Elementary Statistics
 |Sofia Home | Content Gallery |
Home
Syllabus
Schedule
Lessons
Assignments
Exams
Calculator

Generating Random Numbers with the TI Calculators

The following functions will generate random numbers from the list of numbers 1 - 60.

TI-83

  1. Press MATH. Arrow over to PRB.
  2. Press 5:randInt(. Enter 1, 60).
  3. Press Enter and you will see the first random number.
  4. Keep pressing Enter to get random numbers between 1 and 60, inclusive.

TI-86

  1. Press 2nd MATH.
  2. Press PROB (in F2).
  3. Press randint (in F5). (Enter 1, 60.)
  4. Press Enter and you will see the first random number.
  5. Keep pressing Enter to get random numbers between 1 and 60, inclusive.

TI-89

  1. Press 2nd MATH.
  2. Press 7:Probability.
  3. Press 4:rand(. Enter 60) and press Enter.
  4. You will see the first random number.
  5. Keep pressing Enter to get random numbers between 1 and 60, inclusive.

 

Back to Top

 

Content Developed by Susan Dean and Barbara Illowsky, Licensed under a Creative Commons License
Published by the Sofia Open Content Initiative
© 2004 Foothill-De Anza Community College District &The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation