Examples

 

CEILING(3.2) returns 4

 

CEILING(-3.2) returns -3

DEG→RAD

Degrees to radians. Converts value from Degrees angle

 

format to Radians angle format.

 

DEG→RAD(value)

 

Example

 

DEG→RAD(180) returns 3.14159265359, the

 

value of π.

FLOOR

Greatest integer less than or equal to value.

 

FLOOR(value)

 

Example

 

FLOOR(-3.2) returns -4

FNROOT

Function root-finder (like the Solve aplet). Finds the value

 

for the given variable at which expression most nearly

 

evaluates to zero. Uses guess as initial estimate.

 

FNROOT(expression, variable, guess)

 

Example

 

FNROOT(M*9.8/600-1,M,1) returns

 

61.2244897959.

FRAC

Fractional part.

 

FRAC(value)

 

Example

 

FRAC (23.2) returns .2

HMS→

Hours-minutes-seconds to decimal. Converts a number or

 

expression in H.MMSSs format (time or angle that can

 

include fractions of a second) to x.x format (number of

 

hours or degrees with a decimal fraction).

 

HMS→(H.MMSSs)

 

Example

 

HMS→(8.30) returns 8.5

→HMS

Decimal to hours-minutes-seconds. Converts a number or

 

expression in x.x format (number of hours or degrees

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Using mathematical functions