1-16 Getting Started
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
. The following example
illustrates the process as well as how the calculator displays the result.
Example:
Suppose you want to enter Planck’s constant: 6.6261×10
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For a power of ten without a multiplier, as in the example of one million above,
press the
key followed by the desired exponent of ten.
Keys: Display: Description:
_
Shows number being entered.
Rounds number to fit the display
format.
Automatically uses scientific notation
because otherwise no significant digits
would appear.
Keys: Display: Description
_
Enter the mantissa
_
Equivalent to×10
x
z
Enter the exponent
