Displaying all 10 digits of the number inside the calculator shows fBhas changed the number to match its displayed version.
Section 7: Mathematics and Number-Alteration Functions 101

Integer. Pressing replaces the number in the display by its integer portion — that is, it replaces each digit to the right of the decimal point by 0. The number is changed inside the calculator as well as in the display. In RPN mode, the original number can be recalled to the display by pressing gF.

Fractional. Pressing gT replaces the number in the display by its fractional portion — that is, it replaces all digits to the left of the decimal point by 0. Like , gTchanges the number inside the calculator as well as its displayed version. In RPN mode, the original number can be recalled to the display by pressing gF.

All of the above functions are used basically in the same way. For example, to find the reciprocal of 0.258:

Keystrokes

Display

 

.258

0.258

Keys the number into the display.

y

3.88

The reciprocal of 0.258, the

 

 

original number.

Any of the above functions can be done with a number in the display resulting from a previous calculation, as well as with a number you have just keyed in. The examples below indicate how gF can recall the original number for further use in RPN mode.

Keystrokes (RPN mode)

fCLEARX

Display

3875968992 Displays all 10 digits of the number inside the calculator.

 

3.88

Display returns to normal format

 

 

when Xkey is released.

fB

3.88

The number now in the display

 

 

appears the same as before, but …

fCLEARX

gF

gT

3880000000

3.88Display returns to normal format.

3.00The integer portion of the number previously displayed.

3.88Recalls the original number to the display in RPN mode only.

0.88The fractional portion of the number previously displayed.

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