Scientific Notation Display - HP -10C Owner's Handbook Manual

50 Section 4: Display Control
Fixed decimal display is selected or modified by pressing ´• followed
by the appropriate number key to specify the number of decimal places (0 to 9)
you want the display rounded to.
Keystrokes
123.4567895v
´•6
´•0
´•4

Scientific Notation Display

i (scientific) displays numbers in scientific notation mode. To select or
modify a i mode, press ´i followed by the number key (0 through
6) that specifies the number of decimal places you want the display rounded to.
Keystrokes
123.4567895v
´i2
´i4
´i6
Display
123.4568
123.456790
123.
123.4568
Display
123.4568
1.23 02
1.2346 02
1.234568 02
Display is rounded to
four decimal places.
However, internally the
number is maintained in
its original value to 10
digits.
The display is rounded
upward if the first
undisplayed digit is 5 or
greater.
Usual •4 display.
Display is rounded to
four decimal places.
2
1.23 ×10 ; display
rounded down.
2
1.2346 ×10 ; display
rounded up.
2
1.234568 ×10 ; display
rounded up.