HP 35s User Manual page 32

Keys:






Keying in Powers of Ten

The key is used to enter powers of ten quickly. For example, instead of entering
one million as 1000000 you can simply enter
illustrates the process as well as how the calculator displays the result.
Example:
Suppose you want to enter Planck's constant: 6.6261 10
Keys:



z
For a power of ten without a multiplier, as in the example of one million above,

press the
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Display:
_

 

Display:

_

_


key followed by the desired exponent of ten.
Description:
Shows number being entered.
Rounds number to fit the display
format.
Automatically uses scientific notation
because otherwise no significant digits
would appear.

. The following example
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Description
Enter the mantissa
Equivalent to 10
Enter the exponent
x