TI 84 CAN'T SOLVE THIS SIMPLE PROBLEM

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why does my TI 84 answer .06 divided by 365 = 1.643835616E -4?? the answer is .000164383

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It's the same. When your calculator says E, that means "times ten raised to the power of".

So 1.643835616E -4 means $$ 1.643835616\cdot 10^{-4}=1.643835616\cdot0.0001 $$ which is exactly the answer you say you expected.