Section 5: The Display and Continuous Memory

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Scientific Notation Display

i (scientific) format displays a number in scientific notation. The sequence ´i n specifies the number of decimal places to be shown. Up to six decimal places can be shown since the exponent display takes three spaces. The display will be rounded to the specified number of decimal places; however, if you specify more decimal places than the six places the display can hold (that is, i7, 8, or 9), rounding will occur in the undisplayed seventh, eighth, or ninth decimal place.*

With the previous number still in the display:

Keystrokes

Display

 

´i6

1.234568

02

´i8

1.234567

02

Rounds to and shows six decimal places.Rounds to eight decimal places, but displays only six.
Engineering Notation Display

^(engineering) format displays numbers in an engineering notation format in a manner similar to i, except:

In engineering notation, the first significant digit is always present in the display. The number you key in after ´^ specifies the number of additional digits to which you want to round the display.

Engineering notation shows all exponents in multiples of three.

Keystrokes

Display

 

.012345

0.012345

 

´^

12.

-03

1

 

 

´^3

12.35

-03

10 *

123.5

-03

´•4

0.1235

 

Rounds to the first digit after the leading digit.Decimal shifts to maintain multiple of three in exponent.Usual 4 format.

*Therefore, the display shows no distinction among i. 7, 8, and 9 unless the number rounded up is a 9, which carries a 1 over into the next higher decimal place.