Selecting a number base -7-3, Selecting a number base – Casio CLASSPAD 330 3.04 User Manual

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Selecting a Number Base

Specifying a default number base in the Main application will apply to the current line
(expression/result pair), and to all subsequent lines until you change the default number base
setting. Use the number toolbar’s base buttons to specify the number base.

S To select the number base for the line where the cursor is located

(1) Tap the down arrow button next to the

;

button.

• This displays a palette of number base buttons.

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Specifying a Number Base

(2) Tap the button that corresponds to the number base you want to use.

• To select binary, for example, tap

.

• The currently selected number base is indicated in the status bar.

Normal

Binary

Octal

Decimal

Hexadecimal

(3) Execute the calculation.

• When you press



to execute the calculation, the number base you selected in

step 2 is also applied automatically to the next line. You can continue using the same
number base in the next line or change to another number base.

Important!

• A line for which a number base is not specified is called a “normal calculation line.” To

return a line to a normal calculation line, tap ; in step 2 of the above procedure.

• Calculation results produced by a line for which a number base is specified are followed by

one of the suffixes listed below, to indicate its number system.

Number System

Suffix

Binary

b

Octal

o

Decimal

d

Hexadecimal

h

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