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Calculator help - changing the mode (1 Viewer)

caramel1

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Hi,
For some reason my calculator is putting everything in scientific notation... can anyone tell me how to change the mode back to normal???
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If it doesn't have a reset button on the exterior, it may have a reset key. Look for the word "reset" in your calculator's set of buttons, it's usually activated by first pressing the "second function" button.
 

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If it's a scientific calculator, press mode a few times until you see "Fix, Sci and Norm" in the display. Press whatever you need to press for Norm. If you get asked for 1 or 2, choose 2. This will give decimal answers all the time. 1 will put any numbers less than 0.001 into scientific notation.

If it's a graphic calculator, go to normal run mode, then press [Shift][Menu] (this is the "set-up"), then scroll down until you find "Display" and change it to Norm 2.

Hope this helps.
 

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