CFALA
Review:
Tips
for
using
the
TI
calculator
2/9/2015
By
David
Cary
2
CFA Society Los Angeles
3
TI BA II Plus
Professional
(
there is a newer
version that looks
different)
TI BA II
Plus
CFA Exam acceptable calculators
Have a fresh battery,
Consider taking a spare
CFA Society Los Angeles
4
BASIC SETUP
• To set the number of decimal places:
4
Keys
Display
Comments
[2
nd
][FORMAT]
DEC = 2.00
Current setting
4 [ENTER]
DEC= 4.0000
New setting
6 [ENTER]
DEC= 6.000000
New setting, etc.
CE/C
6.000000
Ready to go
To clear memories
Deletes last digit entered
[CE/C]
Sets display value to 0
[2
nd
] [CLR TVM]
(above FV key)
Sets N, I, PV, PMT, FV to 0.0
[2
nd
] [DATA] [2
nd
] [CLR WORK]
Clears Statistical memories
[CF] [2
nd
] [CLR WORK]
Clears Cash Flow memories
I usually set
for 4 places
then change
if necessary.