Calculated Industries 8020 - Manual (Page 18)

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USING EXPONENTIAL NOTATION
Your calculator is defaulted to have expo-
nential notation set to “on.” Therefore, any
integer value exceeding seven digits will
display in exponential format. When expo-
nential notation is deactivated, the calcula-
tor adjusts dimensioned values to a higher
unit when the display limit is exceeded
(known as Auto-Ranging). i.e., “10,000,000
mm” exceeds the seven-digit display, so
“10,000 m” is displayed. This auto-ranging
also applies to other dimensional units,
such as inches to feet, feet to yards, etc.
To enter an exponential value, enter the
main value, press
s / , then enter the
exponential power.
Entering Exponents
Enter 2.34 x 10 -8 into the calculator.
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY
2 • 3 4 2.34
s / 2.34
s – 8 2.34–8
= 2.34000–08