Sentry Industries CA756 - Manual (Page 26)

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Specifying the number of decimal places, the
number of significant digits and the exponent
display
• To specify the number of decimal places, press
followed by , a value indicating the number of
places (0-9) and then .
• To specify the number of significant digits, press
followed by , a value indicating the number of
significant digits (0-9 to set from 1 to 10 digits) and then
.
• Pressing the key or followed by will cause
the exponent display for the number being displayed to
change in multiples of 3.
• The specified number of decimal places or number of
significant digits will not be cancelled until another value
or is specified using the sequence: , ,
.(Specified values are not cancelled even if power is
switched off or another mode (besides ) is
specified.)
• Even if the number of decimal places and number of
significant digits are specified, internal calculations are
performed in 12 digits for a mantissa, and the displayed
value is stored in 10 digits. To convert these values to the
specified number of decimal places and significant digits,
press followed by and then .
* You cannot specify the display format (Fix, Sci) while the
calculator is in the BASE-N mode. Such specifications
can only be made if you first exit the BASE-N mode.