number, press

Other Exponent Functions

To calculate an exponent of ten (the base 10 antilogarithm), use . To calculate the result of any number raised to a power (exponentiation), use (see chapter 4).

Understanding Entry Cursor

As you key in a number, the cursor (_) appears and blinks in the display. The cursor shows you where the next digit will go; it therefore indicates that the number is not complete.

Keys:

Display:

Description:



_

Entry not terminated: the number is not

 

 

complete.

If you execute a function to calculate a result, the cursor disappears because the number is complete —entry has been terminated.

￿



Entry is terminated.

 

Pressing terminates entry. To separate two numbers, key in the first

to terminate entry, and then key in the second number

￿



A completed number.

 

￿



Another completed number.

 

If entry is not terminated (if the cursor is present), backspaces to erase the last digit. If entry is terminated (no cursor), acts like and clears the entire number. Try it!

Range of Numbers and OVERFLOW

The smallest number available on the calculator is –9.99999999999 10499,while the largest number is 9.99999999999 10499.

If a calculation produces a result that exceeds the largest possible number, – 9.99999999999 10499 or 9.99999999999 10499 is returned, and the warning message  appears.