Calculator User's Guide

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Number System Binary Octal Decimal Hexadecimal
Display Capacity 16 digits 11 digits 10 digits 8 digits
• The alphabetic characters used in the hexadecimal number appear differently on the display
to distinguish them from text characters.
Normal Text ABCDEF
Hexadecimal Values
STUVW X
Keys
TJ ( Q A R
• The following are the calculation ranges for each of the number systems.
Binary Values
Positive: 0 
x  111111111111111
Negative: 1000000000000000 
x  1111111111111111
Octal Values
Positive: 0 
x  17777777777
Negative: 20000000000 
x  37777777777
Decimal Values
Positive: 0 
x  2147483647
Negative: –2147483648 
x  –1
Hexadecimal Values
Positive: 0 
x  7FFFFFFF
Negative: 80000000 
x  FFFFFFFF
S To perform a binary, octal, decimal, or hexadecimal calculation
[SET UP]-[Mode]-[Dec]/[Hex]/[Bin]/[Oct]
1. In the Main Menu, select RUN•MAT (or RUN).
2. Press K(SET UP). Move the highlighting to “Mode”, and then specify the default
number system by pressing (Dec), (Hex), (Bin), or (Oct) for the Mode setting.
3. Press ) to change to the screen for calculation input. This causes a function menu with
the following items to appear.
•{d~o}/{LOG}/{DISP} ... {number system specification}/{bitwise operation}/
{decimal/hexadecimal/binary/octal conversion} menu
I Selecting a Number System
You can specify decimal, hexadecimal, binary, or octal as the default number system using the
Setup screen.
S To specify a number system for an input value
You can specify a number system for each individual value you input. Press (d~o) to display
a menu of number system symbols. Press the function key that corresponds to the symbol you
want to select and then input the value.
•{d}/{h}/{b}/{o} ... {decimal}/{hexadecimal}/{binary}/{octal}