CALCULATOR

TECHNIQUES

ENGR. REX JASON H. AGUSTIN

THE MEMORY VARIABLES

MEMORY
A
B
C
D
E (ES PLUS only)
F (ES PLUS only)
X
Y
M

CALCULATOR BUTTONS
ALPHA (-)
ALPHA O
ALPHA hyp
ALPHA sin
ALPHA cos
ALPHA tan
ALPHA )
ALPHA S D
ALPHA M+

HOW TO CLEAR MEMORY

SHIFT 9 1 =
This means you will automatically go to MODE 1

SHIFT 9 2 =
All values stored in the memory variables will be
erased

SHIFT 9 3 =
This means you will automatically go to MODE 1
and all values stored in the memory variables
will be erased.

MODE 1 :
GENERAL
CALCULATIONS

HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN

DEGREES, RADIANS AND GRADIANS
Convert 237.6150 to DMS (Degree Min Sec)

DISPLAY :
237.615O
237 036'54"

BASICS

HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN

DEGREES, RADIANS AND GRADIANS
Convert 210 47'12" to decimal degrees.

DISPLAY :
210 47 0120
21.78666667

BASICS

HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN

DEGREES, RADIANS AND GRADIANS
Convert1200 to radians.

DISPLAY :
1200
2

BASICS

HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN

DEGREES, RADIANS AND GRADIANS

Convert radians to degrees.

2

DISPLAY :

2
90
BASICS

PAST CE BOARD EXAM

What is 1200 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

BASICS

PAST ECE BOARD EXAM

Find the rectangula r coordinate of a point
whose polar coordinate is (3,1200 ).

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

Find the value of 10!

DISPLAY :
10!
3628800

BASICS

HOW TO EVALUATE
FUNCTIONS
Evaluate f ( 6 ) if f(x) 3x 4 3x 2-5x 6

DISPLAY :
3x 4 3x 2 5 x 6
3972
BASICS

HOW TO EVALUATE
FUNCTIONS
Evaluate f ( 4,3 ) if f(x , y) 4 x3 y 2 3x 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) 3x 4 2 x 3-4 x 2 x 4 , remainder f(- 2 )

DISPLAY :
3x 4 2 x 3 4 x 2 x 4

Answer : Remainder 18

18
BASICS

HOW TO EVALUATE
FUNCTIONS
Is (x 3 ) a factor of x 6 6 x5 8x 4-6 x3-9 x 2?

Conclusion :Since f(-3) 0,

then x 3 is a factor of
x 6 6 x 5 8 x 4 -6 x 3-9 x 2
BASICS

HOW TO USE THE SIGN

Find the sum.1 2 3 ... 20

DISPLAY :
20

x1

210
BASICS

HOW TO SOLVE LINEAR

EQUATIONS
SOLVE 4(3 x) 5(4 x)

BASICS

HOW TO SOLVE A
SPECIFIC VARIABLE
D
(2 X 2Y ), X 4, D 2, and A 9,
7
what is the value of Y ?
If A

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 :
A BC
X
: X(X - A)(X - B)(X - C)
2

ENTER :
DISPLAY :
X

ABC
2
13

DISPLAY :
X ( X A)( X B)( X C )
455
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
L-R

29.59750769
0
BASICS

HOW TO GET THE

DERIVATIVE AT A POINT
Find the derivative of x3 3x 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
a.
b.
c.2 x
2
( x 1)
( x 1)

2x2
d.
( x 1)

Technique : Differentiate y at any value of 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 substituted.
x2 2x
a)
Substitute x 2
2
( x 1)

ENTER :
DISPLAY :

The values of the rest of the choices when x 2

x 2 2 x are summarized as follows :

( x 1) 2
x
2
b.
c.2 xx 2 4

0.8888888889
( x 1) x 2 3

x2
4
d .

( x 1) x 2 3

x2 2x
Answer : a.
( x 1) 2

ADVANCE

HOW TO GET THE LIMIT

OF A FUNCTION
1 cos x
lim
x 0 sin x
Answer : 0

ADVANCE

HOW TO GET THE LIMIT

OF A FUNCTION
3

lim

3x 4x 2
3

7x 5

Answer : 3/7

ADVANCE

HOW TO INTEGRATE
2

Evaluate ( x 5 3x 1)dx
1

ENTER :
DISPLAY :
2

3x 1 dx

16
BASICS


1
4x

x
4x

xdx

4 x
2

3
2

3
2 4x

1
2 4x

e
ex 1dx
A.ln e 1 C

C. ln e 1 C

B.ln e x 1 C

D.ln e x 1 C

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 3i
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 300N370

ENTER :

DISPLAY :
30037 0
239.590635 180.5445069i

Answer : The x component is 239.5 N and the y component is 180.54 N.

BASICS

PAST CE/ECE BOARD EXAM

Find the value of (1 i)5 where i is an imaginary number?
Technique : Rewrite as (1 i)3 (1 i) 2

ENTER :
ENTER :
DISPLAY :
(1 i ) 3 (1 i ) 2
4 4i

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

859

DISPLAY :

840

852

888

861.2

BASICS

PAST ME BOARD EXAM

Given the following statistical data, determine
the standard deviation.
Data :112 132 144 156 164 176 183 197
ENTER
DISPLAY :
x
1
2

112
132

144

156

164

176

183

197

DISPLAY :

x
26.21545346
BASICS

PAST CE/ECE BOARD EXAM

Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10...

ENTER :
DISPLAY :
x

1 1

2 2 7

ENTER :
DISPLAY :

30 Y
91

ADVANCE

If the first term of an arithmetic

progression is 3 and its tenth term is 39:
a. Find the fourth term

b. 23 is what term of the progression

PAST CE BOARD EXAM

The 4th term of the GP is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find the 8th term.

ENTER :
DISPLAY :
x

1 4

216

2 6

1944

ENTER :
DISPLAY :

8Y
17496
ADVANCE

If the first term of a geometric

progression is 4 and its fifth term is 324:
a. Find the third term
b. 108 is what term of the progression

THANK YOU VERY

MUCH AND
GOD BLESS!!!