TI Calculators

Choose your calculator:

TI-81

  1. Make sure all the graphed functions are cleared or unselected.
  2. Press STAT (the 2nd of the MATRX button), select the DATA menu, and select the EDIT menu item.
  3. Enter the data points.
  4. Press RANGE and enter appropriate ranges for the graph window so that the data will fill the screen.
  5. Press STAT, select the DRAW menu, and select the xyLine menu item. Press ENTER.

TI-82

  1. Make sure all the graphed functions are cleared or unselected.
  2. Press STAT, select the EDIT menu, and select the Edit... menu item.
  3. Enter x-axis data into L1, and y-axis data into L2.
  4. Press STAT PLOT (the 2nd of the y= button), and select Plot 1.
  5. Turn on Plot 1, select the xyLine plot type (the second icon), set Xlist=L1, and set Ylist=L2.
  6. Press WINDOW and enter appropriate ranges for the graph window so that the data will fill the screen.
  7. Press GRAPH.

TI-83

  1. Make sure all the graphed functions are cleared or unselected.
  2. Press STAT, select the EDIT menu, and select the Edit... menu item.
  3. Enter x-axis data into L1, and y-axis data into L2.
  4. Press STAT PLOT (the 2nd of the y= button) and select Plot 1.
  5. Turn on Plot 1, select the xyLine plot type (in the middle of the top row graph icons), set Xlist=L1, and set Ylist=L2.
  6. Press WINDOW and enter appropriate ranges for the graph window so that the data will fill up the screen.
  7. Press GRAPH.

TI-85

  1. Make sure all the graphed functions are cleared or unselected.
  2. Press STAT and select EDIT.
  3. Enter appropriate names for the xlist and ylist.
  4. Enter the data points.
  5. Press GRAPH, select RANGE, and enter appropriate ranges for the graph window so that the data will fill the screen.
  6. Press STAT, select DRAW, and select xyLINE.

TI-86

  1. Make sure all the graphed functions are cleared or unselected.
  2. Press STAT (the 2nd of the + key) and select EDIT.
  3. Enter the data into xStat and yStat.
  4. Press STAT, select PLOT, and select plot1.
  5. Turn on plot 1, set type=xyLINE, set XList=xStat, and set YList=yStat.
  6. Press Graph, select WIND, and enter appropriate ranges for the graph window so that the data will fill the screen.
  7. Select GRAPH.

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