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Using a Calculator Level 3

Questions to test your ability to use a basic calculator, scientific calculator and a graphic display calculator.
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This is level 3; Using a graphic display calculator. The questions provide practice using a calculator to obtain results accurately. You can earn a trophy if you get at least 9 questions correct.

1. Find the cube root of 45882.712 Correct Wrong
2. Use your calculator's equation solving function to find the largest root of the equation 4x² + 16x + 8 = 0 giving your answer to two decimal places. Correct Wrong
3. Enter the following matrix into your calculator:
232
444
430
Use the calculator function to find the determinant of the matrix.		 Correct Wrong
4. Draw the graphs of y = x² and y = 2x on your calculator. Find, to three significant figures, the x-coordinate of the leftmost point of intersection.
Two Graphs		 Correct Wrong
5. Find the y-coordinate of the local maximum of the function f(x) = x3 - 6x2 + 1x + 2 giving your answer to two decimal places. Correct Wrong
6. Enter the following data into your calculator then use the built in function to find the (population) standard deviation giving your answer to two decimal places. 1, 5, 6, 8, 13, 16, 18, 21, 26. Correct Wrong
7. Enter the following two lists into your calculator then use the built in function to find the (population) standard deviation giving your answer to two decimal places.
ScoreFrequency
14
44
68
74
123
163
204
246
259
 Correct Wrong
8. Use the calculator app for solving simultaneous equations to find the value of x from the following:
2.5x + 4.8y = 35.67
6.9x + 5.2y = 75.11
 Correct Wrong
9. Use the calculator app to find the value of x from the following simultaneous equations:
8x + 6y + 5z = 150.8
7x + 7y + 5z = 151.1
5x + 4y + 8z = 125.7
 Correct Wrong
10. In a clinical trial volunteers are testing a new medicine. Here are the results
ImprovedNo ImprovementTotal
Given medicine79100179
Not given medicine6585150
Total144185329

Find chi-squared(χ²) to three decimal places.		 Correct Wrong
11. A lawyer invests her savings of $43000 in an account that pays 3% p.a. compounded monthly. How much interest will she earn in 4 months? $ Correct Wrong
12. Find the gradient of the least squares regression line fitting the following data points:
(36, 20), (44, 23), (60, 42), (49, 14), (24, 24), (26, 63), (17, 43), (66, 72), (22, 14), (76, 22), (49, 47), (48, 40).
Give your answer to two decimal places.		 Correct Wrong
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Description of Levels

BIDMAS - Learn about the order of operations.

Calculator Workout - Examples of all the major calculator operations.

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Level 1 - Basic calculator quiz.

Level 2 - Scientific calculator quiz.

Level 3 - Graphic display calculator quiz.

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Examples

Click on a link below to see an example and an animated key-press diagram of a calculator.

Skill 1: Basic Operations e.g. Calculate the value of \(9+4−7\)

Skill 2: Using Brackets e.g. Calculate the value of \(5(9-4)\)

Skill 3: Percentage of a quantity e.g. What is \(24% of 1800\)?

Skill 4: One quantity as a percentage of another e.g. What is \(45\) as a percentage of \(150\)?

Skill 5: Squares and square roots e.g. Calculate the value of \(\sqrt{5^2 + 12^2}\)

Skill 6: Indices e.g. \((3^3 + 2^4)^2\)

Skill 7: Cube roots e.g. Find the value of \( \sqrt[3]{27} \)

Skill 8: Standard Form e.g. Express \(236731\) in standard form correct to 3 significant figures.

Skill 9: Areas of circles e.g. [Give all answers correct to three significant figures]. e.g. Find the area of a circle with a radius of 9cm.

Skill 10: Fraction calculations e.g. Find the value of \( 3\frac13 + 2\frac25 \)

Skill 11: Trigonometry e.g. Evaluate \(21 \sin34°\) to three significant figures 1.

Skill 12: Degrees (or Hours), Minutes and Seconds e.g. Convert the angle 16°35'40" to its decimal equivalent.

Skill 13: Using Variables e.g. If \(A = 1.62\), \(B = 9.87\) and \(C = 5.62\)
evaluate \(AB+BC−AC\).

Skill 14: Combinations e.g. How many different groups of 3 can be selected from 8?

Skill 15: Permutations e.g. In how many different ways could 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes can be awarded to 3 of 8 competitors?

Please remember to type in the zero before the decimal point for answers such as 0.4 because only typing in .4 will be marked incorrect.

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