rec(3,120)
X 1.5, Y 2.59807621
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE COMBINATION
AND PERMUTATION PROBLEMS.
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
How many triangles are formed by 10 distinct
points no three of which are collinear?
Solution :
The number of triangles that can be formed from
10 non collinear points is 10C3.
DISPLAY :
10C 3
120 BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
In how many different ways can the judges choose
the winner and the first runner up from among the
10 finalists in a student essay contest?
Solution :
There are 10 finalists taken 2 at a time.
Note : order is important here
DISPLAY :
10 P 2
90
BASICS
HOW TO EVALUATE FACTORIAL
NUMBERS
18. Find the value of 10!
DISPLAY :
10!
3628800
BASICS
PAST EE BOARD EXAM
How many different permutations can be made
from the letters MISSISSIPP I?
Solution :
Number of M 1; I' s 4; P' s 2; S' s 4;
Number of Letters 11.
Note : The number of different permutations is :
11!
1!4!2!2!
BASICS
PAST EE BOARD EXAM
DISPLAY :
11!
1! x 4! x2! x4!
34650
BASICS
HOW TO EVALUATE
FUNCTIONS
11. Evaluate f( 6 ) if f(x) 3 x 4 3 x 2 -5 x 6
BASICS
HOW TO EVALUATE
FUNCTIONS
12. Evaluate f( 4,3 ) if f(x , y) 4 x 3 y 2 3 x 2 y- 2 xy 2 y 3
BASICS
PAST ME BOARD EXAM
Find the remainder when 3x 4 2x 3 - 4x 2 x 4 is divided by x 2.
Solution:
f(x) 3 x 4 2 x 3- 4 x 2 x 4 , remainder f(- 2 )
BASICS
HOW TO EVALUATE
FUNCTIONS
13. Is (x 3 ) a factor of x 6 6 x 5 8 x 4 -6 x 3-9 x 2?
BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
Find the remainder when 4 y 3 18 y 2 8 y 4 is divided by 2 y 3.
Concept : Set the divisor to zero and solve for y.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
2Y 3 0, Y
- 1.5
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
4 Y 3 18 Y 2 8Y - 4
11
Answer : The remainder is 11
ADVANCE
HOW TO USE THE ∑ SIGN
DISPLAY :
20
x
x1
210
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE LINEAR
EQUATIONS
SOLVE 4(3 x) 5(4 x)
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE LINEAR
EQUATIONS
x 3 x 1 x 2
SOLVE 1
12 6 9
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE A
SPECIFIC VARIABLE
D
If A ( 2 X 2 Y ), X 4 , D 2 , and A 9,
7
what is the value of Y ?
BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
When 3 is multiplied by 5 less than a number ,
the result is 9 less than 5 times the number .
Find 7 less than 5 times the number .
BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
BASICS
HOW TO USE MULTILINE FUNCTION
PAST EE BOARD EXAM
Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 6m, 8m, 12m.
Solution : Using Heron' s Formula :
A s(s - a)(s - b)(s - c)
abc
s
2
ENTER :
BASICS
HOW TO USE MULTILINE FUNCTION
PAST EE BOARD EXAM
DISPLAY :
ABC
X : X(X - A)(X - B)(X - C)
2
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
ABC
X
2 DISPLAY :
13 X ( X A)( X B )( X C )
455
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE TRIGONOMETRIC
EQUATIONS
Solve 5tan x - 3 2tan x : 0 x 360
ENTER :
DISPLAY : ENTER :
5 tan x - 3 2 tan x
DISPLAY :
X 30
5 tan x - 3 2 tan x
L-R 0
X 210
Answer : X 30 0 and 210 0 L-R 0
BASICS
HOW TO USE LOGARITHMIC EQUATIONS
PAST ME BOARD EXAM
Solve for x in log 2 x log 2 (x 5) 10
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
log 2 x log 2 (x 5) 10
X 29.59750769
L-R 0
BASICS
HOW TO USE LOGARITHMIC EQUATIONS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
Solve for x in x 3log x 100x
DISPLAY :
x 3log x 100 x
X 10
L-R 0
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE
DERIVATIVE AT A POINT
Find the derivative of x 3 3 x 2 when x 3.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
d
( X 3 3X 2 )
dx x 3
45
BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
x2
Differentiate the equation y
x 1
x2 2x x 2x2
a. b. c.2 x d.
( x 1) 2
( x 1) ( x 1)
Technique : Differentiate y at any valueof x, say x 2 and compare this
value to the value of the choices when same value of x is substituted.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
d x2
dx x 1 x 2
0 .8888888889
ADVANCE
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
Note : Compare it to the choices as the value of x is being substitute d.
x2 2x
a) Substitute x 2
( x 1) 2
ENTER :
ADVANCE
HOW TO INTEGRATE
2
Evaluate ( x 5 3 x 1) dx
1
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
2
x 3x 1 dx
5
16
BASICS
MODE 2 :
COMPLEX NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
HOW TO SOLVE COMPLEX NUMBERS
For the complex number z 3 - 4i
a. Find the absolute value.
b. Find the argument.
DISPLAY :
3 4i r
5 53.13010235
0
Answer : The absolute value is 5 and the argument is 53.13
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE COMPLEX NUMBERS
Given : (2 - 3i)(5 2i), find the product.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
( 2 3i )(5 2i )
16 11i
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE COMPLEX NUMBERS
4 2i
Simplify :
5 - 2i
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
4 3i
5 2i
14 23
i
29 29
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE COMPONENT OF A
FORCE AND RESULTANT OF FORCES
Find the x and y components of the force F 300N37 0
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
300 37 0
239 .590635 180 .5445069 i
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE COMPONENT OF A
FORCE AND RESULTANT OF FORCES
Find the x and y components of the force
F 800lbs with angle 40 0 at III Quadrant .
Solution : Express the force as F 800(180 40) 800220 0
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
800 220 0
612 .8355545 5142300877 i
Answer : The x component is - 612.84lbs and
the y component is - 514.23lbs.
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE COMPONENT OF A
FORCE AND RESULTANT OF FORCES
Find the resultunt of the forces, F1 350N at 60 0
and F2 400N with an of angle 140 0.
Solution : The resultant is the sum of the complex
numbers 35060 400 140
ENTER :
ADVANCE
MODE 3 :
STATISTICAL AND
REGRESSION
CALCULATIONS
HOW TO FIND THE MEAN AND
STANDARD DEVIATION
Five light bulbs burned out after lasting 867,
859, 840, 852, and 888 hrs. Find the mean.
DISPLAY :
x
1 867
2 859
DISPLAY : 3 840
x 4 852
5 888
861.2
BASICS
PAST ME BOARD EXAM
Given the following statistica l data, determine
the standard deviation.
Data : 112 132 144 156 164 176 183 197
ENTER
DISPLAY :
x
1 112
2 132
3 144 DISPLAY :
4 156
5 164 x
6 176 26.21545346
7 183
8 197 BASICS
HOW TO GET THE MEAN, VARIANCE
AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF
GROUPED DATA
DISPLAY :
x FREQ
1 62 2
2 65 5
3 68 12
4 71 15
5 74 8
6 77 5
7 80 3
BASICS
HOW TO GET THE MEAN, VARIANCE
AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF
GROUPED DATA
DISPLAY :
n
50
DISPLAY :
x
70.94
DISPLAY :
sx
4.391132065
DISPLAY :
Ans 2
19.28204082
BASICS
HOW TO FIND AREAS IN THE
NORMAL CURVE
DISPLAY :
P(1.64)
0.9495
BASICS
HOW TO FIND AREAS IN THE
NORMAL CURVE
Find the area beneath a standard normal curve
between z 0 and the point - 1.58.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
Q(-1.58)
0.44295
BASICS
HOW TO FIND AREAS IN THE
NORMAL CURVE
Find the probability that a normal distributi on random
variable will be within z 1 standard deviation of the mean.
Solution : We are looking for the area from z - 1 to z 1.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
Q(-1) Q(1)
0.68268
BASICS
HOW TO FIND AREAS IN THE
NORMAL CURVE
Find the probabilit y that a normally distribute d random variable
will lie more than 1.5 standard deviation above the mean.
Solution : We are looking for the area from z 1.5 to z .
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
R(1.5)
0.066807
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE LINEAR REGRESSION
PROBLEMS
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE LINEAR REGRESSION
PROBLEMS
ENTER : DISPLAY :
x y
1 20 12
2 18 10
3 16 11
4 14 6
5 10 7
6 8 8
7 6 4
8 4 6
DISPLAY : 9 2 5
A 10 0 2
3.1359045
DISPLAY :
B
0.40449955409 BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE LINEAR REGRESSION
PROBLEMS
Therefore : The regression equations is Y A BX
Y 3.1359045 0.40449954 09X
b. To determine the correlatio n coefficien t :
DISPLAY :
r
0.8854825905
c. To predict the value of Y when X 23 :
DISPLAY :
23 y
BASICS
12.43939394
HOW TO GET THE EQUATION OF A
LINE GIVEN 2 POINTS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
Find the equation of the line that passes through
(2,5) and (-3,8).
ENTER : DISPLAY :
x y
1 2 5
2 3 8
DISPLAY : DISPLAY :
A B
31 5 3 5 BASICS
HOW TO GET THE EQUATION OF A
LINE GIVEN 2 POINTS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
Therefore : the equation of the line is : Y A BX
31 3
Y X
5 5
or : 5Y 31 3 X
3 X 5Y 31
BASICS
HOW TO GET A POINT ON THE LINE
GIVEN TWO POINTS
If a line passes through (4,1) and (3,-7) and (x, y)
is on the line, what is the value of x in (x,4) and
the value of y in (-5, y)?
DISPLAY : 35
Answer : When x 4, y
4 xˆ 8
35 8
BASICS
HOW TO GET A POINT ON THE LINE
GIVEN TWO POINTS
BASICS
PAST ME BOARD EXAM
The equation of the line that intercepts the x - axis at x 4 and
the y - axis at y - 6 is :
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
ENTER :
x y
DISPLAY :
1 4 0
A
2 0 6
-6
ENTER :
DISPLAY : Answer : Y A BX
B Y - 6 3/2X
1.5 or 3/2 wh ich can be rewritten as :
3X - 2Y - 12 0
ADVANCE
PAST CE/ECE BOARD EXAM
Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10...
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
x y
1 1 4
2 2 7
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
30 Ŷ
91
ADVANCE
PAST CE/ECE BOARD EXAM
What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14... up to the 20 th term?
ENTER :
DISPLAY : ENTER :
x y DISPLAY :
1 1 4 ENTER :
A
2 2 9 DISPLAY :
1
Ans A
1
ENTER :
DISPLAY : ENTER :
B
DISPLAY :
5
Ans B
5
ADVANCE
PAST CE/ECE BOARD EXAM
What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14... up to the 20 th term?
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
20
A BX
x 1
1030
ADVANCE
PAST CE BOARD EXAM
The 4 th term of the GP is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find the 8 th term.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
x y
1 4 216
2 6 1944
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
8Ŷ
17496
ADVANCE
MODE 4 :
SPECIFIC NUMBER
SYSTEMS
CALCULATIONS
HOW TO DO BASE NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
Convert 23410 to binary (base 2).
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
234
Dec
234
ENTER :
DISPLAY: Thus : 23410 11101010 2
234
Bin
BASICS
0000000011
101010
HOW TO DO BASE NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
Convert123410 to HEXADECIMA
L system.
ENTER :
ENTER :
DISPLAY:
1234
Hex
000004D2
Thus : 123410 000004 D 216
BASICS
HOW TO DO BASE NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
ConvertABC1216 to OCTALsystem.
ENTER :
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
ABC12
Oct
0000253602 2
Thus : ABC1216 000025360228
BASICS
HOW TO DO BASE NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
Evaluate(AB16 )(3F16 ).
ENTER :
ENTER :
DISPLAY:
AB x 3F
Hex
00002A15
BASICS
HOW TO DO BASE NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
Evaluate112 4510 AB216 778. (in base10)
Solution : Convert all values to base 10.
For 112 Result : 3
For AB216 Result : 2738
For 77 8 Result : 63
Add : 3 45 2738 63
Answer : 2849
BASICS
HOW TO DO BASE NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
Find the logical AND ( 1012 and 1102 )
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
101 and 110
Bin
0000000000 000100
BASICS
HOW TO DO BASE NUMBER
CALCULATIONS
Find the logical XOR ( 1012 and 110 2 )
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
101 xor 11
Bin
0000000000 000110
BASICS
MODE 5 :
EQUATION
SOLUTION
HOW TO SOLVE EQUATIONS
IN 2 UNKNOWNS
SOLVE 2x 7 y 4
x 2y 1
BASICS
PAST ME BOARD EXAM
In 5 years , Ana ' s age will be twice as the age of
her friend Jun. Five years ago, she was three
times as old as his friend . Find their present ages.
BASICS
PAST ME BOARD EXAM
BASICS
PAST EE BOARD EXAM
A man has 2 investments one paying 3% annual interest
and the other at 4% interest.The total income from
the investments is P1700. If the interest rates were
interchanged, the total income would be P1800.
Find the amount of each investment.
BASICS
PAST EE BOARD EXAM
BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
2000 kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be
made by mixing steel containing 14% nickel with
another containing 6% nickel. How much of each
is needed?
Solution :
Let : X amount of steel containing 14% nickel
Y amount of steel containing 6% nickel
BASICS
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Solve the quadratic equation 6 x 7 x 5 0
2
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Find the v alues of x in x 2 2 x 5 0
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Solve the quadratic equation 5 x 2 2 x 9 0
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE EQUATIONS
IN 3 UNKNOWNS
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE CUBIC
EQUATIONS
Solve the cubic equa tion x 3 2 x 2 -5 x - 6 0
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE CUBIC
EQUATIONS
Solve x - 1 0
3
BASICS
MODE 6 :
MATRIX
CALCULATIONS
HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
INVOLVING MATRICES
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
3 5 9 1 3 5
Simplify 37 1 2 7 1 Solution: Store 7 1 to MAT A
4 9 8 9 4 9
ENTER :
9 1 ENTER :
Solution: Store 7 1 to MAT B
8 9
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
INVOLVING MATRICES
PAST ECE BOARD EXAM
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
3 MAT A 2 MAT B
ENTER : DISPLAY :
Ans
27 17
35 5
28 45
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
INVOLVING MATRICES
3 2 - 1
Find the transpose of matrix A if A 3 7 8
- 1 3 2
3 2 - 1 ENTER :
Store 3 7 8 to matrix A.
- 1 3 2
ENTER :
DISPLAY : Trn (Mat A) Enter :
Ans
3 3 - 1
2 7 3
- 1 8 2
BASICS
HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
INVOLVING MATRICES
2 1 3
Find the inverse of matrix A if A 6 1 4
3 7 2
2 1 3 ENTER :
Store 6 1 4 to matrix A.
3 7 2
ENTER :
DISPLAY : MatA -1
Ans
- 0.4 0.2923 0.0153
0 - 0.076 0.1538
0.6 - 0.169 - 0.061 BASICS
HOW TO COMPUTE THE
DETERMINANT OF A 3X3 MATRIX
Find the determinant : 2 4 -5
2 1 7
8 1 2
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
det(MatA)
228 BASICS
PAST CE BOARD EXAM
In a Cartesian coordinate s, the vertices of a triangle are defined by
the following points (-2,0), (4,0) and (3,3). What is the area?
Concept : The area of any triang le with vert ices (x 1 , y1 ), (x 2 , y 2 ) and (x 3 , y 3 ) is :
x1 y1 1 2 0 1
1 1
A x2 y2 1 A det 4 0 1
2 2
x3 y3 1 3 3 1
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
-2 0 1
ENTER :
4 0 1
3 3 1 DISPLAY :
0.5det(Mat A)
ADVANCE
9
MODE 7 :
GENERATING TABLE
FROM A FUNCTION
HOW TO TABULATE VALUES OF A
FUNCTION
Tabulate values of f(x) x 3 2x 2 3 from
x 0 to x 10 every unit step.
ENTER : DISPLAY :
X F(X)
1 0 3
2 1 0
3 2 13
4 3 42
5 4 93
6 5 172
7 6 285
8 7 438
9 8 637
10 9 888
11 10 1197
BASICS
MODE 8 :
VECTOR
CALCULATIONS
HOW TO DO VECTOR CALCULATIONS
Given the 2 vectors : A 4i - j 7k and B 3i 5j 9k.
a. Find the magnitude of the resultant of vectors A and B.
b. Find the dot product of vector A and B.
c. Find the cross product of vectors A and B.
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
A
[ 4 -1 7 ]
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
B
[ 3 5 9 ]
BASICS
HOW TO DO VECTOR CALCULATIONS
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
Abs(VctA VctB)
17.9164728 7
b. ENTER :
DISPLAY :
VctA VctB
70
c. ENTER :
DISPLAY :
VctA VctB
Ans
[ - 44 - 15 23] BASICS
HOW TO DO VECTOR CALCULATIONS
PAST ME/CE BOARD EXAM
What is the magnitude of the vector A 4i 2j 7k
and give its direction cosine vector.
ENTER :
ENTER :
To get the magnitude :
ENTER :
BASICS
HOW TO DO VECTOR CALCULATIONS
PAST ME/CE BOARD EXAM
DISPLAY :
Abs (VctA)
8.30662386 3
Note : (This is stored in Ans)
To get the direction cosine :
DISPLAY :
Ans
[0.4815 0.2407 0.8427]
BASICS
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