HP 50g manual Scientific format

Models: 50g

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Press the right arrow key, ™, to highlight the zero in front of the option Fix. Press the @CHOOS soft menu key and, using the up and down arrow keys, —˜, select, say, 3 decimals.

Press the !!@@OK#@ soft menu key to complete the selection:

Press the !!@@OK#@ soft menu key return to the calculator display. The number now is shown as:

Notice how the number is rounded, not truncated. Thus, the number 123.4567890123456, for this setting, is displayed as 123.457, and not as 123.456 because the digit after 6 is > 5.

Scientific format

To set this format, start by pressing the H button. Next, use the down arrow key, ˜, to select the option Number format. Press the @CHOOS soft menu key, and select the option Scientific with the arrow down key ˜.

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HP 50g manual Scientific format