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BIG AND LITTLE NUMBERS
Suppose you square 987654 by pressing 98 7654
ImDiD f3 . The result you set! is
9.75460 4 237 11
This is the way the Hp·35 displays numbers Ibove ten
billion.
The number is read as
9.75460<1237 x 10
1
I.
This way of writing numbers is known as "scien tific
notation". Don't let it scare you: the 11 means "move the
dedmal po int 11 pl aces to the right" like this:
975,460,423,700.
t .................... .1
Now press lEI . You wi II see
1
.025 1 569 1 6 - 12
The -12 tel ls y ou to mo ve the decimal p oint 12 places to
the left.
.
000 0000 00 00\025156 9 16
1.. .............••....
Numbers larger than 10
10
or s!TI(Ilie r than 10 -
2
are auto-
matically dIsplayed in scientific notation.
You can enter numbers in $Cientific notation by using
the B !E NTER EXPONENT) key. Toenter 15.6 tril-
lion
05.6 x lOt 2) :
Press s..
rn
1-
@
" .
8
" .