Desmos Scientific Calculator

Desmos Scientific Calculator

Review of the buttons and functions of this resource.

These buttons should be familiar to you. They are the basic functions of a calculator and the digits.

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​Basic Buttons

What you input will appear here.

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These buttons allow you to edit what has been entered.

The percent symbol will allow you to enter a "percent of" statement, such as "25% of 100"

The a over b symbol will allow you to enter a fraction

The left and right arrows will allow you to move back and forth through what is entered

The blue arrow will enter what has been input and allow another problem to be entered; the previous problem entered will still appear

Main includes (from upper left to bottom right):

• squared

• any other exponent

• absolute value

• square root

• any other root

• pi

• sin, cos, tan (you will not need)

• left parenthesis

• right parenthesis

• comma

​There are three sets of buttons here

Provides a full keyboard for entering variables, as well as symbols such as parentheses or brackets. The exclamation point is a factorial operator, the apostrophe is to represent prime, and pi is also available

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abc tab

Most of these functions will not be of use to you at the 7th Grade level. The exponent, square root, any root, and pi will be available again here. "mean" will allow you to enter a series of numbers and will compute the mean.

function tab

Open Ended

What questions do you have about the Desmos Scientific calculator? We will answer these immediately.

Poll

How comfortable do you feel using the Desmos Scientific calculator for GMAS testing?

• I am not confident at all.

• I understand the basics

• I understand the basics and some of the other functions.

• I am very confident in how to use the calculator.

Open the Desmos Scientific Calculator in preparation to use during the quiz.



https://www.desmos.com/testing/georgia/scientific