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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 A B C D E F
Hexadecimal Values
uvwxy z
Keys
vlIsct
• 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
u 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 !m(SET UP). Move the highlighting to “Mode”, and then specify the default
number system by pressing 2(Dec), 3(Hex), 4(Bin), or 5(Oct) for the Mode setting.
3. Press J 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
k Selecting a Number System
You can specify decimal, hexadecimal, binary, or octal as the default number system using the
Setup screen.
u To specify a number system for an input value
You can specify a number system for each individual value you input. Press 1(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}