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12
BIG AND LITTLE NUMBERS
Suppose
you
square
987654
by
p ressing
9 87654
ImDiD f3
.
The result you set! is
9.75460
4
237
11
This is the way the Hp·35 displays numbers Ibove ten
billion. The number is read
as
9.75460<1237 x
10
1
I.
This way of writing numbers is known as "scien
t
ific
notation". Don't let it scare you: the 11 means "
move
the
dedmal po
int
11 pl
aces
to the
right
" like th is:
975,460,423,700.
t ....................
.1
Now
press
lEI
.
You
wi II
see
1
.025
1
569
1
6
-
12
The -12 tel ls you to mo ve
th
e
d
ec
imal point 12
place
s
to
the
left
.
.00000000
0 00\0251569
16
1.. .............••....
Numbers larger than 10
10
or s!TI(Ilie
r
than
10-
2
are auto-
matically dIsplayed in scienti fic notation.
You can enter numbers in $Cientific notation
by
us ing
the
B
!ENTER
EX
PONENT) key. Toenter 15.6
t
ril-
lion 05.6
x
lOt 2)
:
Press
s..
rn
1-
@
"
.
8
"
.
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