Keys:

Display:

Description:

{%} 4



Displays four decimal places.

45 š1.3 y )

Four decimal places displayed.

{ } 2

) 

Scientific format: two decimal

 

 

places and an exponent.

{} 2

 )

Engineering format.

{}

 )

All significant digits; trailing

 

 

zeros dropped.

{%} 4

 )

Four decimal places, no

 

 

exponent.

3

)

Reciprocal of 58.5.

(hold)   Shows full precision until you release

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Fractions

The HP 32SII allows you to type in and display fractions, and to perform math operations on them. Fractions are real numbers of the form

a b/c

where a, b, and c are integers; 0 b c; and the denominator (c) must be in the range 2 through 4095.

Entering Fractions

Fractions can be entered onto the stack at any time:

1.Key in the integer part of the number and press Œ. (The first Œ separates the integer part of the number from its fractional part.)

2.Key in the fraction numerator and press Œagain. The second Œ separates the numerator from the denominator.

3.Key in the denominator, then press š or a function key to

Getting Started 1–17

File name 32sii-Manual-E-0424

 

Printed Date : 2003/4/24

Size : 17.7 x 25.2 cm