Selecting The Notation Mode - LEXIBOOK SC460 Owner's Manual

Selecting the notation mode

[MODE] [MODE]
[MODE] [MODE] 2
[MODE] [MODE]
[MODE] [MODE] 3
[ENG]
Or
[SHIFT] [ ]
Arrow above the
[ENG] key
[EXP]
Your calculator offers you the possibility of expressing the value found in the
previous interval in normal notation, in scientific notation or engineering notation.
• Enter the Fix Mode to switch to the fixed decimal point notation mode (fixed
number of decimal places). The symbol FIX is displayed on the screen.
• Enter the Sci Mode to switch to the scientific notation mode. The symbol
SCI is displayed on the screen.
• Press the [ENG] key to switch to the engineering notation mode.
E.g.:
283100 [=]
result in floating point notation (reminder : the comma is denotes the thousands)
[MODE] [MODE] [MODE] [MODE] 1 4 -> 283,100.0000 FIX mode,
result with 4 decimal places.
[MODE] [MODE] [MODE] [MODE] 2 3 -> 2.83
result in scientific notation with 3 significant numbers.
[ENG]
result in engineering notation with floating point.
[MODE] [MODE] [MODE] [MODE] 3 1 -> 283,100.
To enter a value directly in scientific notation, use the key
2 [.] 831 [EXP] 5 [=]
[MODE] [MODE] [MODE] [MODE] 1 4 -> 2.831E5
[MODE] [MODE] [MODE] [MODE] 2 9 -> 2.831E5
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Changes to scientifc notation.
Changes to floating point notation.
Changes to engineering notation:
• Each time [ENG] is pressed the exponent
decreases by 3.
• Each time [SHIFT] [
increases by 3.
Input of a value in scientific notation.
-> 283,100.
-> 283.
-> 2.831E5
] is pressed the exponent
05
SCI mode,
0 ENG mode,
normal mode
| 283,100.
direct entry
| 283,100.0000
FIX mode
| 2.83100000
SCI mode
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