Specifying displayed decimal places, Keys, Display – HP 10B User Manual

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Specifying Displayed Decimal Places

To specify the number of displayed decimal places;

1. Press

2.

Enter the number of digits (0 through 9) that you wish to appear

after the decimal point.

Keys:

та

45.6

0.1256

0

■в) 9

■fPiSPl

2

Display:

0.00

0.000

5.727

5.727360000

5.73

Description:

Clears display.

Displays three decimal

places.

Displays nine decimal

places.

Restores two decimal

places and rounds

number in display.

When a number is too large or too small to be displayed in DISP format,

it automatically displays in .scientific notation.

Scientific Notation

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Scientific notation is used to represent numbers that are loo

large or too small to fit in the display. For example, if you

enter the number 10,000,000 0 10,000,000 0, the result

is 1.00E14, which means “one times ten to the fourteenth

power” or “1.00 with the decimal point moved fourteen

places to the right.” You can enter this number by pressing

14. The E stands for “exponent of ten.”

Exponents can also be negative for very small numbers. The number

0.000000000004 is displayed as 4.00E-12, which means “four times ten to

the

negative

twelfth power” or “4.0 with the decimal point moved 12

places to the left.” You can enter this number by pressing 4

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