Texas Instruments TI-82 STATS Manual Book page 36

Setting Modes
Normal, Sci, Eng
Float,
0123456789
1-10 Operating the TI-82 STATS
(continued)
Notation modes only affect the way an answer is displayed on
the home screen. Numeric answers can be displayed with up to
10 digits and a two-digit exponent. You can enter a number in
any format.
notation mode is the usual way we express numbers,
Normal
with digits to the left and right of the decimal, as in
(scientific) notation mode expresses numbers in two parts.
Sci
The significant digits display with one digit to the left of the
decimal. The appropriate power of 10 displays to the right of
as in .
1.234567 4
E
(engineering) notation mode is similar to scientific
Eng
notation. However, the number can have one, two, or three
digits before the decimal; and the power-of-10 exponent is a
multiple of three, as in
Normal
Note: If you select
10 digits (or the absolute value is less than .001), the TI-82 STATS
expresses the answer in scientific notation.
(floating) decimal mode displays up to 10 digits, plus the
Float
sign and decimal.
(fixed) decimal mode specifies the number of digits
0123456789
( through ) to display to the right of the decimal. Place the
0 9
cursor on the desired number of decimal digits, and then press
Í.
The decimal setting applies to
modes.
The decimal setting applies to these numbers:
An answer displayed on the home screen
Coordinates on a graph (Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6)
The
Tangent( DRAW
values (Chapter 8)
dy/dx
Results of
CALCULATE
The regression equation stored after the execution of a
regression model (Chapter 12)
.
12.34567 3
E
notation, but the answer cannot display in
,
Normal Sci
instruction equation of the line,
operations (Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6)
.
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E
, and notation
Eng
, and
x
,