Fixed Point Display - HP -67 Owner's Handbook Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for HP-67:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

44
Display Control
5 4
1.2346
02]
Displays 1.2346 X 102,
Notice that the display
rounds if the first hidden
mantissa digit is 5 or
greater.
53 7
Displays 1.2345670 X
102,
EEd 9
1.234567000 02]
Displays 1.234567000 X
102,
CE3 4
1.2346
02]
Displays 1.2346 X 102
Fixed Point Display
When you first turn the HP-67 ON, the display you see is FIX 2—that
is, fixed point display with two decimal places shown. In fixed point
display, numbers are shown with a fixed number of displayed digits
after the decimal point. The number begins at the left side of the dis-
play and includes trailing zeros within the setting selected. You can
select fixed point display from the keyboard by using the
function.
10-digit number
e—
A
A
Sign
Decimal point
Fixed Point Display
After you have specified fixed point format, you can use the 5 key
followed by the appropriate number key (0-9) to select the number of
places to which the display is rounded. For example:
Press
Display
123.4567
o
123.4567
Display is rounded to the
four decimal places you
specified earlier.

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Table of Contents