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It is the most basic of hand held calculators, and there is no adjustment for the number of decimal places. You need a desktop printing calculator for that.
Locate the slide switch with the following under it:
"+ 3 2 1 0 F"
Slide the tab so that the number of places to the right of the decimal point you want shown / printed is above the number - in your case it would be "2". You may also use the "+" setting, which is "add mode" for adding and subtracting 2 digit decimals - and is convenient for currency calculations. These two settings and "F" (floating) are detailed on Page 1 and 2 of the manual - that I have linked below for you:
It's actually giving you the correct answer, rounded to one significant digit. If you want to see more digits, press 2ndF [FIX] and then the number of digits you want to the right of the decimal point. For example, to see two digits to the right of the decimal point, press 2ndF [FIX] 2 .
Press 2ndF [FIX] and a digit for the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. [FIX] is on the ENG key next to the 2ndF key at the top left corner of the keyboard.
It sounds like you need a manual for your calculator. You can download a scanned copy here, and it will explain what all the keys are for. For now, here is the way to set the calculator for a five decimal place display:
Press the MODE key three times. A menu offering choices of FIX, SCI or NORM will appear.
Press the 1 key to select FIX mode. The message "0~9?" will appear.
Press the 5 key. This tells the calculator to display five digits after the decimal.
This mode setting will hold until you change it to something else, or when you turn off the calculator.
Spend some time reading the manual and work with the calculator. It's a powerful tool with a lot of capabilities. Thanks for using Fixya!
Hello, I have not been able to find a link to an online manual (Canon does not have it) What I am going to suggest comes from my personal experience with calculators. To change the number of decimal places, try [2nd][FIX] n where n is the number of decimal places you want. Hope it helps.
Hello, From what I know of other calculators, the FIX feature
displays results in floating point mode of the type 12345.6789
depending on the maxim number of digits that the calculator can display.
Howerer,
when you use the FIX command, you are expected to enter the number of
decimal digits you want the results to have. Apparently, when you do no
not specify that number, the calculator uses the default option. I suggest you try [2ndF][FIX] 3. If that does not fix the number of decimal digits then try 3 [2ndF] [FIX]
Hope it helps.
Comments:
- Just a thought. Pressing [ON] on a calculator that is in use, can for
certain calculators reset defaults. So if you have no reason to press
ON when the calculator is already ON, maybe you should not do it.
As I added on to the previous solution on the other problem.
"Okay, I did what the best solution did and worked with it.
"1. press 2nd F (left top corner) 2. ENG/FIX (the button next to 2nd F) 3. press 0 (if you don't want calculator to round off any decimals)"
In order to get your exact value of pi, in step #3, instead of 0, press the decimal [ . ] This should give you no decimals when entering a number and give you 3.141592654... when you input pi. Hope that works/helps."
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