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Set up information
Setting the calculator to degrees or radians
When you are in the comp mode press SHIFT MODE (SET UP) and the following
screen will be displayed.
Press
3
for degrees or
4
for radians.
Setting decimal places and scientific notation
To fix the number of decimal places
When you are in the comp mode press SHIFT MODE (SET UP) and the above
screen will be displayed. Press
6
.
The screen then asks for the number of decimal places required. Press the number
you want and the calculator will continue to display all numbers in this form until you
instruct it to do otherwise. Refer to information on page 6 about toggling between
fractions and decimals for answers in different forms.
Answers expressed in scientific notation
When you are in the comp mode press SHIFT MODE (SET UP) and the above
screen will be displayed. Press
7
.
The screen then asks for the number of significant figures required. Press the
number you want and the calculator will continue to display all numbers in this form
until you instruct it to do otherwise.
Setting the calculator back to ‘normal‛
When you are in the comp mode press SHIFT MODE (SET UP) and the above
screen will be displayed. Press
8
.
The screen then asks whether you would like Norm 1 or Norm 2.
The difference between Norm 1 and Norm 2 is the value when the calculator swaps
from a display as a decimal to a decimal in scientific notation.
In norm 1, the answer to
1P200
is displayed as 5 × 10
-3
.
In norm 2, the answer to
1P200
is displayed as 0.005.
Norm 2 doesn‛t use scientific notation until the display is of the order of 5 × 10
-9
.
