# Noob Math/Calculator question **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 13, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233 "2007-12-13T17:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/1 "2007-12-13T17:14:30Z")
i might feel like a big dumbass after this one… but on a basic NON scientific calculator, how would i do something like this for example: 3^4.6 (3 raised to the 4.6 power) thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/2 "2007-12-13T17:17:00Z")
You go to the store and buy a scientific one. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/3 "2007-12-13T17:18:21Z")
dickhead, we have to use the shit ones they give us tomorrow :lol: wanna fight about it ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/4 "2007-12-13T17:19:57Z")
[quote=“turbo ls1 ss,post:3,topic:40233"”] dickhead, we have to use the shit ones they give us tomorrow :lol: wanna fight about it [/quote] Sorry and YES ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/5 "2007-12-13T17:24:52Z")
Do you know what model it is? ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/6 "2007-12-13T17:26:47Z")
no. its just a piece of shit the has +,-,x,/,= and numbers. NOTHING else. i need to know how to raise to powers that aren’t whole numbers (like 2.3). we can’t use our own, which is why im asking ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/7 "2007-12-13T17:35:31Z")
START \> RUN \> type calc view \> scientific ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/8 "2007-12-13T17:38:08Z")
UGH lol I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW. THEY SUPPLY CALCULATORS. THEY ARE VERY BASIC FUNCTION CALCULATORS. I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO RAISE TO A NON WHOLE NUMBER, WITHOUT USING ^ OR Y^X SINCE THERE WILL NOT BE THAT OPTION ie. 4^5 i would have to do 4x4x4x4x4 but how do i do 4^5.6 🙂 k thnx ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/9 "2007-12-13T17:41:48Z")
156.587746 Just memorize that number. Problem solved. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/10 "2007-12-13T17:57:45Z")
[http://www.bymath.com/studyguide/alg/sec/alg17.html](http://www.bymath.com/studyguide/alg/sec/alg17.html) ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/11 "2007-12-13T18:01:13Z")
thanks for the thought, but that still doesn’t help me … ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/12 "2007-12-13T18:02:41Z")
theres a simple way to do this, i just cant remember how…im thinking about it ---
**Author:** ![IntegLS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@IntegLS94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IntegLS94)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/13 "2007-12-13T18:04:59Z")
edit damn no scientific ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/14 "2007-12-13T18:07:03Z")
[quote=“IntegLS94,post:13,topic:40233"”] there is a button that looks like yx at a glance, but when looking at it closer, its really Y^x, so in your example 4^5.6, you would type in 4, then hit the Y^x button, type in 5.6, then hit enter. edit: on my TI it is the button just below the off button, if that helps at all. [/quote] reading \> you [quote=“turbo ls1 ss,post:8,topic:40233"”] I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW. THEY SUPPLY CALCULATORS. THEY ARE VERY BASIC FUNCTION CALCULATORS. I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO RAISE TO A NON WHOLE NUMBER, WITHOUT USING ^ OR Y^X SINCE THERE WILL NOT BE THAT OPTION [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/15 "2007-12-13T18:07:19Z")
lol you guys are killin me :banghead: this calculater will have 5 buttons besides numbers: + PLUS, - MINUS, \* MULTIPLY, / DIVIDE, = EQUALS ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/16 "2007-12-13T18:07:29Z")
3\*.6_3_3_3_3 I think. ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/17 "2007-12-13T18:10:39Z")
[quote=“articzap,post:16,topic:40233"”] 3\*.6_3_3_3_3 I think. [/quote] 3^4.6 =156.58777 3\*.6_3_3_3_3 = 145.8 im about to start going through old notes from sophomore year, i know i learned this at some point but forgot and now its bothering me lol ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/18 "2007-12-13T18:10:45Z")
ballpark the figure with an asterisk footnoted that says to not cheap out on the fucking calculators next time :gotme: lol ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/19 "2007-12-13T18:13:03Z")
HOLY SHIT HE CAN ONLY USE BASIC FUNCTIONS!!! - - / x I had an A in Calc 1, 2, and 3 but all those years of using a calculator I really forgot some simple mathematics… edit: I type slow 😛 ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233/20 "2007-12-13T18:13:39Z")
mother fucking stats class. i took this at canisius and it was 1912031280x more difficult than at UB. however, they wouldnt accept the credit, so now im behind taking it over. :uhh:. but i want my A :lol: [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/noob-math-calculator-question/40233.md?page=2)