QUESTION MARK /SLASH KEY
DIVISION
You have already seen how the question mark
is used to instruct the computer to print some
thing. When you want to perform a division
procedure, use the / [SLASHJ, located on the
bottom haif of the QUESTION MARK/SLASH
key. The slash on your computer works the
same as the + symbol on a calculator: it is a
division mark, as used in fractions.
Type the following command:
?9/3
Your division problem appears on the screen.
SCREEN 1
Now press RETURN for the answer. Your
answer appears directly below the
equation: 3.
SCREEN 2
Now try another problem, using one of the
other calculation keys, in the next exercise.
Do not clear the screen and do not turn off
the computer before going on to the next
exercise.
READV.
SCREEN 1
Use the slash [/) as a division sign, as shown
In this equation.
IPR INT
-t
7
!REftDV .
Pg2
READY.
4536
REftDV.
u
....
w
~
SCREEN 2
The computer performs the division
operation and displays the answer.
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