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Trouble shooting
The calculator is using a comma in place of a decimal point
Solution: In ‘display‛, ‘comma‛ has been selected instead of ‘dot‛. In the calculations
menu press SHIFT MODE (SET UP) then arrow down by pressing the bottom of the
round replay button.
Press
4
(for display).
Then press
1
for dot.
Answers to fractions calculations are improper fractions
There are several ways to deal with this issue. You can set the calculator to always
display answers as a mixed numeral (see instructions below), or you can make use of
N
, the second function of the
n
button to toggle between mixed numerals and
improper fractions and decimals.
If you want to set the calculator to answer as a mixed numeral
Solution: In the calculations menu press SHIFT MODE (SET UP) then arrow down
by pressing the bottom of the round replay button.
Press
1
for mixed numeral or
2
if you want to change to improper fractions.
The calculator is set to Maths mode but the fractions show the old way
You are working in the statistics menu rather than in calculations. Press MODE
1
.
The calculator gives the wrong answer for calculations involving
trigonometry
.
Most likely the calculator is set to radians and the input is intended to be degrees.
See the instructions on page 5 for changing from radians to degrees.