On my version, which was bought in Canada in 2015, you can change between 0,2,4 and a floating number of decimals. It's pretty bizarre and I had to trial and error to figure it out based on a couple of the existing answers.
First, hold down AC and press M+, the display should then show one of the following:
0
0
0.00
0.0000
(Yes there are two different modes that show the same single 0 on the display which is super unhelpful. Unfortunately the two different modes that will show zero are the floating point (which is the one that gives you as many decimals as can fit on the screen) and the 0 decimal place rounding off mode which gives you only the answer rounded to the nearest whole number. In my calculator the modes cycle through in this order: F,0,2,4.)
To switch between the modes you hold down CE and then press M+ at the same time. That will change from one mode to the next but it will not show you which mode on the screen unless you let go press AC and M+ at the same time again. I think you can press M+ repeatedly to while holding down CE to step through the modes, but the screen doesn't show you anything so I found I had to do it step by step as follows:
1. While holding down CE press M+ and then let go
2. While holding down AC press M+ and then let go
3. Assuming you are trying to get to F mode, if the display shows either 0.00 or 0.0000 after step 2 then repeat steps 1-2 until the display shows 0 after step 3. (if after going through steps 1-3 at least twice, your screen never shows 0.00 or 0.0000 then these steps may not apply to your calculator)
4. If your screen shows 0 after step 3 (and assuming you were starting from the mode that was rounding off all decimals), then at that point you SHOULD be in F mode. To test, try a calculation like 3.555x3.555. you should get an answer with 6 decimal places. If you don't, then you are still on the wrong decimal mode (you may have skipped past F mode accidentally and ended up back where you started or this may be the wrong set of steps for your specific calculator.)
This specific set of steps worked for me.
SOURCE: decimals
This is an easy one and happens often. Simply depress the orange "f" key and then select how many decimal points you want on the numeric keys. For example, for two decimal places you would push "f" 2. I usually keep mine on 3, but you can take it from here.
SOURCE: Sharp ELSIMATE EL-240SA - how do you stop this
From the manual:
SETTING THE NUMBER OF DECIMAL DIGITS
Numbers of decimal digits of calculation results can be specified by pressing [C-CE] twice, then press [C-CE]and [M+] simultaneously.
The decimal digit assignment will appear as “F” (for “floating point”), “2” or “0” on the LCD. (The default is “F”.)
Press and hold [C-CE] and [M+] until the symbol changes.
SOURCE: change decimal placement on calculator
pressing the tab button displays the number of decimal places 0, 2, 3, 4, A, F on the bottom of the screen.
SOURCE: how to fix decimal on
Same just happened to me. Remove the 2 little screws and then carefully prize open the calculator. Remove battery and leave out for some time. It will then reset to default and your calculator will work as before.
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