If a term is encountered during the calculation cannot be displayed as a root (') form or a fraction, the calculation result is displayed in decimal form.

Example: log3 + '2 = 1.891334817

Basic Calculations

(COMP)

This section explains how to perform arithmetic, fraction, percent, and sexagesimal calculations.

All calculations in this section are performed in the COMP Mode (N1).

k Arithmetic Calculations

Use the +, -, *, and /keys to perform arithmetic calculations. Example: 7 8 – 4 5 = 36

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7*8-4*5=

The calculator automatically judges the calculation priority sequence. For more information, see “Calculation Priority Sequence”.

Number of Decimal Places and Number of Significant Digits

You can specify a fixed number of decimal places and significant digits for the calculation result.

Example: 1 6 =

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Initial default setting (Norm1)

FIX

3 decimal places (Fix3)

SCI

3 significant digits (Sci3)

• For more information, see “Specifying the Number of Display Digits”.

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