Periods and Commas in Numbers................................

1–18

Number of Decimal Places .........................................

1–19

SHOWing Full 12–Digit Precision................................

1–20

Fractions........................................................................

1–21

Entering Fractions......................................................

1–21

Displaying Fractions ..................................................

1–23

Messages ......................................................................

1–23

Calculator Memory .........................................................

1–24

Checking Available Memory ......................................

1–24

Clearing All of Memory .............................................

1–24

2. RPN: The Automatic Memory Stack

What the Stack Is .............................................................

2–1

The X and Y–Registers are in the Display ........................

2–2

Clearing the X–Register................................................

2–2

Reviewing the Stack.....................................................

2–3

Exchanging the X– and Y–Registers in the Stack ..............

2–4

Arithmetic – How the Stack Does It ......................................

2–4

How ENTER Works .....................................................

2–5

How CLEAR x Works ...................................................

2–6

The LAST X Register ...........................................................

2–7

Correcting Mistakes with LAST X....................................

2–8

Reusing Numbers with LAST X.......................................

2–9

Chain Calculations in RPN mode ......................................

2–11

Work from the Parentheses Out ...................................

2–11

Exercises..................................................................

2–13

Order of Calculation .................................................

2–13

More Exercises .........................................................

2–14

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