User Guide

Chapter 1: Operating the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition 25

Continuing an Expression

You can use

Ans as the first entry in the next expression without entering the value again or

pressing y Z. On a blank line on the home screen, enter the function. The TI-84 Plus pastes

the variable name

Ans to the screen, then the function.

Storing Answers

To store an answer, store

Ans to a variable before you evaluate another expression.

Calculate the area of a circle of radius 5 meters. Next, calculate the volume of a cylinder of radius

5 meters and height 3.3 meters, and then store the result in the variable V.

TI-84 Plus Menus

Using a TI-84 Plus Menu

You can access most TI-84 Plus operations using menus. When you press a key or key

combination to display a menu, one or more menu names appear on the top line of the screen.

• The menu name on the left side of the top line is highlighted. Up to seven items in that menu

are displayed, beginning with item 1, which also is highlighted.

• A number or letter identifies each menu item’s place in the menu. The order is 1 through 9,

then 0, then A, B, C, and so on. The

LIST NAMES, PRGM EXEC, and PRGM EDIT menus only

label items 1 through 9 and 0.

• When the menu continues beyond the displayed items, a down arrow ($) replaces the colon

next to the last displayed item.

• When a menu item ends in an ellipsis (

...), the item displays a secondary menu or editor when

you select it.

• When an asterisk (ä) appears to the left of a menu item, that item is stored in user data archive

(Chapter 18).

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